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1. Click the button below that says "Download Application Form" to download the registration form in PDF format or simply fill out the application online and mail in the payment with your confirmation number.

 

2. Fill out the application form either with your computer (the form is editable) or with handwriting, and make sure that you check all the agreement boxes and sign at the bottom.

 

3. Issue a check with the corresponding amount payable to " All Stars Mandarin Center" and put a note on the check with the camper's name.

 

4. You may mail the check or drop off the check at the following two addresses

ASMC Office address:

1979 28th Ave. San Francisco

Summer Camp Site address:

3151 Ortega St, San Francisco, CA 94122

(A.P Giannini Middle School Main Office Mail Box)

 

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Session III: July 7th~July 18th

Little Artists of Traditional Arts & Little Folk Artists

(小小丹青墨宝艺术家+民间艺术家)

Detailed Course Curriculum/课程细节

Morning Cultural Exploration:

Week 5:

-捏面人和糖人(Chinese craftwork: Clay Sculpture Dolls )

-剪纸(Chinese Craftwork: Papercuttings)

-刺绣(Chinese Craftwork: Embroidery)

糖葫芦(Chinese Craftwork: Tanghulu)

 

Week 6:

-绘画(Chinese Arts: Chinese Painting)  

-书法(Chinese Arts: Chiense Calligraphy)  

-民俗歌谣及当代流行乐(Chinese Arts: Chinese Folk Songs & Pop Songs)  

-民俗舞蹈(Chinese Arts: Chinese Folk Dance)

 

China has always been famous for its diversity and rich cultural background for centuries, especially in the field of arts. We will spend these two weeks to introduce what are the traditional craftwork in China and how are they developed to meet the current generation's value of arts & beauty.

 

Afternoon Enrichment Activities:

Week 5:

-剪纸艺术(Craftwork: Papercutting):

让孩子们练习剪纸艺术,十二生肖、雪花、人物、动植物、“春”字等。Papercutting is a simple yet delicated traditional Chinese craftwork that requires both patience and attention to details. You can see symbolic papercuttings on almost every important Chiense holiday and festival like the Chinese lunar New year, Latern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and etc. We will be teaching how to cut out the 12 Chinese zodiacs, plants and Chinese characters.

 

-折纸艺术(Craftwork: Oragami):

让孩子们认识折纸艺术的起源及应用,并且能够学会折祈福纸鹤及十二生肖等富有含义及好运的象征。

Oragami is another simple yet breath-taking traditional Chinese craftwork that requires both patience and attention to details. A lot of times, Chinese children would make oragami as gifts to their friends becuase it is believed to bring good luck and bear other significant meanings.

 

-捏面人(Craftwork: Clay Sculpture Dolls): 面塑,俗称“捏面人”。它以糯米面为主料,调成不同色彩,用手和简单工具,塑造各种栩栩如生的形象。而今大多数都已经被橡皮泥所取代。据了解,虽然面人的制作方式比较简单,但是却是一种艺术性很高的民间工艺品。我们将利用本周的时间让孩子们认识捏面人的起源及欣赏捏面人的艺术,并且自己动手做做看。

Clay sculpture dolls are the traditional toys for the kids in the ancient China, it's also a very good souvenir for your freinds. We will spend the whole week and teach these kids how to make these clay sculpture dolls.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY4MzMzNjUy.html

 

-手工艺品(Handcraft):

简单的手工艺品,比如“不倒翁”,比如“竹蜻蜓”,还有立体的折纸。

Basic handcraft workshop for handmade toys like Roly-poly toys, bamboo copter and some 3-D paper oragami.

 

Week 6:

-中国书法(Chinese Calligraphy):

书法是中国艺术的重要组成部份。其表现形式是依附於汉字的艺术,而汉字属於表意文字,笔划的组合变化多端,与其他民族的拼音文字相比较,汉字更富於造形性。加上汉字书法不仅有一套完整的笔法(点、横、撇、竖、钩等),更加有一套成熟的审美体系。依循汉字的结体规律,变化组合,就可以表现出千姿百态的书法艺术,创造出不同面貌和情趣的美感。

According to Stanley-Baker, "Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion that is registered as traces on silk or paper, with time and rhythm in shifting space its main ingredients." Calligraphy has also led to the development of many forms of art in China, including seal carving, ornate paperweights, and inkstones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy

 

-中国水墨画(Chinese Ink Wash Painting)

国画,中国绘画的代表,是用毛笔、墨和中国画颜料在特制的宣纸或绢上作画。本周我们将带领小朋友一起回顾国画的历史,学习基本的技法,练习人物、山水、花鸟等主题,切身感受国画的魅力

Ink wash painting, also known as literati painting is an East Asian type of brush painting that uses black ink—the same as used in East Asian calligraphy, in various concentrations. For centuries, this most prestigious form of Chinese art was practiced by highly educated scholar gentlemen or literati.

 

-京剧脸谱(Peking Opera Mask Painting)

京剧脸谱,是具有民族特色的一种特殊的化妆方法。脸谱源于生活,却又是实际生活的夸张和放大,加上不同的颜色和笔法,就可以画出几十种性格迥异的脸谱。孩子们将会了解到经典的京剧人物,例如关羽、张飞、曹操等,还会亲手绘制属于自己的个性化脸谱

Peking Opera mask, is a special cosmetic skill .used by traditional Peking Opera perforamers. The color and design of the mask can be picked based on certain personality, temperament or some special types of figures of the character. Red signifies masks of a strong warrior, such as Guan Yu, and black mask, said to signify being honest, brave and even reckless, such as Zheng and Zhang Fei, Li; yellow mask signifies vicious brutality, such as Yu Chengdu, Wade. Blue or green mask are said to be some of the figures representing irritable, such as Dou Ambassador, Ma Wu; white mask generally expressed a traitor, or the bad guys, such as Cao Cao and Zhao Gao. We will learn how to design masks based on each character's feature for the performance day.

 

 

-自制个性邮票(DIY Postage Stamp)

乡愁是一枚小小的邮票,可以把我们的思念带给远方的亲人朋友。我们将与小朋友一起,绘制自己的邮票,寄出自己的祝福。By making customized postage stamps, we are albe to customize our blessings and best wishes to our distant friends and family.

 

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