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Made In China
Professional Development Workshop

Friday, October 24^th, 2008      8:30 am – 3:00 pm

$55 per participant
– includes lunch and brush painting workshop supplies
$50 Early Bird Special if you sign up by September 29^th

You can pay on line! Made In China Professional Development Workshop Friday October 24, 2008 8:30am-3:00pm $50 per participant (includes lunch and brush painting workshop supply fee)

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Letter to Educators

Dear Educators,

The Helen Day Art Center invites you to join us for our Made In China Professional Development Workshop that coincides with our Fall Exhibit, Made In China: Contemporary Chinese Art. 

Showing at the Helen Day Art Center from September 19^th-November 15^th, this exciting exhibit represents the first major exhibition of contemporary Chinese artwork in Vermont.  The perspective gained from these creative works from leading Chinese artists is especially relevant in the context of our increased intimacy with China and subsequent awareness of Chinese culture, politics, and economics.  This exhibit addresses how politics affect art in post-Maoist China, and the role of artists in directing national identity in a time when personal identity can finally be considered a legitimate quest.

The Professional Development Workshop is designed for educators who would like to include a more contemporary view of China in their classrooms, and who want to discover how contemporary Chinese Artwork and society still has ties to ancient history. Participants will be provided with information, resources, and inspiration for integrating Chinese Arts and culture into their classroom curriculum through lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities.  This workshop will also include a rare opportunity to learn about 20^th century and present day China from visiting Chinese teachers. 

The workshop will include:

Brush Painting Workshop with Yinglei Zhang

This "Hands on" workshop will foster an appreciation and understanding of the aesthetics of Chinese painting. From the subjects matters to the meanings behind it, from the three excellency of the painting to the importance of the seal, from a thing layer of Xuan paper to a piece of silk mounted finished work, you will truly appreciate and understand the beauty of Chinese painting. Furthermore, you will learn the basic brush strokes, the combination of water and ink, and the amazing effect on Xuan paper. You will make your own art to keep and enjoy, as well as for others to admire.

In this workshop, Yinglei will demonstrate how to draw the traditional four gentlemen series, which stand for the four seasons of the year: plum blossom, mountain orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo. Participates will have the choice to practice one, or four of them at the workshop, and continue to practice at home if one desire.

Yinglei has B.A. in Chinese language and literature, Advanced certificate in Chinese classic literature. M. Ed in Art education. She teaches Chinese language, Art and other culture related subjects at Williams college, Saint Michael's College, Green Mountain College, and many schools and institutes in the area. She currently lives in Middlebury, Vermont

Note:

• Materials are all provided. $2.00/ person for Xuan paper and any thing used during the workshop.

• Material kit cost $ 15.00 if you wish to keep: Xuan paper, three brushes, one bottle of the ink, and a felt.

• Please bring your own materials if you already have.

Chinese History Lecture: Dr. Juefei Wang

Dr. Juefei Wang is Program Director of the Freeman Foundation and Founder and Former Director of the Asian Studies Outreach Program (ASOP) at the University of Vermont.  He assisted in initiating the China Project for teachers to study Chinese culture in the 1980s; initiated and designed the State-wide Program for Asian Studies in Schools in Vermont in 1997; designed and managed various in-state programs and programs in China, Japan and Thailand for Vermont educators and students to study Asian cultures; and served as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on International Education of Vermont and as a member of the Vermont State Board of Education Committee for the World Language and International Education.  During the last 14 years, he received support to teaching about Asia in Vermont from the Freeman Foundation, the U.S.-Japan Foundation, the Asia Society, the Longview Foundation and other sources.  He received the Goldman Sachs Foundation inaugural Prize for Excellence in International Education (Higher Education) on behalf of ASOP in 2003.  Dr. Wang has degrees of Bachelor of Arts from Inner Mongolia Teacher University, Master of Comparative Education from Beijing Normal University, and Master of Foundational Studies of Education and Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont.      

We hope you can join us.