Creative paintings on the stones, colorful collages and handmade costumes with exotic style and many other unique and beautiful artworks collected from countries along the “Belt and Road” will be exhibited from 22nd August, at “The 3rd International Children’ s Creative Art Exhibition - Explore the Colorful ‘Belt and Road’”, which will be held in Shanghai Art Collection Museum free to the public.
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《Sunrise in Shanghai》
Painting
Russia
Kirsyanova Lera
15 years old
From Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government
《Underwater World》
Composite Materials
Egypt
Dina Farid Mohamed & Shahd Abd Allah & Nada Asem Abdelfatah
14&12&13 years old
From Alexandria Govermorate of the Arab Republic of Egypt
《Silk Road Caravan》
Watercolour Painting
Iran
Amrita Azmon
10 years old
From Isfahan Children Art Association
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《Beauties on the Stone》
Composite Materials
China
Jiale He/Xiao Xiao/Lisa Li
8-13 years old
From Shanghai Baoshan Children's Education Center
The 3rd International Children’s Creative Art Exhibition is hosted by Shanghai Children’s Foundation and Shanghai Education Development Foundation and jointly organized by Shanghai Art Collection Museum, Shanghai Changning District Education Foundation and Shanghai Changning District Cultural Bureau. It offers the teenagers and children a platform beyond race, language and culture for mutual communication and encourages them to participate actively in the artistic and cultural exchange events of the “Belt and Road”.
The theme of the exhibition is “Explore the Colorful ‘Belt and Road’”. Young artists around the world design a series of imaginative artworks reflecting the “Belt and Road” culture in their eyes, through which the audiences could feel the vitality, inheritance and change of the ancient road through thousand years.
《The Old Roof Of My City》
Painting
Ukraine
Masliy Alice
10 years old
From No. 133 art school, Kharkov, Ukraine
《I Love Indonesia!》
Painting
Indonesia
Devi Satyarani
13 years old
From Zhejiang Zhuji Ronghuai School
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《Ten scenes in the schoolyard》
Photograghy & Handicarft
China
Joey Wang
8 years old
From Shanghai Tianshan No.1 Primary School
Exquisite Artworks along the “Belt and Road”
Shanghai is the bridgehead of the “Belt and Road” construction with profound domestic and overseas influence. The exhibition attracts children’s artworks from more than ten countries including China, Egypt, Russia, Czech Republic, Iran, Ukraine, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Austria, Australia, France, Canada, United Kingdom, etc. More than 200 pieces were selected from hundreds of artworks to be presented.
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《Egyptian Mystery》
Painting
Czech Republic
Christof Krpac
9 years old
From Consulate General of Czech Republic in Shanghai
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《Egyptian Scenery》
Painting
Egypt
Rana Sultan & Reem Sultan
10 years old
From Alexandria Govermorate of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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《Ukrainian Folk Toys》
Painting
Ukraine
Liza Trofimova
12 years old
From No. 133 art school, Kharkov, Ukraine
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《Red Sails in St. Petersburg》
Painting
Russia
Voronika Maria
15 years old
From Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government
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《Silk Road Caravan》
Watercolour Painting
Iran
Alma Sadeghian Mohammadi
14 years old
From Isfahan Children Art Association
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《The Happiness of the Silk Road》
Painting
Austria
Sarah-Shayenne Lorenz
3 years old
From Consulate General of the Republic of Austria in Shanghai
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《Multicolored Silk Road》
Composite Materials
China
Yuan Liu/Yiran Chen/Yifan Chen/Zihan Qie/Yongfei Zhu/Yantong Chi/Wenxia Du/Yicheng Feng/Xilei Yang/Jiayue Liu/Wenpei Zhou/Zhuoran Zhang/Qingye Yang/Zhuoxi Liu/Haohao Mao/Muceng He/Ruoning Zhang/Junxi Jia/Shengyu Zhang/Ran Zhang/Pinxuan Zhu/Yue Zhou/Ziying Pan/Xiyu Chen/Ziyun Hua
9-10 years old
From Shanghai Youzi Painting Space
The selected art works are rich in content, different in technique, diverse in form and distinct in genre, such as paper-cutting, creative collage, fabric, oil painting, paper marbling, Chinese painting, pyrography, paper making, rubbing, printmaking, calligraphy, ceramic, creative model, tie-dye and so on. Those artworks not only present the essence of Chinese culture but also fully demonstrate the diversity of culture along the “Belt and Road”.
