The Lantern Festival is an event celebrated in Chinese culture on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar. During the festival, paper lanterns are hung and illuminated at night. Students can decorate their own paper lantern with paint and ribbon!
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Learn about how jade was a material often found in sculptures that were discovered in ancient Chinese tombs. Students will understand the importance of animal symbolism and use of objects as offerings in ancient Chinese culture. This is also an exercise in fine motor skills to mold 3-D forms and create a representational animal such as…
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Painting has been an important part of the Chinese culture for centuries. Learn about how scrolls were an artistic and scholarly form of expression highly valued in the Forbidden City, and assemble and paint a scroll of your own!
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Learn about the elements of architecture commonly found in India during the Mughal empire. Create your own cut-paper temple, mosque, or mausoleaum using these elements of architecture.
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Learn about the importance of the dragon in Chinese culture. Students will understand why dragon puppets were used at various festivals. They will also explore the tradition of the Chinese Dragon Dance by creating their own dragon puppet!
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Chiefly known as as a New York photographer, Louis Draper was first a Richmonder. His sister, Nell Draper Winston, talks about her brother’s ability to capture the character of everyday people.
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Photographer and exhibition designer Kip Fulbeck discuss the culture and complex tradition of Japanese tattoo art.
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Following an encounter with a maverick Pocahontas enthusiast in Essex, England, artist Anna Lucas traveled around Virginia in the fall of 2007, using the local legendary female figure of Pocahontas as a virtual guide. Interweaving multiple accounts of the Pocahontas story gathered from amateurs and experts in England and Virginia, Lucas uses the iconic figure…
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Enjoy this selection of resources to help you with your self-directed visit! Art and Music (gallery hunt) Art of the Flower (gallery hunt) Free Style! Celebrate African and African American Art (gallery hunt) Egyptomania (gallery hunt) Egypt Activity Guide (gallery activity) Art of Peru (gallery hunt) Sensory Inventory (Spanish) (gallery activity) These resources can be printed ahead of time and used…
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Japanese cultural traditions are multifaceted and complex, with many tracing their lineage to the cultural iconography and mythologies of China and India. Changing and developing over centuries within Japan,these cultural legends, myths,stories, and belief systems continue to be affected by regional differences and historical context. And while there are many different approaches and interpretations to…
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