30 May 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious impact on the global art industry and higher art education, and has also brought new challenges to the discipline construction and talent training of art management.
In order to cope with new changes, meet new challenges and adapt to new situations, the High Level Forum on the Development of Art and Art Management in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic Period hosted by Shanghai Theatre Academy was recently held online and broadcast live to the public. So far, it has attracted 15000 people to watch online. It was also the first large-scale academic research activity in the field of art management after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The forum invited senior experts, well-known scholars and young academics in the field of art to attend.
Huang Changyong, President of Shanghai Theatre Academy, presided over the opening ceremony of the forum and delivered a speech. Three famous experts from Central Research Institute of Culture and History, China Central Academy of Fine Arts and Beijing Normal University gave keynote speeches.
A number of well-known scholars from Communication University of China, Nanjing University, Nanjing Arts University, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Drama, Shandong University of Arts, Shanghai Theatre Academy and Tsinghua University respectively made keynote presentations on the evaluation and future development of the art industry in the post COVID-19 pandemic period from the perspectives of art market, talent training and industry trend etc.
25 young academics from universities and performing arts industry around the country fully exchanged views on education and teaching, crossover integration, performing arts and visual arts etc
At present, in China, 29 higher education institutions provide undergraduate art management programs, 26 higher education institutions accept postgraduate students of art management direction, and 10 higher education institutions and research institutes include art management as a subject in the art category. This has played a positive role in promoting the development and prosperity of China's culture and art. To find new opportunities and open new prospects in the changing situations is exactly the fundamental purpose of this online academic gathering.
