嘉義梅山鄉太和村群山環抱，清晨陽光普照藍天青山明暗分明，午後氤氳繚繞山景忽隱忽現宛若水墨畫，因此珍貴雲霧而得優異茶葉品質。
八八風災後，在太和的居民除了重建家園，與藝術力的交流後，更發展了茶席、茶屋等與自然友善共存的「茶文化」。在地青年茶農，更因此思考茶業與自然間的關係，進而發展出環境友善的野放茶。
太和社區發展前理事長郭文國、擅長各式竹藝與傳統工藝人稱「牛伯」的鍾少博、經常幫忙協調社區與外部連結大小事的楊麗芳、開發野放茶的簡嘉文、葉人壽與各茶屋屋主等人，加上太和11家自有茶品牌，是此次國立臺南生活美學館「藝術轉動社區」計畫展出中，亟欲推薦給大家的太和經典。
Portraits of Tai-He
Located in the Meishan Township of Chiayi, Tai-He is a small village surrounded by mountains. At daybreak, the rising sun illuminates the sky creating intense colors against the hills. In the afternoon, the hilltops sometimes disappear in the fog and clouds. The scenery brings about both an artistic atmosphere of traditional ink wash painting and provides a misty landscape that contributes to excellent tea production.
The catastrophic typhoon Morakot resulted in the reconstruction of Tai-He village. To promote environmentally friendly “tea culture”, local residents have created tea tastings and teahouses through collaboration between artists and the community. Young tea farmers have also begun to rethink the relationship between the tea industry and nature while developing organic tea.
The project, “Art for Social Change”, launched by National Tainan Living Art Center presents the selections representing Tai-He Village, including Kuo Wen-kuo, the former chairman of Tai-He Community Development Association, Chung Shao-bo, also known as “Uncle Ox” who is a master of traditional and bamboo crafts, Yang Li-fang, the coordinator for networking between external groups and the community, Jian Jia-wen, the promoter of organic tea, and Yeh Ren-shou, together with several teahouse owners, and 11 iconic tea brands in Tai-He. 
國立臺南生活美學館自2020年起動「藝術轉動社區」計畫，由國立高雄師範大學跨領域藝術研究所吳瑪悧教授擔任計畫主持人、國立臺南藝術大學藝術史學系助理教授許遠達擔任策展人，以南部七縣市作為計畫場域，藉由地方資源盤點、案例分析、藝術家進駐、專書出版與論壇等方式，奠定藝術轉動社區的能量，為社區注入翻轉的潛能。
The project “Art For Social Change” is organised by National Tainan Living Art Center since 2020. The project host is Professor Wu Mali of Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Art at National Kaohsiung Normal University. The curator is Xu Yuanda, the assistant professor of the Department of Art History at National Tainan University of the Arts.
Based on the featured cases from the seven regions of southern Taiwan, transforming the communities and creating their own potentials by the local resources, case analysis and art-in-residence, book publishing and forums.
