China Residencies turns 5 !

Come celebrate with us all over the world this February.

We'll be having a party in New York as always, but if you're elsewhere, we invite you to host your very own art dumpling party.

Don't know how to make dumplings? Don't worry, we'll teach you! Check out our virtual dumpling art party kit, which includes:

• - multiple kinds of delicious dumplings 
• - custom cocktails, courtesy of Mood Ring's founders
• - music from our Nightlife residency finalists
• - a virtual visual journey riding along with our #slowtrain residents
• - conversation topics inspired by our amazing artists

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Join us to ring in the Chinese New Year at Wing On Wo & Co to celebrate the amazing work of our three fiscally sponsored projects: The W.O.W Project, BUFU & Yellow Jackets Collective and the work of our Crystal Ruth Bell residents Fredman Barahona & Guillermo Sáenz.

Come see some neat stuff & craft dumplings in any shape, size or form, then eat them!

amount:

patron / banker / lawyer / high roller $100.00 USD suggested donation to support China Residencies $50.00 USD chinatown community members & struggling artists $25.00 USD

food preferences

vegetarian pescatarian omnivore

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We're excited to take part in the 2nd edition of Independent Art Spaces Beijing, themed Be Water 试水! 

Kira, China Residencies's co-founder, will be staging an Ice Treats Exchange during the entire festival, as well as during a very special party on Wednesday August 24th at Wujin 五金, featuring the work of our latest #slowtrain resident Roopa Vasudevan.

About Ice Treats Exchange:

Ice cream was likely invented in China thousands of years ago, and in 2014, China overtook every other country to become the world's largest market for ice cream. It's hot in August in Beijing, basically everyone likes popsicles, and pretty much e ...

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Running a residency is hard work, and sometime the dedicated people behind the scenes don't get the thanks they deserve. So join us Sunday evening to celebrate these lovely people, buy them a drink, and let them know we know we couldn't do it all without them!

管理驻地驻地项目并不容易，有时人们甚至忘记向他们说感谢。因此请你周日傍晚加入我们，向这些可爱的人表示祝贺，一起喝一杯并告诉他们，他们的工作对我们来说有多么重要。

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China Residencies' co-founder Kira Simon-Kennedy will take part in a panel discussion titled "Expanding Your Horizons" alongside artists, curators, and researchers working across Africa, Asia, and the Arctics.

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Friday February 27th 3 pm - 4:30 pm

George Sherman Union, 2nd Floor, Metcalf Hall, Large Hall, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Hamdy Reda, Managing Director and Curator, artellewa, Egypt
Pau Cata, Curator and Researcher, The North Africa Cultural Mobility Map
Roger Colombik, Aritst and former Resident, New Zero Art Space, Burma
Gabriel Warren, Artist working in Antarctica and the high A ...

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Join us to ring in the Chinese New Year by making your very own art dumpling and check out some amazing zines. We'll be featuring printed things made by the collectives on this past summer's Crystal Ruth Bell Residency.

Come see some neat stuff & craft dumplings in any shape, size or form, then eat them!

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DutchCulture is organising an afternoon of talks about working in and with China.

Kira Simon-Kennedy, co-founder and director of China Residencies, will introduce the current state, trends and developments of artist residencies in China.

Netherlands-based visual and performing artists will share their views and first-hand stories on working in a Chinese context. With, among others, Charlott Markus (2015 resident at the Institute for Provocation in Beijing) and Hakim, famous children theatre artist who just returned from his performance at the Silk Road International Arts Festival (Xi’an, China).

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Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) presents Transdiciplinary China: Research in Practice - a one-day symposium that seeks to interrogate the nature and significance of transdisciplinary research and arts practice in and about contemporary China, its arts and culture.

Jonathan Harris, Professor in Global Art and Design Studies at Birmingham City University (BCU) will deliver the keynote address entitled The Global Asian Contemporary Art World: Analytic Perspectives, Shen Xin, CCVA and Chronus Arts Centre fellow will present Shoulders of Giants (pictured) with Prof Johnny Golding, Philosopher an ...

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Please join us at the Alliance of Artist Communities Annual Conference, held in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) from October 13th - 16th, where China Residencies' co-founder Kira Simon-Kennedy will be leading a panel discussion on the topic of Alternative Models for Artist Residencies in China.

An energetic network of artist-run spaces and artist residencies has formed in China’s rural and urban centers, despite almost no public funding for the arts. Residencies must constantly come up with creative strategies for funding artists, finding space, and collaborating with local communities, universities, t ...

