One of a kind trip
lead by artist Jackson Lee.
Exhibition by invited
participants of the trip at the Jingdezhen
Sanbao ceramic Art Institute.
Workshops and studio
experiences at Sanbao Working Village with
pure porcelain clay, traditional ceramic
brush making and decoration demonstrations.
Symposium and lectures
at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, featuring
one day lectures and slide presentations by
Chinese artists and professors at the
University.
Cultural
and traditional crafts tour to explore the
Southern Chinese provinces of Yunan and
Guizhou's traditional textile, tie dye,
silver, paper making and Tibetan pottery
villages.
Enter China
through the legendary city of Shanghai.
This city is one of the fastest growing
metropolises in China. Modern Shanghai is
noted for it's fine restaurants, towering
skyscrapers, scenic river views, fabulous
markets and a cultural life like no other.
From
Shanghai we will fly to Kunming, the capital
of Yunnan Province. Kunming will welcome
you to a country filled with beautiful green
rain forests and snow capped mountains. The
"spring city", of Kunming will welcome you
into its midst where you will walk amongst
many
ethnic cultures, experience their
cuisine; visit their markets, workshops, and
their craft
centers.
From there
we travel by private bus to Lijaing, the
home of the Naxi peoples. We will be
visiting textile and silver villages along
the way. In the Lijaing area we will visit
old temples, paper making and pottery
villages. We will pass through Dali and up
into the mountain areas, visiting villages
as we pass by. We will arrive at Zhongdain, the
home of the Tibetan Royalty where we will
stay in a Tibetan style hotel and dine on
Tibetan cuisine. While in Zhongdain we will
have the opportunity to visit the Naxi
pottery village where we will stop to visit
the workshops and see demonstrations by the
area master potters.
Our travels
will bring us back to Dali, where we will
visit pottery villages and tile-making
workshops nestled in the valley with
beautiful mountain scenery. While in Dali
we will take a day excursion to the town of
Weishang to visit one of China's Buddhist
temples, with a side stop at a local tie-dye
market.
The trip
will find returning to Kunming and catching
a flight to Guiyang the capital of Guizhou
province. The country is filled with
picturesque terraced mountains the stretch
out in wide plateaus. We will visit the
Guizhou museum and local attractions before
moving on to eastern Guizhou and the town of
Kaili where ethnic costumes of the Miao and
other ethnic peoples are unique and
colorful. The morning after will find us
traveling to Danzai, 500-year-old paper
making village with the following day
finding us at Leishang a traditional silver
and pottery making village. We will visit
textile markets as we travel to Guiyang to
catch a flight to Nanchang and road trip to
Jingdezhen.
Our travels
will finally bring us to Jingdezhen and the
Sanbao Ceramic Working Village and where we
plan to hold our exhibition and symposium
workshops. We will experience the porcelain
studios, factories, local villages, antique
markets and ancient kiln sites, located
around Jingdezhen. Our exhibition opening
at Sanbao will be honored with a traditional
Beijing opera performance. Our time in
Sanbao will allow us to participate in
lectures and workshops that will be given by
international artists and local masters.
Our
experience will end with a flight to
Shanghai for a day of wandering around the
city, shopping on Nanjing Lu and wandering
about the Pudong riverfront. A farewell
party with Shanghai Cuisine will top off our
trip.
The group leader, Jackson Li is an
internationally recognized Chinese ceramic
artist. He is known for his ability to introduce
travelers to the lifestyles of the local people,
in their workshops and homes, be they master
potters, farmers or local artisans. Jackson Li
goes to great lengths to introduce us to the
unique cuisines and dishes of the local areas
visited.
He is a graduate of the Jingdezhen
Ceramic Institute and has been awarded a Master
of Fine Arts from Alfred University in the USA.
He has exhibited through out the USA, Europe and
China.
He is an experienced educator of the ceramic
arts and supporter of international exchange art
programs, filmmaker and writer. He is a member
of the International Academy of Ceramics as well
as an Active member of the National Council for
Education of Ceramic Arts (USA). Jackson has
lectured at Numerous NCECA Conferences and
universities throughout the US and China.
The China Canada Ceramic Exchange
Program will be hosted by:
Jingdezhen Sanbao
Ceramic Art Institute
Jingdezhen 2009
International Ceramic Exhibition Committee
Jingdezhen Cultural
Bureau
Please submit images
(slides or photos) of your work, if you intend
to participate in the ceramic Exhibition and
Symposium.
A letter of invitation to
support funding applications can be provided
upon request.
The
cost for this program is $3200.00CDN and includes
all domestic flights and transportation in China
along with hotels, meals, workshops, and
symposium studio spaces and materials as well as
assistants and English and Chinese translators.
Not
included is international airfare, visa and
medical travel insurance.
A Travel
agent who will look after VISA and airline
ticketing will be announced
A $100.00
deposit by 31 December 2008 mailed to:
Ingrid
Nicolai
208 Lakewood
Drive
Oakville, ON,
L6K 1B2
or
Ying Zhou
14
Courtwright Rd. Etobicoke
Toronto, ON,
M9C 4B4
If you are
interested in this adventure and wish more
information, please contact program
coordinators, Ingrid Nicolai
at
Ingrid.nicolai@sympatico.ca
or Ying Zhou at: 905 844 8239 or 416 695 3607 or
at 819 843 7476(summer residence) or by e-mail
to
ying67@hotmail.com.
****The
tour will require a degree of physical fitness,
trekking through villages.****
****The tour is customized for not more than 16
persons****
Itinerary
