Transferred Landscape: Contemporary Sculpture from China
Dates: Oct 1 - 30, 2005
Venue: Throughout the Kennedy Center
Tickets: FREE!
Elements of Chinese culture are transformed into modern sculptural expressions by various Chinese artists, juxtaposing the natural with the manual, the traditional with the avant-garde.
Qin's Terra Cotta Warrior Exhibition
Dates: Oct 1 - 30, 2005
Venue: North Gallery, Roof Terrace Level
Tickets: FREE.
The Kennedy Center displays selections from the terra cotta statuary at Emperor Qin's tomb, featuring two life-sized terra cotta warriors and a horse.
Tim Yip's China Red
Dates: Oct 1 - 30, 2005
Venue: Various Kennedy Center Locations
Academy Award(r) winner Tim Yip adds décor and design to the Kennedy Center during the Festival of China, inspired by the auspicious nature of red in Chinese culture.
The New China Chic
Dates: Oct 4 - 16, 2005
Venue: Terrace Gallery
Tickets: FREE.
Fashion works by Vivienne Tam, Han Feng, Jeffrey Chow, Derek Lam, and other Chinese and Chinese-emigré designers are complemented by jewelry b Cartier and more.
Yunnan Revealed
Dates: Oct 11, 2005
Tickets: FREE.
Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province -- the most ethnically diverse in China -- demonstrate their unique folk traditions. Connecticut College's Dance Department has been instrumental in developing the presentation and preservation of ethnic cultures in Yunnan China through the China Yunnan/Mekong Project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
(China.org.cn September 22, 2005)
