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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Funding campaign is now live!

A crowd funding campaign has been launched today for
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You can donate as little as £1:00 or $1

HELP TO SUPPORT BRITISH-CHINESE/EAST ASIAN CREATIVES

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In March 2012 the Chinese Film Forum UK will host a major symposium on the distribution and exhibition of Chinese and East Asian cinema in the UK. Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this is the first in a series of Chinese Film Forum networking events taking place across 2012 and 2013 in Manchester, UK.



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Devoted and Disgruntled 7- what are we doing about theatre and the performing arts

Do you love theatre?
Do you find it frustrating?
Do you wish it were different?
Do you feel like an outsider in your own profession?
Have you just started out and need support?
Have you been in the profession for years and feel jaded?
Is your sector always left out of the discussions?
Do you usually dread discussions and meetings?
Are you looking for a sense of: community, eldership, mentorship?
Are you looking to change things?

If so, D&D7; is for you.
click on the link to read the full invitation:

http://dandd7.tumblr.com/post/14507605051/improbables-invitation

D&D is for everyone- the more diverse the crowd the better the conversation. British East Asian artists were not very well represented last year- this is your chance to change this! We'd love there to be plenty of BEA voices at D&D7;- we'd love your voice to be at D&D7;.

2012 is set to be an auspicious year for London with highlights like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympic Games. London Chinatown is looking to do its bit to make 2012 unforgettable and needs your help. To commemorate this momentous year and to usher in the Year of the Dragon, draw a logo for Chinese New Year 2012 and your design may be chosen as the official logo for the Year of the Dragon celebrations in London Chinatown!

The competition is open to children aged 5 to 12. Only one entry will be accepted per child.

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Silent Shout Theatre director Anna Nguyen is teaming up with Tamasha Theatre Company in an online photography project revealing how Vietnamese cultural has collided with the British culture today.

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Life Friendly Residency with Yan Preston
25 July – 6 August
Open Studio: 5 & 6 August
Late Night Opening with the Artist: 5 August, 5pm - 7:30pm

Plus Life Friendly Events throughout the Summer

Chinese Arts Centre is delighted to announce the experimental ‘Life Friendly Project’ in collaboration with research consultancy Culture Probe, this summer. The Life Friendly Project attempts to explore how artists and art organisations can work in ways that have a positive (benign / restorative) impact on both human quality of life and on the natural world. This approach is in radical contrast to the low carbon economy eco-efficiency approach, which focuses on reducing negative impact. There is considerable evidence that eco-efficiency does not solve the climate change problem but only slows it down, and has other unintended negative consequences.



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Chinatown Arts Space Creative Director David Tse discusses the subject of Arts vs the Professions in an article in the May edition of Hong Kong's Baccarat magazine. The article is available to access via a PDF file - click the link below to view/download.

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Title: Traces
Artist: Ian Teh
Foreword by Evan Osnos, foreign China correspondent for the New Yorker.

First Edition Book: First published 2011.
302mm x 240mm / 12" x 9.5", 64 pages, 34 plates. Cover Text: Foil Blocked. Pages: Thread Sewn. All materials FSC approved. Stochastic offset printing. ISBN: 978-1-906412-42-5

Price: £20 plus postage

Special Limited Edition Book: Signed and numbered special limited edition includes a 12 x 10”/ 29 x 23 cm chromogenic print contained within an archival stitched parchment sleeve.
Casebound (Hardback) with de-bossed cover. 302mm x 240mm / 12" x 9.5",, 64 pages, 34 plates. Stochastic offset printing. All materials FSC approved. ISBN: 978-1-906412-37-1

Price: £100 plus postage



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