"Civilian Art is like a harvest festival in which participation is collective," says Pan Ing-hai, former director of Xizhi Community College. "Liu Siu-mei has established painting clubs in the community, built a collective memory, and enabled people in the lower socioeconomic strata to collectively give expression to repressed feelings.
汐止社大主任潘英海表示：「國民美術像集體參與的美術豐年祭，劉秀美在社區成立畫會，建構集體記憶，並且讓底層社會民眾的情緒壓抑得到集體性的宣洩。」