Citywide celebration of culture
China DailyThe exhibition by the China Academy of Art displays works by nearly 3,000 young artists who graduated this year from the academy, in eight venues across Hangzhou. Gao is keen to emphasize that the core of education at the academy is to help students appreciate different worldviews, understand the diversity of worlds, develop sensitivity, discernment and tolerance, and forge an independent spirit. For example, the Design Industry Innovation Center took the subtheme of Forest Island and presented work by 31 students which reflected their engagement with issues such as society, culture, urban development, ecology and technology. Among the works, there was one, titled Fifty, by He Chaohong, a master's graduate in animation, which had earned recognition and was shortlisted for the Chilean Animation Film Festival in 2022.