September 15, 2008 -- visiting the ancient city of Zhoucun
In the morning we attended the opening ceremony for the city of Zhoucun's cultural festival -- below: Braeden, Ryan, Sylvan and Sam Megan, Ariel and Matt We visited the old section of the city and got to see how the city's speciality, Shaobing (sesame pancakes) were made.
The three-week art and travel program in China was first offered in 2007. The 2008 program started in Beijing on Sept. 2nd and concluded in Shanghai on Sept. 22nd with a group of 14 UO students from diverse art background including architecture, digital arts, painting and drawing, printmaking, product design, sculpture, and journalism. While in China the students experienced first hands the most contemporary and uniquely traditional aspects of art/culture/life, collaborated with Chinese students on art projects and a joint public art exhibition in Shandong University of Art and Design Art Museum. Back on campus, the students held a group exhibition “the streets of China” in Laverne Krause gallery from Oct. 27th to 31st.
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