Text, photo/ Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Fu Chang
Correspondent Spike Remnant
On January 15, a "Xin Horizon" themed bus covered with colorful and different forms of tigers shuttled through the Luhu Lake Sightseeing Loop Line in Guangzhou, and at each station along the way, middle school student volunteers would get off and present calligraphy "Fu" to the roadside citizens. On the other side, at the Guangzhou Museum of Art in the foothills of the mountain, a "Xin Horizon" heart youth group exhibition is being held, and the creators of special needs (mental disabilities, physical disabilities) and artists create an art installation with glass bottles as the main body.
It is reported that while exhibiting the independent works of autistic youth, this exhibition also exhibits the paintings created by ordinary young designers and special needs (mental disabilities, physical disabilities, hearing impairments, etc.) with artistic potential, as well as the cultural and creative derivatives designed from them. This is also the first achievement exhibition of the "100 Enterprises and 100 Arts" public welfare project of 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 Guangzhou International Cultural Exchange Center for The Disabled, Guangzhou Museum of Art, School of Visual Art and Design of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Artists Association, Guangdong Young Artists Association and other parties, providing external promotion and link cooperation templates with actual cultural and creative samples for the city's disabled cultural creation groups.
The artistic interaction extended by the exhibition attracted the participation of a group of special needs creators and a group of volunteers from the sophomores of the 16th Middle 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 middle school student volunteers, glass bottles of different colors and beautiful and wonderful colors hung on the entire white wall of the exhibition site.
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 wanted to paint different forms of tigers on this bus and dress it up as a unique theme bus. After some co-creation and co-painting, the "Xin Horizon" was born. When the vehicle started, there was a burst of excited cheers on the car, and at each stop on the ring line, there were middle school student volunteers and special needs youth who got off the bus to send calligraphy "Fu" characters to passers-by, and also sent blessings - this is also a gift written by Wen Jianrong, Liang Huiling, Gao Yingsui, Li Lihong, Zhong Zhuquan and Yu Jiefang for the citizens by disabled calligraphers and painters in Guangzhou.
"It was one of the most fun art events I've ever attended." A participating 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 accompanying the special needs youth to paint together and send blessings to ordinary citizens, every link has some thoughts and touches. "I experienced integration in the activities, the integration of special needs and ordinary, the integration of parents and children, the integration between strangers, and even the integration of the city; at the same time, I experienced the function of art, which is a means of bringing relationships closer, a means of helping special needs to become more sound, and a means of generating income; more importantly, I understand that everyone can become a servicer, serve parents, serve special needs, and serve others." He said.
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 arts public welfare project, adding a beautiful scenery to Guangzhou. Guangzhou Bus Group revealed that since January 15, the line vehicles have been officially opened with the "Guangzhou Art Museum - Metro Xiaobei Station" cultural tourism as promised and the "Luhu Park - Metro Xiaobei Station" cultural tourism as scheduled line, which will help improve the traffic microcirculation in the area around Luhu Park. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
Editor-in-charge | Fu Yi