Students 6-18 years .... enter the Wuhan Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition, August - September '07
In 2006 Wuhan held an international painting competition, and invited entries from all the cities it has sister city and friendship city relationships with. This year, it has expanded this competition to include calligraphy, and is now calling for entries.
While the attachment states under point 7 that entries are to be sent to Wuhan direct, could you please ensure entries are forwarded to …
Dave Adamson
Civic & International Relations
Christchurch City Council
P O Box 237
Christchurch
email: dave.adamson@ccc.govt.nz
ph. 941 8775
… by end of day Monday, 24 September, and he will forward all entries to Wuhan together.
View full details of the Wuhan Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition. |
| Chinese Chime Bell for Christchurch. |
A magnificent bell has been gifted to Christchurch by Mayor Li Xiansheng of Wuhan, China, to recognise the signing of the Friendship City Agreement in April 2006 by Mayor Garry Moore of Christchurch and Mayor Li Xiansheng of Wuhan. The bell arrived on 4 July, and has been installed at the entrance to the Council Chamber at Civic Offices in Tuam Street Christchurch.
The bell is a facsimile of part of a chime of bells, composed of 65 pieces with a total weight of more than 2500kg, which was unearthed in 1978 in Suzhou, Hubei Province. The bells are from the tomb of the Marquis Yi of the State of Zeng, 475 to 221 BC.
The intention of the gift is to strengthen the ties between the cities, and promote economic and cultural opportunities. Read the media release.
A photography exhibition on the city of Wuhan will opened by Mayor Garry Moore on Tuesday, 19 June at 4pm at Our City O-Tautahi, cnr Worcester Blvd and Oxford Tce. The exhibition is entitled “From the heart of China – images of an ancient city's journey to a modern metropolis” and will include 100 photographs of the old and the new Wuhan.
Mr Chen Jiahua, Deputy Director, Wuhan Popular Art Centre and Mr Zhan Biliu of the Wuhan Photography Association will also be present at the opening.
Wuhan has a friendship city relationship with Christchurch. There have already been a number of business, educational and cultural links and exchanges and the relationship continues to grow. This exhibit is just one example.
Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei Province, in the heart of the People's Republic of China, and is the industrial and commercial centre of central China. The city has a population of approximately 7 Million and was formed in 1950 by the merging of the cities of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang. Settlement in the region goes back 3500 years.
For more information on the Wuhan relationship with Christchurch, contact Dave Adamson, International Relations Co-ordinator DDI 941-8775.
For more information on the exhibition or Our City O-Tautahi, contact Sarah Kelly, Business Manager DDI 941-7461 www.ccc.govt.nz/OurCity.
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| Marcus Patman's winning artwork 'Tranquility'. |
Marcus Patman from Lincoln High School has won a prize in the Wuhan's 'Sister City Young People's Art Exhibition' for his painting 'Tranquility'.
Sister cities of Wuhan, China, were invited to send artworks from students aged 6 to 15 and Christchurch was delighted to be able to send 7 artworks from students of Christchurch East School and one artwork from Marcus Patman, who had previously been recognised in the Christchurch Sister Cities Young Artists Competitions in both 2005 and 2006.
The Wuhan People's Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries hosted the “Sister City Young People's Art Exhibition” at the Wuhan Museum of Art for one week at the end of September. The exhibition themes were: Peaceful World, Bridges Of Friendship, Beautiful Hometown Scenes and Future Hope.
56 paintings were exhibited: 15 from Oita city, Japan;. 8 from Cheong Ju, Korea; 7 from Christchurch; 13 from St Polten, Austria and 15 from Wuhan.
Ms Zhang, the competition organiser, on receiving the Christchurch artworks wrote: "I (would)like to express mine, also my colleagues' sincere thanks and warm congratulations to those young artists for their hard labour and great participation!"
Certificates and small gifts as memories are being sent to all the participants.
Wuhan has established 13 sister cities with 13 countries since 1979 and in April 2006 Mayor Garry Moore signed a Friendship Agreement between Christchurch and Wuhan.
