Recently, the embroidered Guangxiu Art Museum (Yongtai Museum) was officially opened, which will create a high-end and grounded art space for the baiyun masses, strengthen talent training while promoting and displaying the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong embroidery, promote the employment and entrepreneurship of the masses in the whole region, and make the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong embroidery truly "come alive" in Baiyun. With the purpose of "inheritance, development and innovation", the art museum is located on the third floor of Mingrun Wisdom Square next to Yongtai Station of Guangzhou Metro Line 3, which is divided into three areas, all of which are open to the public.
Learn to embroider with the master to create a grounded art space
Entering the art museum, in the doorway area, the embroiderer wearing antique costumes is embroidering a picture of flowers and birds on the spot, which is integrated with the background behind to form a picture of a lady. The largest part of the art gallery is an exhibition hall that displays different levels of cantonese embroidery, from double-sided embroidery that requires great skill to beginners. Among them, the double-sided embroidery work galloping horse picture screen attracted many citizens to watch, only to see a galloping horse on the picture, vivid, every trace of hair is clearly visible, as if it is about to run out of the screen, and the two sides of the screen are exactly the same, showing the superb skills of the embroiderer of the work.
Embroidery Color Guang embroidery art museum (Yongtai Museum)
Another area is the training area, which can meet the needs of about 20 people to carry out on-site training, and can also open online public welfare classes at the same time. In addition to exhibitions and trainings, the museum will also hold themed exhibitions, special lectures, seminars, and embroidery art appreciation and experience activities from time to time, making this an art space that is both high-grade and grounded.
The embroiderer is embroidering a picture of flowers and birds on the spot
Tang Xiaoling, the owner of the embroidery color Guangdong Embroidery Art Museum, is a representative inheritor of national-level Guangdong embroidery and a craft artist. In fact, she is not really "Lao Guang". "When I went to Guangzhou to study at the age of 15, I fell in love with Guangdong embroidery and formally studied art with my teacher, which was done for decades." Tang Xiaoling said.
For decades, Tang Xiaoling has been committed to promoting Guangxiu, carrying out Guangxiu into the campus activities for a long time, and she has also held part-time classes in many schools, and opened the "Guangxiu Public Welfare Lecture Hall" and public welfare training classes. The reporter learned that the training classes opened by Tang Xiaoling range from zero-based experience classes to systematic training classes and practical training classes, and interested people can realize the progress from Guangxiu "Xiaobai" to Guangdong embroidery masters in her training class.
"Revitalized" the culture of guangdong embroidery, and Baiyun drove more than 100 embroidery girls to employment
The reporter learned that the embroidery color Guangxiu Art Museum will officially cooperate with Baiyun District from 2021. In July 2021, the Embroidery Embroidery Guangdong Embroidery Art Museum opened in Pingtang, Guizhou, where the counterpart of Baiyun District is poverty alleviation, and carried out more than 300 Guangdong embroidery skills exchange and training in Pingtang, Libo and Luodian, driving more than 100 local embroidery girls to work.
In the Embroidery Guangdong Embroidery Art Museum (Yongtai Pavilion), there are two large display cabinets that display the works of embroidered women in Pingtang, Libo and Luodian, including tuan fans, bookmarks, earrings, and various ornaments. Tang Xiaoling told reporters that this is more than half a year, Guizhou three places embroidery girls to learn the results of Guangdong embroidery, the current more than 100 embroidery girls in the case of flexible employment, the minimum monthly income can increase about 800 yuan, more can increase the income of more than 3,000 yuan. In the future, as their skills continue to improve, their income will increase.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Baiyun District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the embroidered Guangdong Embroidery Art Museum (Yongtai Pavilion) will also assume the function of promoting employment. In 2021, the Embroidery Art Museum has cooperated with the Baiyun District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau to open a number of guangxiu live public welfare classes, which attracted tens of thousands of people on the first day. "It shows that Guangdong embroidery has a broad mass base in Baiyun District, which is very valuable for promotion." The person in charge said that in the future, the art museum will also be employment-oriented, not only serving the needs of the industry, but also combining with the development of "Guangdong technician" education to promote the employment and entrepreneurship of the masses in the whole region.
Tang Xiaoling said that they will extensively carry out Guangxiu skills training classes, so that more people can experience Guangdong embroidery, so that interested people can learn Guangdong embroidery in depth, and take Guangxiu as a profession, or enhance their professional skills advantages through Guangxiu. Next, the Embroidery Guangxiu Art Museum (Yongtai Pavilion) will cooperate with the Baiyun District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau to carry out the "Guangxiu into the Campus" activity, and intends to cultivate a group of Guangdong embroidery "Baiyun Masters".
[Southern Daily reporter] Tan Chao
[Correspondent] Yang Daiqing Wu Jianling
【Photography】 Wu Shizhu
【Author】 Tan Chao
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client