Local artist holds tropical fish 3D paper art lanterns exhibition plus rabbit workshops

Local artist-cum-interior designer Benson Lam Iam Sang – in cooperation with the St Lazarus Church District Creative Industries Promotion Association – is hosting an exhibition of 3D paper art lanterns at the G32 Gallery in Rua de São Miguel, and last weekend held workshops in conjunction with three associations.The Macau Post Daily chatted with Lam earlier this week about his latest exhibition, the workshops and plans for the future in a small restaurant behind Praça do Tap Seac.Lam said

October 1, 2020 | BY admin

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PSM members’ exhibition showcases creativity & special moments

A biennial exhibition organised by the Photographic Society of Macau (PSM) for it’s members is being held in Lou Lim Ioc Garden.The event is co-sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and Macau Foundation (FM) and supported by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), according to information provided by the society’s website.  According to the website, the exhibition aims to enrich their members’ “life in photography” and to improve their photographic skills. The society has

September 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artists show Alice in Wonderland’s ‘Curiouser & Curiouser’

An event entitled “Curiouser and Curiouser”* co-hosted by local artist and curator Mel Cheong Hoi I and Route Arts Association is being held at Macau Tower. The event is co-organised by Route Arts Association and the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre and sponsored by Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Cheong told The Macau Post Daily earlier this month that “Curiouser and Curiouser” is a collaboration event initiated by local curators Mel Cheong and Pat Lam in 2017.

September 29, 2020 | BY admin

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World Press Photo exhibition: best pictures show journalistic stories

According to a statement provided by the World Press Photo EXPOSIÇAO 2020, the exhibition shows the results of the 63rd Annual World Press Photo Contest, which rewards professional photographers for the best pictures – presented as singles or in stories – contributing to the past year of visual journalism.The statement said that for over six decades, the World Press Photo Foundation has been working from its home in Amsterdam as an independent, non-profit organisation. The statement

September 28, 2020 | BY admin

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‘Unreturned Wanderer?’ showcases his creations

An exhibition entitled “Unreturned Wanderer?” by artist Leong Chi Mou at the Macau Art For All Society (AFA) gallery is part of the latter’s “Urban Identity – New Immigrants Artists” series this year, according to a statement by curator Lei Lai.According to the statement, Leong Chi Hou is the original name of the artist who uses Chi Mou as his pseudonym. Leong was born in 1991 in Jiangmen, a city some 65 kilometres north-west of Macau, and moved to the Macau Special Administrative

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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USJ exhibition shows Macau’s mangroves ‘treasure’

An exhibition entitled “Macau’s Mangroves: A Coastal Treasure” co-organised by the Institute of Science and Environment of the private University of St. Joseph (USJ), non-governmental organisation Clean the World and gaming operator Sands Macau, is being held on the Catholic university’s Ilha Verde campus to present the natural environment of mangroves.The exhibition displays photographs of animals, videos and interactive water tank models aiming to showcase the local mangroves

September 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Smart Print 3D project aims to help Macau become a Smart City

A Smart Print 3D display at Creative Macau in the Macau Cultural Centre complex aims to show that 3D printing can play a crucial role in transforming Macau into a Smart City. The display introduces a Smart Print 3D project, a scientific collaboration involving research team members from St. Joseph University (USJ), the Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), Wiz Technology and a consultant based in Canada. The project kicked off in the first quarter of this year.Cindia Lam Ching Chi,

September 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Local 18-year-old musician composes music inspired by life & science

An 18-year-old musician, Cannan Wong Hou Wang, told The Macau Post Daily in a recent interview that he performed 10 pieces of his own compositions, which were inspired by his life experiences and science, at the Clube Militar Restaurant in front of 60 people last month.Cannan said that he started playing the piano when he was three or four years old, adding that he only started composing music four years ago. When asked if he thought that he was gifted in music, he replied that he would not say

September 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artist showcases his life-learning creations

A Chinese painting exhibition entitled “Life is always for learning – Old Crow Shan” by local artist Kuan Wai Sang is being held at the UNESCO Centre of Macau in Nape and hosted by the Macau Foundation (FM) as part of the ongoing Macau Artists Promotion Project, according to an article on Macau Foundation’s (FM) website.Kuan told The Macau Post Daily in a phone interview yesterday that Old Crow Shan (Lao Ya Shan in Putonghua) is his hometown, a remote village in Kaiping a county-level

September 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Exhibition shows acrylic world of 12-year-old girl

Acrylic paintings by 12-year-old local-born American-Chinese Leonie Quinn are adding a splash of colour to the gallery of the Rui Cunha Foundation in Nam Van.“I’m so surprised, I didn’t expect they would do it,” Leonie told The Macau Post Daily prior to the exhibition opening yesterday when asked how she felt when the gallery decided to display her paintings.Her mother said that Leonie and her father walked past the gallery one day three months ago and casually asked about exhibition

September 9, 2020 | BY admin

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20 pct of Macau Public Library books are in languages other than Chinese

Rosina Choi Ho Ling, an official of the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Communication Department, told The Macau Post Daily via email last week that the Macau Public Library has a collection of approximately one million books, of which 80 percent are in the Chinese language, while 20 percent are in other languages. Libraries are many students’ both most and least favourite places in the world. They are places where one spends day and night working on assignments, but also where one can find

September 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Exhibition marks 75th anniversary of victory in Chinese People’s War Against Japanese Aggression an

Exhibition marks 75th anniversary of victory in Chinese People’s War Against Japanese Aggression and Global Anti-Fascist WarAn exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War Against Japanese Aggression and the Global Anti-Fascist War is being held at Tap Seac Gallery.The photo exhibition is co-hosted by the public Macau Foundation (FM) and the Oral History Association of Macau (OHM). This important exhibition displays more than 70 historical pictures,

September 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Collective exhibition marks Creative Macau’s 17th anniversary

An exhibition entitled “Unlock That Door” by 23 local artists is being held at Creative Macau – Centre for Creative Industries to mark the centre’s 17th anniversary. The event is supported by the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM). All the artists are members of Creative Macau.According to a statement by Creative Macau, the theme for this year’s collective anniversary exhibition is to express the artists’ ideas, feelings and “anything else” within their own imagination in a written

September 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Portuguese artist showcases imaginary & abstract creations to explore life

An exhibition entitled “I have wiped the pen on the paper so often it seems like a drawing” by Portuguese artist Rui Rasquinho is being held in the main gallery of Casa Garden, co-organised by BABEL – Cultural Organisation and the Orient Foundation (FO), according to a statement provided by BABEL.The exhibition is BABEL’s annual NEW VISIONS project, which is supported by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Rasquinho told The Macau Post Daily last week that he was born in Lisbon in 1971 and

September 1, 2020 | BY admin

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