Aesthetic education has always been a topic of widespread concern in society. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "improve the civilization level of the whole society", and social aesthetic education is an important force to improve the aesthetic literacy of the whole people. In recent years, museums, art galleries and other public cultural institutions across the country have continuously innovated exhibitions and displays, optimized the content and methods of public education, and explored different paths for better playing the function of educating and beautifying people, accumulating rich experience.
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The school cooperates to build an aesthetic education classroom
▲ China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum) brings "the first lesson of school" to primary school students
On February 15, Shanghai primary and secondary school students ushered in a new semester. At the China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum), the fifth-grade students of Shanghai Hongkou Experimental School took a special "first lesson of school", under the guidance of their teachers, they tasted the authentic works of Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian and other masters of the Shanghai School, and felt the artistic context of Shanghai. This is the "Art Museum On-site Teaching Class" organized by the China Art Museum and the Shanghai Hongkou District Education Bureau to integrate the exhibitions in the museum and the school syllabus.
This year, Shanghai proposed to build 100 "social aesthetic education classes" and will launch 5,000 art popularization education activities. The "Art Museum On-site Teaching Class" of the China Art Museum belongs to this project.
Exhibition is an important platform and way for aesthetic education, and aesthetic education is one of the purposes and results of exhibition. Building a "Social Great Aesthetic Education Classroom" is an important measure for the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and deepen the implementation of the "Social Great Aesthetic Education Plan". Fang Shizhong, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, said that more professional art resources will be transformed into social aesthetic education resources, provide more high-quality public art education for citizens, so that more citizens can come to cultural venues, appreciate art works, and obtain aesthetic experience, so that they can have close dialogue with masters and famous artists, nourish their lives with art, and meet the needs of citizens for a high-quality life.
Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, has been committed to promoting the "school-building linkage" mechanism of aesthetic education, saying that aesthetic education in primary and secondary schools should change the traditional teaching mode and establish a good linkage mechanism with public cultural and artistic institutions such as museums, art galleries, theaters and theaters, and cultivate students' habits of watching exhibitions and plays. In recent years, the National Art Museum of China has carried out in-depth cooperation with many universities such as Tsinghua University and Beihang University to promote the joint construction of schools and museums, and continuously promote the construction of the National Art Museum of China into an aesthetic education "classroom" outside the campus.
"Schools with the capacity should be encouraged to build their own campus art galleries, concert halls and other aesthetic education venues, forming the common development of explicit and implicit courses of school aesthetic education." Wu Weishan also said that at the upcoming 2023 National Two Sessions, he will continue to bring proposals on national aesthetic education, "To strengthen the construction of school aesthetic education in the new era, we must build an aesthetic education system based on the integrated idea of 'kindergarten, elementary, middle and large'." ”
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Volunteering to build bridges
▲ Photo courtesy of National Museum of China National Museum of China - Beijing No. 5 Middle School Youth Volunteer Service Team
In addition to establishing museum-school cooperative art education classes through exhibitions and lectures, many museums and art galleries have established more and more perfect volunteer teams. In February this year, the National Expo-Beijing No. 5 Middle School Youth Volunteer Service Team successfully completed their cultural volunteer presentation debut in the exhibition hall of "Ancient China" of the National Museum of China, which won applause from the audience. Since the National Museum of China and Beijing No. 5 Middle School Education Group officially signed a memorandum of understanding on volunteer service in September last year, 19 middle school students from Beijing No. 5 Middle School have been trained to officially start their volunteer propaganda services, improving their learning ability and conveying cultural and artistic knowledge to the public.
"Since the National Museum of China launched its volunteer service work in 2002, it has always paid attention to the cultivation and role of youth volunteer groups, and gathered the strength of youth volunteer service who love cultural and museum undertakings." The relevant person in charge of the National Museum of China said that volunteer service will lead young people to establish correct ideals and beliefs through volunteer practice, cultivate family and country feelings, grow up in learning, progress in growth, and better shoulder the important tasks of the times.
