Between July 12th and 14th, the 鈥楨legance ? Changzhou鈥 Cultural and Art Exhibition was held at the Federal Hall National Memorial, located at 26 Wall Street in Manhattan. The event was co-sponsored by the Publicity Department of CPC Changzhou Municipal Committee, Changzhou International Culture Association, and the New York-based Asian American Business Development Center. An exhibition tour and a reception were held on the evening of July 13th. Xu Yin, director of the Publicity Department of CPC Changzhou Municipal Committee, delivered a speech in the opening ceremony.

The exhibition displayed more than 90 outstanding works of local artists of Chinese paper-cut folk art, embroidery, brush calligraphy, Chinese painting, and so on, in order to give the visitors a better idea of the history of Changzhou.

A live auction for this art exhibition will take place on July 15th at Manhattan Asian Arts Lounge. In the meantime, online auctions will also be available on liveauctioneers.com and 51bidlive.com. For more information, go to: www.aabdc.org.