The 3rd National Arts and Crafts Education Conference opened in Beijing

On September 27, 2025, the "Third National Arts and Crafts Education Conference" jointly hosted by the Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University and the China Arts and Crafts Society opened in Beijing. Cai Daying, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the China Arts and Crafts Association, and Ma Sai, Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University and Director of the Education Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Association, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. In her speech, Cai Daying mentioned that the reform and implementation of Chinese arts and crafts education in the new era is entering a "deep water zone", and cultivating talents that are "suitable" for the needs of the new era has become the main responsibility of current arts and crafts colleges, moving from "subject education" to "ability education"

From Local Narration to Transnational Dialogue: The Opening of the 2025 Beijing 798 Art Festival

On September 28th, 2025, the Beijing 798 Art Festival officially kicked off at the 798 · 751 Park Creative Square. The theme of this year's art festival is "Multi Perception and Symbiosis". It collaborates with nearly a hundred art institutions inside and outside the park, presenting five major units: opening ceremony, themed exhibitions and series of activities, parallel series exhibitions, park activities, and external linkage. Based on the overall deployment of cultural construction in the new era, it focuses on the goals of high-quality cultural development and modern public cultural service system construction, striving to present a new quality of cultural development through the deep integration of art and technology, tradition and modernity, local and international. On the day of the opening ceremony, exciting activities were held in 798

The Action of "Literature and Art Enriching the Countryside" - The Opening Ceremony of the 2025 Beijing Nanshan Art Season - "Art Enriching Green"

On September 28, 2025, the "Art in Green" 2025 Beijing Nanshan Art Festival, jointly organized by the Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, the Pinggu District Committee and Government of Beijing, and the Beijing Artists Association, officially opened in Nanshan Village, Nandulehe Town, Pinggu District. The "Art in Green" 2025 Beijing Nanshan Art Season is a project funded by the National Art Fund for the year 2025. It is guided by the Beijing Agriculture and Rural Bureau and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and undertaken by the Pinggu District Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the People's Government of Nandulehe Town in Pinggu District, and the Sculpture Department of Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts. The project includes the Pinggu District Leisure Work Special Class, the Pinggu District Committee Organization Department, the Pinggu District Committee Propaganda Department, and the Pinggu District Committee

Wang Zhuzhu: Caring for the mental health of teenagers and establishing an art therapy center

1、 Case: According to the Chinese Mental Health Survey, the lifetime prevalence of depression among adults in China is 6.8%, with depression accounting for 3.4%. Currently, there are 95 million people suffering from depression in China, with approximately 280000 people committing suicide each year, of which 40% suffer from depression. Depression patients under the age of 18 account for 30% of the total population, and 50% of depression patients are school students. The group of depression patients is showing a trend of youthfulness, calling on society to urgently pay attention to the mental health of minors. Depression is a common psychological disorder, and the main causes of depression are emotional stress and family parent-child relationships, which can bring serious negative effects to patients

Focus on the Two Sessions | Jiao Xingtao: Promoting the integration of art therapy into the school's aesthetic education system and strengthening the construction of students' mental health

The mental health issues of school students are a hot topic of social concern. With the rapid development of the economy and society, the environment in which students grow up is constantly changing, and the mental health problems of students are becoming more prominent. According to the "Report on the Development of National Mental Health in China (2019-2020)", the detection rate of depression among adolescents is as high as 24.6%, with severe depression accounting for 7.4%. Among college students, 18.5% have a tendency towards depression, and 4.2% have a high-risk tendency towards depression. In 2023, 17 departments including the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission jointly issued the "Special Action Plan for Strengthening and Improving the Mental Health of Students in the New Era"

Excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Discourse on Cultural Inheritance and Development

The Chinese nation has a civilization history of over 5000 years, creating and inheriting rich and excellent cultural traditions. On the one hand, with the development of practice and social progress, we need to create a more advanced culture. On the other hand, the excellent cultural traditions condensed in the historical process will never become outdated over time. We must never abandon the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation. On the contrary, we must inherit and promote them well, because they are the "roots" and "soul" of our nation. Without them, there will be no foundation. Speech during the Inspection Work in Guangdong (December 7-11, 2012)

Emotional value equals market value: The rise of healing art!

In the current art market, we have observed a clear trend: paintings with healing qualities are gradually moving from the margins to the mainstream, and are increasingly favored by both experienced and emerging collectors. This phenomenon is not simply a "chicken soup for the soul" consumption, but is based on the following deep-seated value logic. 1、 Macro social background: The emotions of the times give rise to the "spiritual necessity" 1 The collective resonance of the 'tired society': We are in an era of high connectivity, information overload, and increasing uncertainty. The public is in a chronic state of stress of multitasking for a long time, and mental exhaustion, anxiety, and alienation have become common in the era

How can art healing curation reshape social emotional connections?

Hello everyone, my name is Shi Duo and I graduated from the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University. For many years, we have been committed to exploring the deeper power of art and have established an art university without walls, providing online services to over one million students. After the epidemic, I proposed the concept of "Art Healing Curator" and also initiated the "International Art Healing Emotional Biennial Exhibition". Today, I would like to have a sincere conversation with everyone about why I believe that closely integrating "art healing" with "curatorial thinking" is crucial for us, this industry, and even the entire society today. Mr. Li Xianting, the Godfather of Contemporary Chinese Art, wrote: 'I firmly believe in the value of art healing.'. It's like a fan