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《Paper Marbling: Buildings from the Belt and Road Countries》
Paper Marbling
China
Damon Yu\Chenqi Gong\Eric Yang\Elsa Yang\Zoe Sha\John Guo\Angela Zhang\Huahua Chen\Linda Fang
5-7 years old
From Shanghai YS Trees Studio
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《Battle of Gods》
Painting
Germany
Sophia Alexandra Schober
10 years old
From Dingding Creative Art Center
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《The Peace》
Composite Materials
Korea Jinu Cui
7 years old
From Dalian Jimeiji International Art Center
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《A traditional way to express friendship》
Composite Painting
China Yinuo Li
7 years old
From Shaanxi Little Swan Arts Troupe
As a collection of outstanding children's artworks of the “Belt and Road” countries, the exhibition shows their natural, historical and cultural landscapes. Young artists give new lives to the splendid scenery and unique culture of different countries through their imagination. The traditional fan pyrography “Meet” was made by students from Special Education School. The creative model “Sightseeing on the Way” is made by materials from our daily life. The painting “the Heavenly King” describes one of the classical images along the “Belt and Road” with simple lines. The printmaking “Hometown” presents the scenery of an ancient town in the hue of black and white.
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《Meet》
Pyrography
China
Shenlei Fu, Jiajun Wang, ZhiHao Xu , etc.
15 years old
From Shanghai Pudong Special Education School
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《The heavenly king》
Chinese Painting
China
Cici Chen
8 years old
From Shanghai Changning Experemental Primary School
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《Building At Kharkiv 》
Painting
China
Ivan Chu
7 years old
From No. 133 art school, Kharkov, Ukraine
There are also artworks in describing the beautiful scenery along the “Belt and Road” by young artists from China and foreign countries. The lively and imaginative paintings by Egypt children depict the pyramid covered by snow and the castle beside the golden beach, which show the love to their motherland. The painting “Ramayana” by Thai children vividly unfolds the image of the traditional figure in Thai epic, a unique image along the “Belt and Road” to the audience. The painting “Dunhuang night” is presented by young artist from Czech Republic, which shows the magnificent sights of the ancient Dunhuang in China. “The Gate of Friendship” by Russian children creatively combined the traditional Chinese and Russian patterns on the gate, which symbolizes the friendship between China and Russia. These artworks not only show artists' love to their motherland but also present the their expectation of cultural exchange along the “Belt and Road”.
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《Castle》
Composite Materials
Egypt
Hanan Mohamed & Naden Mohamed
11&10 years old
From Alexandria Govermorate of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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《Gate of Friendship》
Painting
Russia
Zyablitseva Alexandra Dmitrievna
16 years old
From Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government
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《Dunhuang Night》
Painting
Czech Republic
Christof Krpac
9 years old
From Alexandria Govermorate of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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《Ramayana》
Painting
Thailand
Rungtawan Wongsuwan
14 years old
From Zhejiang Zhuji Ronghuai School
Etiquette Training Activities
The exhibition also invites expert in education and training of etiquette to give teenagers a lecture about appropriate manners. The lecture is going to lead teenagers to having further understanding about Chinese and Western etiquette, and their cultural meanings.
The Silk Road has played an essential role in connecting the exchange between the East and West thousand years ago. Nowadays, the “Belt and Road” is going to bring new opportunities, which could promote the communication between the East and West. The lecture about etiquette during the exhibition would give teenagers a brand new perspective to experience the significance of communication along the road and lead teenagers to establishing ideal ambition, cultivating their mind and promoting the overall development of children and teenagers.
Wonderful Activities Various Cultural Experience
In addition to children's art works from home and abroad, we have also prepared series of wonderful extensive activities, which include “the Charm of Poland”, “Egyptian papyrus painting”, “Turkish Ebru painting”, etc. These attractive activities highly present the distinctive cultural features of countries along the “Belt and Road”. Through the activities, audiences could absorb elements of culture into their daily lives and the traditional forms of art and culture could revive at the present time.
Authoritative Award Wide impact
A double evaluation mechanism has been specially set up for this exhibition with the combination of experts and online evaluation, which will ensure the authority of the awards by inviting educational experts, representatives of professional organizations, artists and representatives of consulates general in Shanghai to participate in the evaluation. At the same time, the online votes on some popular websites attract a large number of people to join us, which could be fair and also fully discover the art talents with potentials. The hosting organizations who have an extensive social impact will issue the authoritative certificates. Besides, the large-scale awarding ceremony and publication of the catalog will enhance the social impact of this exhibition and promote children's art education to a higher level.
The exhibition is going to establish a platform for children around the globe to promote the cultural and artistic exchange and share further understanding about each other's historical and splendid civilizations. Travelling through thousand miles and gathering in Shanghai, guests and young artists from various countries will depict a brand new image of the ancient Silk Road.
The exhibition is supported by Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Foreign Affair Office, Alexandria Governorate in Egypt, Shanghai Changning District Civilization Office, Shanghai Changning District Tianyi Education Group, Shanghai Children’s Foundation Changning Branch, Shanghai M&G Chenguang Stationary Co., Ltd, China Welfare Institute Publishing House, Shanghai Changning District Educational Bureau, Shanghai Changning District Women’s Federation and Consulate General of Russia Federation in Shanghai, Consulate General of Arab Republic of Egypt in Shanghai, Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran in Shanghai, Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai, Consulate General of the Republic of Austria in Shanghai, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Shanghai, Consulate General of Ukraine in Shanghai, Consulate General of Hungary in Shanghai etc.
The exhibition will last until September 22nd. (The museum is closed on Mondays.)
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