PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE FOR THE NACHA ARTISTS CONTEMPORARY ART INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FROM NOVEMBER 15-30, 2013

NOVEMBER 14-17, 2013. PICK UP INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARTISTS ARRIVING AT CHIANGMAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCOMMODATION IN THE CITY, NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCES. NOVEMBER 17,2013 9 AM.BREAKFAST IN THE RESIDENCE. 1100 H. PICK UP AND TRAVEL TO NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCE CENTER . 1200H. LUNCH AT THE CENTER. 1300 H. WORKSHOP FOR FUN IN MAKING THE BANANA LEAVE FLOATING KRATONG BY MS.JANISA, THE LANNA TRADITION WORKSHOP. DURING THIS DAYS CHIANGMAI CANDLE LIGHT FLOATING FESTIVAL IN ABOUT TO BEGIN. 1700 H. WELCOME PARTY AT NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCE CENTER. TASTE OUR NORTHERN THAI DISHES BUFFET. MRS.WARANAN AND MR. PREECHA PONGCHAROENKUL ADDRESS THE GUESTS AND WELCOMING TO THE SYMPOSIUM. SYMPOSIUM ATTENDEES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE GATHERING. 2000 H. GO TO THE PING RIVERSIDE TO OBSERVE AND TO FLOAT KRATONG INTO THE PING RIVER JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR RESIDENCE CENTER. 2200 H. RETURN TO NACHA RESIDENCE CENTER THEN GO BACK TO ACCOMMODATION. NOVEMBER 18,2013 0945 H. PICK UP FOR NACHA THEPSADET COFFEE ESTATE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN ABOUT ONE HOUR DRIVE FROM CHIANGMAI CITY TO THE NORTHEAST IN DOI SAKET DISTRICT. MAKE A BRIEF STOP AT A HOTSPRING ENROUTE TO NACHA ESTATE, DRIVE AROUND THE MOUNTAIN AREA NEARBY FOR A FAMILIARIZATION TOUR OF THE PUER TEA AND THE NACHA COFFEE ESTATE. CHECK INTO THE HOMES AND TEA FACTORIES FOR ACCOMMODATION. EACH ARTIST WILL BE ASSIGNED A TENT AND A DOUBLE SLEEPING BAGS WITH RUBBER MAT. MOST WILL BE PRE ASSIGNED, BUT LATER ARTISTS CAN MAKE THEIR OWN ADJUSTMENT.

1200 H. LUNCH AT THE MAIN TEA FACTORY IN THE MOUNTAIN NACHA ESTATE VILLAGE. AFTER LUNCH ARTISTS SPEND THEIR LEISURE TIME EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING INSPIRATION FOR ARTS CREATION IN AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. 1800 H. DINNER WILL BE SERVED. RELAX UNTIL BEDTIME. NOVEMBER 19-25, 2013 0800 H. BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED. 0900 H. WORKING TEA, COFFEE WITH SNACKS AND CUP NOODLE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TEA FACTORY CENTER EVERYDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAYS AND NIGHTS DURING THE SYMPOSIUM. 1800 H. DINNER WILL BE SERVED. 2030 H. EACH NIGHT, 4 ARTISTS WILL PRESENT AND TALK ON SUBJECT OF THEIR OWN SPECIALTY OR RELATED INTERESTING ARTS SUBJECT. NOVEMBER 26, 2013 0800 H. BREAKFAST. THEN CHECK OUT AND GET READY TO LEAVE THE NACHA COFFEE ESTATE FOR CHIANGMAI CITY. 0945 H. LEAVE NACHA COFFEE ESTATE FOR NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCE IN CHIANGMAI CITY WHICH IS ONE HOUR DRIVE. 1045 H. CHECK IN AT RESIDENCES IN CHIANGMAI CITY. 1100 H. SIGHT SEEING OF CHIANGMAI CITY, VISITING WAT JEDI LUANG, WAT PRASINGHA. 1245 H. LUNCH IN A CITY RESTAURANT, POSSIBLY A HINANESE CHICKEN RICE BY THE CITY ART EXHIBITION MUSEUM. AFTER LUNCH WALK TO THE ART MUSEUM FOR A VISIT. 1430 H. LEAVE FOR A VISIT TO A SENIOR ARTISTS GALLERY, PROFESSOR SURASIT SAOKONG WHOM WITH HIS WIFE PROFESSOR SRIWANNA HAD FOUNDED A FEW ARTS INSTITUTES AND CURRENTLY IS THE PILLAR OF THE BUDDHIST MONK ART COLLEGE, WHERE THE FIRST GROUP OF A BUDDHIST MONKS GRADUATED LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD HISTORY. SNACK AND COFFEE WILL BE SERVED AT THE GALLERY. THEN CONTINUE TO ANOTHER GALLERY OWNS BY PROFESSOR WATTANA .. BY CHIANGMAI UNIVERSITY NEAR WAT UMONG.

