To establish international collaboration in arts and design and to cultivate young talents in the fields, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has carried out MOE Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design(SPOSAD) since 2005. Talented students, under MOE's sponsorship of tuition fees and living expenses, are sent for overseas study every year.
Two Taiwanese films－“Dorm (宿舍)” by director Su Yu-hsien (蘇育賢) and “The Lucky Woman (逃跑的人)” by director Tseng Wen-chen (曾文珍)－have been nominated for the “New Asian Currents (千波萬波)” of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, border control measures have been implemented by countries around the world and people are facing unprecedented challenges to their livelihoods. In response to the crisis, the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education, is organizing the 2021 Global Youth Trends Forum on the theme of “Global Partnership—The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Youth.” The forum will open a new chapter for youth to get reconnected to the world in the COVID-19 era.
A special exhibition on the role and lives of migrant workers in Taiwan opened Wednesday at the National Human Rights Museum, highlighting some of the issues they face in the country and how they are perceived by others.
The international illustration exhibition “Back to the 90-degree angle where I met you (回到遇見你的90度角)” will be held at the 1916 Cultural and Creative Workshop and the National Changhua Living Art Center from Oct. 7 to Nov. 7, featuring 313 artworks by 61 well-known illustrators from 22 countries.
Colorful costumes and cheerful music flowed from a museum in downtown Taipei Sunday at a festival honoring the art of batik, a traditional wax-resist dyeing technique from Indonesia.
A Taiwanese business association in Vietnam is planning to submit a document to the Vietnamese government Monday, seeking its support for Taiwan’s effort to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Vietnamese filmmaker Lê Bảo won the grand prize at this year’s International New Talent Competition for his directorial debut “Taste” at the Taipei Film Festival, the organizers said in a statement Tuesday.
A selection of essays focusing on the practice of curating in Southeast Asia, “SouthEastAsia: Spaces of the Curatorial (東南亞：策展空間)” - planned and translated by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) and produced by the ARTouch - had its press conference for the publication at the Mayor's Residence Art Salon on Sep. 27.
Titled “Say Hi to the World,” the Fresh Taiwan project led by the Ministry of Culture established online branding sites, and cooperated with platforms that serve as indicators in Europe and Japan to help Taiwanese cultural and creative brands take initiatives.
