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Winners on 2015 All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition

We have more award winners for the second consecutive year in this national event, congratulations on our students and Ms. Zhai!

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Congratulations on Emmy Long’s admission to top art schools in 2015

Our student Emmy Long was admitted to topmost art schools including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. We are so proud of her!

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Five winners in the 2014 All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition!

好消息! 李翟工作室学习中国画的9名学生参加了中华艺术基金会举办的第23届全美中国画及书法大赛。我们分别以李翟美术工作室和东南康州中文学校的名义报出了11幅参赛作品。其中五名学生的作品入围并获奖。其中伊丽丽lily Yi 和 谢洁莹Arianna Xie获得优秀奖。Dophine Lu 、Rebecca Gu 、Sophia Sit 三个人获得入围奖。诚挚地祝贺获奖的同学,也感谢家长们的大力支持。 现把所有参赛作品展示给大家。我们希望孩子们知道,你们每个人都做到了最好!

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Our teacher Mr. Li among Teacher Recognition list in 2014 Shoreline Arts Alliance

Congratulations, Mr. Li was recognized by Shoreline Arts Alliance due to the excellent performance of his students in 2014 Future Choices Art Competition.  

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Our winners in 2014 Future Choices Juried Art Exhibition Awards

Congratulations, our students Heather Wu, Catherine Peng and Yiheng Li have won the 2nd place, 3rd place and Honorary Mention Awards in 2014 Future Choices Juried Art Exhibition hosted by Shoreline Art Alliance in CT.

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Our winners in 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Congratulations, our students Heather Wu, Catherine Peng and Amy Long have won the Gold Key and Silver Key Awards in 2014 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Programs in CT and MA. Over 136 private, public and parochial Connecticut schools have participated and over 2,000 artworks were submitted to the Scholastic Art Award program in […]

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Instructors Mr. Li and Ms. Zhai invited to La Grua Center in Stonington, CT for a workshop.

During this summer, instructor Mr. Li and Mrs. Zhai were invited to La Grua Center in Stonington, CT  for a workshop. They demonstrated bamboo drawings of names, paper cut-outs and glass printmakings which attracted many kids on site and were highly praised by the organizer. The art is the common language of human being without […]

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Our winner in the 22nd Annual All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition in 2013

Congratulations, our Chinese painting student Arianna Xie entered as the finalist  at The 22nd Annual All-American Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition (第22屆全美青少年國畫書法比賽) hosted by the Founation for Chinese Performing Arts (中華表演藝術基金會) in Boston. Arianna is the only winner from Connecticut. Her work had been exhibited at Boston Chinese Culture Center and will be published […]

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Li & Zhai’s works in the Crossing Juried Exihibition in 2013

Li Lin and Zhai Yujuan’s artworks have recently been exhibited in THE CROSSING JURIED EXHIBITION  at Hygienic Art Gallery from April 27 to May 25, 2013 in New London CT.

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Kids Chinese Painting Class opening

    中国画,中国传统文化的国粹之一。作为一种特殊的艺术形式,逐渐被世界各个艺术领域接受并获得赞赏。儿童国画是在国画基础上加入儿童喜欢的趣味性元素,在吸引孩子们画画的兴趣的同时,了解中国文化。中国画的优势还体现在对孩子性格和气质的培养上。独到的中国式审美会让他们更特别、更有创造力。在培养孩子观察能力、思考能力、耐心以及秩序感方面,国画的作用独树一帜。毕加索说"每个孩子都是一个天才的艺术家"。每个孩子的天性中都有用绘画表达自己思想的天赋。就看我们怎么去引导他。国画的工具也相对简单,一瓶墨汁、两支毛笔。你会发现它们其实非常神奇。欢迎你和孩子一起来学中国画。国画小小班欢迎你的加入! Children's Chinese Painting Chinese painting is a quintessence of Chinese traditional culture. Gradually, it is accepted and admired by many patrons across the globe. Children's Chinese Painting focuses on this concept but is also influenced by the children's artistic preferences. It attracts children's interests of painting and also helps them understand Chinese culture. The advantage of […]

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