{"id":2211,"date":"2016-11-22T03:40:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T03:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2017-05-22T03:43:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:43:28","slug":"a-sip-of-freshly-brewed-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/a-sip-of-freshly-brewed-art\/","title":{"rendered":"A sip of freshly brewed art"},"content":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n

\u201cBelieve in Art\u201d \u2013 an exhibition of work by students and teachers from Macao Polytechnic Institute\u2019s School of Arts \u2013 can be seen at the IFT Caf\u00e9 until 5 December. The showcase builds on the success of the 2 previous exhibitions held at the venue since the Caf\u00e9 opened its doors in June 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis exhibition is a new collaboration with the Macao Polytechnic Institute,\u201d says IFT Vice President Ms. Florence Ian. \u201cWe are very happy that the 2 institutions are working together closely to contribute to Macao\u2019s creative industries in terms of training and education,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

The IFT Caf\u00e9 is located on the waterfront of the Nam Van Lake. It not only serves food and drinks, but it also provides training to IFT students. The outlet additionally operates as a venue to promote culture, and regularly hosts exhibitions featuring local artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far we are very happy with the IFT Caf\u00e9 project,\u201d Ms. Ian says. According to her, the venue is welcoming on average approximately 3,000 customers per month.<\/p>\n

The IFT Caf\u00e9 is part of an effort by the Macao SAR Government to revitalise the Nam Van Lake area and turn it into a new leisure and tourism hub. Other Government bodies involved in the overall revitalisation project for the area \u2013 a zone that has been named \u201cAnim\u2019Arte Nam Van\u201d \u2013 include: the Cultural Affairs Bureau; the Sports Bureau; and the Macao Government Tourism Office. <\/p>\n

Artistic debut<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen Wen Qian is one of the students to have her work featured in the \u201cBelieve in Art\u201d exhibition. \u201cI am very happy to have my painting here,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is the first time one of my paintings has been selected for an exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says the IFT Caf\u00e9 provides a good platform for young local artists to exhibit their art to a wider audience, as many locals and tourists visit the outlet. \u201cI think it is a good chance to show my paintings,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n

Dr. Tina Chen agrees. She is the Programme Coordinator of the Visual Art Bachelor Degree Programme at the Macao Polytechnic Institute. Students \u201cwere excited\u201d to know that they would have their work featured at the IFT Caf\u00e9, she says.<\/p>\n

Dr. Chen adds: \u201cIt is a very good experience that students can spread their artworks outside the campus \u2013 it is good for establishing a dialogue with Macao\u2019s people and with tourists.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibition features art produced at the 5 studios within the Visual Art Bachelor Degree Programme: Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics.<\/p>\n

The Macao Polytechnic Institute\u2019s School of Arts was established in 1989: it was initially called the Visual Arts Institute and run by Macao\u2019s Cultural Affairs Bureau. In 1993, it was incorporated into the Polytechnic Institute. It is the only place in Macao offering bachelor degree programmes in design, visual arts and music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cBelieve in Art\u201d \u2013 an exhibition of work by students and teachers from Macao Polytechnic Institute\u2019s School of Arts \u2013 can be seen at the IFT Caf\u00e9 until 5 December. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[318,201,70,204,234,317],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utm-life","tag-believe-in-art","tag-exhibition","tag-florence-ian","tag-ift-cafe","tag-macao-polytechnic-institute","tag-school-of-arts"],"views":566,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}