Atelier will present art workshops along with the exhibition of Louise Bourgeois at the very beautiful venue, Song Art Museum, surrounded by the ancient dancing pine trees. It is a full-day Art workshop designed for 8 and plus years old students. Language: English

About the Workshop

The class will focus on the thematic of sewing in Louise Bourgeois’ corpus. The Eternal Thread,which is the thematic of the exhibition, will be taken as a metaphor for the students to develop their own story thread, from the imaginary suggested by the artworks. The teacher will show 6 artworks, of various scale and materials but all revolving around this theme.

By exploring the different references made to weaving, knitting, spinning, twinning and the symbols attached to those activities. Students will start to imagine possible continuities for those narrative strings to interweave: we will imagine how the stories could continue, from the selected artworks, along the student’s sensibilities.

The teacher will explore with the students how to express feelings through drawings, by the using of different mediums, colors, shapes. You will be introduced to the game of consequences, a way of drawing as a group. In a second phase, you will be able to work in volume, with techniques such as cardboard assembling, papier-mâché and painting.

About the Artist

Louise Bourgeois

French American

The Eternal Thread is the first large-scale museum exhibition in China of work by Louise Bourgeois. Widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, Bourgeois is renowned for creating a body of work that fuses psychological depth with high formal invention. Curated by Philip Larratt-Smith, the show offers a focused survey of major works from the artist’s entire career, including Personage sculptures from the late 1940s, Cell installations from the 1990s, the fabric works of her final decade, and the monumental spider sculpture Maman.

Agenda

Workshop Theme: The Eternal Thread

09:45-09:55 Meeting Time Ticket sale place at Song Art Museum

10:00-12:00 Morning session Main Building & Sun Light Room

English Tour led by Art teacher - based on the workshop theme with focus on the selected 6 artworks for discussion and inspiration

Sketching and drawing - after the tour, students to work on 2D creation and preparation for the afternoon workshop

12:00-12:30 Lunch Break Song Art Cafe

12:30-15:00 Afternoon session Song Art Café

3D Creation Workshop - Students to work in volume and apply artistic techniques such as cardboard assembling, papier-mâché and painting

Students will bring home all of their creation (sketching, drawing, 3D artwork)

15:00-15:10 Ticket sale place at Song Art Museum

Pick up students at the ticket sale place

About the Teacher

Fanny Paldacci

Fanny graduated with honors from l’École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris. Currently living between Paris and Beijing, Fanny is part of the post-graduation program Total Art of China Academy of Art (Hangzhou), under the direction of Qiu Zhijie. As a researcher attached to the École Doctorale 3LA (Lyon, France), she also develops her research in Tsinghua University as an invited scholar.

Fanny has been displaying her work in various exhibitions in China and abroad, and worked with several galleries and museums such as the China Art Academy Museum (Hangzhou), Unicorn Art Center (Beijing), The Bordeaux Submarine Base (Bordeaux), the CROUS gallery (Paris)...

Sign-up Information

Location: Song Art Museum (in Shunyi)

Student Age:8+yo

Class size: 6-12

Language: English

Time: 10:00-15:00

Workshop Dates

11th May(Sat) 12th May(Sun) 19th May(Sun) 8th Jun.(Sat)

Workshop Price: 750RMB

Special Price for Atelier Students:675RMB

Notes:

1. Students from 2019 Spring Semester can enjoy the special price (10% off from the original price) to attend this workshop

2. Fee does not inlcude：

Transportation

Parents can not take part in the activity

3. Fee inclusion：

Workshop cost

a set of lunch for student

The cafe will provide 2 lunch sets as options for students. If students require a special diet, we highly recommend to bring your own lunch. Please note that the lunch fees are not refundable. )

Entrance tickets for 1 child + 1 adult

4. Once registered, the fees are not refundable; however you may pass the workshop to a friend