Hip to be…

Group Show by Gallery Artists and Collection features works by

AES+F
Stephan Balkenhol
Paul Blanca
Chen Qiuchi
Robert indiana
Ung-No Lee
Helge Leiberg
Pascal Lievre
Dennis Oppenheim
Barthelemy Toguo
Yan Pei-Ming

The exhibition lasts until April 30th

Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday 10:30am to 7:00 pm or by appointments

Venue: Art Statements Gallery

Addres: 5 Mee Lun Street Central, Hong Kong

Email: ma@artstatements.com

Tel: (+852) 9014-0606

Free Admission

The Reading Tub is one of the two 501c3 literacy projects endorsed and supported by the Dreamblogue. The Library Project (Asia) and the Reading Tub (US) share the ad revenue generated by the blog of dreams.

The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school. National Commission on Reading, 1985 60% of the kindergartners in neighborhoods where children did poorly in school did not own a single book. The Patterns of Book Ownership and Reading, D. Feitelson and Z. Goldstein, 1986.

The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of low-income children is to increase their access to print. Communities ranking high in achievement tests have several factors in common: an abundance of books in public libraries, easy access to books in the community at large and a large number of textbooks per student. Newman, Sanford, et all. “American’s Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy”; Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000.According to the National Academy on an Aging Society, 73 billion dollars is the estimated annual cost of low literacy skills in the form of longer hospital stays, emergency room visits, more doctor visits, and increased medication. “Toward a Literate Nation”, Luis Herrera, Public Libraries, Jan/Feb 2004.

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