TKU actively promotes local arts and culture by regularly holding lectures, concerts, performances, conferences, workshops, graduation production exhibitions, film exhibitions, student learning achievement exhibitions, etc., all of which are provided for free viewing to the community, including:
1. Concert and performance
● The Center for General Education and Core Curriculum holds music season every year, organizing concerts and performances for free participation to the school members and non-members.
2021音樂季● The Department of International Tourism Management has established a troupe called “Morning Star Theater” for the past nine years. Every year in December, Morning Star Theater presents a Christmas musical drama performed by Tamkang students to the indigenous tribes in Northern East Taiwan, inviting local people to participate.
淡江大學晨星劇團 2. Art appreciation workshops and lectures
● The Center for General Education and Core Curriculum holds art appreciation workshops and lectures every year on a programmed basis. In 2021, dozens of activities were held, including the “Ink Painting and Calligraphy Workshop,” “Creative Illustration Workshop,” and “Japanese Tea Ceremony Culture Workshop,”which are all open to the general public for participation.
藝術欣賞講座工作坊 ● The Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center developed a “digital e-pen system” that integrated digital learning and Calligraphy Appreciation to help promote the traditional Chinese culture treasure. On the first few days of every year, the center will invite renowned calligraphy masters to jointly showcase their spring couplets to the public.
數位e筆3. Graduation project production
Each department holds an exhibition or performance of graduation every year, open to the public to visit and share learning results. For example, the Department of Chinese Literature holds graduation exhibitions open to the general public to showcase academic research achievements, calligraphy, lesson plans, poems, picture books, novels, essays, reviews, scripts, book collections, etc.; the Department of Mass Communication holds an annual photography exhibition to showcase selected students’ works in the Swan Exhibition Hall.
4. Multimedia
● The Department of Mass Communication runs an internet media called “Tamkang Net News” which focuses on news happening in local community development, art, culture, and sports. The content is open to public viewing on Tamkang TV, YouTube, Public Television Service, and PeoPo Citizen Journalism.
淡江電視台● The Department of Mass Communication runs a broadcast media called “Tamkang Voice Radio” which reports on events and activities happening in Tamkang University and the Tamsui district.
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