Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

Art Interaction and Promotion Each year, scholars and artists are invited to visit the department and give lectures and demonstrations. Famous visitors have included Pu Xingyu, Huang Junbi, Xie Zhiliu, Lu Yanshao, X u Bangda, Qi Gong, L i n Fengmian, Zao Wou-ki, Zhu Degun, Jiang Zhaoshen, L i I-hung, Michael Sullivan (US), James Leachay (US), and Olivier Debre (France). The department also works closely w i t h The Chinese Un i v e r s i t y A r t Museum to organize public lectures, demonstrations, academic conferences, calligraphy competitions, and to publish books on exhibitions and conference proceedings. I n 1994, they j o i n t l y o r g a n i z ed the Symposium of Tertiary Art Education i n Ma i n l a nd China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and an exhibition of works by tertiary art students in the three places. The function marked the first gathering of tertiary art educators from the three regions for exchange, and the first simultaneous exhibition of the works by tertiary art students. Another function ， the International Symposium on Chinese Calligraphy held in 1997, was Hong Kong's first symposium devoted to the subject. So was the International Symposium on Chinese Rubbings and Calligraphy held in April 2001. Last year the department joined hands with th e Arts Development Council and the Fine Arts Department of the University of Hong Kong to organize 'Brush and Ink: An International Symposium of Modern Chinese Painting', to forecast the development of Chinese painting in the new century. Opening of the exhibition of the secondary students calligraphy and painting competition of the CUHK Art Festival The International Symposium on Chinese Calligraphy Prof. Lee Yun Woon introducing students' works to a visiting scholar Scholars and artists from the mainland and Taiwan are frequently invited to visit the University's Fine Arts Department an d conduct demonstrations (left: Liu Haisu; right: Li I-hung). Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2001 26