Unser Kopf ist rund...  Asian American Women Artists Allianace

Cut-paper design

 

Two folk artists from China and three local artists will collaborate to teach children of Chinese Folk Arts including dough figurine, cut paper design and kite making. Each workshop will be divided into three sections that children may choose to participate. We can  accommodate Maximum 50 children/adults for each workshop. The workshops will be free.
Each workshop is 1 hour 15 minutes.

Chinese Folk Arts Workshop schedule: 11 workshops.

3/7/08, Fri, 1 PM 
AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th Street, Brooklyn. For Brooklyn public school students 3rd grader and up.  Kite Workshops only.
3/7/08 Fri, 6 PM cancelled ##
due to artists cannot get their Passports on time to come to New York!!!)
AAWAA Gallery. Artists exchange workshops. For local artists and adult audience. Guest artists Meng Meifang and Yu Zeling will do painting, dough figurine sculpture and papercutting demonstrations.There will be a fee of $5.
3/8/08 Sat, 12 PM
Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Branch, 7223 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
3/8/08  Sat, 3 PM
Brooklyn Public Library, Sunset Park Branch, 5108 4th Ave., Brooklyn.
3/10/08, Monday, 10AM
AAWAA Gallery. For Brooklyn public school students
3/10/08, Monday, 3:30 PM Ulmer Park Library Branch, 2602 Bath Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11214.
3/11/08, Tuesday, 4 PM
Gallery 1199. A gallery talk on Current Chinese Peasant Artists and a demonstration of Peasant brush and ink painting and calligraphy. Free admission.
3/12/08, Wednesday, 10 AM
AAWAA Gallery. For Brooklyn public school students. Kite workshops only. 
3/12/08, Wednesday, 3:30 PM Cortelyou Branch Library, Brooklyn
3/13/08, Thursday, 9 – 11 AM
Chinatown Senior Citizen Center, 70 Mulberry Street, NYC.
3/13/08  Thursday, 3:30 PM
Brooklyn public library, McKinley Pk Branch, 6802 Fort Hamilton Pkway, Brooklyn.
3/14/08 Friday,10 AM. AAWAA Gallery
3/14/08 Friday 3:30 PM Dyker Branc Library, Brooklyn



Dough figurines


Kite workshop

This exhibition program is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Brooklyn Arts Council; JPMorganChase/BAC, The Independence Community Foundation, China Peasant Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition Committee, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Donnell Public Library, Bread and Roses Cultural Project, 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, AAWAA and the David Schwartz Foundation.