Less than ten minutes after the launch, popular courses such as Chinese painting, calligraphy, bamboo flute, calligraphy and painting mounting have been snatched up, and in just one morning, 6 courses have been fully registered - following the civic art night school, the "weekend aesthetic education class" for children has come. The reporter learned that after the "double reduction", art education was favored, and the Shanghai Mass Art Museum launched this new youth aesthetic education project in a timely manner, inviting artists from professional colleges and universities and academies to do art education enlightenment for children at a public welfare fee. The first autumn class of "Weekend Aesthetic Education Classroom" opened 11 art courses covering static and dynamic classes, such as vocal music, instrumental music, opera, dance, traditional Chinese, calligraphy, And Shanghainese, suitable for children aged 5-16, and the registration time is until 16:00 on October 7, and there are still a few courses with some places available for registration.
Different from the market-oriented children's art training program, the "weekend aesthetic education classroom" focuses more on the art enlightenment and aesthetic education popularization of young children and adolescents, and the teaching team is artists and professional teachers from state-owned colleges and professional art colleges, of which the proportion of professional teachers with senior titles or above has reached more than 75%, and jointly participates with experienced social institutions to plan public welfare art training courses for young children and adolescents, as a supplement to aesthetic education and art education after the double reduction of campus.
According to reports, the first course invited many artists, professional teachers and well-known scholars from state-owned professional colleges and universities in Shanghai to serve as art directors and lecturers. Among them are: Liu Yiwen, researcher of the Academy of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving art of the Chinese Academy of Arts of the Ministry of Culture; Huang Yiqun, deputy director of the Shanghai Opera Choir and a national second-level actor; Wu Yuan, instructor of the Shanghai Opera House Dance Troupe and a national second-level actor; Xu Chenxi and Qian Wei, outstanding young actors of the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe; Chen Xianyuan, former director and professor of the Department of Journalism and Communication of the School of Media and Communication of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Ding Dimong, former associate professor of the Department of Chinese of Shanghai University; He Zhangfa, master of intangible heritage and former chief framer of the School of Fine Arts of East China Normal University. Young vocal artist Zhang Qi and so on.
It is worth mentioning that the Municipal Qunyi Museum also thoughtfully considers the parents who pick up and drop off their children, and tries to open two adult courses in the time when parents are waiting - the traditional calligraphy and painting mounting and restoration introductory class and the adult Shanghainese class. Among them, the calligraphy and painting mounting course can be combined with the children's Chinese painting and calligraphy courses, so that parents and children can share the influence of art.
"As one of the member units of the Youth Aesthetic Education Committee of the Chinese Cultural Center Association, our museum has actively promoted the work of youth aesthetic education since July this year, negotiating and planning with relevant state-owned colleges, professional colleges and universities, and outstanding social institutions, which is also required by the 'National Aesthetic Education Action' and the 'Public Art Education System'." Wu Penghong, director of the Municipal Qunyi Museum, revealed that next, the museum will continue to open more, better and more suitable art courses for teenagers according to the response of the curriculum and the needs of the audience, and create a base for youth off-campus aesthetic education. After the pilot project of the Municipal Qunyi Museum as the main school of the "Weekend Aesthetic Education Classroom" of the Cultural Center, it will gradually replicate and promote it in the Cultural Center and the Qunyi Museum in all districts of the city according to the results and needs.
At present, the Municipal Qunyi Museum opens a university for the elderly during the working day to serve the middle-aged and elderly groups; on weekday nights, it opens a night school for citizens to serve the middle-aged and young people aged 18-55; the new project "Weekend Aesthetic Education Classroom" serves children and teenagers aged 5-18; plus the citizens' art classes and weekend open classes on weekdays and holidays, from the three dimensions of service objects, service time and service space, to carry out the "please come in, go out" public welfare art popularization and training in the mode of "5 + 2" and "white + black". Gradually achieve full coverage of crowds, time and space. Actively promote the "venue education" and build a lifelong aesthetic education school for citizens, and the Shanghai cultural venues are in action.
Author: Such as smoke
Edit: Jiang Fang
Image source: Municipal Group Art Museum