Printmaking from William Paterson University May 6 - June 27, 2010 Reception: May 6, 2010, 6:00pm to 9:00pmLocation: Riverdale Art Center Gallery 2 Newark Pompton Turnpike Riverdale, NJ 07457-1139 The Riverdale Art Center, Department of Art and the Center for Chinese Art at William Paterson University cordially invite you and your guests to the opening reception of the Printmaking Exhibition from William Paterson University. There are more than 50 monoprints, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints by faculty and students from William Paterson University at the Riverdale Art Center Gallery, Riverdale, New Jersey. For more information please call 973.513.9250 or email:info@riverdaleartcenter.org.
Center for Chinese Art Grand Opening: March 8 2010Center for Chinese Art at William Paterson University Grand Opening Ceremony March 8, 2010 Symposium Tradition and Trend: The Position of Chinese Painting in the New Century March 8, 2010Location: B100, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts Panelists: Zhiyuan Cong and visiting artistsA panel of featured artists will discuss contemporary art in China with a question and answer period. Printmaking WorkshopMarch 8, 2010Location: Printmaking Studio, Power Arts Center Instructor: Zhiyuan CongThis demonstration provides an experience for the combination of Chinese artistic creation and printmaking techniques, modern and traditional printmaking mediums, and the combination of eastern and western art forms. Visiting artists from China will demonstrate Chinese painting images on printmaking plates and WPUNJ students will make the images into etching prints. Visiting Artists: Chen, Lusheng: Assistant Director of National Museum of China, Beijing.Fang, Chuxiong: Professor of Guangzhou Art Institute, Guangzhou.Lin, Shuran: Director of Lingnan Painting Art Museum, Guangzhou.Wang, Huansheng: Director of the Art Museum of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Chinese New Year Celebration February 17, 2010 Lecture and demonstration2:30pm - 4:30pm Power Art Center Chinese Art Appreciation and Ink Painting Demonstrationby Zhiyuan Cong A particular emphasis will be placed on painting materials, techniques, and a cultivation of specific artistic tastes in the appreciation of Chinese painting. The Celebration Party with Performances and Chinese Food5:00pm - 7:00pm Power Art Center Performances, Chinese music instrument: GUZHENG by Yang Yi Yang Yi is a highly appreciated Guzheng virtuoso, distinguished Guzheng is an educator and frequent lecturer both in China and the USA. Jazz by the William Paterson University Jazz Ensemble The William Paterson University Jazz Ensemble is one of 25 ensembles that form the core of the internationally known Jazz Studies Program. Chinese Opera: Changing Facesby Zhao Naiyi Zhao Naiyi is a famous opera actor from Beijing, China. Changing Faces is an art form used in the Sichuan Opera.
Exhibition Reception and Book Signing Date: December 12, 2008, 5:00pm - 7:30pmLocation: Ben Shahn Art Gallery For celebrating the success of the Summer Art in China 2008, William Paterson University Study Abroad Program, the program faculty and students host a photo exhibition and book signing at the Ben Shahn Art Gallery of William Paterson University. Speeches were given by President Arnold Speert, Provost Edward Weil and Dean Raymond Torres-Santos. Program faculty and students shared their program experience with the audience.
