Hsinchu International Glass Art Festival: 13 Businesses in the Cultural and Creative Zone Move In First

The 2016 Hsinchu City International Glass Art Festival is about to kick off in early September. To integrate local industries and prepare a local cultural and creative cluster, 13 cultural and creative businesses moved into the "Lakeside Restaurant Cultural and Creative Zone" starting in August, aiming to build a Hsinchu cultural and creative base and showcase Hsinchu's rich and diverse emerging cultural energy. The public is welcome to come and experience the new vitality of cultural and creative work in Japanese-style buildings.

Mayor Lin Chih-chien said that the "2016 Hsinchu City International Glass Art Festival" will be grandly held at Hsinchu Park from September 3 to October 10. This edition will take "The Centennial Celebration of Hsinchu Park" as its theme, inviting citizens to "raise a glass and cheer in celebration" together. The event brings together top artists from abroad and Taiwan to jointly exhibit glass art creations and celebrate this grand occasion together, letting brilliant artistic fireworks bloom and spread everywhere.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau said that to showcase the cultural and creative vitality of the park, 13 cultural and creative businesses were specially invited to move into the Lakeside Restaurant starting in August. The 13 businesses include local cultural and creative, glass craft, and light food operators. In addition to displaying and selling glass artworks, a series of creative courses are arranged for the public to experience, and tea-based light food is available for tasting, adding richer and more diverse cultural ingenuity to Hsinchu Park and also connecting and integrating Hsinchu City's cultural and creative industries.

The 13 businesses moving in include local cultural and creative, glass craft, and light food operators. In addition to displaying and selling glass artworks, a series of creative courses are arranged for the public to experience, and tea-based light food is available for tasting, adding richer and more diverse cultural ingenuity to Hsinchu Park and also connecting and integrating Hsinchu City's cultural and creative industries. The public is warmly welcome to come browse the market.