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Open Call: "Breaking Barriers • Tender Shoots"
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"Breaking Barriers • Tender Shoots"Global Healing Arts Contest and Exhibition
General Curator: Ananda Zhao
General Consultant: Zongde Deng
Curator:Livin Liu
Judging Panel
An Jiquan ( China), Chen Xiao ( China), Fan Yurui(China), Lily Baylon Escritora(Spain), Lidia Chiarelli（Italy), Liu Yiteng( China), Lucilla Trapazzo（Italy/Switzerland), Maki Starfield (Japan), Pозалия Александрова（ Bulgaria), Rika Inami (Japan), Sabrina De Canio（Italy), Tobias Burghardt（Germany), Fahredin Shehu（Kosovo), Xiao Suhong( China), Xu Na (China)
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International Arts Education & Therapy Development Academic Association（IAETDAA）
Preview
When the faint sound of cracking emerges beneath the last layer of ice—that is the oldest secret of spring, and also the truest gesture of art: to knock where barriers stand, to sprout where silence reigns.
Breaking Barriers • Tender Shoots is not a gentle ode to spring. It is an active, even slightly painful, excavation inward. We invited artists to confront the invisible walls that lie within and around us: the inescapable loneliness of the digital age, the silenced individual voices amidst relentless acceleration, and the increasingly blurred boundaries between humanity and nature, between self and other, between who we are and who we long to become.
Remarkably, 38 artistic voices from 20 countries have responded—through paintbrushes, lenses, bodies, and sounds—with answers that differ yet resonate deeply. Their works do not avoid fractures or disguise vulnerability. On the contrary, they choose to pause and gaze at the broken places, and ultimately, to let a sliver of light enter through the cracks.
This is the true meaning of tender shoots: not a false prosperity that denies winter, but the conviction that beneath the frozen soil, roots are still gathering strength in the dark, and new buds are still pushing through the weight of the earth.
This exhibition is an invitation. We invite every viewer to step into this barrier-breaking ground cultivated by creators from around the world. Here, you may encounter a wall being knocked upon, or glimpse an unfamiliar sprout. May you see, reflected within, the boundary within yourself that is beginning to loosen—and hear, in this spring, the first clear echo of its opening.
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"Expression, Co-creation, Renewal" Global Academic Forum on
Participation Information
· Conference Dates: February 28 – March 2, 2026 (CST) February 27-March 1, 2026(EST)
· Format: Global Online Conference
· Official Publication: Global Journal of Arts in Therapy
First Forum Special Offer
Registration & Benefits
· Regular Registration: $60
· Free for members of the IAETDAA