Lectures in Hualien

Public lectures and cultural talks are woven into Taiwanese life — bookstores, temples, and community universities host regular sessions on everything from local history and ecological conservation to literary criticism and indigenous language revival.

Lectures JUN 9 — JUN 12

Stage Designer Cheng Hsiao-hsun (鄭烜勛) Shares: 'Using Space to Tell Stories: Workshop on Non-Typical Spatial Narrative and Design Thinking'

The Hualien Sunrise Arts Base, as a platform connecting local performing arts groups in Hualien, hopes through holding…

Lectures JUN 24

Lecture: The Creative Translation and Curatorial Practice of Local Festivals

Speaker: Huang Ming-chang (黃銘彰), Creative Director of Ordinary Studio

Lectures JUN 25

Lecture: Asking Different Questions of 'Tradition': An Experimental Field for Opera Curation

Speaker: Wang Chun-yen (汪俊彥), Curator, Theater Critic, and Performance & Culture Researcher

Lectures JUL 8

Lecture: How to Curate Music

Speaker: Lin Fang-yi (林芳宜), Music Curator

Lectures JUL 9

Lecture: The Challenge of Hosting an Art Festival That's Friendly to Neighbors Without Getting Protested, Using Playground as an Example

Speaker: Wang Hui-chuan (王惠娟), Curator of CLAB Contemporary Art Platform

Lectures JUN 26 — SEP 26

Lecture: Theater Out of the Frame!?

Speaker: Wu Wei-wei (吳維緯), Chairman of the Southern Taiwan Performing Arts Development Association

Lectures JUL 10

Lecture: The Sustainable Practice and Daily Life of Arts and Culture Planning

Speaker: Huang Hsin-yi (黃心怡), Sustainable Festival and Event Planning Consultant

Lectures AUG 18

Lecture: Performance Curation and International Perspectives

Speaker: Lin Jen-chung (林人中), Independent Curator

Lectures AUG 19

Lecture: A Small Exercise in Curating the Bangka International Dance Festival

Speaker: Chung Po-yuan (鍾伯淵), Artistic Director of Shinehouse Theatre and Wanzao Shinehouse Theatre

Lectures AUG 20

Lecture: How Performance Venues Can Become a Boost for Performances

Speaker: Chen Pei-yu (陳姵妤), Brand Operations Director, Da Qing Hua Media Co., Ltd.

Lectures AUG 21

Lecture: More Than an All-Night Party: Viewing the "Hi, story" of Nuit Blanche from the Perspective of Performing Arts Curation

Speaker: Cheng Yi-wen (鄭伊雯), Artistic Director of Ren Yin Cooperative / Independent Choreographer

Lectures SEP 2

Lecture: Bringing Theater into Life: Curatorial Practice, Arts Education, and Possibilities for Collaboration

Speaker: Cheng Han-wen (鄭涵文), Independent Producer

Lectures SEP 3

Lecture: Seriously, Taitung's Arts Festival Is Not What You Think

Speaker: Lai Wei-cheng (賴韋丞), Curator of the Taitung Arts Festival

Lectures SEP 4

Lecture: From Inspiration to Implementation: Strategic Thinking and Practical Details of National-Level Music Projects

Speaker: Huang Wei-teng (黃緯騰), Head of the Music Project Section, Programming Department, National Kaohsiung Center for…