DATE
08 09 2024
In September 2024, the Secretary General of ISSA, Mr. Liu Yang, awarded the certificate of Honorary Membership
to the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, the Minister of Environment, and the President of the National
Academy of Fine Arts in Tashkent. for their support of international sculpture. Since then, leaders of many
countries, including the Speaker of the Parliament and the Prime Minister, have become honorary members of
the Alliance.
The Marble International Sculpture Symposium is a large-scale international cultural event signed by
the President of Uzbekistan and organized by the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Protection,
with the National Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan and the National Association of Fine Arts as co-organizers.
The theme of the event was Art Saves the Planet, a way of drawing attention to ecological problems through art.
At the closing ceremony of the event, Liu Yang, the Secretary General of the Alliance, presented certificates
of honor, gratitude, membership and alliance to Aziz Abdukhakimov, the Minister of Environment,
Akmal Nuridinov, the Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Ibragim Valikhodjaev, the Chairman of
the National Association of Fine Arts, and Nasima, the head of the event. Also present at the closing ceremony
were representatives of the Alliance, including ISSA's Syrian member Aktham Abdulhamid, Turkish member
Hakan Sengonul, Georgian member Valerian Jikia, as well as more than 20 international and local sculptors.
Materials Provider: ISSA Uzbekistan Member Ibragim Valikhodjaev
Editor: Liu Qin, Song Mingcheng
Translator: Sun Ya’nan
Legal Advisor: Tao Ranting