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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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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Invitation to tender to capture audience responses to the collection

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) has the largest historic maritime collection in the World. The NMM’s collection spans the history of people’s relationship with the sea, showcasing for our visitors the history of seafaring, timekeeping, navigation, trade, cruising, migration, and the British Empire. The NMM is developing the range of knowledge available about the collection through the ‘In your words’ project. The pilot project will focus on capturing digital responses from our visitors to collection objects. The aim is to make accessible to visitors on-site and online, the diverse perspectives and histories connected to the collection, and particularly aims to include cultural knowledge to complement existing curatorial knowledge on objects.


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Artists’ Pitches for the Chinese New Year Celebrations on Sunday 29th January 2012

2012 welcomes the auspicious Year of the Dragon and Sunday 29th January 2012 will see London celebrate in style with a one-day festival featuring a Dragon parade through the streets of Soho, performances on a spectacular stage in Trafalgar Square as well as the lion dances throughout the day in Chinatown.



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Do you want to perform in an epic production at the Young Vic?

We are looking for people of Chinese and East Asian heritage to be part of the community chorus that will join our professional cast each night in our 2012 production of Wild Swans.

You do not need any experience of performing – you just need to be enthusiastic, 18 years or over and absolutely committed to the rehearsal and performance schedule. Friendly and fun workshop auditions take place on 5 & 6 January 2012. Rehearsals will then take place in January and March/April and performances will take place from 13 April – 13 May.

To find out more about Wild Swans and to book your audition place, call the Young Vic on 020 7922 2845 or email wildswans@youngvic.org.


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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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CAS is supporting the following casting for an HSBC commercial:

CHINESE CHILDREN
1) Grandson (main character): Five years old boy. Very cute with big eyes: he definitely needs the “ahh” factor. Thoughtful, sensitive and considered – maybe even a bit shy. Not at all precocious.

2) Children (supporting characters): Five other children ranging from seven to 17. Boy and girls. If they look like they’ve come from the same family then great, but not a deal-breaker as cousins don’t always look the same.

CHINESE ELDERLY MALE (main character)

1) Grandfather: 70-80 years old. He'’s worldly wise but spritely. On the surface he projects an air of authority, but in his eyes there'’s a glint of warmth and playfulness.

He needs to look old enough for us to believe he could be losing his marbles, and cheeky enough for us to believe he'’s taken everyone for a ride.

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If you have a unique exciting talent and have a connection to China, then this could be the platform that will change your life. You don’t necessarily have to be Chinese either. For the very first time, China’s Got Talent is holding auditions in London, Liverpool and Manchester and they’re looking for individuals or groups to come forward and apply.

The winner(s) of the UK audition stages will be whisked away to Shanghai where you will compete in the series and perform in front of China’s Got Talent judges Libo Zhou and Annie Yi, not to mention the record-breaking 600 million viewers the finale show achieved earlier this year!

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to show China what you’ve got and could even land you a deal with Sony Music Group, so what are you waiting for?

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Free Urban Junk Drumming Workshops
Friday 19th and Sunday 21st August 1.30-3.30pm

Chinatown Arts Space presents, in partnership with London Chinese Community Centre, the Urban Junk Drumming Workshops for East Asian young people of 11-18 years old. No experience required!

Junk Drumming Master Bernie Gardner will show you a new way of drumming - creative, spontaneous and fun - using urban junk such as water bottles, pots and bins, plastic buckets, and even stuff found in London Chinatown, e.g. oil tins, chopsticks, frying woks and pans…anything that can be hit to create a rhyme!

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I'm very happy to announce the start of a new photography-and-text project on British Born Chinese heritage, funded generously by Heritage Lottery Fund!

http://www.pascal-theatre.com/latest-news/

Please contact at info@miketsangphotography.com if you are interested in being part of this important new project.

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