Yingmei Duan
Open studio
Daily Live Performances from 18 November – 24 November 2009 (excluding 22nd and 23rd)
During her residency at Chinese Arts Centre, Yingmei Duan has undertaken a performance and research project which investigates how art is experienced in the UK. The research has focussed upon the many facets of art education and Yingmei has conducted intensive research by attending art classes in schools and many workshops and educational projects. After her residency in Manchester she will take this project to Germany and China culminating in a live art event featuring a debate between arts educators, art professionals and the general public.
During her Open Studio Yingmei will be performing a series of collaborative Live Art events in Chinese Arts Centre:
18 November 2009 @ 2.30pm, Yingmei Duan and Lu Di
19 November 2009 @ 2pm, Yingmei Duan and Anthony Yates
20 November 2009 @ 2pm, Yingmei Duan and David Hancock
21 November 2009 @ 3pm, Yingmei Duan with 10 Art Students
24 November 2009 @ 2pm, Yingmei Duan with Ya-nung Huang and Branka Vidovic
Yingmei’s residency at Chinese Arts Centre is supported by Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony.
Daniel Staincliffe and Sarah Sanders
Project Space 1 – 23 December 2009
In January 2009, Sarah Sanders spent 1month in Chongqing as part of the Breathe Chongqing residency at 501 Artspace. In April 2009 Daniel was artist in residence at Red Gate Gallery in Beijing. Chinese Arts Centre will provide both artists the opportunity to use our project space simultaneously to present works completed during their residencies and to develop their enquiries further. Both artists graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University and have remained working in the city. Daniel utilises disposable cameras, wooden mechanical structures, audio and video recording devices and paper to explore the subtleties in our everyday environments. Chance is often employed to avoid total conscious control of the product. Sarah attempts to capture the passing of time in drawing. Her sensitivity for the materials she uses informs her action and non-action in the process of the work. A shift in her concerns towards the performance aspects in her work has caused her to question and explore live performance art.
The project space will be open to the public throughout December.
Christmas special offer
For the whole of December Chinese Arts Centre will be offering a 10% Christmas discount on all toys and mugs – an incentive to get those stockings filled!
Christmas closing
We are closed from Thursday 24 December 09 and reopen on Tuesday 5 January 10.
Yellow academy – Yellow Earth
Yellow Academy 2010 is an exciting new initiative between Yellow Earth (British East Asian* theatre company) and ALRA (the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts). Outreaching to four major cities in the UK they will be bringing together a group of enthusiastic and curious young people down to London for a free week of acting training in Summer 2010.
Taster Talk 2-4pm 20th February 2010, Chinese Arts Centre, Jasmine Suite
Directors of ALRA and Yellow Earth will be visiting CAC to talk about the project, outlining how to become a successful actor, from professional training to the realities of working in the industry.
Open to all British East Asians aged 16-30 curious or interested in actor training.
No previous experience necessary.
To sign up please send an email to info@alra.co.uk stating your name, age and contact details. To find out more visit www.yellowearth.org or phone 0208 870 6475
You can find us on facebook at ‘Yellow Academy’.
*British East Asian descent includes: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and their diasporas.
Writers Pathway
Are you a writer of Chinese descent looking to develop your skills?
The Writers’ Pathway is an exciting new initiative that supports emerging writers of Chinese descent through professional development. The University of Bolton, in collaboration with the Chinese Arts Centre, is offering 12 North West writers of poetry, drama or fiction the opportunity to develop their craft with professional supervision.
This 14 week programme will begin with a five day residential at the prestigious ARVON Foundation for Writers Lumb Bank Centre (www.arvonfoundation.org) and will culminate in a showcase of practitioners’ work at the Bolton Octagon Theatre. In the intervening weeks participants will develop a personal project through distance learning which they will complete with the help of a professional mentor.
For further information about the Writers’ Pathway initiative please visit www.bolton.ac.uk/writerspathway or email writerspathway@bolton.ac.uk.
Chinese Arts Centre recommends
22 December, 11.30 am
Listen out for a Radio 4 programme on the artist Li Yuan Chia produced by BBC producer Bob Dickinson and presented by our Chief Executive Sally Lai.
Visiting Us
If you would like to bring a group to the centre or any specific access needs please contact us at info@chinese-arts-centre.org so that we can help make the most of your visit.
And Finally
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