The Senior Calligraphy Exhibition 黄金岁月展

The 21st Senior Calligraphy Exhibition, organised by the Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore (CCSS), will be held at Singapore Calligraphy Centre’s Lee Kong Chian Hall from 26 Sep to 29 Sep for 4 days. Calligraphic works of 61 learners of calligraphy will be on display at the exhibition.
It has been 23 years since CCSS held the first exhibition known as the ‘Calligraphy Exhibition for the Youth’ in 1986. This series of exhibitions, held for the learners of Chinese calligraphy, is among the calligraphy exhibitions with the longest history in Singapore. It was a platform created by CCSS to provide opportunity for students of its calligraphy classes to learn from each other and to share experiences. CCSS started the first calligraphy classes in 1974 at the Macpherson Education Centre.

The first ‘Calligraphy Exhibition for the Youth’ was held from 13 March to 16 March 1986 at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. It was declared open by Ong Pang Boon (Wang Bangwen), the Society’s advisor and the then MP for Telok Ayer. 13 students from the Society’s calligraphy classes with 64 pieces of their works were put on display at the exhibition.

In 1992, due to the increase in the enrolment for its calligraphy classes, CCSS decided that the exhibition should be held annually and be renamed to ‘Calligraphy Exhibition for All’. The renamed exhibition was first held at the Singapore Conference Hall on 14 and 15 Nov 1992. It was declared open by the then Chairman of Teo Ann Association and 82 pieces of calligraphic works were put on display. The exhibition was to be held biennially.

The opening of the Singapore Calligraphy Centre in 1995 means the exhibition now has a permanent home. For the first time in 1995, a week-long exhibition was held in the Lee Kong Chian Hall of the Calligraphy Centre. It was declared open by the Centre Chairman on 11 Nov. The exhibition displayed 97 pieces of works by learners of calligraphy of all ages.

In 2005, in order to allow more calligraphy lovers to participate and to display their works, the exhibition was split into two different exhibitions. The ‘Junior Calligraphy Exhibition’ is a platform for school-going calligraphy learners to show off their talent in calligraphy, while the ‘Senior Calligraphy Exhibition’ is to provide opportunity for working adults and retirees to display their works and exchange learning experiences. The Senior Calligraphy Exhibition was declared open on19 Nov 2005 with 93 pieces of calligraphic works selected for display.

During the last 23 years, there were more and better calligraphic works being selected for participating in the exhibitions. This really reflects an increasingly active Chinese calligraphy community in Singapore, a fact that all of us should feel good and proud about.

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由新加坡书法家协会所主办的第二十一届‘黄金岁月展’将在9月26日在新加坡书法中心光前堂举行，为期4天，到9月29日结束。这次共有61名书法爱好者的作品被选展出。

这个展览自1986年举办至今，已经有二十三年的历史了，可以说是为书法爱好者所举办的一个历史悠久的新加坡书法活动。这个书展的前身是‘朝花书法展’，是新加坡书法家协会为属下书法班学员提供的一个互相切磋与交流的平台。书协（当时的中文名为新加坡中华书画研究会）自1974年开始于麦波申教育中心开设书法班。

第一届朝花书法展于1986年3月13日至16日于中华总商会举行，，由新加坡书法家协会（当时中文名称为新加坡书学协会）顾问及直落亚逸区国会议员王邦文先生揭幕。该届书展共展出了该协会13个研究班学员的64幅作品。该书展每两年举办一次。

从1992年起，随着书协书法班的学员的增加，书协决定把书展改为常年展，并改名为‘春华秋实书法展’。该届春华秋实书法展于1992年11月14日至15日在新加坡大会堂举行，共展出82位老中青书法工作者的作品，由潮安联谊社主席郑展松先生主持仪式。

1995年，新加坡书法中心落成，‘春华秋实书法展’就有了一个永久的家。该届书法展第一次在书法中心的光前堂举行。为期一周的书展于11月11日起举行由书法中心董事主席郑文麟揭幕，并展出老中青书法爱好者的作品97件。

2005年开始，为了让更多书法爱好者的作品能够有机会参加展出，这个书展改为两个书展会。‘新秀风采展’为正在念书的在籍学生的书法爱好者提供展出平台来展示他们的书法才华，‘黄金岁月展’则让来自各行各业的工作人士与已经退休的书法爱好者展出与交流学习经验。2005年11月19日举行的‘黄金岁月展’共有93人的作品被选展出。

可以说，这二十三年来，参与这个书法的人数与作品的阵容，无论在质与量方面，独有显著的增加与改善。正当然亦可以说显示了新加坡书坛的日益蓬勃发展，实在是可喜可贺。