07/03/2022
In what way kids can make a difference to our community and the entire city? The answers could be HUNDREDS, even in this special and challenging time!❤️❤️
As COVID starts to take hold in NZ, we might need some new ways to connect with each other, show our love and care to friends, neighbors, and even strangers in need. RootsCulture collaborates with Hobsonville Community Trust is now launching an online art activity. It is a community level that is open to every kid in the area!
The panorama of rivers and mountains as shown in the first picture is a milestone piece painted by artist Wang Ximeng during the Song destiny (960- 1279) at the age of 18. The whole painting is 12 meters long. The color of the mountain is called 青绿(qing lv) in Chinese.
In Chinese culture, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers also represent thousands of caring and connections between people. Inspired by this, we kindly invite families in Hobsonville to join us in co-creating our own.
We will send some raw materials to participating families. You can use these materials to identify the color 青绿 and find ways to extract through vegetables and fruit. This will be guided by the letter instruction and our teacher in the zoom, along with the 3 ways of applying the concept of distance in Chinese mountain painting.
Once finished, we will gather all the art pieces and make them into a big ONE. This amazing collaborative product will then be put up on the Hobsonville community wall to inspire people who visit here.
Our delivery also includes materials for personal drawing and handwork of 青绿 mountains and rivers. Children can make it into postcards sent to neighbors and distant friends, or the art products sold in our charity bazaar ( kid-hosted, dollars earned will donate to local kids and animal protection organizations).
The only thing you need to do is to read the instruction and join the online tutorial.
Kids can always make difference in society. If you live in the area and would like to join, please PM your address and email to me, we will drop off the materials to your mailbox within the week! 😊
28/02/2022