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Bridging Hope Charity Foundation Founder Tina Tian Awarded Women’s Charity Award

On 20 May 2018, the 11th Women’s Summit Forum was held in Beijing. The summit is an annual event, jointly sponsored by the China Business Confederation and the Brand Alliance, which aims to recognise professional women and their contribution to the community as positive role models.

Tian Tian was awarded the 2018 Chinese women’s charity award for her dedication and achievements to public welfare and public welfare practices over the years. Tina’s passion and commitment to the Foundation has taken centre stage in her life, with a focus on ensuring that Bridging Hope Charity Foundation has a significant and enduring impact in the fields of mental health and the arts.

Congratulations to our Founder, Tina Tian, on being awarded the 2018 Chinese ‘Brand Women Summit’ Charity Award.

 

Feature Artist – Spotlight on Blak Douglas

Blak Douglas interprets social justice and political commentary. This work depicting the NorthEastern tip of Western Australia highlights a need for better access to equality, education and employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

Douglas’s works are in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, National Maritime Museum, AAMU (Netherlands), National Taiwan Museum, City of Sydney City Councils and Parliament of NSW. He was also one of 59 finalists in the 2018 Archibald Prize at the AGNSW, with a captivating portrait of uncle Roy Kennedy, a fellow Language man.


Blak Douglas
Wealth for soil, 2017
synthetic polymer on canvas
150 x 150cm

The 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention

Bridging Hope Charity Foundation, together with Lifeline Australia, attended the IASP 2018 Asia Pacific Regional Conference in New Zealand, 2-5 May 2018.

The 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention brought together researchers, practitioners, helpline workers, programme planners, graduate students, communities and anyone affected by suicidal persons, from a range of disciplines from within New Zealand, the Asian-Pacific Region and around the world.

It is estimated that over 800 000 people die by suicide, a ‘global’ mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds. Although traditionally suicide rates have been highest among the male elderly, rates among young people have been increasing to such an extent that they are now the group at highest risk in a third of countries, in both developed and developing countries.

The aim of the Asia Pacific Conference was to identify key issues in suicidal behaviour in the Asia Pacific Region in order to formulate cohesive, relevant and evidence based strategies by bringing together networks working in the field of suicide prevention and to share knowledge, skills, research and good practices in preventing suicide.

LR: Dr Tong Yongsheng, Alan Woodward, Anke Timm, Cecilia Anthony.

Chinese Contemporary Art Month Forum 2018

Bridging Hope Charity Foundation was delighted to be a panelist at this year’s Chinese Contemporary Art Month Forum on Saturday 14 April 2018. As part of our commitment to the Arts and artists both locally and internationally, we were invited to discuss the topic of ‘Australia-China Exchange and Interaction in Contemporary Art’.

For a third consecutive year, Chinese Contemporary Art Month 2018 will run from 13 April – 5 May 2018, featuring one main exhibition, two forums and a selected collection of associated exhibitions. The exhibition ties in with 100 years anniversary of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA).

Following the success since its inauguration in 2016, this year’s Chinese Contemporary Art Month seeks to deliver an eclectic mix of Chinese Contemporary Art and continue facilitating constructive communication between Chinese and Australian contemporary artists, collectors, curators and industry professionals. China Cultural Centre in Sydney invites Chinese and Australian contemporary artists, collectors, curators and industry professionals to share ideas and experience on contemporary art collections and Australia-China art exchange.

Chinese Contemporary Art Month 2018 will featuring one main exhibition, two forums and a selected collection of associated exhibitions, including The 5th Walking with Arts Exhibition, in TWT Creative Precinct, click here to find out more.


