中国绘画及书法的展览和现场表演 (Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibitions and live performances @ MAS) Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy are two different but related traditional visual art forms: in many Chinese paintings, calligraphy is an integrated part of the work, along with ownership stamp and verse. According to Britannica, Chinese calligraphy, the stylized, artistic writing of Chinese characters, is […]
It was an honor to invite artist Pingxin Xu and his wife to perform on the dulcimer at Maria A. Shchuka Branch on the afternoon of Saturday, May 20. The audience enjoyed various types of music from different regions in China, including Jiangnan (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui provinces), Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong (Canton), Manchuria, and […]
On Thursday, January 19, 2017, Maria A. Shchuka Branch hosted a program on Chinese paper-cutting, a very distinctive visual art. Artist Li Xiqin (李西秦女士) gave the audience a wonderful demonstration and coaching on this unique Chinese art form. Xiqin has worked with Chinese paper-cuts for 50 years. Trained and practicing as a traditional Chinese medical […]
Asian Heritage Month Guest Speaker Juexiao Zheng On May 7th, educator and Chinese blogger, Juexiao Zheng came to Maria A. Shchuka Branch and delivered a stunning lecture about her life in Toronto, and her writing experience on Wenxuecity, a Chinese-language website and information portal for Chinese expatriates. Juexiao is a prolific writer in the blogosphere. She […]