Grant through Taiwanese Culture bureau

16 July 2019:

Asia Chan-Rose has been given an all-expenses grant by the Taiwanese government to attend a month-long sculpture workshop in Hualien, on the east coast of Taiwan. She will be there from mid July to mid August. 

A well-established museum, and the first of its kind in the country, the facility is in the heart of an area world-famous for its natural marble and jade resources, and at the entrance to the Taroko Gorge, one of the seven natural wonders of Asia.  

The first international stone festival was held in 1995, and the museum itself established in 2001.  

Artists are required to submit a proposal and a portfolio of work in order to be considered for the grant, from which a limited number are selected. After years of carving mainly with chisels and hammers, Asia is looking forward to sharpen her skills with various power tools during this workshop, which will undoubtedly open up her next stage of carving.