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Art education returns to old plant to add new value
By:Zheng Qian  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2019-11-26 12:02

The Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, is to move into the original plant of the Stainless Steel Factory of the Baowu Steel Group soon, announced the university at the second Shanghai Wusong International Art City Forum (SIAC FORUM) on November 23. That will make the steel industry remain as a new cultural landmark in Shanghai.

(The plant of Baowu Steel Group)

Regarding the reason for moving the academy to such a place where public facilities are not yet completed, Jin Jiangbo, vice president of the academy said, “We always hope that our art academy is not only in the classroom, in the college, but even on the streets or on the shore of a small river or in a small village where we build a beautiful community with them together. We hope our education can turn into a silent power to create happiness.”

In the 1950s, the Baowu Steel Group was one of the two key heavy industry bases. In the view of Cheng Xuesong, deputy director of the Design Department of the academy, to move the academy to an original factory plant is to create new value for this place. “I think due to our art education, the old Baowu Steel plant will be imbued with a new artistic purpose."

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