The Forum Program on 14 April 2018 was as follows:

Session One: ‘Strategies for Private and Enterprise Contemporary Art Collections’
Moderator: Nicholas Tsoutas, Curator/Art Critic
Panelists:

  • Trevor Victor Harvey, Owner/Curator at The Harvey Galleries
  • Dr. Yeqin Zuo, Director at Vermilion Art
  • Lily Huang, Vice President – Business Partnerships Banking Wealth Management at Citibank
  • Jason Jiageng Huang, Managing Director at COLI Australia

Language: English
Time: 13:30 – 15:00, 14 April 2018

Tea break: 15:00 – 15:30

Session Two: ‘Australia-China Exchange and Interaction in Contemporary Art’
Moderator: Dr. Tianli Zu, Artist/Adjunct Associate Professor at Western Sydney University
Panelists:

  • Nicholas Tsoutas, Curator/Art Critic
  • Anke Timm, Foundation Manager at Bridging Hope Charity Foundation
  • Rae Bolotin, Artistic Director at BigCi (Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives)

Language: English
Time: 15:30 – 17:00, 14 April 2018

Panel Discussion – The Mythology of the Artist’s Studio

On Wednesday 4 April 2018, Bridging Hope Charity Foundation presented a lively panel discussion with leaders of Australia’s contemporary art scene, hosted in one of Sydney’s fastest growing creative precincts, TWT Creative Precinct.

The second in the public program series, ‘The Mythology of the Artist’s Studio’, dealt with the tradition of making art in a studio, and focused on some mythologies around the artist studio.

Three of Australia’s leading contemporary artists Abdul Abdullah, Joan Ross, and Caroline Rothwell shared their stories with Art Advisor/Curator Natalia Bradshaw, on how strange magic happens in their studios. All agreed that being an artist is a serious profession that requires much discipline – and that having a good studio like those at the TWT Creative Precinct allows them to further push their art practice.

The discussion also covered:

  • The mystique of the artist’s studio
  • Why studios are critical to artistic output
  • Stereotypes around artist studios
  • The studio as a stage for art making
Panelists L-R: Abdul Abdullah, Joan Ross, Caroline Rothwell & Natalia Bradshaw

  

Couldn’t make it? Listen to the recording from the night.

Audio Part 1


Audio Part 2

Feature Artist – Spotlight on George Tjungurrayi

One of Australia’s leading and most respected artists, Tjungurrayi’s iconic paintings cross cultural boundaries and capture his passion and understanding of the land and serpent dreaming.

Tjungurrayi is one of 70 artists participating in the 21st Biennale of Sydney, with this works a feature installation in Carriageworks, one of the seven venues of the Biennale. Superposition: Equilibrium and Engagement, the theme of the 21st Biennale of Sydney, runs from 16 March through 11 June 2018 at the Art Gallery of NSW, Artspace, Carriageworks, Cockatoo Island, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Sydney Opera House, and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.  The theme title of the Biennale refers to a quantum physics term that points to how were are all linked on this earth and that opposing views may come together in a state of equilibrium – perfectly referencing Tjungurrayi’s bridging cross-cultural boundaries.

To view the Artistic Program of the 21st Biennale of Sydney visit biennaleofsydney.art

George Tjungurrayi, Untitled, 2017, acrylic on linen, 183 x 153 cm (Courtesy the artist and Utopia Art Sydney)
George Tjungurrayi, Untitled, 2017, acrylic on linen, 153 x 122 cm (Courtesy the artist and Utopia Art Sydney)
George Tjungurrayi, Untitled, 2016, acrylic on linen, 153 x 122 cm (Courtesy the artist and Utopia Art Sydney)
George Tjungurrayi Installation view of the 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018) at Carriageworks Presentation at the 21st Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous support from Geoff Ainsworth AM and Johanna Featherstone Photograph: Zan Wimberley Courtesy the artist and Utopia Art Sydney

Proud Major Foundation of the 21st Biennale of Sydney

Bridging Hope Charity Foundation is delighted to support the Biennale of Sydney as a Major Foundation.

2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the Biennale of Sydney and its 21st edition. Since its inception in 1973, the Biennale of Sydney has provided a platform for art and ideas, showcasing the work of nearly 1,800 artists from more than 100 countries. Today it is considered one of the leading international contemporary art events.

Exploring the curatorial theme of SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement, the 21st Biennale of Sydney will be presented at seven of the city’s most respected museums, galleries and nontraditional exhibition spaces: Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Artspace, Carriageworks, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney Opera House and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

The Biennale of Sydney is a free exhibition spanning three months from 16 March until 11 June 2018.

