Good news! Associate Professor Feng Xue, a think tank expert from our university, has led a project that has been approved by the Ministry of Education's Youth Fund!

Recently, good news came from the Ministry of Education that the project "Integrated Psychological Intervention and Empirical Research Based on Art Therapy" led by Feng Xue, a think tank expert and deputy director of the academic committee at the Asian Art Therapy Research Institute, and associate professor at the School of Information and Management of Guangxi Medical University, has been successfully approved as a Youth Fund project by the Ministry of Education. This project is not only the result of Associate Professor Feng Xue and her team's deep cultivation in interdisciplinary research, but also marks the first time that art therapy, a cutting-edge direction that integrates art, psychology, and medicine, has been officially recognized and supported by a national level research platform. It injects into the theoretical construction, practical promotion, and policy transformation of art therapy in China

Dean Shi Duo was invited to give a special lecture for the Jiangsu Art Foundation's Art Therapy Innovation Talent Training Project

On the morning of January 4, 2026, the third expert lecture of the Jiangsu Art Fund's "Love and Beauty, Art and Innovation Talent Training" project was held. Dean Shi Duo, a senior expert in the field of art therapy in China and a long-term contributor to the popularization of art education and cross-border practice of art therapy, presented a systematic overview of the reality, feasible paths, and implementation methods of art therapy in contemporary China, focusing on "Art Therapy X Scene Intervention Exploration Practice" and "Overview of Particle Art" in two consecutive special lectures, bringing students a feast of ideas and practices that combines breadth of vision and depth of operation. Scene Intervention - Let Therapy Go

The Art Healing Cultural and Creative Sustainable Development Salon of the Tsinghua Alumni Association Cultural and Creative Committee was successfully held in Beijing

Yesterday, under the guidance of the Cultural and Creative Development Research Institute of Tsinghua University, the "Art Healing Cultural and Creative Sustainable Development Salon" jointly organized by the Cultural and Creative Professional Committee of Tsinghua Alumni Association, IFIC International Art Healing Sustainable Development Center, and Asian Art Healing Research Institute was successfully held at the AIGC Urban Memory Exhibition Center in the western area of the International Sculpture Park in Shijingshan District, Beijing. This salon brings together experts, scholars, and practitioners from diverse fields such as cultural creativity, art therapy, mental health, cultural tourism industry, investment, and artificial intelligence to explore cutting-edge issues in the integration of art therapy and cultural creativity, and promote sustainable ecological construction in this field. activity

The first Kunming Autism Art Festival came to a successful conclusion with the slogan 'The more lonely the coffee, the more love comes'!

Using art as a bridge, let the starlight shine. "The more lonely the coffee, the more music comes." On December 7, 2025, the warm and touching atmosphere pervaded Haikou, Kunming. "The more lonely the coffee, the more music comes." The first Kunming Autism Art Festival opened with warmth and came to a successful conclusion. This activity was initiated by Kunming Xingyu Parents Association of Mentally Handicapped People, and teacher Zhao Zibing, a student of the third phase of IFIC Art Healing Curator, acted as the general planner. With the strong support of loving enterprises, public welfare organizations and government departments from all walks of life, it successfully created an art healing stage for "Star Children" to show their talents, express themselves, and connect with society in depth. The Art Festival

Notice on the Change of the First Evaluation Date for 2026UNIHEAL

The first UNIHEAL evaluation was originally scheduled for February 28, 2026, considering the possibility of compensatory leave during the Spring Festival. The center will postpone the exam date from February 28, 2026 to March 7, 2026, while keeping other dates unchanged. Please refer to the figure for details. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals International Therapist Project Collaboration Center December 15, 2025

Embark on a healing journey in a century old historic building with the opening of the "Vision" Art Healing Emotion Biennial Exhibition (Fuzhou Station)

Located in Yantai Mountain, the century old western-style building "Lequn Building" was built in 1854. Recently, with the new appearance of the "Daguan Art Museum", it welcomed a special art exhibition called "Jian Jing". This ancient building, which once witnessed colonial history and existed as a "club of nations," has now transformed into an art space open to the public, inviting visitors to engage in a dialogue with history and meet themselves through an art exhibition that deeply focuses on inner emotions. Architectural Rebirth/Space Healing Music Group Building from "Solo Music" to "Crowd Music". As a silent witness to the historical changes of Yantai Mountain, it was once a microcosm of a heavy history and a place of "solo music" for foreigners to socialize

Enrollment Brochure for the Advanced Training Course for Art Healing Curators at the School of Social Art Education, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

On November 1, 2025, the "Advanced Training Course for Art Healing Curators" hosted by the School of Social Art Education of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts held a grand opening ceremony at the Shenyang campus. As the first high-level cross-border training program in China with "art healing" and "curatorial practice" as its core, this training course brings together top experts and scholars from various fields such as art, psychology, medicine, and public education. The aim is to cultivate composite talents who possess both theoretical depth in art healing and practical curatorial abilities through systematic academic empowerment and cutting-edge practical innovation, in response to the urgent needs of society for psychological care and mental health, and to explore the humanistic participation of art in social construction

Academic Good News | Our college's interdisciplinary research on art therapy has made new breakthroughs and been published in international authoritative journals

We welcome the research results of the collaboration between IFIC Art Healing Research Institute and Dr. Feng Xue from Guangxi Medical University, titled "Art Healing Practice in China and the Associations with Psychological Wellbeing", which has been peer-reviewed and recently published in the internationally authoritative journal "Journal of Human Behavior in the

The Beijing International Design Week Art Healing Sustainable Development Salon was successfully held at the Isa Cultural Square in Beijing

Today, the "Art Healing Sustainable Development Salon" co hosted by the China Committee of the French International Association of Artists and Designers, Isa Cultural Square, Taixiang Art, IFIC Art Healing Research Institute, and UNIHEAL, came to a successful conclusion at Isa Cultural Square in Beijing. As an important unit of the Beijing International Design Week sub venue, this event breaks through traditional design issues and deeply explores the core values and sustainable development path of art as a healing force in individual growth, educational innovation, and social emotional construction. It marks a critical stage in the field of art healing, moving from marginal practice to systematic construction. this time

Longitude and latitude symbiosis · Lancang Mekong art scene - International Art Exhibition and Academic Forum for the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Thailand

In order to warmly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand, actively respond to the "the Belt and Road" initiative, promote the art and cultural exchanges between China and Thailand to a new height, and help the vigorous development of cultural cooperation in the Lancang Mekong region, under the guidance of the Thai Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Association for the Promotion of Culture and Art Development, the "Meridian and Latitude · Lancang Mekong Artistic Conception - the 50th Anniversary International Art Exhibition and Academic Investigation of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Thailand" jointly sponsored by the South East Asia Education and Cultural Exchange Association (SAECEDA), the Academy of Fine Arts of Minjiang University, Chulalongkorn University of Thailand and other units will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 28 to December 2, 2025. This grand event is themed around "Jing