Something special’s brewing at cultural venues
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The Oriental Ceramic Communication Center
isha, a type of clay also called purple sand, comes from the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province. The red and purplish material is often used to make teaware as well as small pieces and ornaments.
As the unglazed surfaces can absorb tea and create a more intricate flavor, zisha teaware is very popular with the public, especially for making black and oolong tea.
The Oriental Ceramic Communication Center was opened on February 6 in Changning District to focus on researching and promoting zisha, as well as to host exhibition and provide consultation for collectors.
With an area of 1,200 square kilometers, the center has a gallery, auditorium, workshops, pottery as well as tea experience zones.
Themed or solo art exhibitions related to zisha and other ceramics will be presented monthly at the center.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gu Jingzhou, one of the great pottery masters, also called “the tycoon of pottery” in China, the center will host a series of events through the year.
The first exhibition of the series was 56 pieces of works by Wu Ming. Wu is a master in pottery and worked with Gu, who died in 1996.
Address: 2/F, Jiadu Building,
719 Yan’an Rd W.
Hanbin Lu Typewriters Museum
Loaned by Chinese businessman Lu Hanbin, who lives in the Czech Republic, this museum is dedicated solely to typewriters gathered from around the world.
Lu owns more than 300 typewriters in 14 languages, from more than 30 brands, such as Remington, Royal and Underwood.
The display changes every month.
They are arranged chronologically on shelves or in glass cases. The oldest typewriter in his collection is a redwood model from 1809.
Admission: Free
Tel: 6466-4556
Address: 719 Yan’an Rd W.
The Russian Formative
Arts Gallery
Inside Changning Library, this gallery featuring paintings and sculpture works by Russian realism artists was established by Fan Jianxiang and his wife.
Most exhibits are war-themed paintings by Soviet artists from the second half of last century.
The gallery also hosts some works by contemporary Russian artists.
Admission: Free
Tel: 3353-8803
Address: 3/F, Changning Library, 356 Tianshan Rd
Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum
Opened in October 2009 this museum focuses on display, exchange and research and is committed to promoting Chinese modern art.
The museum is a non-profit organization and the venue for academic exchange has a show space of about 1,000 square meters.
Admission: Free
Tel: 6261-8834
Address: 650 Xianxia Rd
Shanghai Children’s Museum
Established in 1996, the museum was the first in China built exclusively for children of the age 3 to 12.
Located east to Soong Ching-ling’s mausoleum park on Songyuan Rd, the museum embodies her children’s education concept of “future creation” and “giving of precious things to the children.”
The first and second floor are the exhibition zone, halls and theaters while the third floor is a multipurpose zone.
The sciences exhibition area is divided into the marine hall, the space theater, the lunar hall, two information halls and a planetarium.
The museum also has reading zones, 3D books, picture story books as well as audio visual.
Admission: Free, but there is a 5 yuan (80 US cents) charge per child for the interactive exploration zone and weekend special events and seminars. (Parents can accompany them for no extra charge).
Tel: 6278-3130
Address: 61 Songyuan Rd
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