For registration & inquiry: arts.beijing@britishcouncil.org.cn

1．Lecture

Lecturer: Christine Mills
Topic: Artist In residence
MC: Wu Jian'an, teacher from Department of Experimental Arts, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Venue: Rm F1-109, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Time: 14:00-16:00 15 May, 2009

Wales artist Christine Mills has been invited multiple times to participate in artist-in-residence programs around the world and have accumulated plenty of in-residence experience. Artist Christine Mills was the first artist in residence at the Arts Pavilion of the National Eisteddfod of Wales (a cultural festival) in 2003 where she worked with an Argentinian artist Carlos Pinatti in accomplishing a work made up of a 8-minute-film, woollen knit work and photos. In 2005 she was the first artist in residence at the National Library of Wales, a 12 month residency, where the artist was located in a studio amongst 120 miles of shelving of books, artifacts, films and art collections.

What she will share with the young artists and arts students in China are her in-residence experience and the challenge and inspiration faced by the artists in creation and thinking when they contact with different languages, topics and exotic cultures. Christine Mills has also prepared plenty of photos and films and would present landscape of Wales culture to the audience.

2．Artist Talk

Invited artists: Christine Mills, Hou Lidan, Wang Chuan
Topic: Identity and Culture
MC: Frankie Su, curator of Art Gallery of China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Location: Wall Art Museum
Time：14:30-16:00 16 May, 2009