Students of the Department of Monumental Art of ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵ, under the guidance of the head of the department Daria Antipina and senior teacher Maria Dokuchaeva, visited China for a creative open air. The trip was organized by the chairman of the Eastern Association of Cultural and Art Workers of St. Petersburg, Mr. Song Rui, as well as the Ministry of Culture of Lyandu Province (Lishi) and Liaoning Professional College of Light Industry (Dalian, Liaoning Province).
The journey of Ekaterina Kolotova, Anastasia Mittseva, Ksenia Overchenko, Yulia Izhboldina, Olga Kharlamova, Marina Belova and Yana Boyko began in the south of China, in the city of Lishi on the creative base of Huaxiang artists. To create future works, young painters were inspired by the motives of old China: the banks of the Oujiang River, Guian Park with Tongji Dam, sunsets and warm weather. The creative team visited the tea plantation, taking part in a traditional tea party against the backdrop of the mountains, received as a gift works of Chinese calligraphy performed by artist Lin Jie. Students depicted on canvases the architecture of the old lower city of Lishi, admired the evening tower of In Sin Lu. This stage of the trip ended with a reporting exhibition and auction of works in the open air. The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture of Lyandu Province, head of the Department of International Relations, Mrs. Wu, and was covered daily by the press.
Further, a group of students from PROMTEHDIZAIN University proceeded north to the city of Dalian, where they were accepted by the Liaoning Professional College of Light Industry. The artists managed to write several sketches on the banks of the windy Yellow Sea, enjoy the modern architecture of China, and study the variety of marine life sold right on the pier. At the conference in honor of the arrival of representatives of ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Daria Antipina and Maria Dokuchaeva spoke about the university and the department of monumental art, the tapestry course. The delegation of the university studied traditional national applied techniques in the educational buildings of the college, passed master classes on painting Chinese porcelain, making textile jewelry, Chinese costume and make-up. Also, students got acquainted with the famous textile production in the city of Dalian and the museum located right in the factory.
In the creative part of the program, at a festive concert, students from Russia in the clothes of the highest nobility of the Ming era and Chinese colleagues in Russian costumes performed national songs and dances. All participants received certificates of advanced training in the field of Chinese traditional art. Young monumentalists of ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓƵ received many vivid impressions and positive emotions.