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Sanbao
Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen International Residency and Cultural Tours Programs |
Sanbao began as a
dream of Jackson Li of Jingdezhen and Wayne Higby of Alfred University,
USA back in the mid-1990's. They envisioned an
international ceramic art center located in China, that
would provide the opportunity to the international arts
and crafts community to explore and exchange the
culture, arts and crafts of China.
The concept of a first
international ceramic art center in China led to the
search for a suitable site on the outskirts of
Jingdezhen, long the world center of porcelain
production and the origin of the best porcelain
artifacts in history.
The Sanbao Valley had
for countless centuries been the source of Chinastone
for the studios of Jingdezhen and was dotted with
numerous old water-powered hammer mills for crushing the
stone. A group of farm houses and an adobe building were
chosen as the site for the future art center.
Tours of China began in 1995 through the offices of Alfred University. Later the tours were organized by China Ceramic Cultural Exchange, created to facilitate educational and cultural exchanges between China and th 
Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen was
officially inaugurated in June of 2000. The
institute has since been very busy hosting Porcelain Symposiums,
organizing customized and personalized tours and visits
throughout China to areas of interest to artists and
artisans, establishing university level ceramic
instruction, summer school ceramic courses, celebrating
the 1000 years of porcelain in Jingdezhen in 2004,
participating in in the NCECA student scholarship
program, offering residencies and fellowship programs to
the international artists and artisans, as well as
organizing many other international artistic and
cultural activities in China.
Numerous international artists and artisan have visited
the Sanbao facilities during the last 10 years. Many came
to undertake monumental artistic projects. Some
came to experience the cultural activities and tours
offered by the Sanbao team. Others came to study
the art of blue and white porcelain creation and to work
in an atmosphere of quiet and tranquility. Sanbao become the gateway for many to experience the mystical,
and intellectual lifestyle of the Chinese artists and artisans.
Next year, in 2008, The Sanbao International Ceramic Art
Institute of Jingdezhen will celebrate it's tenth year
of cultural, educational and artistic activities.
Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen has a Board
of Directors selected from Chinese educators and
scholars and an international Advisory Board to guide
the residency and summer school programs. |
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD |
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