The 10th China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium
was Grandly Opened in Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort
On September 25, the 10th China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium (hereinafter referred to as the Symposium) was grandly opened in Changchun International Ceramics Gallery in the Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort. The Symposium is hosted by the Management Committee of Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort, Foreign Affairs Office of Changchun Municipal People’s Government, CCPIT Changchun Sub-Council, Jilin University of Arts, Fine Arts Academy of Northeast Normal University, and Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute.
Guests present at the opening ceremony include Zhao Xian, Deputy Mayor of Changchun Municipal People’s Government, Zhang Haizhi, Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort, Qu Xiao, Director of Changchun Municipal Culture Radio Television and Tourism Bureau, Xue Chunzhi, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Changchun Municipal People’s Government, and Lu Dehui, Deputy Director of the Changchun Municipal Education Bureau, etc.
At the opening ceremony, Zhang Haizhi stated that the development of Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort has been "culturally driven" with "cultural confidence" since its establishment under the strong leadership of the municipal party committee and the municipal government. Ice and snow culture, historical culture, ceramic culture, and red culture with regional characteristics of the Lotus Mountain have been developed here. So far, more than 1100 works created by more than 320 ceramists from 63 countries and regions around the world are permanently collected in the Changchun International Ceramics Gallery located in the Changchun Lotus Mountain Ecological Tourism Resort. With a more open mind, more innovative ideas, and more pragmatic measures, the resort will further explore the profound ceramic art, work hand in hand with friends at home and abroad to broaden the field of cooperation and strengthen the degree of cooperation to make Changchun "a city of ceramics" of northern China, and create a better future for the world's ceramic culture together.
Since 2011, the China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium has gone through a decade of development. During a decade of ups and downs, the Symposium has gradually embarked on a "classic, unique, and integrated" development path. It has gradually become an international and professional ceramic symposium which showcases ceramic works, promotes communication on ceramic culture, and organizes research and training activities in Changchun City and even Jilin Province. It has become an important characteristic platform for exchanges and cooperation between Changchun City, Jilin Province and the world.
Affected by COVID-19, many overseas ceramists could not attend the Symposium in person. However, with the strong support of the International Academy of Ceramics and the efforts of ceramists around the world, a total of 154 works by 51 artists from 22 countries were mailed to the Symposium and finally shown to the audience as scheduled.
After the opening ceremony, ceramics enthusiasts walked into the exhibition hall and began their journey of art appreciation. They could enjoy more than one hundred exquisite ceramic works, including A Goat with its Head Held High by Zhou Guozhen, the master of modern Chinese ceramics, Tenderness by Huang Zhiwei, a master of ceramics, Success Crest-Pastoral Song by Li Wenyue, a national master of arts and crafts, and works by other internationally influential ceramic masters such as Paola Grizi from Italy, Slastnikova Elena from Russia, and Marko Galinco from Ukraine.
People of Changchun have access to exotic ceramic works in Changchun International Ceramics Gallery without travelling far away. Ceramics has become an important window of cultural exchanges between Changchun and the world.
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