【Creative Course of the Art Courses Programme】Johnsy、Cyy: velvet craft
With a few velvet strips，
and a heart immersed in art,
using a pair of scissors to capture the silhouette of art,
and a pair of deft hands to create a flower,
this is the intangible cultural heritage velvet craft.
In order to enrich the life of faculties and students at home during the epidemic prevention and control period, UAC Art Courses programme specially planned a velvet craft activity with the theme of intangible cultural heritage. We aimed at letting everyone feel the healing of art online, and make a hand-made artwork by themselves.
【Velvet 】
Velvet, which is homophonic to nobleness and wealth in Chinese, is regarded as a lucky symbol in China. In the Tang Dynasty, velvet was used as royal tributes. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, velvet occurred in ordinary people’s life and were worn at the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and weddings. The velvet craftsmanship is listed as an intangible cultural heritage.
On March 18th, Qin Liying and Chen Yuyan from Ainuan Culture brought us the Creative Course of UAC Art Courses Programme -- the Velvet Craft.
In the course, Qin Liying and Chen Yuyan shared the long history and production process of velvet craft with us, and introduced the colourful Chinese culture via a small velvet flower.
【Wonderful Moments】
【Students' Artworks】
I have always been making velvet flowers alone, and few people around have heard of this craft. This activity can let more people know velvet craft. It is great! I also hope there will be more activities about intangible cultural heritage craft in the future! I will definitely sign up.
I want to try knitting (making bracelets for example) or creating perfume!
I hope to （attend a creative course） learn how to make a kite!
【Speakers 】
Johnsy
Master of Education, East China Normal University
Lecturer of Quality Course Project of Quality Education in Shanghai
Lecturer of Teacher Training Course in The Primary School Attached to East China Normal University
Curatorial Assistant of Public Education Exhibition, East China Normal University
Lecturer of "Art Narrative Workshop" at Shanghai Jing'an District Mental Health Centre
Instructor of Ainuan Culture Intangible Cultural Heritage Course
Cyy
Lecturer of Cloth Sticker Course of Shanghai Museum Public Education
Lecturer of Folk Art Training Base in East China Normal University
External lecturer of Shanghai Second Light Industry School
External Lecturer of Shanghai Open University
Lecturer of "Meditation School" at Jing'an District Mental Health Centre
Instructor of Ainuan Culture Intangible Cultural Heritage Course
She has been practicing for 15 years, focusing on the research and curriculum development of fabric materials and crafts, paying attention to the public education of art museums, and she is the leader of the "Bring Intangible Cultural Heritage into Campus" project
From 2015 to the present, she has served as a lecturer of public education courses in Shanghai Museum, China Art Museum, Shanghai, Liu Haisu Art Museum, K11 Art Museum, etc., and delivered nearly 1,000 handicraft courses.
【Cooperating Institute】
Shanghai Ainuan Culture and Art Promotion Centre
Shanghai Ainuan Culture and Art Promotion Center (hereinafter referred to as "Ainuan Culture") is a modern artisan training centre that inherits the Chinese scholar culture, upholds the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and studies the life of art and culture. In recent years, Ainuan Culture has actively transmitted intangible cultural heritage information and the concept of craftsmen, combined with the aesthetics of contemporary art, independently developed intangible cultural heritage aesthetic education courses and cultural and creative derivatives, and curated international exhibitions, cultural and creative markets, and large-scale municipal cultural and educational activities. With a variety of models such as "combination of culture and commerce, combination of culture and tourism, school-enterprise cooperation, and community culture co-construction", the goal is to interpret the beauty of traditional handicrafts to open up an intangible cultural heritage industry centre.
Art Courses
University Arts Centre will offer courses in a variety of art forms, either credit bearing or non-credit bearing. Artists will be invited to design instructional plans and visiting lecturers and professors will be invited to give lectures. This will reinforce the aim of the Centre, which is to enrich the culture and art atmosphere of the University with artistic activities.