Asian Arts Festival
A lively day to celebrate the diversity of Asian arts and cultures. Asian Arts Festival is a vibrant arts festival bursting with music, theatre, dance, children fashion show, workshops, food, an art market, colourful cultural performances and presentations to address the city's cultural inclusiveness and the special contribution made by the wider ethnic communities, especially the Asian communities.
Children's Fashion Show
Children's fashion show is an important part of the Asian Arts festival. It is a demonstration of traditional costumes from Asian cultures or some costumes with Asian elements will be presented by children (4 - 18 years old) who are from Asian backgrounds and/or those who are interested in Asian culture and arts.
Art
Market
"My art theme comes from Japanese culture
where I have grown up. I especially appreciate its
traditional designs and patterns used in kimono
and love to incorporate them into my art. I use red and black as main colors to enjoy the vividness they can
create. I will have hand-painted ornaments, canvas paints, and other art crafts on my stall."
By Iwane Fumiyo
The UC Gamelan Ensemble
The UC Gamelan Ensemble is a Balinese Gamelan music and dance group hosted at the University of Canterbury, School of Music. The group started in 1996, and in recent years has been a lively, and much appreciated part of the musical and cultural community in Ōtautahi Christchurch. The ensemble comprises of 10-25 performers at any given time and is one of the most visible and active non-western performance ensembles in the city. While participation in the ensemble is currently offered as a one-year ensemble course at 100-300 level, it is also available as a free community experience for all interested people both inside and outside of the university. No previous gamelan playing or music experience is required to join the group. Contact the course coordinator if you are interested in joining the group: justin.dehart@canterbury.ac.nz
To make the world better
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