Date：2016-09-20Awards Announced for the International Children’s Art Exhibition

The awards of the 2016 International Children’s Creative Art Exhibition were announced on September 11. On the same day, the “Art Education and Children’s Growth” seminar was also held successfully as a grand finale of the exhibition.

The event was joined by around 200 Chinese and international guests including: Mr. Wang Ronghua, President of Shanghai Education Development Foundation; Mr. Zhao Guoqiang, Member of Party Group of Shanghai Committee of the Communist Youth League and Chief Counselor of Young Pioneers in Shanghai; Ms. Liu Yaqin, President of Shanghai Changning District Education Foundation; Mr. Wang Qi, Executive Vice President of Shanghai Education Development Foundation; Mrs. Szentmartoni Livia Ilona, Consul of Culture and Education of Hungary in Shanghai; Miss Potjana Chaosukhum, Consul of Culture of Thailand in Shanghai; Ms. Wen Guowei, Office Manager of Shanghai Children’s Foundation; Ms. Zhang Honglian, Secretary General of Shanghai Educatin Development Foundation; Ms. Yang Qinghong, Head of Public Cultural Department of Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & TV; Mr. Cao Hongming, Head of Science Popularization Department of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission; Mr. Li Chunping, Head of European and African Affairs Division of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Foreign Affairs Office; Ms. Wang Xiuhong, President of Changning District Women’s Federation; Ms. Zhang Yongzhen, Director of Changning District Bureau of Culture; Ms. Wu Wenqin, Director of Changning District Civilization Office; Mr. Yao Qi, Director of Changning District Bureau of Education; Ms. Zhang Wei, Director of Changning District Bureau of Civil Administration; Mr. Zhu Gang, Curator of Liu Haisu Art Museum; and Mr. Hu Muqing, President of Shanghai Art Collection Museum and chief curator of this exhibition.

Full audience of the event

Speech by Ms. Wen Guowei, Office Manager of Shanghai Children’s Foundation, representing hosting organizations.

Welcome Speech by Ms. Lyu Huaqiong, Headmistress of Shanghai Tianshan No. 1 Primary School, representing organizers.

Keynote Speech “Aesthetic Education is the Core of Art Education”, by Mr. Wang Ronghua, President of Shanghai Education Development Foundation.
 

Focus on Art Education, 

Discussion on Children’s Growth

Joined by experts and scholars from all circles of the society, this seminar focusing on art education and children’s growth has invited representatives from General Consulates, experts and scholars, professional art education institutions, parents as well as children. All participants expressed their own opinions based on their own fields.

Representatives from various fields has exchanged their ideas: Ms. Wang Xiuhong, President of Changning District Women’s Federation, delivered speech titled “Make Full Use of Group Advantage, and Promote International Children’s Art Exchanges”; Mrs. Szentmartoni Livia Ilona, Consul of Culture and Education of Hungary in Shanghai, delivered speech titled “The Effect of Consulate Generals in Children’s Art Exchanges”; Mr. Zhu Gang, Curator of Liu Haisu Art Museum, delivered speech titled “The Road to an Artist”.

Ms. Yao Xue, Office Manager of China Welfare Institute Publishing House, Mr. Wang Chao, representative of Outstanding Organization Award winner Tianyi Art Institute, Mr. Xiang Shang, father of Gold Award winning artist, and Gao Fengchang, student of Shanghai Tianshan No. 1 Primary School, have all shared their experiences in art education.

This exhibition has also published Hand in Hand with the World - 2016 International Children’s Creative Art Exhibition Collection, a bilingual collection from the exhibition by Shanghai Art Collection Museum and China Welfare Institute Publishing House. In the book donation event, students from Tianshan No. 1 Primary School have received the newly-published book from guests including Mr. Hu Muqing, Chief Editor, Ms. Niu Jinjin, Vice Chief Editor, Ms. Han Rong, Art Editor, Ms. Wen Guowei, Office Manager of Shanghai Children’s Foundation, Ms. Zhang Honglian, Secretary General, Ms. Xue Fei, Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Education Development Foundation, Ms. Wang Ju, Secretary General of Changning District Education Foundation, Ms. Yao Xue, Office Manager of China Welfare Institute Publishing House.
 

Eye-opening Works, 

Well-deserved Awards

The 2016 International Children’s Creative Art Exhibition has received great social response. This feast of children’s artworks consists of over 160 works selected from over 500 works applied by children from around China as well as around 20 countries including USA, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Ireland, Singapore, Ukraine, Thailand, etc. It has been reported by multiple media from around China.

The expert judging panel has voted and picked 10 Gold Awards, 10 Silver Awards, 10 Bronze Awards, 10 Honorable Mentions, and 11 Outstanding Organization Awards. 3 Best Popularity Awards were voted by over 15,000 viewers online.

Leaders and guests issuing award certificates for winners of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention, and Outstanding Organization Awards. 

Mr. Zhao Guoqiang, Member of Party Group of Shanghai Committee of the Communist Youth League and Chief Counselor of Young Pioneers in Shanghai, has spoken highly of the success of the 2016 International Children’s Creative Art Exhibition. He indicated that the success of this exhibition not only benefits the art exchange among children from different countries but also helps developing strong friendships, thus the achievements for the present will bring benefits for the future.

List of All Awardees:

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