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Kira Simon-Kennedy will be joining curator Rachel Marsden, exhibiting artist Sam Curtis, and Eisler Curator & Head of Curatorial Studies, Daniel F Herrmann in a discussion on the pros and cons of residencies.

A dynamic evening of performance by London Open 2015 artists follows, including choreographic work by Alex Baczynski-Jenkins; a restaging of Corpus Sonus (2012) by Sam Belinfante, with Musarc Choir; a hypnotic event conceived especially by Salvatore Arancio; and works activated throughout the exhibition spaces.

"The London Open 2015 is the Whitechapel Gallery triennial exhibition.  Sculpture, pai ...

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Learn how to write an exhibition, grant, or residency exhibition application that will be accepted! Come to Makeshift Society to hear three experts guide you through the complicated and mystifying process of applying for things.

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Executive Director of Artists Alliance Inc., the LES Studio Program, and Cuchifritos Gallery, Jodi Waynberg will provide guidance on composing exhibition proposals, writing a successful residency application and meeting other professionals including curators, gallerists and dealers. 

Talk to Jodi about refining your portfolio, submitting exhibi ...

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Kira will take part in the two-day conference ‘Tilting Axis: Within and Beyond the Caribbean – Shifting Models of Sustainability and Connectivity’, held at The Fresh Milk Art Platform, Barbados on February 27-28, 2015. This meeting aims to promote greater conversations and engagement between artists and professionals working within artist-led initiatives across the wider Caribbean region, build and redefine historical relationships with those in the North, and establish open dialogue with active networks emerging in the Global South.

Organized by Fresh Milk, ARC Inc., Res Artis and Pérez Art Museum Miami ...

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China Residencies' program manager Kira Simon-Kennedy will be leading a discussion on Cultural Residencies at Art Basel Hong Kong featuring:

• Thea Baumann, Founding Director/CEO, Metaverse Makeovers [Shanghai]
  
• Jay Brown, Founder & Director, Lijiang Studio [Lijiang]
  
• Cosmin Costinas, Executive Director/Curator, Para/Site [Hong Kong]
  
• Ingrid Chu, Public Programmes Curator, Asia Art Archive [Hong Kong]
  
• Anna Eschbach, Founder, Curator & Director, I: project space [Beijing]
• Christina Li, Curator, Spring Workshop [Hong Kong]
  
• Brian Wallace, Founder, and Emma Karasz, Director, Red Gate Residency [Beijing]

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Join us to ring in the Chinese New Year by making your very own art dumpling. Come craft dumplings in any shape, size or form, then eat them!

We’ll be projecting videos of some of our favourite food performance art, sharing in-depth knowledge on amazing opportunities for artist in China, and, of course, eating lots and lots of dumplings.

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We're throwing a party in Crystal's honor on Sunday, September 7th, from 3 to 5 pm on the Dongbianmen Watchtower at Red Gate Gallery in Beijing. Please come dressed in your brightest colors to share your favorite Crystal stories!

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China Residencies will be partnering with other Res Artis collaborators for a panel discussion at IETM Asian Satellite in Australia about residency programs. 

IETM will gather performing artists, professionals and funders from three continents to increase international understanding, collaboration and engagement. After six annual IETM Satellite Meetings in Asian countries, and four years of intense collaboration between IETM and the Australia Council for the Arts, this meeting will bring together knowledge gained and contacts built, adding new people and new perspectives to the dialogue be ... Read More

Crystal Ruth Bell and Kira Simon-Kennedy, China Residencies' co-founders, will be speaking at the TransCultural Exchange Conference on two occasions during the Pecha Kucha sessions, Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9:30 am at Boston University. 

Check out the full schedule and the speaker list, we will be in very good company and hope to see you there!

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Want find out how you can go on an artist residency in China? 
Come join us Tuesday at Residency Unlimited to hear co-founders Crystal Ruth Bell and Kira Simon-Kennedy present an overview of China Residencies and give useful tips on how to navigate in China as a visiting artist. 

We'll touch on everything from funding opportunities and visa application guidelines, as well as opportunities for exhibitions and collaborations with local artists and institutions. We'll also team up with past Red Gate artists in residence Sam Jablon & Margeaux Walter, as well as our fantastic interns Hong Zhang & Sally Yi Cao to answ ...

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Learn how to make (and eat) Beijing-style dumplings from scratch!

Donate to China Residencies' Indiegogo to ensure your ticket and a free flow of Tsingtao. Money goes directly to supporting our nonprofit. 

Purchase your ticket at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/china-residencies

$50: banker/lawyer/high roller
$30: suggested donation
$15: student/intern/starving artist

- Artist dumpling making together on residency in Beijing

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