Hello, This is a special invitation to you.
As a student of Chinese National Academy of Arts, former student of China Central Academy of Fine Arts and a graduate of Missouri State University, I am lucky enough to be given an opportunity to hold an cross-culture and comprehensive art exhibition of painting, music and poetry, sponsored by Ozarks Technical Community College, Department of Fine Arts & Humanities and OTC Art Gallery Feb 7 – Feb 28, 2014.
The opening ceremony will be at 6:00pm - 10:00pm.Feb 7, 2014, which is a part of the First Friday Art Walk, on the 3rd Floor Gillioz Theater, 325 Park Central East, Springfield, MO. USA, 65806.
Whole of the exhibition will be lasted until Feb 28, 2014.
With a grateful heart, I would really like to invite you and your family members and all of you are welcome.
At the opening ceremony 6:00pm – 10 pm. Feb 7, except my sponsors’work, together with me, you would be able to share the character, sorts and some techniques of traditional Chinese painting, and I myself created comprehensive art with painting, music, poetry, translation, recitation, articles and so on.
If you like, you would be able to learn to sing or to recite a Chinese poem on the painting with me together; or to paint a Chinese painting with the techniques by yourself; or both at opening ceremony and in the upcoming for about 1 month.
If you do very well or very effort, your Chinese art work will be displayed in some event in OTC during my art exhibition, your art work, name or your photo will be showed in my 5th album of paintings and on my web site if you like.
If your Chinese art works or Chinese poetry reading or singing are listed in the best 15 – 20, you will get some rewards includes an album of my paintings that includes 12 articles, 110 paintings and 270 photos inside or my formal book with a DVD inside, a card that were signed my Sponsor Mrs. Kat Allie and me and maybe something special else.
During the art exhibition, some of my new art works that I did in Beijing Dec, 2010 to 2013 and I did in my travel in the USA, Jan, 2014 will be sold.
If you or anyone else buy any of my art works, you will get a gift as a memory, take a photo with me and be showed in my 5th album if you like.
Note: Below is a letter that the sponsor and the organizer of this art exhibition -- Mrs. Kat Allie, the Department Chair of Fine Arts & Humanities and OTC Fine Art Gallery Manager gave her colleagues on Jan 31.
Give you for information.
From: ALLIE, KATHLENE J.
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 6:18 PM
Art and Humanities Colleagues~
TGIF! I hope your first three weeks of the semester (or your first week of Late Start class) has gone well!
I'm attaching our flyer/poster for FEBRUARY Art Walk. We are hosting guest artist, Shirley Yiping Zhang, who has proven to be quite an extraordinary woman! We will have over 80 of her traditional style Chinese paintings hanging (most of which are over 5' long vertically), and each painting is accompanied by a traditional Chinese poem that she has translated into English AND each poem has original music that she composed. Shirley explained to me that all traditional Chinese poetry could be sung and she is reviving this ancient tradition. She will be singing a few of the poem/paintings on Art Walk night. In the 3rd floor Gillioz Fine Art department, we will also have a room set up where Shirley will be performing live Chinese painting demonstrations in which guests can create their own artwork! It is going to be an awesome night of Chinese culture and fine arts, just in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2014, Year of the Horse!
Artist Shirley Yiping Zhang has also volunteered to serve as a guest presenter/Teaching Artist for OTC Art and Humanities instructors and their classes during the month of February. Shirley’s presentation would include history and techniques on Chinese painting, poems, language, and music. If you are interested in taking her up on this generous offer, let me know and we can coordinate your class’s presentation time!
Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for sharing your energy, spirit, and passion for the Arts and Humanities with your students! Every day, you inspire.
Peace,
Kat
Kat Allie, M.A.
Department Chair of Fine Arts & Humanities
OTC Fine Art Gallery Manager, 3rd Floor Gillioz Theater
325 Park Central East, Springfield, MO. 65806
OTC Main Campus Address:
1001 East Chestnut Expressway
Springfield, MO 65802
alliek@otc.edu 417.447.8977I am looking forward to meeting you with a bit smile and hope to get your good feedback, direction, help and support.
Let us together, do something we can, to beautify the earth while to enjoy ourselves.
Sincerely,
Shirley Yiping ZhangFeb 6, 2014
