On the afternoon of September 24, the third Purple Salon of Culture & Creativity 2022 and provincial key think tank topic Symposium was successfully held by Purple Academy of Culture & Creativity. In this topic Symposium, Purple Salon of Culture & Creativity will hold a special discussion around the provincial key think tank project Research on the Evaluation System and Construction Path of the Highland of Fine Artistic Creation in Jiangsu Province, which is responsible for Professor Li Xiangmin, the chief expert of our Institute and vice president of Nanjing University of the Arts. The purpose is to listen to the opinions of experts and literary creators on the definition of literary and artistic masterpieces, the construction of evaluation index system of literary and artistic masterpieces, and the cultivation and introduction of literary and artistic talents from the perspectives of literary and artistic creation and literary and artistic management.
Song Deyong, Director of Personnel Department of Nanjing University of the Arts and Vice President of Purple Academy of Culture & Creativity, presided over the seminar, introduced the participants and warmly welcomed them.
This meeting is a combination of online and offline meetings. The participants include Zhou Dongliang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, head of Tin Troupe and famous tin opera performing artist, Xiao Yajun, Party Branch Secretary of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Kunqu Theater, Deng Pan, Deputy Secretary-General of Nanjing Federation of Social Sciences and Director of Scientific Research Department of Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences, Yin Wuming, Deputy director of Experimental Equipment Management Office of Nanjing University of the Arts, director of China Urban Sculptors Association and member of China Artists Association; Professor Jiang Xiaomeng, Director of Musical Theater Department of Nanjing University of the Arts School of Music and national first-class actor; Sun Xiqin, director of Wuxi Huishan District Tin Opera Art Inheritance Center and Chen Xiaoyan; Li Ying, Nanjing University of the Arts Art Museum.
Yuan Yue, Vice president (temporary) of the School of Cultural Industries of Nanjing University of the Arts and assistant president of Purple Academy of Culture & Creativity, introduced the research background, ideas and progress of the project, and invited experts to present their views on the path thinking and practical measures of the construction of fine art creation highland.
Zhou Dongliang fully affirmed the results achieved by the performing arts sector in Jiangsu Province since the implementation of the Three-Year Action Plan to Construct a Highland of Literary and Artistic Creations. Whether it is the number and quality of newly created plays, the number of national literary awards, or the support for performing arts talents, Jiangsu Province is at the forefront of the country. He believes that Jiangsu has a long-term policy to support the creation of literature and arts, so that smaller city and county-level arts groups can also produce excellent productions.
Xiao Yajun, taking into account the actual operation of Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre, proposes that the evaluation of cultural and artistic excellence can start from both economic and social benefits. The evaluation of cultural art forms such as Kunqu, which has undertaken the mission of inheriting intangible cultural heritage but can hardly survive on the market, should focus on social benefits and take into account economic benefits. Since the implementation of the Three-Year Action Plan for Building a Highland of Literary and Artistic Creations, Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre has received more special funds to devote its main energy to artistic creation, and has broken the curse that Kunqu cannot create modern plays.
From his own experience of applying for the National Endowment for the Arts, Yin Wuming talks about the care that cultural and artistic management cadres in Jiangsu province provide for the whole process of the creation of literary and artistic works, which on the one hand can effectively guide the creative direction of literary artists, and on the other hand is an incentive for them.
Song Deyong proposed that the creation of fine arts in Jiangsu is closely related to the cultivation of literary and artistic talents, and that excellent literary and artistic talents are the prerequisite for the output of fine arts, and that the establishment of a good institutional mechanism for literary and artistic talents plays an important role in promoting the creation of fine arts. In the process of reforming art education, art universities need to clarify the needs of literary and artistic excellence, optimise the structure and knowledge system of teachers, and provide support for the creation of literary and artistic excellence from the perspective of talent training.
Deng Pan believes that the development of literature and art cannot be separated from the development of cities, and there is a harmonious relationship between cities and literature and art. Literature and art make cities great, and cities provide space for the development of literature and art. According to statistics, the urbanization rate of Jiangsu province has reached 73.9%, and the urbanization rate of Nanjing city has reached 86.9%. The city has become the main field of cultural consumption in Jiangsu Province. Therefore, literary and artistic creation should be actively involved in the renewal of the city.
Jiang Xiaomeng pointed out that the creation of fine literary and artistic works should first grasp the context of literary and artistic creation, and the creation of works that are both popular and popular. Secondly, talent is the most important guarantee for the creation of fine literary and artistic works. For literary and artistic talents, they not only need to give material treatment corresponding to their ability, but also give the stage, team, understanding and respect.
Lecturers Chen Shi and Zhang Rui from the School of Cultural Industry, postgraduate and doctoral students and other members of the research group attended the meeting. Mr.Chen Shi had a heated discussion with the participants on the use and allocation of funds of Jiangsu Province Art Fund and the creation path of the art curator of the South Art Art Museum.