To view the artistic program visit: biennaleofsydney.art

Feature Artist – Spotlight on Aly Indermühle

Aly Inderhmüle is a sophisticated and highly intellectual early career artist – relatively early in her artistic career following a long and esteemed career as a 3D designer – one of the USA’s first 3D Designers for the Department of Defence.

Indermühle’s works are not only about light, but about emotion and connection. Her works are based on sensation and a sense of comfort relating to the unconscious connection we feel to each other as light around us changes – sunset orange, vivid summer blue, exotic magentas. Light and digital technology are a natural for Indermühle’s oeuvre, that combines the structure of the real world with the beautify of sublime elements and energies.

Two of Inderhmüle’s stunning works are in our collection:

Acoustic 2017
Materials: LEDs, Nano Computers, Aluminium
Colours: 3 Elements with pulsing colours of yellow, pinks, reds, and soft purples.
1.2 H x 2 W .45 D m Approx.

Vortex 2017
Materials: LEDs, Nano Computers, Aluminium
Colours: 3 Elements with breathing colours of soft pink, sky blue, dreamy aqua, and soothing purple.
1.3 H x 2 W .15 D m Approx.

 

Feature Artist – Spotlight on Stevie Fieldsend

Stevie Fieldsend is an early career artist who completed her Masters only a few years ago. In that short time Stevie has already been highly recognised through inclusion in major art prizes and acquired for significant public collections including Artbank and the Macquarie Group Collection.

In Mira Mira series, Stevie works with this fascinating pleated fabric. The two dimensional lines melt into the third dimension, painting meets sculpture, verticality slips into other directions. Gold gives birth to satin blues and browns. It conveys a feeling of exceeding boundaries, of being out of the body, the fissures between internal and external. The sensation of being pulled out of herself, the inside becoming outside. A maturation process in flux …

Stevie Fieldsend
Mira Mira 23 & 27

Young Pacific Leaders Conference 2018

Young Pacific Leaders Conference 2018

The fifth Young Pacific Leaders Conference took place in Honolulu, Hawaii on 11-12 January, through a partnership between the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) and the U.S. Department of State.

A diverse and highly selective group of 26 young men and women from across the independent Pacific states, Australia, New Zealand and the United States were chosen to participate in the conference. In addition, six outstanding alumni of previous conferences were invited to participate for a total of 32 Young Pacific Leaders.

This conference provided emerging Pacific leaders, aged 25-35, with new skills and knowledge to advance the region’s economic vibrancy and civic engagement, thereby contributing to regional security and development.

Bridging Hope Charity Foundation’s Founder Tina Tian was invited to attend the event and present TWT Creative Precinct, the arts and wellbeing.

TWT is a Major Supporter of Bridging Hope Charity Foundation. The TWT Creative Precinct is an exciting and vibrant initiative which involves the conversion of a number of commercial buildings between Atchison Street and Chandos Street in St Leonards into creative spaces.

Since opening in 2014, the TWT Creative Precinct has grown to house more than 70 artists from the visual, performing, music and film disciplines. Incorporating 16 different spaces over 11 buildings on Atchison and Chandos Streets, the precinct offers over 4500sqms of subsidised space to the local creative community.

2017 China Philanthropic Person of the Year

Congratulations to our Founder, Tina Tian, on winning the ‘2017 China Philanthropic Person of the Year’ award.

The 2017 China Public Welfare Annual meeting is the annual event for China’s philanthropic sector; and “Converge together, march forward” was the theme of this year’s meeting held on 13 December at the Beijing National Conference Center.

One hundred recipients across China were recognised for their contribution to the sector. The awards are designed to acknowledge philanthropy across different industries including education, entertainment, business and other fields, that have made outstanding contributions to the development of the sector in 2017.

Tina Tian, Founder of Bridging Hope Charity Foundation, attended the meeting as a guest speaker, and was a recipient of the ‘2017 China Philanthropic Person of the Year’ award.

Congratulations to Tina on winning this prestigious award.