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Traditional Masks | Beijing Opera Art’s College

When ChinaVine team member, Jordan Lynton, began researching the Peking Opera the summer after her freshmen year at the University of Central Florida, she never imagined that two years later she would be in Beijing sitting in on a martial arts class at the Beijing Opera […]

Calligraphy with King

Yesterday, guest artist King Tang came to visit Emily Hope Dobkin’s ArtsBridge class and taught a fantastic calligraphy lesson…see for yourself!

Yue’s Chinese New Year Celebration!

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ChinaVine member, Yue Liu, hosted the most wonderful Chinese New Years Celebration. Check it out!

Happy Chinese New Year!

The ChinaVine Team wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year!

Mr. SouTian: A Tour of the Artist’s Studio

Mr. SouTian is an artist who lives and works in the Song Zhuang area. Song Zhuang is an area outside of Beijing which has been developing as an artist community over the past 25 years. Starting as a rural retreat for artists who wanted studio space outside the city, the area now attracts foreign artists […] […]

ChinaVine in the Classroom

We have been so happy to have Chinese students from the Oregon International Internship Program integrate ChinaVine into their curriculum within Eugene schools this term. Most recently, Lin Ying Xin shared ChinaVine with a group of students that participate in a Mandarin Club that meets after school at Oak Hill. “My students were very excited […]

Through a Different Lens

Sam Gehrke documenting noodle making with Mr. He

ChinaVine emphasizes the importance of educating English-speaking children, youth, and adults about the material and intangible culture of China. Of equal importance are the first hand experiences associated with the researchers, such as Sam Gehrke, who gather ChinaVine’s impactful material.

For Gehrke, currently a senior […]

Dough Figure Workshop at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

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Tai Chi Presentation

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32434468[/vimeo] During a recent ChinaVine presentation by UO faculty Doug Blandy and Scott Huette, Huette discussed working among China’s Tai Chi masters at the White Cloud Taoist Temple and the Temple of Heaven park. He highlighted specifically on his experience interviewing Tai Chi Master Li, and pushing hands with one of his students, a provincial […]

Maintaining Balance and Finding the Flow: Field Working for ChinaVine Among China’s Tai Chi Masters and Big Media Magnates

Hello Everyone!

This is to remind you that you are invited to join AAD faculty members Doug Blandy and Scott Huette TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 8th from 12:30-1:30 PM for a brown-bag presentation about their recent trip to China in association with the ChinaVine initiative. “Maintaining Balance and Finding the Flow: Field Working for ChinaVine Among […]