3 RELAX AND ENJOY THE GARDEN, ARTISTS HOME AND A MODERN G ALLERY FILLED WITH INTERESTING WORK OF ARTS BY PROFESSOR WATTANA. COCKTAIL AND PIZZA WILL BE SERVED FOR DINNER WITH SOME MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 2000 H. RETURN TO RESIDENCES FOR OVERNIGHT. NOVEMBER 27, 2013 0800 H. BREAKFAST. 0930 H. LEAVE FOR FINE ARTS FACULTY, CHIANGMAI UNIVERSITY FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT. INTERACT AND LEARN FROM PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS, VISITG THEIR CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. 1130 H. LEAVE FOR DOI SUTHEP MOUNTAIN WHERE THE MOST FAMOUS AND REVERE BUDDHIST TEMPLE SITUATE AT 1,000 METERS FROM SEA LEVEL JUST WEST OF CHIANGMAI CITY. ARRIVING AT ORCHID JADE FACTORY FOR LUNCH BY THE FACTORY GARDEN THEN VISIT THE FACTORY WHERE BURMESE JADEITE AND CANADIAN NEPHRITE JADE ARE CARVED AND SET IN SILVER AND GOLD. THIS FACTORY IS OWNED BY MRS. WARANAN WHO IS THE DESIGNER AND OPERATOR WITH A TEAM OF ABOUT 100 ARTISANS AND TEAM SPECIALIZE IN JADE FOR 35YEARS AND HAS THE LARGEST JADE CARVING AND JADE JEWELRY COLLECTION IN THAILAND. WALK TO WAT PRATAD DOI SUTHEP WHICH IS 50 METERS AWAY TAKING INCLINE ELEVATOR TO THE TEMPLE CLOISTOR FOR A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF CHIANGMAI CITY AND PROVINCIAL VALLEY BELOW. 1430 H. LEAVE WAT PRATAD DOI SUTHEP FOR CHIANGMAI CITY. ENROUTE VISIT WAT TONKWIEN, AN OLD LANNA THAI CHARMING TEMPLE. THEN GO TO THE DEAN OF FINE ARTS, CHIANGMAI UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE WHICH IS ALSO A GALLERY PRAE WAH AND WORKSHOP FOR ARTS PRINTING. DINNER AND BEBERAGE AT PRAE WAH GALLERY HOSTED BY PROFESSOR PONGDEJ CHAIYAKUT, DEAN OF FINE ARTS FACULTY, CHIANGMAI UNIVERSITY. 1930-2000 H. SAY GOODBYE TO DEAN PONGDEJ AND HIS WIFE. RETURN TO RESIDENCES.

NOVEMBER 28, 2013 0800 H. BREAKFAST. 0930 H. LEAVE FOR A VISIT TO THE MOST SENIOR AND RESPECTABLE NATIONAL RECOGNIZED ARTIST PROFESSOR SANT SARAKORNBORIRAK, A ONE HOUR DRIVE TO THE NORTH OF CHIANGMAI. LEARN AND DISCUSS WITH PROFESSOR SANT UNTIL LUNCH TIME. A BUFFET LUNCH AT PROFESSOR SANTS COUNTRY HOME. AFTER LUNCH CONTINUE NORTH TOWARD MAETANG-PAI ROAD. VISIT PROFESSOR KASE CHAWANALIKITKORN IN THE HILL. THEN CONTINUE TO PROFESSOR SRIJAI RESIDENCE FOR A VISIT AND FOR COFFEE AND SNACKS UNTIL THE TIME TO LEAVE ROUGHLY 1600 H. FOR CHIANGMAI. ARRIVE AT MRS. WARANAN AND MR. PREECHA GARDEN MANSION IN CHIANGMAI CITY BY THE AIRPORT. RELAX AND ENJOY THE GARDEN AND VIEW A PERSONAL ANTIQUE COLLECTION OF THE FAMILY. DINNER AND ALCOHOL WILL BE SERVED WITH ARTIST ENTERTAINMENT. 2030 H. LEAVE FOR NIGHT BAZAAR FOR SOUVENIR SHOPPING. 2230 H. RETURN TO RESIDENCE. NOVEMBER 29, 2013 0800 H. BREAKFST. 0930 H. LEAVE FOR THE AUDITORIUM OF FINE ARTS FACULTY, CMU. VISIT THE GROUP COLLECTION OF OLD LANNA THAI HOUSES. 1100 H. SEMINAR AT THE FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM WHERE 4 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WILL VOLUNTEER TO TALK AND GIVE FIEST HAND EXPERIENCE TO ABOUT 250 ARTS STUDENTS FROM THREE UNIVERSITIES FOR ABOUT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF HOURS. TOPIC CONTEMPERARY ARTS IN MY COUNTRY. 1300 H. LUNCH AT A NOODLE SHOP OPPOSITE OF THE NACHA ARTISTS CENTER. 1430 H. RELAX AND AT LEISURE. FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SHOP AT THE LOCAL CITY CENTER MARKET JUST FIVE MINUTES WALK FROM OUR NACHA CENTER MAY DO SO.( PLEASE REFER TO OUR MAP).

5 1730 H. COCKTAIL PARTY AT NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCE FOLLOW BY THE OPENING OF THE 1st INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPERARY ARTS EXHIBITION, 1700 H. FAREWELL DINNER PARTY AT NACHA ARTISTS RESIDENCE ROOF TOP GARDEN FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST ATTENDEES AND INVITED GUESTS. 2100 H. RETURN TO RESIDENCE FOR ACCOMMODATION. NOVEMBER 30, 2013 ALL DAY. TRANSFER TO AIRPORT FOR RETURN FLIGHT TO ARTISTS HOME COUNTRIES.

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