The Creative Days: “Be Well, Be Creative” is a new format of event to present student’s work from Bachelors of Architectural Studies, Communication and Media, Design, Digital Cinema and Fashion Design.

Every year, new graduates will present their capstone project to the public through a month-long exhibition as the final step of their student experience. This year, we are adding extra activities to encompass work from all years of all Bachelor degrees in the Department of Creative Industries, as well as offering creative workshops open to the public, movies screening, and finally a unique Fashion Show.

For centuries, Macao has been a cultural, technological and commercial meeting point of China and the West. Likewise, the art and design education in the University of Macau aims to synthesize Chinese and Western artistic concepts, transcend conventional boundaries between art and design, and collide worlds of arts and sciences. The creative experiments delineate China’s rich cultural traditions and speak a global language of the contemporary era. Demonstrating the interdisciplinary and multimedia nature of the art practices, this exhibition features an eclectic mix of creative work by art professors and postgraduate art students from the University of Macau, which includes contemporary ink painting, oil painting, watercolor, illustration, ceramic, visual communication design, and digital art.

The Bamboo Pavilion is a staple of the USJ architecture programme with yearly editions, and is a practical workshop where architecture and design students combine the potential of vernacular bamboo techniques and local craftsmanship with the creativity and digital design skills to build an innovative architecture structure. The INTERTWINE Bamboo Pavilion is a fluid and dynamic space with undulating surfaces and intricate bamboo densities, promoting air circulation and varying sunlight and shadow effects through the day. Its innovative form and tectonics was designed to trigger people attention and imagination creating an opportunity for multiple encounters.

The exhibition shows the study achievements and outstanding works of Bachelor's Degree of Arts in Visual Arts programme, majoring in Sculpture students of the Macao Polytechnic Institute in 2020/2021. Meantime, the teachers also participated in the exhibition to present a completement and diversity of sculpture major classes.

Film is the most popular form of mass culture in the 21^st century, and it is also the most extensive and influential art.
From planning to shooting to completion, the films are all concrete reflections of the colourful and varied real world, embodying the characteristics of collective creation and widespread mass character.
It is hoped that through this exhibition, a group of young people’s "new" ideas and "new" perspectives can be brought to the audience, and the exploration and expansion in the direction of technology and new aesthetics can be promoted.

The exhibition is divided into two exhibition areas. Exhibition area A is mainly based on the outstanding works of teachers and students of FA, covering installation art, multimedia art, video, oil painting, Chinese painting, comprehensive materials, cultural and creative design, landscape design, etc. Exhibition area B focuses on soliciting excellent "anti-epidemic posters" works from across the Two-Shores-and-Four-Region and worldwide, reflecting the design feelings of jointly resisting the epidemic.

As a place of cultural integration, Macao has a variety of traditional customs. The intangible cultural heritage derived from this culture presents a rich and unique cultural landscape. Through brand design teaching and research, the Bachelor Degree of Arts in Design Programme, of the School of Arts of the Macao Polytechnic Institute leads students to carry out brand image design and creation on the value inheritance, reification and creative transformation of intangible cultural heritage. This promotes the unique charm of Macao's intangible cultural heritage and creates positive cultural and economic benefits.