Inspired by
CREATING ART FOR CHARITY
Every day we come across things that “inspire” us. The weather, food, places and people have an affect on our actions, our lifestyles and our behaviours. As artists, we allow these inspirations to transform into ideas and the ideas turn into creations. Some artists draw, paint, sketch or sculpt. Other artists dance, photograph, sew, build or write. Regardless of our chosen expression, inspiration keeps us going. It keeps us alive. It motivates our art. “InspiredBy;” is an opportunity for the local artists of Macau to share their inspirations and for it to be passed on to our audience.
We aim to create a unique night combining entertainment and charity. It is designed not only as an outlet for artistic interpretation and expression, but also to raise awareness of the struggles in our community. The nights entertainment will include international artists currently living in Macau and Hong Kong, most of whom are currently performing in Franco Dragone’s The House of Dancing Water at City of Dreams. The showcase will encompass a variety of acts ranging from live music, dance and acrobatics. We hosted a similar event last year called LODDO and it was a great success.Our proceeds, totalling over $30,000HKD, were donated to The Samaritans of Hong Kong. We want to take a similar approach and channel our energy and focus to the needs here in Macau.
InspiredBy; will be held at The Macau Deisgn Centre. We are excited to be teaming up with this venue for the second time! Macau Designers Association was created in 1985, after 30 years of hard work and great achievements was time to take the next step, to have a Home to develop Macau Design Industry. Macau Design Centre (MDC) was born to be the first platform to give Macau designers, design enterprises and design lovers the opportunity to exchange, promote, learn and cooperate. MDC has started operating on the 15th of November, 2014. Formerly an old deserted factory at the Areia Preta, is the first innovative multi-functional building designed to promote Macau’s cultural creative industry. MDC has been featured on numerous newspapers and magazines as well as reported by international Medias extensively and became a hot place for residents, students and visitors to enjoy local design and gather in the leisure time.
Macau Design Centre exerts the concept of “Good Macau Design, Design a Good Macau” centering on the development of Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Animation Design and Universal Design aiming that Macau Design Industry will develop expansively. One of the main goals of the Centre is to assist local designers and related companies in extending their network internationally especially with the Portuguese-speaking countries, Taiwan and China.
It’s with much joy that we announce our partnership with Macau Child Development Association (MCDA) as our charity for this year’s event. MCDA is a non-profit association that has a mission to help all children in Macau to grow into healthy, productive, and happy adults. They focus on children dealing with developmental and communication disorders such as Autism and learning difficulties such as ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and among others. MCDA aims to offer these children and their families a range of therapies and educational programs that meet international standards, as well as other supportive services. MCDA advocates the inclusion of all children into the community through public awareness and education.
Whether you are a native of Macau or have settled here temporarily, we look forward to uniting the various cultures to form a community to promote the arts, encourage education and raise awareness for MCDA.
InspiredBy; will be held on Tuesday 14 June at Macau Design Centre. Doors open at 6:00pm the showcase will start at 7:00pm. The nights entertainment will include live music, art gallery, retail shopping, raffle drawing, acrobatics, poetry and dance. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Macau Design Centre or at the door: suggest donation of 50 MOP.
InspiredBy;
Date: 14th June, 2016
Time: 18:00-20:00, show will start on 19:00
Venue: MDC
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