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The Downtown Arts District Announces “INFINITE MELODIES: An Artistic Journey in Four Parts” at CityArts Orlando

This solo exhibition by Chinese artist, Xin Song features a four-part series of mixed media artwork comprised of traditional paper cutting, fabric construction, and collage techniques.

Orlando, FL (March 11, 2024) –

Opening on March 21, 2024 at CityArts is “INFINITE MELODIES: An Artistic Journey in Four Parts, A Solo Exhibition by Xin Song.” This exhibition is presented and curated by the Downtown Arts District. As a Beijing-born artist, Xin Song studied Chinese folk artists’ centuries-old traditional techniques of paper cutting, crocheting, and quilting. Through her own body of work, she not only finds inspiration from these popular traditions, but also infuses them with the ultimate Americana of cosmopolitan New York City, where she has lived and worked for over 20 years. Today, she continues to demonstrate her own contemporary and pop styles of mixed media paper cutting and quilting. Song’s work depicts her interest in women's labor, navigating life through pandemic struggles, the exploration of visual elements from her dreams, and the combination of art historical traditions of different cultures within one overall visual composition.

"We are thrilled to welcome Xin Song to our community and highlight her unique style of mixing traditional Chinese paper cutting and collage," says Barbara Hartley, Executive Director of the Downtown Arts District.

Hartley met Song through a local art collector and patron and has followed Songs work for three years.  The exhibition was scheduled during Women’s History Month to feature a prominent woman artist around the time of International Women’s Day.

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, there will be a public Opening Night Reception at CityArts to unveil the original artwork in the four different series: Floating World, Wave and Brain Water, In Search of Lost Time, and Beauty and Sacrifice. This exhibition will run from March 21 – April 14, 2024. To register for the public opening night, visit https://3rdthu2024.eventbrite.com.

Xin Song says in her artist statement, “My recent work borrows pictures from all kinds of magazines, in the service of large questions about social and political values. Many of the issues are discussed in these magazines because they are questions people already think about every day, such as current affairs, politics, war, health, beauty, fashion population, poverty, luxury, the environment, the beauty of nature, modern life, technology, sex, and taboo.”

About Xin Song

Xin Song was born in Beijing, In 1994, Song graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has maintained a studio at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts since 2010. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at museums, commercial galleries, and alternative spaces. Notable recent exhibitions include The Today Art Museum in Beijing, China, the Chengdu Biennale, The Rampa Art Center in Porto, Portugal, the Contemporary Art Museum of Crete at Rethymnon, Greece (2018), Venice Biennial (2017), Noyes Museum of Art of New Jersey (2017), Staten Island Museum (2016), Musée du Louvre, Paris (2014), National Art Museum of China (2013), Prow Art Space of the Flatiron Building (2012), and Paper Art Biennial in Sophia, Bulgaria (2011), among many other venues. Song has completed numerous public projects, including the following permanent installations: MTA Arts for Transit, Bay Parkway Landmark Station, Brooklyn, NY (2010), and Percent for Art, Public Art for Public School Program, PS170K, Brooklyn, NY (2014). She is the 2021 recipient of an NYFA City Artists Corps Grant and the 2021 recipient of an Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts North Fork Residency.

About Downtown Arts District

​The Downtown Arts District is a dedicated nonprofit organization for advancing arts and economic development in the City of Orlando.  Established in 2000, the Arts District represents and serves the arts community through signature programming and public art projects.  Comprised of a series of cultural communities, the Arts District encompasses the visual arts, literature, the performing arts including music, drama, film and dance, and arts and culture-related retail businesses.  The Arts District is the producer of a series of mission-based events and programs to heighten visibility for the arts including the monthly 3rd Thursday Gallery Hop, Día de los Muertos & Monster Party, Orlando Story Club, Art ‘N Soul, The In-Between Series, Break 4 Art, and much more.  In addition, the Arts District manages and operates CityArts Orlando, the multi-use art and cultural destination in the historic Rogers Kiene Building in Downtown Orlando.