Taichung City Government Local Tax Bureau’s Shalu Branch has turned a space in its office building into an art gallery and named it Shalu Gallery. Its opening exhibition features calligraphy and ceramic works by calligrapher Yeh Teng-tsung and ceramic artist Chen Wei-chuan. The exhibition runs till the end of May, and is open during the office’s work hours. On Mar. 16, its opening event attracted more than 70 students from Tunghai University’s Department of Public Management and Policy. By launching an art exhibition, the Shalu Branch is breaking stereotypes about government agencies.
The calligraphy works were provided by the calligraphy studio where Yeh teaches and a calligraphy class at a public library in Fengyuan. The featured calligraphers span a wide range of ages: some are young, some are middle-aged, and some are senior. Their works marry calligraphy with classical Chinese poetry, and are fascinating to look at. The ceramic works, on the other hand, are provided by Chen, who chooses fish as his main theme. His featured works, which include fish-shaped lights and a fish mural in ceramic, are all masterpieces.
The Local Tax Bureau Deputy Director-general Yeh Kuo-chu says Shalu has been a center of culture, though public exhibition space is still lacking. Local artists and intellectuals need local support, and this is why the Shalu Branch has tried to reverse the general impression of the tax office as a serious place of work. By adding some softer elements into the workplace, the branch hopes to create a different vibe for its visitors.
Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者張軒哲
(Liberty Times, translated by Yu-an Tu)
台中地方稅務局沙鹿分局利用辦公廳舍空間規劃「沙轆藝廊」，首展邀請書法家葉登聰及陶藝家陳維銓展出書法及陶藝作品，展期至五月底，於上班時間開放參觀。三月十六日開展儀式，還吸引東海大學行政管理暨政策學系七十多名學子參訪，打破民眾對公務單位的刻板印象。
Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者張軒哲
書法作品是由葉登聰所任教的書法工作室及豐原圖書館書法班學員所提供，橫跨少、中、老年齡層，以書法藝術融合經典詩賦，饒富趣味。陶藝則由陳維銓提供，作品以「魚」為主要創作題材。本次展覽包括立體魚燈及陶魚壁畫，作品皆是一時之選。
台中市稅務局副局長葉國居表示，沙鹿是人文薈萃之地，不過公共展覽空間仍嫌不足。在地文化工作者需要在地人支持，此次地方稅務局沙鹿分局嘗試翻轉民眾對於稅務機關較嚴肅的印象，於洽公環境注入更多軟性元素，帶給民眾不一樣的感受。
(自由時報記者張軒哲)
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