8 THE MONGOL MESSENGER

ART & CULTURE

Friday, January 04 , 2013

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA Upcycling in Ulaanbaatar

The Arts Council of Mongolia in collaboration with local artists and teachers, with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, recently concluded the Trash is not Trash recycling art project with a public exhibition. The exhibition was open free to the public starting December 10, 2012 in the Green Horse art gallery at the Zanabazar Fine Art Museum and ran through December 17th. During the exhibition opening, children introduced their creations to the guests and gave a performance. Around 500 students and 200 adults visited and enhanced their knowledge on protecting the world and daily environment by re-using trash to new, beautiful up-cycled pieces. Overall, the project aimed to develop the creativity and talents of participating children as well as work to enhance the publics understanding of environmental protection and contemporary visual arts. Following the collective exhibit, each school introduced their art pieces at their schools during New Year celebrations to introduce them to students, teachers, and parents who were not involved.

Examples of useful items that can be crafted from trash

Arts Council plans events for 2013

As we celebrate the New Year and turn our thoughts to 2013, the Arts Council of Mongolia already has several exciting projects planned for 2013. Popular annual projects such as Culture Naadam, Museum in a Box, the Young Leaders in the Arts, Lost and Found residency, Time and Space nomadic arts residency, and Future Talent scholarship program will continue in 2013. Due to the success of the Trash is not Trash project, the ACM hopes to expand the reach of this project in 2013 and to include current university students to better train the next generation of art teachers. Special events planned for 2013 include a visual art exchange program between Mongolian and Japanese artists based on the theme Landscape and bringing dancers from the world-renowned New York City Ballet to perform in Ulaanbaatar. The coming year will also see the start of a new Mongolian Dance preservation project to create a database of Mongolian folk and ritual dance and to increase visibility of this unique Mongolian art form. The ACM will continue to partner with a wide range of Mongolian and international organizations and businesses to promote Mongolian arts and culture nationally and abroad.

Theres no limit to what imagination can conceive

On January 9 at 7:00 pm, noted pianist Ts. Enkhtur and his student A. Enkhamgalan will jointly perform solo pieces and duets in a special evening dedicated to music enthusiasts. The performance will start with the solo performances, and they will play together afterwards. To be in perfect harmony, piano duets require the four hands of the two musicians to play on one piano. This practice comes from significant historical

One piano plus two pianists equal a musical treat

development in the second half of the 19th Century when the child Mozart played together with his sister and developed sonatas composed for four hands and two pianists. On January 9, 2013, these compositions will be performed in concert halls around the world including duets written by such famous composers as Mozart, Shubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, and Grieg to be enjoyed by all.

A. Enkhamgalan

Ts. Enkhtur
1 piano + 2 pianists = a musical treat

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