There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life. Federico Fellini. This week we went through the technology and resources that we will be using in this workshop. It was an introduction to different free … Continue reading Collective Storytelling Week 2
Pintar con acuarela a veces puede ser al mismo una experiencia placentera y frustrante si es que ponemos sobre nosotros mucha presión. Consideremos que en este curso de acuarela, todos los trabajos son verdaderos aciertos y no existen los errores. … Continue reading EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP – WEEK 3
In the first class we talked about the importance of working in a collective manner, to be able to think beyond our contributions and interact with the other participant’s ideas, in order to reach a common goal. The best example … Continue reading Collective Storytelling. Week 1
Húmedo sobre Húmedo 2da. clase; Esta segunda semana continuamos con la dinámica de pintar humedeciendo el papel y creando un paisaje, un poco más complejo que el realizado la semana pasada. Aprendimos a sujetar el papel de acuarela con tape … Continue reading EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP – WEEK 2
Primera Lección. Familiarizarse con los materiales y la técnica de acuarela: En nuestra primera clase de acuarela los estudiantes pudieron familiarizarse con los elementos básicos del nuevo material, como por ejemplo darse cuenta de que el papel utilizado tiene sus … Continue reading Experimental Watercolor Workshop _ Week 1
The Memories of Migration- Oral History Workshop is the first collaboration project between Queens Library- Queens Memory Project and New New Yorkers Program. The participants start the first interview exercise by sharing their stories from the images of their earliest … Continue reading The Memories of Migration- Oral History Workshop
We had a wonderful visit to Zhang Hongtu’s studio for our last English class. Hongtu and his wife very graciously opened their studio in Woodside Queens for us. We asked Hongtu questions about his art practice and his past … Continue reading ESOL Class with Pamela Cardwell- Week 6 ( last class / visiting Zhang Hongtu’s Studio )
In partnership with the Korean Cultural Services New York, we gathered last Saturday Dec 13, to see Space in 36.5°C, to hear artist Jihwan Park and to participate in an art workshop. Jinwan Park is one of the artists exhibiting at the … Continue reading Artist Talk and Workshop with Jinwan Park
Week 5 was spent concentrating on aspects of Zhang Hongtu’s influences and comparing and contrasting his different bodies of work. Students looked at some of the books from Zhang’s library in the sunken living room and thought about how these … Continue reading ESOL Class with Pamela Cardwell- Week 5
Last Saturday, December 5 class was held at the Queens Museum where students got to see the work of Zhang Hongtu for the first time. We went through the exhibit and viewed the work from different time periods of Zhang … Continue reading ESOL, English as a Second Language, Week 4
