ARTLAB - SOLD OUT
Each month, participants will be introduced to one of the Museum’s exhibitions in a fun and interactive way. ArtLabs are led by professional artists and art educators who will engage participants of all ages and skills in their own unique experience relating to an exhibition on display in the Museum.
IN-PERSON LABS: These labs will take place at the Museum with your health and the health of others in mind. To ensure your safety, classrooms will be sanitized regularly, class sizes will be limited, and masks MAY be required to be worn by staff, instructors, and students while in the Museum
NAN LIU, BLACK LIVES MATTER, COLOR AND INK ON XUAN PAPER, 27X54INCHES
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Traditional Chinese Ink Painting with Dr. Nan Liu (SOLD OUT)
Lab starts at 10:30am
Free for Members, $5 per Non-Members
Pre-registration is required.
In this Art-lab workshop, Dr. Nan Liu will first share his personal cross-cultural artistic experiences with students. From the early art training he received in China to the graduate schools in the United States, Nan learned both traditional Chinese ink painting and Western oil painting. Then, Dr. Nan will introduce the traditional Chinese ink painting styles, tools and materials, techniques, concepts, mounting formats, and subject matters. Through demonstration, Dr. Nan will show students how to hold a bamboo brush, how to mix ink and colors. Finally, students will practice the basic painting techniques in creating various brush strokes on Xuan paper and create a Xieyi style ink painting.
No supplies needed.
About the Artist:
Dr. Nan Liu began to study Chinese brush painting and calligraphy at a very young age in Tianjin, China. At the age of 16, Nan has named the winner of the prestigious title, “Young Artist of Tianjin” by the Cultural Committee of Tianjin City. In 1992, he was admitted to the Oriental Art Department of Nan Kai University and began to study Chinese brush painting. Among his many teachers, he was most influenced by the renowned contemporary Chinese painter Fan Zeng, especially by his use of simple and vigorous brush strokes and dynamic delineation of form. In 1996, Nan continued his graduate study in Art Education at Capital Normal University in Beijing. In 1999, Nan came to the United Stated and studied Art Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in pursuit of his Master of Arts degree.
In 2002, Nan began his pursuit of a dual degree that included both a Master of Fine Art degree in painting and a Ph.D in art education at Florida State University. As a young emerging artist, Nan has explored various art forms in recent years, including drawing, watercolor, tempera and oil painting. The subjects range from still life, figures, and landscape. Nan’s artworks promote natural and simple artistic expression and nature has consistently served as the main theme in his works in recent years. In Nan’s recent paintings, he attempts to create a series of life-sized figurative oil paintings of his FAMU students.