Projects
Insects Awakening- Li Kangying
2024 - DH Lawrence Birthplace Museum
Discussions with the museum to create a Mandarin digital trail guide and associated community activity
DH Lawrence Birthplace Museum
D.H. Lawrence was born at 8a Victoria Street in 1885.
"This charming, award-winning museum & gift shop also features an exhibition space dedicated to showing how Lawrence lived a life without limits as well as showcasing the work of a new generation of local artists, keeping Lawrence’s legacy alive."
https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/things-to-do/d-h-lawrence-birthplace-museum-p641161
2024 - Silverstone Museum
Discussions with the museum on making links with Chinese partners and how to make the site more accessible to inbound Chinese visitors.
2024 - Chinese New Year events in February 2024 finished at the Canalside Heritage Centre in Beeston.
"I wasn't sure what to expect but have been blown away"
Canalside Heritage Centre
"The Canalside Heritage Centre is a vibrant hub for visitors to enjoy and explore, with an enticing tea room, welcoming gift shop and interpretation centre, as well as tranquil gardens and many activities to delight in. " They were such welcoming hosts that we really enjoyed our time there.
2024 - Chinese New Year events in February 2024 began with the Framework Knitters' Museum.
A weekend of song and dance, games and crafts for the local community was a great hit and the museum was delighted with the feedback from the visitors.
"Brilliant", "Fantastic", "A complete surprise, I loved it".
Framework Knitters' Museum
The Framework Knitters Museum is a remarkable survivor of a once major East Midlands industry. It shows both the machinery and living conditions of an industry transitioning from the home to the factory. Find out more at www.frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk
2024 - Working with the Dewey Center in Beijing to facilitate immersive exhibitions and cultural connections between China and the UK.
The Dewey Center, Beijing
The recently built Dewey Center in Beijing has played host to several groundbreaking immersive exhibitions. Most recently the national tour of "Van Gogh Alive" in China began at the Dewey Center Beijing. The exhibition allows visitors to walk through fields of sunflowers, and uniquely experience Van Gogh.
2023 - Facilitating the first exhibition in the West of renowned historian and artist Dr Li Kangying in Buxton
Dr. Li Kangying
DR Li KANGYING is a historian of Chinese cultural history, his academic works on Chinese history of the 14th-16th century are university textbooks and on the reading list for most of university postgraduates of Chinese history worldwide.
DR Li is an avant-garde calligrapher combining the ancient inscription on tortoise shell and bronze of the Shang Dynasty (BC1600-1046), the earliest form of Chinese character, and some approaches of the modern European arts.
"A Journey To Soul" 9-11 July 2023
Drawing on ancient poetry uniquely interpreted through Dr Li Kangying's original calligraphy, we took a well-being approach to the exhibition. We found balance by placing the artwork on the floor and juxtaposing it in contrast to the magnificent classical ceiling of the Assembly Room.
The audience feedback was overwhelmingly possible conveying a sense of peace and calm to the audience.
"...not sure what to expect but thoroughly enjoyed the experience."
"...the experience was brilliant"
"A truly valuable experience of seeing quality and experiencing peace"
2022 - Facilitated the launch of Jingyue (Beijing) Digital Technology Co., LTD, in the UK as a sales platform for UK artists and art commodities.
Jingyue
Jingyue bases itself on trending cultural platforms, promotes clients through digital activity and strives to become the number 1 entrance into web 3.0 trending culture and the #1 platform for e-commerce.
IT aims to create a real network community in the post-NFT era and China's largest trending IP derivatives sales platform.
2021 - Consulted with the Hainan Museum of the South China Sea on a new exhibition for 2023 featuring images of Chinese porcelain hidden in Western oil paintings.
Hainan Museum of the South China Sea
Opened in 2008, this spectacular new building sits in the Hainan Cultural Park in Haikou. and is renowned for its porcelain collection.
2021 - Facilitated new artwork for the Walks of Life Museum in Nottinghamshire from up-and-coming artists based in Beijing
Walks of Life Museum
The Walks of Life museum is a rural life museum based in Tuxford North Nottinghamshire but is developing new community connection initiatives through art and culture. It is also where ASH has now based itself.