Instructor: Ying Li
Monday - Wednesday & Friday
July 1 - 3, 5
9am - 1pm
4 sessions

This workshop includes class and independent studio practice, group discussion and creating art projects using the principle and techniques of Chinese Calligraphy. Through lectures, PowerPoint presentations, and demonstration, students will learn the basic techniques of Chinese Calligraphy, its historical roots and development, and its importance in Chinese culture, especially its connection with painting, poetry, and education. This course will offer training in disciplined hand-eye coordination together with an appreciation for this ancient and contemporary art form. Students will learn how some western artists have been influenced and inspired by Chinese calligraphy and painting and have used these unique techniques in their own works. The core of this course is to create landscape and figure paintings based on the methods and techniques of Chinese calligraphy with a personal vision. Students will use traditional materials for Chinese calligraphy and materials of their choice to create the final project. This workshop is not just to learn Chinese calligraphy, the core of the workshop is to use the basic techniques of Chinese calligraphy learned in the class and use them to enhance one's own artistic developments.

Ying Li has exhibited at Centro Incontri Umani, Ascona, Switzerland; New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture ; Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY; Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY; and Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, NH. Li’s work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, and Art in America. Born in Beijing, China, Ying Li graduated from Anhui Teachers University (1974-77) where she taught from 1977-83. Currently, she is the Phyllis Koshland Professor of Fine Arts and Department Chair at Haverford College, PA. Li immigrated to the United States in 1983 and received an MFA from Parsons School of Design, NY in 1987.