The Changning session of the 2025 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival kicked off on March 29. With Livat Shanghai as the main venue, cultural venues of the district and those belong to communities will host nearly 60 cultural activities.

On the “Urban Art Education Day” which falls on March 29, Changning for the first time set up the main venue at Livat Shanghai, innovatively creating a new scenario that integrates “cultural, business, tourism, and sports exhibitions.” 

At the event site, the four major cultural innovation projects – “Non Long-Term Learning Workshop,” “ART Neighborhood Space,” “Public Cultural New Space,” and “Cultural Project Manager” - were officially unveiled, opening a new chapter in the sound, newly built, and exploratory work mechanism of Changning’s cultural and tourism industry. 

The launch of these projects not only enhances the quality and efficiency of high-quality public cultural resources reaching the grassroots level in Changning, but also injects new vitality into improving the “10-minute public cultural service circle.”

In addition, nine communities and one town throughout the district also launched cultural activities with their own characteristics, jointly painting a wonderful picture of “Urban Art Education Day.”

From the craftsmanship of intangible cultural heritage workshops to immersive exhibitions in art museums, and to art classrooms in community cultural spaces, this citywide action not only allows art to step out of the hall and integrate into local communities, but also infuses aesthetic education into the fabric of the city, radiating vibrant vitality in everyday life. 

In the future, Changning will continue to create a diverse cultural space, promote the deep integration of art and life, and enable every citizen to feel the nourishment of beauty in the rhythm of the city, jointly composing the civilized movement of the “People’s City.”

Edited by Shanghai Daily