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Discover China Through Art (DCTA)

DCTA Flower Painting Workshop

Discover China Through Art (DCTA), China Institute Gallery’s innovative art education program for groups, will introduce participants to our new exhibition: Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-And-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou Museum. Each group visit consists of a three-part program featuring an introductory video presentation, a docent-led gallery tour, and a hands-on flower painting workshop, all of which can be adapted for different age groups and interests.

Flower-and-bird painting is one of three major genres of Chinese painting, alongside landscape and figure painting. This exhibition provides a rare opportunity to appreciate over 100 Chinese masterworks of flower-and-bird painting by 59 artists through 500 years of Ming and Qing dynasties.

Yun Bing (dates unknown) Grand Hall of Jade and Affluence Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk 44 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (113.8 x 50.5 cm) Changzhou Museum

Schedule

Available for booking weekday

Mornings 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM & Afternoons
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Evening and weekend tours may also be arranged

Please reserve a tour two weeks in advance of the requested date

Free for the first 50 NYC Public Schools
(Generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation)

Fee

  • $150 per group/ NYC Public school & Seniors
  • $220 per group/ Tours after 4:00 pm & Weekends
  • $220 per group/ Private and Non-NYC Schools
  • $220 per group/ College and University Students, Adults

All up to 30 participants per group

Contact

Yue Ma, Director, Art Education Program (DCTA) at (212) 744-8181, ext.147 or by email [email protected]

Leadership gifts for Flowers on a River have been provided by the following: Henry Luce Foundation; Center for Language Education and Cooperation; LIU Dan and WANG Huiyun; and an anonymous donor. Additional support has been provided by: CHEN Chunyang; E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation; Winnie C. and Michael Feng; The Shau-Wai and Marie Lam Family Foundation; Dame Jillian and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities; James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation; Joseph Tse Foundation; Angela H. King; and Shining Sung. Flowers on a River is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Flowers on a River is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

 

  

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