On the afternoon of February 22, Ji Pengcheng, executive curator of the China Millennium Monument Art Museum, deputy secretary-general of China Artists Association Curatorial Committee, and vice president of Beijing Museum Society, was invited to give a lecture on aesthetic education and new lifestyles at Beihang Sunrise Concert Hall, attractting over 400 teachers and students.
During the lecture, Ji illustrated how aesthetic education gradually became intertwined with many fields such as urban renewal, art market, commercial real estate, rural construction, culture-tourism integration, and national image promotion, beyond the mere demands of the art circle. He further analyzed its positive contributions in different periods and contexts. Aesthetic education’s relation with society as well as its potential new effects on public areas were also explored, based on recent practical cases in communities and public spaces.
Qian Zheng, director of Academic Affairs Department, Shen Xukun, dean of the School of New Media Art and Design and director of Aesthetic Education Center, and Wang Qun, secretary of the School of New Media Art and Design received Ji in the VIP room before the lecture, conducting an in-depth exchange with him on the cooperation of "Beihang University-China Millennium Monument" base.
In December 2022, Beihang University and the China Millennium Monument signed an agreement to establish the "Beihang University-China Millennium Monument" aesthetic education base, based on which a series of personnel training projects, including internship and practical training projects, personnel cultivation projects, cultural and artistic projects, would be carried out jointly by the two sides. This lecture marks the first event to implement this agreement, advancing the construction of the base while promoting bilateral communications.
As a vital platform for the university to carry out aesthetic education and further explore new channels, Beihang Aesthetic Education Lecture Hall will invite well-known experts and scholars to deliver a series of high-quality lectures, feasting both teachers and students with beauty. The Aesthetic Education Center places emphasis on the synchronized development between teaching and practicing and the combination of in-class theory-acquiring and extracurricular practicing, which is conducive to thoroughly integrating aesthetic education resources, promoting student’s overall competency, and building a new pattern of aesthetic education at Beihang University featuring vitality, cooperation, openness, and efficiency.
Reported by Gao Rui
Reviewed by Shen Xukun
Edited by Jia Aiping
Translated by Zhang Anqi
