开幕式：9月1日下午6点～8点 地址：456 Broadway, NYC, NY
参展艺术家：刘晓雪，盛讯芒，叶山林，陈蕾蕾，周婷，隋少媛，陈围
策展人：纽约蓝蓝
主办方：456画廊
时间：9月1日～10日
开幕式：9月1日下午6点～8点
地址：456 Broadway, NYC, NY
“破晓”画展的想法最初来源于我的微信艺术教育群。当年我建此群的目的是为了让家长和教师直接交流，澄清在儿童绘画教育上的很多误区和疑问。这个群受到了中美两国很多关心儿童艺术教育的家长的热捧，常年处于满员状态。同时它也吸引了一大批教育理念接近的艺术教师参与讨论。
叶山林作品
在交流的过程当中我发现他们当中很多人也是极为优秀的艺术家，于是我逐渐萌发了为这些教师做一次画展的想法。一提出来就受到很多老师的热烈响应，经过初步的筛选，最终选择了七位艺术家参展。他们是居住在美国的刘晓雪，盛讯芒，叶山林，张蕾蕾，周婷，Niki和北京的陈围。
在我看来早期儿童艺术教育好比清晨的第一缕阳光，可以照亮孩子的一生。一个好的艺术教师不仅仅是教技法概念，更需要用一丝温暖的爱去洒满孩子的心灵，宛如那破晓时分的淡淡阳光，温和，透明却不是那么炙热猛烈。
盛讯芒作品
这七位艺术家在教育孩子的同时，没有忘记自己作为一个艺术家的初心，一直勤于自身的艺术思考和实践，在作品里进行了广泛的观念上和技术性的大胆尝试和探索。作为艺术家他们也许正处于即将喷薄而出的黎明时刻，等待艺术上的高峰将至。
Niki作品
这七位艺术家在风格媒介上有极大的不同，有比较偏传统的架上绘画，也有概念摄影。多样化和高品质的作品让我们意识到也许教育本身就给艺术家提供了一个不断反思，自我挑战的机会，并在教学过程中得到多重启发和灵感。
刘晓雪作品
比如晓雪的作品就源于儿童涂鸦，但是进行了有意识的色彩试验并与情感纠葛交错，表面的信手涂鸦是艺术家成熟的表达。
陈围时常为孩子作品里呈现的那种没有目的的天真和简单所感动，自己逐步将作品简单化，一如生活。在以写生为基础手段的教学当中，他不断提炼和简化色彩和形态，逐步拉开了客观对象和自己主观处理的距离，最终形成自己独特的绘画语言。
陈围作品
对Niki老师来说则从孩子的身上学会表达路径的问题。很多学画的孩子都表现出以个人喜好为判断基础的绘画热情，当尝试到“不喜欢画的”内容后会陷入自我怀疑甚至沮丧。她从中学会在不断的“剔除”主观的“偏见”，试图让表达的脉络更加清晰和沉稳。
陈蕾蕾作品
陈蕾蕾在大学的教学中则要求学生运用超现实主义, 未来主义和浪漫主义的创作方法，参考日本浮世绘和中国工笔画技法，平铺颜色, 建立虚拟空间。把平面设计、东方绘画和当代绘画融为一体，打破绘画与插画的界限。
为了给学生更鲜明的例子，她在课堂上画小稿，并在小稿的基础上绘制了大幅油画作品。正是因为她教这门新的创意课让她理清了创作思路，而学生给她提出的意见和建议使她的创作更加完善。
视觉艺术学习是一个像弹簧结构循环往复螺旋上升的过程。这也就意味着能力的进阶是建立在不断增强的自我认知能力基础之上的个人艺术语言的表达和提高。艺术创作往往会经历在黑暗中摸爬滚打的状态，欣见七位艺术家已经处于黎明时的豁然开朗。未来更可以预见他们更为阳光灿烂的日子。
纽约蓝蓝
周婷作品
"Dawn" - Exhibition of Seven Artists
Participating Artists: Xiaoxue Liu, Michael Sheng,Shanlin Ye, Leilei Chen, Ting Zhou, Niki, Wei Chen
Curator: Lan Zhang Organizer: 456 Gallery
Time: September 1st - 10th
Opening Ceremony: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sept. 1st
Address: 456 Broadway, NYC, NY
The idea of "Dawn" originated from my art education group on WeChat.The purpose of establishing the group was to build a bridge between parents andteachers so they could communicate directly while clarifying misunderstandingsand questions in children's art education. This group has been full since itscreation and has been warmly welcomed by many parents who care about children'sart education in both China and the USA. The environment has also inspiredpassionate discussions among teachers who share similar educational values.
As we communicated, I found that many of them wereoutstanding artists themselves, so an exhibition for these teachers, organizedby myself, came into being. It was widely applauded by many since the verybeginning. After the initial selection, seven artists stood out, includingXiaoxue Liu, Michael Sheng, Shanlin Ye, Leilei Chen, and Ting Zhou, all of whomcame from the U.S., and Wei Chen from Beijing.
From my point of view, children's early art education resembles the firstsunbeam in the early morning, which could light a child's entire life. Aremarkable art teacher should not only teach painting skills, but also warmchildren's hearts with affection like pale sunlight at daybreak—warm, transparent, but not scorching or violent.
While educating children, these seven artists never forgot their original willand kept up with self-reflection and practice. Their works
include extensively bold attempts and explorations onconcepts and techniques. As artists, they may be waiting to amaze the public,approaching the summit in their field.
These seven artists vary greatly in media and style—some use traditional easel painting while others adoptconceptual photography. These varied and high-quality works raise our awarenessof the fact that maybe art itself provides opportunities for artists to keepself-reflecting and challenging themselves, while inspiring their teachingmethods.
For example, Xiaoxue's works originate from children'sgraffiti, but her intentional color experiments intertwine with emotionalentanglements. The crude doodles on the surface are the mature expressions ofthe artist.
Wei Chen is frequently moved by the unintentional innocence and simplicity presentedin children's artwork, so he simplifies his works, just like life. In histeaching based on sketching, he insistently extracts and simplifies color andshapes, causing the increasing space between objective things and hissubjective treatment. Ultimately, he forms unique painting language.
As for Niki, she learns ways of expression fromchildren. Many children show enthusiasm on painting depending on their personaltaste. Thus when encountering what they do not like, they will indulge inself-suspicion and even depression. From this, she learns to"eliminate" subjective "discrimination" and endeavors toachieve the clearness and steadiness of expression.
In Leilei Chen's college teachings, she asks studentsto utilize techniques from surrealism, futurism, and romanticism. Students arealso asked to consult Japanese Ukiyoe and traditional Chinese realisticpaintings. They need to tile colors and create fictitious space. Besides,graphic design, oriental painting, and modern painting are integrated to breakthe boundaries between painting and illustration. In order to provide morevivid examples to students, she draws sketches in class and finishes largepaintings based on the sketches. It is because of her teaching this creativecourse that she clarifies her creative thoughts. Meanwhile, students'suggestions help improve her creative works.
The improvement of the visual arts learning is in an upward spiral, which meansthe enhancement of the overall capabilities is the expression and advancementof individual art languages, based on increasingly enhanced self-cognition. Artcreation usually experiences arduous training or hard work in darkness. It isdelightful to see that these seven artists have suddenly become bright and openat dawn. We foresee bright futures for them.
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