CHINESE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE – lecture/demonstration – June 18 at 6pm

CHINESE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Thursday, June 18, 2015, 6 – 7:30pm

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

The Rocky Neck Art Colony will engage in a cultural exchange with China by hosting two Resident Artists; traditional cut paper artist Du Jun and classical brush painter and muralist Juntao Fang at the Goetemann Residency Studio from June 16 – 27, 2015.

Their engagement will begin with a lecture/demonstration at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck on Thursday, June 18 at 6pm. The couple will be available at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio, 51A Rocky Neck Ave, regular studio hours will be scheduled and posted so visitors may visit them working and view artwork on display.

Mandarin speakers are encouraged to attend the event and visit the couple while in residence.

THE ARTISTS

Du Jun is currently the Director of the Paper Cutting Museum in the village of Shanjai Gou, a privilege she shares with her grandmother, Pingying Zhou, they have been nationally recognized for the preservation of this traditional art form.

Du Jun’s husband, Juntao Fang, is a Professor of Art at Janing University. He is trained in the Classical methods of Chinese brush painting, but his teaching focus and national reputation have been established for his contemporary expressionistic adaptations of the Classical style. He specializes in large mural sized paintings that often have social content.