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Life Friendly project

Life Friendly project

Life Friendly Residency 2012 23 April – 5 May Àgata Alcañiz, Kate Bevan, James Brady, David Haley, Jessica Mautner, Erinma Ochu, Yan Preston and Penny Skerrett

The Life Friendly project explores in a systemic way how artists and arts organisations can redesign their practice to have benign/restorative impact on the . . . → Read More: Life Friendly project

Start Education Programme: Film project

Start Education Programme

Film project with Cedar Mount High and Alder Community High School 26 April – 16 June

We are excited to be delivering another stage of our 9-month education programme with four schools across the region. The summer term takes Chinese Arts Centre out to Cedar Mount High School in Gorton and . . . → Read More: Start Education Programme: Film project

Ting-Tong Chang

Whisper Residency

Ting-Tong Chang 4 April – 17 April Open Studio 20 & 21 April

Ting-Tong Chang is a Taiwanese, UK based artist who graduated with an MFA from Goldsmiths, London in 2011. Ting-Tong’s practice combines street art with more traditional elements of painting and sculpture. Ting-Tong often uses absurd objects or visual . . . → Read More: Ting-Tong Chang

Budding young artists leap into action with a ‘super-human’ exhibition at Chinese Arts Centre!!

Education Programme

‘Super-Human’ With Piper Hill School, Wythenshawe Date: TBC in March 2012

Budding young artists leap into action with a ‘Super-Human’ exhibition at Chinese Arts Centre!! As part of an exciting new project, Chinese Arts Centre is collaborating with a group of schools across the North West to create and exhibit their own . . . → Read More: Budding young artists leap into action with a ‘super-human’ exhibition at Chinese Arts Centre!!

Call for papers: Research into Contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture

Call for papers

Current Research into Contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture: Art―Design―Film―Photography Venue: Tate Modern, East Room Saturday 9 June 2012 Time: 10:30-17:30

A one-day conference at Tate Modern for post-graduate research students and early career researchers. Organised by Marko Daniel – Tate Modern Michael White – University of York Sally Lai – Chinese . . . → Read More: Call for papers: Research into Contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture

Alex Wilde – Art-Food-Society

Free Life Friendly Event

Alex Wilde – Art-Food-Society Date: Friday, 24 February 2012 Time: 5.30-7.30pm

Alex Wilde is an environmental artist based in Glasgow, whose works with a cross-disciplinary practice, often incorporating elements of performance, installation and film. Her work is usually temporary in its nature, with the process of development often being . . . → Read More: Alex Wilde – Art-Food-Society

Cookery classes that come to you…

Kitchen Project

Cookery classes that come to you… Date: Sun, 26 Feb – Thur, 1 March 2012

Kitchen Project: Cookery classes that come to you… What does it mean to make and share a meal? What is actually being traded in “cultural exchanges”? From February 26th until March 1st 2012 two artists from Beijing, . . . → Read More: Cookery classes that come to you…