Discover China Through Art (DCTA), China Institute Gallery’s innovative art education program for groups, will introduce participants to our special showcase – Zoom into Painting: Details from the Exhibition Flowers on a River. It has been created to meet the high demand for field trips and workshops among the students and teachers in New York City and the tristate area. Each group visit consists of a three-part program featuring a virtual video, a docent-led gallery tour, and a hands-on art workshop, all of which can be adapted for different age groups and interests.
This specially curated showcase will present a virtual viewing video of our previous original exhibition Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911 in full scope and with displayed enlarged details of paintings in panels, along with more elaborate introductions of selected works by 19 painters.
Focused on ink plum painting, we have chosen an artwork of Plum Blossoms In the Moonlight, by a 15th century painter Chen Lu, as our workshop sample. The ink plum painting is a much-admired painting form for over thousand years since ancient China, presenting the literati’s favorite subject, as a symbol for individualism and endurance. By zooming into the details of the brushwork, participants will learn and apply fundamental ink and brush techniques to create a unique ink drawing of plum blossoms after practice.
