NCUE X SUP 2025
Changhua, Taiwan
Residency / Education / Public Programme
A residency programme integrating artistic practice with education and public engagement within a university context.
→ 1. Overview
→ 2. Programme Structure
→ 3. Residency
→ 4. Workshops & Talks
→ 5. Community Engagement
→ 6. Culture Exploration
→ 7. Exhibitions
→ 8. Public & Academic Engagement
→ 9. Programme Impact
1. Overview
This project was developed in collaboration with the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), bringing together artists, students, and local communities within a shared framework of artistic production, learning, and exchange.
Working within a structured and collaborative residency framework, the programme explored how artistic practice can function as a method — extending beyond the studio into educational, social, and public contexts. Through workshops, exhibitions, community engagement, and academic dialogue, the project established a dynamic environment where artistic processes became a method for connection, knowledge exchange, and cultural interaction.
The programme consists of six core elements:
Residency — a three-month artist-in-residence programme forming the core of artistic production and research
Workshops — artist-led teaching sessions embedded within the university curriculum
Community Engagement — activities connecting artists with local schools, organisations, and communities
Cultural Exploration — immersive engagement with local cultural contexts as part of artistic research
Exhibitions — public presentations of work developed through the residency
Symposium — academic and public dialogue reflecting on artistic practice and education
Together, these elements form a framework where artistic practice operates as a method for exchange, learning, and social connection.
2. Programme Structure
The NCUE × SUP 2025 programme was developed as a multi-layered structure connecting artistic practice, education, and public engagement.
Rather than operating as a linear programme, it was designed as an interconnected system where each component informs and supports the others.
3. Residency
The residency forms the core of the programme, providing artists with the time, space, and support to develop their practice within a new cultural context.
Selected through an UK open call, artists participate in a fully supported three-month residency in Taiwan. During this period, they engage with students, faculty, and local communities while developing new work.
The residency is co-designed by SUP, NCUE, and the participating artists, ensuring that it remains responsive, relevant, and grounded in both artistic and educational contexts.
Pre-residency preparation plays a key role, with SUP working closely with artists to develop initial proposals, workshop structures, and research directions prior to arrival.
4. Workshops & Talks
Workshops form a central component of the residency, creating a direct connection between artistic practice and education.
Resident artists deliver two to three workshops per week, working closely with students through hands-on, process-based learning. These sessions are designed not as fixed teaching modules, but as evolving frameworks that respond to both the artist’s practice and the students’ engagement.
Prior to the residency, SUP collaborates with each artist to develop an initial workshop structure. This is then refined in consultation with NCUE to ensure alignment with the curriculum and the learning environment.
Throughout the residency, regular discussions between SUP, NCUE, and the artists allow the workshops to be continuously adjusted — maintaining both pedagogical relevance and creative openness.
In addition to workshops, each artist delivers a series of talks, sharing their artistic journey, research methodologies, and reflections on working across different cultural contexts.
Together, these sessions create a space where teaching becomes an extension of artistic practice, and learning emerges through dialogue, experimentation, and exchange.
Within this structure, workshops function not only as teaching formats, but as active sites of exchange — where artistic knowledge is shared, challenged, and re-formed in real time.
Visual Documentation team led by Digital and New Media Art Lecturer Hao Ning Chang. Produced by Zhi Xian Lin and Xin Yan Chen. Music by Amit Sharma.
5. Community Engagement
Community engagement is an integral part of the residency, extending artistic practice beyond the university into wider social contexts.
Responding to each artist’s practice, SUP identifies and develops opportunities for meaningful exchange within local communities. These engagements are designed to create genuine dialogue, allowing artists to share their perspectives while gaining insight into local cultural and social environments.
Working in collaboration with NCUE, activities are organised through both academic and local networks. These include visits to schools, artist studios, cultural organisations, and independent creative spaces.
Through these interactions, the programme establishes connections that move beyond short-term engagement, fostering relationships between artists, students, and the broader arts and education community across Taiwan.
6. Cultural Exploration
Community engagement is an integral part of the residency, extending artistic practice beyond the university into wider social contexts.
8.Public & Academic Engagement
As part of the programme, the SUP team and resident artists were invited to participate in the 2025 NCUE Arts Education Symposium.
The panel brought together artists, educators, and programme leaders to reflect on the role of cross-disciplinary collaboration, cultural exchange, and creative innovation in shaping the future of arts education.
Through presentations and dialogue, the session examined the residency as a live case study — exploring how artistic practice can operate within educational systems while engaging with broader social contexts.
The discussion also highlighted the importance of connecting contemporary artistic approaches with local cultural knowledge, and the role of collaboration between institutions, artists, and communities.
This engagement marks an important extension of the programme into the academic and discourse space, positioning SUP not only as a programme developer, but as an active contributor to ongoing conversations in arts education.
9.Programme Impact
The NCUE × SUP 2025 programme demonstrates how a residency model can operate as a connected system — linking artistic practice, education, and public engagement.
Rather than functioning as a standalone project, the programme establishes a framework that supports long-term exchange, collaboration, and knowledge development.
Through its integration of practice, pedagogy, and public interaction, the programme contributes to expanding the role of art within both educational and social contexts.