The winning shortlist of the 12th Taiwan Music Composition and Songwriting Contest was announced on Aug. 29, with the first prize going to Chou Wei-chung for the indigenous languages category, Lai Yu-ciao for the Hakka category, and Lin Chih-li for the Taiwanese Hokkien category.
A special exhibition featuring artwork by the late Chen Chin (1907 – 1998), the first female Taiwanese painter during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, will be held at the National Museum of History through Oct. 4.
The first group of monuments and buildings to receive designation as national heritage in Taiwan will be showcased in a special exhibition at the National Taiwan Museum through Sept. 30.
A collection of ceramic crafts by Lin Kuo-lung, one of the disciples of the Snake Kiln school, will be displayed at the Nantou-based National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute through Sept. 20.