| Exhibition
curator (Bath House Cultural Center show): Christopher Clay
Oehlschlaeger
OPENING
RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS: Sunday, September
19, 2004 (6-8 PM)
Shown concurrently with White Rock
Lake Artists Studio Tour exhibition
Flying
the Child's Hope, an exhibition of drawings and paintings
by Chinese children, was organized by The 1990 Institute and
China’s Center for Environmental Education and Communication
of the State Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration
with China National Children’s Center in Beijing.
In
the Fall of 2004, this show will be divided in three sections
and exhibited at the Bath House Cultural Center (September
16-October 9), the Crow Collection of Asian Art (September
1-November 30) and the Dallas Children's Museum (Sep 13-Nov
30). The Bath House exhibition was curated by Christopher
Clay Oehlschlaeger as part of the Texas Commission on the
Arts' Texas Apprenticeship Program and includes about thirty
pieces of art created by local students from Northwood Hills
Elementary School.
Xie
Zhenhua, Minister of China's State Environmental Protection
Agency, writes about this exhibition on the preface of the
show's catalogue: "Flying the Child's Hope has provided
the children with an opportunity to showcase their talents
and communicate their minds through art. Using brushes and
pencils they tell the world their concerns about the environment
as well as their wishes for a better future, through their
innocent eyes and hearts. Anyone who has seen these artworks
will undoubtedly be deeply moved by these children and prompted
to think about his or her own responsibility in making this
world a better place for generations to come."
Clay
Oehlschlaeger curated the section of artwork that appears
at the Bath House Cultural Center. Mr. Oehlschlaegeris a
participant of the Bath House Cultural Center’s Gallery
Apprenticeship Program , which is co-sponsored by the Texas
Commission on the Arts through the Texas Apprenticeship
Program. The Program provides the opportunity for Texas
artists and cultural organizations to offer training opportunities
for individuals pursuing careers in the arts or arts administration.
The Bath House Cultural Center Gallery Apprenticeship Program
was designed to encourage the professional development of
Texas artists and/or arts administrators.
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