蓮花又稱荷花，其千般丰姿，自古以來深受文人雅士喜愛，反映於國人宗教信仰、文學藝術、生活起居各層面，隨處可見蓮花的繪飾，時至今日已形成深閎的蓮花文化；甚而昇化為人格操守表徵，影響所及既深且遠。
本展「蓮花」主題，藝術家們各以擅勝的媒材表現：或描寫蓮的優美之姿，荷之君子風骨；或呈顯佛教文化之聖潔蓮花……彰顯其藝術成就與造詣，可謂洋洋大觀，精采可期。另承蒙波蘭攝影家艾蒂塔‧維晨女士，應本館邀請，展出三十餘幅攝影作品，藉此提供國人藝術共賞，與優質的藝術饗宴，進而促進國際文化交流。
展出中外藝術家依序(依年齡)：李建中、孫家勤、吳長鵬、吳隆榮、歐豪年、張哲雄、胡復金、陳陽春、邱定夫、李蕭錕、張克齊、許忠英、曾孝德、熊宜中、宋瑞和、黃飛、林淑女、楊永福、廖繼英、白宗仁、Edyta Wittchen艾蒂塔‧維晨、洪昌榖、聶蕙雲。
開幕典禮：98年10月31日(六) 10:30，邀請波蘭攝影家艾蒂塔‧維晨女士蒞臨與會。
　
Lotuses have many different postures. Since` ancient times, they have profoundly become objects of love for many scholars and people of refined taste. Also, a love of lotuses can reflect other aspects such as religion, literature, art, and everyday life. Pictorial decorations concerning lotuses can be easily seen everywhere. Until now, lotus culture has become phenomenal. Lotuses are even a symbol of lifting up moral integrity and virtue. Their influence is more than imagination and becomes very profound and eternal indeed.
In the exhibition with the theme of lotuses, artists are free to use their own mediums and expressions to depict lotuses’ graceful postures and gentlemanship nature or holy and pure implication of Buddhist culture. This exhibition certainly manifests their artistic talent through their way of depicting lotus flowers. It can be said to be a brilliant and grand display. In addition, we also invite a Polish photographer, Edyta Wittchen, to come to Taiwan. Her over-30 pieces of photographs will be exhibited so that the viewers can see how an artist from another country looks at lotus culture. It is hoped that through this excellent art exhibition, international cultural exchange can go forwards.
The artists whose works displayed in the exhibition (according to their ages from old to young) are: Chien-Chung Li, Chia-Chin Sun, Chang-Peng Wu, Long-Rong Wu, Ho-Nien Au, Jason Chang, Fu-Chin Hu, Yang-Chun Chen, Ding-Fu Chiu, Quenten Lee, Ko-Chi Chang, Chung-Yin Hsu, Hsiao-Te Tseng, Andrew Hsiung, Jui-Ho Sung, Fei Huang, Shu-Nu Lin, Nelson Yang, Jih-Ing Liao, Tsung-Jen Pai, Chang-Ku Hone, and Hui-Yun Nieh.
Opening day: 10:30 on October 31st, 2009 (Sat). We also invite Edyta Wittchen, a female photographer from Poland to come to Taiwan and join the opening day.