By ＼Emilio Zhuang
The long summer vacation is a great opportunity for children to learn more! In addition to scenic spots, many places across Taiwan *** have also organized children's art festivals full of artistic and educational activities, allowing parents to accompany their children to experience all kinds of art activities, visit exhibitions and performances in various countries around the world, in addition to a wealth of amusement rides and street trekking activities to give people of all sizes the opportunity to feel the joy of a different weekday, so let's take a look at where to go on your summer vacation to look for fun!
New Taipei City Children's Art Festival July 4 to July 12 The New Taipei City Children's Art Festival, with the theme of "Dreams Come True," creates a fairy tale castle, with fairy tale characters such as the Magic Lantern Giant, the Brave Peter Pan, and Little Red Riding Hood, as well as scenic installations, interactive levels, and themed performances, and a grand and joyful dress-up street festival for the fairy tale characters, and a wealth of peripheral series activities and special programs. The event will also feature a series of neighborhood activities and a specially planned children's design exhibition to satisfy children's unlimited imagination!
Fairytale Castle and Costume Parade From 7/4 to 7/12 at New Taipei City Civic Square, a fairytale castle full of magic and imagination will be created for children. Giant fairy tale characters, situational installations, interactive levels, and exciting daily themed tables. 7/11 (Sat) 16:00 from Fuzhong Business Park through Zhongshan Road to Civic Square, invites children to dress up as the characters of their dreams and take to the streets to participate in the Joyful Stomping Carnival with fairy tale characters from all over the world.
Children's Design Exhibition "Designer's Wonderful World" will be held from 7/4 to 10/4 at Xinban Gallery next to the Civic Plaza; it will lead children to explore the world of designers through the fun and interesting creative ideas and art experiences of international design masters. From 7/18 to 8/30, it will be held in 435 Art Zone, with activities such as Open Studio, Creative Art Market, Creative Art Magic Theme Performance and Exhibition, and so on.
Taipei Children's Art Festival July 1-August 9 Under the theme of "Reversing the Everyday, Seeing the Unseen," the Taipei Children's Art Festival invites you to go against the grain and discover new and unexpected horizons.
Ticketed performances for children's audiences from all over the world break the stereotypical image of children's performing arts in Taiwan with breathless performances of pantomime, dance, and more, from classic fairy tales to life issues, and bring children wonderful works that are both deep and full of childish fun. In addition, a parent-child workshop is held during the rehearsal period to observe the astonishing reactions of the young audience.
Free Performances, Discovering the Unusual in Life This year, there will be seven large-scale outdoor performances, and on July 3, the Punch Percussion Ensemble will make its debut at Daan Forest Park. A stunt show from Italy, "All Wanted, Run! Showcasing high-altitude suspension skills, the show utilizes 2D mise-en-scene to make the cartoon animated city chase leap over the 15-meter-high wall, leaving children and adults in awe, as well as 74 other free community performances at various locations.
From July 7 to August 9, the exhibition will be on display in the Peeling Liu Historic District in Wanhua District, from the outdoor area to the indoor exhibition room, it is a perfect interpretation of imagination and creativity.
On the other hand, we have invited nine award-winning works from international children's film festivals in recent years to provide a feast for children's animation in a delicate, hand-drawn style.
Taichung Children's Art Festival Now through July 25 The Taichung Children's Art Festival is now in its ninth year. The Cultural Affairs Bureau, the organizer of the festival, gives children in Taichung more opportunities to engage with the arts, and through these various art activities, it stimulates their interest and ignites their willingness to participate in the arts and support them further.
The festival has three main features: a wider range of locations, a longer period of time, and richer content, and will be held in the Perfect Outdoor Theatre, the Dadun Cultural Center, the Huludun Cultural Center, the Hong Kong Arts Center, the Tuen Mun District Arts Center, and the libraries of 18 districts in Taichung City, such as the Dali District Library, the Fengyuan District Library, and other library venues, and invites well-known performing arts teams to bring exciting performances, art experiences, and storytelling. The program is designed to provide a variety of programs that will surprise all the children.
Kaohsiung Children's Art Education Festival July 18th to July 26th The opening ceremony on July 18th will be held at the Love River, combining the solar boat sailing on the river and the parade on the river's west road, presenting a three-dimensional and diversified perspective in front of the small and large friends. In addition, the Kaohsiung Children's Art Festival Black Box Theater is hard to get a ticket every year. This year, the Black Box Theater opens at the Kaohsiung Municipal Library Main Hall and the Flagstaff Life and Culture Park, and specially invites seven high-quality foreign performance teams to come to Taiwan, along with domestic influences of the New Theatre, Apple Theatre Troupe, and Andersen's and Mozart's Creative Theatre, **** counting 27 wonderful performances that will bring parents and children to the rich and diverse theater experience.
Yilan International Children's Play Festival July 4 to August 23 The Yilan Children's Play Festival has entered its 20th year, and this year, for the third time, the international design master, Hsiao Ching-Yang, has been invited to design the main visual of the festival, with the theme of "Fly", and integrating the 20 imagery, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the festival.
Must Play Facilities Game Sky Tower: The 20-story game tower, the whole building is like a large maze, you will not know where you are after entering the game tower, you must use your hands and feet to find the next exit, and you can see the mountains and rivers of the winter from afar when you get to the top, you can see the beautiful scenery.
Children's Blimp: The Children's Blimp is the most popular mega-slide of the year, which will be transformed into a blimp!
Parent-Child Creative Play Pavilion: Not only is the Festival suitable for children and parents, the Parent-Child Creative Play Pavilion provides a safe and fun space for children aged 0 to 6 years old. Among them, "Explore the World Zone" is suitable for 0 to 2-year-old babies to learn to use their senses and limbs to explore and learn; "Creative Excitement Zone" is suitable for 3 to 6-year-old children to carry out educational and physical games, with the Parent-Child Story Theater in the Pavilion, it is the pre-school children can not be missed fun and interactive parent-child activities space yo!
Exhibitions Flying Dreams Pavilion: From the history and principles of flight to the skills of flying, the pavilion covers two major indoor and outdoor exhibition and interactive areas, and the pavilion is equipped with wearable devices and projected images to experience the imagination of flying.
Children's Cultural and Creative Museum: The Children's Cultural and Creative Museum centers on stationery, toys, and furniture, and is filled with imaginative and childlike creative designs. In addition, there is a "Cultural and Creative Master Teaching Workshop" in the pavilion, where domestic and international artists will be stationed to teach visitors to make their own unique creations.
Little Qiankun Theater: Wearing seven international film festival laurels, but also Taiwan's first to win the U.S. Houston Gold Medal TV animated film "Heavenly Court Kid - Little Qiankun" will be in the Children's Play Festival and everyone meet, and through the content of the plot to bring the children a great adventure full of positive energy yo!