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本会成立缘起

【世界文化艺术联合总会】(简称【世文联】),于2018年元月正式获得新加坡内政部批准成立。

总会之成立应该要追溯到2007年由陳光億先生创办的“三变数国际文化研究院,陳光億先生及院长丁峻女士,在为世界多个不同国家、地区、种族、宗教与行业人士进行人生规划之便,结识了其中不少文化界人士并建立起深厚友谊,逐渐在世界文化圈累积雄厚人脉的基础,十年来已将关系圈扩大到五大洲70多个国家及地区,由于通过弘扬文化艺术可以加强各地交流,增进彼此了解,可以实现共同促进世界和平的理想,便开始萌起联合有志之士成立一个全球性文化艺术组织。

近年来,由于参与文化艺术界活动日多,并频频受邀参与或协助策划个别国际艺术交流活动,在陳光億先生与丁峻女士穿针引线下,于2015年促成中国中央美术学院院长范迪安教授、新加坡美术总会梁振康会长及马来西亚现代国际书画联盟会总会长符永刚博士的对接,掀开三国15位重量级资深油画家在河南三门峡采风交流之旅序幕,进而在2016年三国油画家赴马来西亚及新加坡写生,以及五囯六地书家参与之「南洋风•黃河情」的成功举办,以后邱程光先生与陳原德先生先后受邀加入组成了团队核心,开始着手整合各国文化艺术界人脉与资源,并进行筹备创会事宜。

2017年春季“庆祝香港回归20周年暨国际文化艺术研究院开幕大典”3月16日香港科学园隆重举行。作为酝酿中【世文联】的主要成员陳光億先生、邱程光先生与丁峻女士引荐来自东南亚、欧洲、南北美等二十国书画组织加盟并支持这项活动,为该研究院今后在国际上之工作开展创造了条件。更值得一提的是,作为酝酿中【世文联】的核心团队再次受邀,于5月前往印尼雅加达出席海外华人书法家协会成立大典暨【一带一路】首届海外华人书法家协会展览的开幕仪式,见证这项全球最大规模的华人书法大展的历史性的一页,并加深了与各国书法界主流的联系。

继去年本团队成功协助策划2017年新加坡美术总会主办24国书画家参与之【亚太艺术交流大展】后,即将在今年参与策划第二屆“一带一路”世界海内外书法家协会45国与地区大展之际,欣然接到【世文联】获得新加坡內政部批准成立通知,兹定在今年2018年8月26日举办成立仪式,正式向全球宣佈我会正式成立。

本会成立之后,希望能与世界各地文化艺术界同道们建立更紧密的联系,聚合大家的力量,通过本会的平台,为文化艺术事业之发展实现更宏大目标。

In January 2018, the Federation of World Cultural and Art Society (Singapore) [FOWCAAS] was approved by the Singapore Registry of Societies, a division of Ministry of Home Affairs. We will hold the inauguration ceremony and formally announce the establishment of our Society on 26 August 2018.

Over the past ten years, we have conducted a series of events that triggered the founding of the society. Jason Tan, the founder of the “3 Variables International Culture Institute”, first organised a program known as Life Science Planning in 2007. Through the program, Jason Tan and Ding Jun, the Principal of the Institute, met up with participants and businesspeople around the world regardless of race and religion. Jason Tan’s Life Science Planning program has expanded and reached out to more than 70 countries. Time has helped to strengthen and foster the friendships of clients, providing the foundation for the formation of the Society.

We have a dream of gathering the people together with a common goal of forming a globalised cultural organisation, which will promote cultural exchange activities more regularly. The four most prominent events that contributed to the establishment of our society are as listed below:

Event 1

In 2015, due to frequent activities such as the International Cultural Exchange exhibition, Jason Tan and Ding Jun have made further arrangements with

• Fan Di Ann, the President of the China Central Academy of Fine Art,

• Stephen Leong Chun Hong, the President of the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore).

• Dr Foo Yong Kang, the President of the Malaysian Contemporary Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Association.

This event has led to the first-ever collaboration between 15 renowned oil painters from 3 countries in Henan, China. They painted the site’s scenery as a group, spearheading cultural exchange between Asian countries. This group of painters also made another trip to Malaysia and Singapore to conclude the exchange program with another on-site scenery painting.

Event 2

In 2016, the exhibition “Nanyang Link with Huang-He Spirit Art exhibition” involving five countries was held in Singapore successfully. Khoo Seng Kong and Tan Yong Teck were invited to form the team, to organise the existing contacts and resources in various countries and region, in preparation for setting up of the society.

Event 3

“Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong and the Opening Ceremony of the International Academy of Art” was held at Hong Kong Science Park on 16 March 2017. Jason Tan, Khoo Seng Kong and Ding Jun invited 20 artists from Southeast Asia, Europe, and North and South America’s Calligraphy and Painting organisations to participate in the event in Hong Kong.

Event 4

In May 2017, we attended the establishment ceremony of the “One Belt and One Road - Overseas Chinese Calligraphers Association” in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The event exhibited the world’s largest Chinese calligraphy exhibition, and we are honoured to witness this historical moment that deepened the connection amongst the calligraphic world.

The team had successfully co-organized the Asia-Pacific Art Exchange Exhibition that involved artists from 20 countries, hosted by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore) in 2017.

We are currently in the midst of preparing and planning the second instalment of “One Belt and One Road” to be hosted in Singapore. This event’s mission is to invite calligraphers’ associations locally and internationally, from about 45 countries around the world.

The Society has a full program laid out for the years ahead. Through this platform, we can foster closer ties with fellow cultural and art circles around the world and unite the resources of everyone. We are eager to achieve the goal of developing culture and art together with these talented individuals and forward-looking organisations.