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    Going Green: New Environmental Art from Taiwan

    Going Green: New Environmental Art from Taiwan

    Presented by The Schuylkill Center at Asian Arts Initiative

    August 6-August 20, 2010


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    A National Exhibit Opening Locally at The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and Asian Arts Initiative. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and the Asian Arts Initiative are pleased to cooperate with the Taipei Cultural Center in New York City to present the exhibition Going Green: New Environmental Art from Taiwan. The exhibition will offer to the USA audiences an international perspective on environmental art and reflect the unique viewpoint and approach to nature of Taiwan’s contemporary artists who are just beginning to focus on the environment as an important issue for their country and the world. Asian Arts Initiative will hold a panel discussion on contemporary Taiwanese environmental art. Panelists include curator, Jane Ingram Allen; Advising Director for The Schuylkill Center’s Environmental Art Program, Mary Salvante; and visiting Taiwanese artists Chao-chang Lee and Ping-yu Pan. Visiting artists Chao-chang Lee and Pin-yu Pan will be artists in residence for two weeks at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and will discuss their works Everything is Buddha and Ark for Plants.


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      • Venue Info

        Asian Arts Initiative

        1219 Vine Street
        2nd Floor East
        Philadelphia, PA 19107

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE!

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        August 6-August 20, 2010

        Times:

        Friday, August 6, 5:30-7:30 pm
        Show opening with reception and panel discussion on contemporary Taiwanese environmental art @ 6 pm

        Saturday, August 7, 3-5 pm
        Guided tours of the exhibit’s outdoor installations at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

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