A "Xin Horizon" themed bus with colorful and different forms painted all over the body shuttled across the Guangzhou Luhu Lake Sightseeing Ring Road, arousing the curious attention of the citizens; at each station on the ring line, there was always a group of middle school student volunteers who got off the bus to send calligraphy "Fu" characters to the roadside citizens to send blessings for the Spring Festival; at the Guangzhou Art Museum in the foothills, the unique "Xin Horizon" Heart Youth Group Exhibition, special needs (mental disorder, The creators are working with the artists to create an art installation with a glass bottle as the main body... On January 15th, an exhibition-based event with good intentions and harmony with art was held in Guangzhou.
The special feature of this exhibition is that guangzhou's first exhibition of independent works of autistic youth who have undergone a long period of art training also exhibits paintings created by ordinary young designers and creators with special needs (including mental disabilities, physical disabilities, hearing impairments, etc.) with artistic potential, as well as the cultural and creative derivatives designed from them - this is the first exhibition of the "100 Enterprises and Hundred Arts" public welfare project of the Guangzhou Disabled Persons' Federation.
In 2021, the Guangzhou Disabled Persons' Federation launched the "100 Enterprises and 100 Arts" public welfare project, which aims to widely link social resources and lead special needs artists with artistic potential to create market-competitive works through the professional support and collaboration of artists, designers and other people, and support them to generate income with art. The "Xin Vision" Heart Youth Group Exhibition provides artistic resources and venue support by the Guangzhou Museum of Art, the School of Visual Arts and Design of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the Guangzhou Artists Association, the Guangdong Young Artists Association and other parties, providing an external promotion and link cooperation template with actual cultural and creative samples for the city's disabled cultural creation groups.
The artistic interaction extended by the exhibition is even more novel and interesting, attracting a group of special needs creators and a group of volunteers from the 16th Middle School high school. In the process of co-creating the glass bottle installation, more than 10 young people with special needs each received a task - to draw their favorite pattern on the glass bottle in their hands. Under the leadership of young artist Guo Qing and the company of volunteers from middle school students, glass bottles of different colors and wonderful colors hung all over the entire white wall of the exhibition site, coupled with the blessing of lighting, shining with both novelty and pure light.
After completing the installation, the creative young people of special needs came to the square outside the museum, and a bus bus was quietly waiting for their arrival - they would paint different forms of tigers on this bus and dress it up as a unique theme bus.
After hard work and co-creation, "XIN Horizon" was born!
Not only the "tiger head and tiger brain", but also the tiger body and tiger tail, this "big tiger" has not yet been on the road, it has been so windy! The various cultural creations decorated in the carriage are derived from the elements of the works of special needs creators, which are even more refreshing, and the whole carriage is full of fun and warmth. Lo and behold, the bus driver has that beautiful U-shaped pillow on his neck that makes people think he is more approachable.
When the vehicle started, there was a cheer of excitement coming from the car. At each stop on the loop line, there are always excited and happy middle school volunteers and special needs youth who get off the bus to send calligraphy "Fu" characters to passers-by, and also send blessings - this is a gift written for the citizens by disabled calligraphers Wen Jianrong, Liang Huiling, Gao Yingsui, Li Lihong, Zhong Zhuquan and Yu Jiefang!
The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Art Museum that during the exhibition, the theme vehicle will become the "mobile small exhibition hall" of the first phase of the cultural and creative design display of the 100 enterprises and 100 art public welfare project, bringing a lovely scenery to the new year's city.
Guangzhou Bus Group revealed that since January 15, the line vehicles have been officially opened with the "Guangzhou Museum of Art - Metro Xiaobei Station" cultural tourism as promised and the "Luhu Park - Metro Xiaobei Station" cultural tourism as scheduled line. The route has improved the traffic microcirculation in the area around Luhu Park, and nearby neighbors, park visitors and visitors to the art museum have praised it.
"It was one of the most fun art events I've ever attended." A middle school student volunteer said that from the beginning of watching the exhibition with his parents, to his own tour for the special needs youth and ordinary audiences, to accompany the special needs youth to paint together, to send blessings to ordinary citizens, each link has some thoughts and touches, "I experienced integration in the activity, the integration of special needs and ordinary, the integration of parents and children, the integration between strangers, so that the integration of the city; at the same time, I realized the function of art, it is a means to close the relationship, it is a means to help special needs to become more sound, and it is also a means to generate income." More importantly, I understand that everyone can be a servicer, a service to parents, a service to special needs, and a service to others. ”
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng Reporter: Lin Lin, Su Zan, Jia Zheng
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Mo Weinong Correspondents: Feng Bohao, Mo Fan
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhao Xiaoman