Chinatown Arts Space in partnership with Asia House and supported by Shaftesbury PLC launches SUSTAIN – a new project to commission a third landmark piece of public art for London’s Chinatown.

• Sustainability at the heart of artists’ brief
• Contemporary sculpture positioned on the corner of Gerrard Place and Shaftesbury Avenue – above a famous Chinese herbalist’s shop
• A sculptor artist of East Asian descent to be commissioned

The search for the next sculptor artist to produce a striking, thought-provoking and contemporary piece of public art for London’s Chinatown has started this month. Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to be working with Shaftesbury PLC for the third time to improve, ignite and invent a new Chinatown. This ambitious project aims to deliver public art that fully captures the imagination of all those that visit, work or live in and around London’s vibrant Chinatown.

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CHANGING THE FACE OF YOUR UNION-WORKSHOP FOR MINORITY ETHNIC MEMBERS

Unions should represent and speak for the full breadth of their membership and so it is crucial that diversity is attained within the membership at every level of representation and decision making.

The traditional path for both lay and full time trade union officials has been to start out as activists in their union’s local branch and then get elected to other roles within the union. Some eventually serve as leading lay activists while others may choose a career in the union as a full time official.


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Exhibition of contemporary Chinese woodblock prints by two artists, Ding Jitang (Xi'an, Huxian County) and Yu Chengyou (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province). Both artists depict rural scenes of their own familiar habitat in charmingly simple styles. Ding portrays, with only touches of colour and bold outlines, the daily lives of the villagers in 'idyllic' rustic scenes. Yu uses more colour to evoke the vast scenery of the 'northern wilderness', with few signs of human habitation, but some wild life, particularly deer. This exhibition continues at Arthur Probsthain Bookshop, 41 Great Russell Street, London WC1, until Sat.3 March.

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Date: Sunday 25/3/2012, 2 pm - 4 pm.
(Please see file below for all details.)
Kathy Hall will perform the Kunqu opera scene,'In Pursuit of the Dream' from 'The Peony Pavilion', with the LJKOA Kunqu Ensemble. There will be English and Chinese surtitles. Then, with the aid of slides, Kathy will take you briefly through the history of Kunqu Opera, role types and special characteristics, and explain the differences between Jingju (Beijing/Peking Opera) and Kunqu opera. The session will end with a Kunqu singing and movements workshop for anyone interested.
This event is part of a series of 6 FREE lecture-demonstrations and workshops to celebrate the 10th Anniversay of LJKOA.

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When the yearning for home intensifies, cultural identity unfolds. Creating a new contemporary dance language inspired by classical Chinese dance, Beloved Emoh rediscovers 'home' through different perspectives and cultural backgrounds.

Conceived and choreographed by Yuyu Rau
Material devised and performed by Angelina Jandolo, Marie Chabert, Raul Ibanez
Live musician – Cheng-Ying Chuang
Composer - Barbara De Biasi
Lighting Designer - Sammi Fang
Concept –Jih-Wen Yeh and Yuyu Rau

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Celebrate Chinese New Year of the Dragon and British East Asian heritage @ the National Maritime Museum with a day of music, workshops and performances. Contribute to a giant dragon installation, take part in a New Year parade and meet Chinese sailor James Robson, who worked on-board the Cutty Sark tea clipper (performance by Yellow Earth). Discover how the sea trade brought ideas, culture, language and people from Asia to Britain.

East Zest Productions will be filming (11.30-13.30 and 14.00-16.00) in the Trader Gallery upstairs (next to Paul's Cafe). The museum has hand-picked four very special objects - a cargo vessel, a royal flag, a teapot and an oil painting - that will fire your imaginations, connecting the past to the present. EZP would like to capture your responses to these objects by interviewing families, groups of friends and individuals. It's a great day out for everyone. Come and get your beautiful faces on camera!

http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/events/chinese-new-year

Free Urban Youth Junk Drumming Workshop
Sunday 19th February 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm


Chinatown Arts Space (CAS) presents, in partnership with London Chinese Community Centre, an Urban Junk Drumming Workshop for young people of 11- 21 years old!


This workshop is part of CAS New Music 20x12: XX/XY project, a commission for the Cultural Olympiad composed by Liz Liew and Andy Leung.

Drumming Director Bernie Gardner will show you a new way of drumming - creative, spontaneous and fun - using urban junk such as pots, pan, and bins, plastic buckets, anything that can be hit to create a rhythm!

Participants will have the opportunity of being selected to perform, together with young composers and musicians, in the New Music 20x12: XX/XY public performances in summer 2012!

Anyone from 11-21 years old with East Asian and non East Asian backgrounds are welcome. No experience required.

For more details on registration, download the pdf flyer on the link below…



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ResCen Network Administrator (Bilingual English/Mandarin Chinese)

Middlesex University

Salary: £21,516 - £24,580 inclusive of Outer London Weighting
Full Time, Permanent
Location: Trent Park until academic year 2012-13 when ResCen moves to Hendon Campus
Ref: CTPCH_A120

ResCen Research Centre is developing an international network of researchers to complement the work of the team of six UK-based Research Associate Artists. ResCen, with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and private foundations, is developing performing arts projects in Mandarin Chinese speaking contexts (see www.rescen.net).


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Funding campaign is now live!

A crowd funding campaign has been launched today for
ABANDONED, ADOPTED, HERE...
Click here to be taken to the IndieGoGo! website

You can donate as little as £1:00 or $1

HELP TO SUPPORT BRITISH-CHINESE/EAST ASIAN CREATIVES

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British-Vietnamese pianist Tra Nguyen is giving a series of recitals to coincide with her CD release on Grand Piano Records (a new premium label of Naxos). "Moments Musicaux" explores some of the most intimate writings of 19th century piano literature in the Salon Culture inspired setting of the 1901 Arts Club.

When
Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 19:30
Where
1901 Arts Club, London
Tickets
£15, £12 concessions
Phone for tickets: 02076203055
Phone lines open: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5.30pm

Piano recital