Luo Yuanxin, director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, said: "The cultural and museum institutions have opened up a broader range of artistic resources and human resources to volunteers, so that they can deepen their understanding in practice, so as to build more bridges between the exhibits and the audience. ”
In addition, some cultural institutions and colleges and universities focus on grassroots aesthetic education and carry out volunteer services to counties, townships and rural areas, making important cultural contributions to national strategies such as rural revitalization and poverty alleviation in the mainland.
In Zhejiang, the Zhejiang Meiyu Village Volunteer Service Project under the guidance of Zhejiang Art Museum has strengthened the cultural ties between art museums, universities, artists and villages by stimulating the enthusiasm of artists, teachers and students to participate in volunteer service, integrating high-quality aesthetic education resources, and carrying out more than 6,000 activities such as exhibitions to the countryside, aesthetic education lectures, and art residency villages, exploring the road of rural revitalization of art poverty alleviation. In Gansu, through the implementation of the "Museum Language Program", the cultural walker team of Lanzhou University has trained 558 volunteers in cooperation with 45 small and medium-sized museums in 10 years, and has continuously carried out activities in Gansu counties and townships, serving more than 30,000 people such as children and parents, and building small and medium-sized museums into a "second classroom" for cultural education and growth care for young people in counties and townships.
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Use new technology to bring audiences closer
In recent years, cultural and art institutions have built digital museums and online art galleries, providing more platforms for art appreciation, learning and communication for the public, especially young people, and creating a good atmosphere of aesthetic education in the whole society. People can accept the influence of art anytime and anywhere, cultivate children's interest in art and improve their aesthetic and comprehensive literacy.
▲ "Eternal Dongfanghong - Cloud Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Successful Launch of the 'Dongfanghong 1' Satellite"
The National Museum has vigorously expanded the construction of the "Cloud National Museum". Since 2020, it has successively launched a series of activities such as "National Expo Invites You to Watch the Exhibition in the Cloud", enriching the cultural life of the people with colorful cloud exhibitions, cloud live broadcasts and short videos. It is understood that in the online virtual exhibition hall that the National Museum has launched, there are both cloud exhibitions derived from physical exhibitions, as well as the first "disembodied" cloud exhibition supported by 5G technology "Eternal Dongfanghong - Cloud Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Successful Launch of the 'Dongfanghong 1' satellite".
The smart service system undoubtedly shortens the distance between the audience and the museum. Wang Chunfa, director of the National Museum of China, wrote: "Make the museum an innovative platform for displaying the integration of science and technology with tradition, science and technology and cultural relics, and a cultural temple in which everyone can participate." ”
▲ Photo by Lu Xu, reporter of China Culture News, in the "Prosperous Revision Classic-'Chinese Painting Series' Achievement Exhibition" restored by digital technology
"Technology empowerment not only enriches the way the exhibition is displayed, but also provides more possibilities for the content of the exhibition." Many curators from the Curatorial Department of the National Museum of China said that the use of new technologies and digital technologies in the exhibition has also broadened the breadth and depth of aesthetic education. For example, the "Prosperous Revision Ceremony - 'Chinese Painting Series' Achievement Exhibition" opened at the National Expo last September is an exhibition that embodies the empowerment of science and technology. The exhibition selects the major cultural project of the "Great Series", and displays more than 1,700 fine works of more than 1,700 Chinese painting collections collected by more than 200 cultural institutions at home and abroad through digital technology in high definition, creating a Chinese aesthetic education class accumulated by thousands of years of culture for the audience.
"With the development of new device technologies, artificial intelligence and even holographic technology, the way art is displayed and displayed will be improved." Wang Chunchen, a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, said. Wu Weishan also holds the same view: "We must continue to use new technologies, new methods and new channels to create and spread beauty, and we must also give full play to the role of new media, especially to spread classic art in a way that the younger generation likes and is easy to accept." ”
February 26, 2023 China Culture News
Special report will be published in the third edition
"New Development of Museum and Art Gallery Exploring the Road to Aesthetic Education"
Responsible editor: Chen Xiaoyue