Riverside artistic exchanges light up twin cities

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Jan Brown Checco has been busily showing a group of Chinese artists around the Midwestern US city of Cincinnati, to present the beauty of its architecture to inspire the group to create artworks ahead of a joint exhibition with their American counterparts.

This was just the latest effort by Checco to promote artistic exchanges between China and the United States. An artist herself, she has enjoyed the process of sharing artistic viewpoints and discussing techniques with her Chinese peers over the past two decades.

The outdoor painting program involved 11 artists from Liuzhou city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, who were joined by seven local artists. Together they created around 50 paintings and drawings using different methods and materials, depicting the landmarks and iconic scenery of Cincinnati.