EAGER ART SCHOOL

Eager Art School is located at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch New Zealand. With the purpose of serving New Zealand aesthetic education, relying on Everyone An Artist Trust, and combining eastern and western education concepts, the school aims to create a professional and comprehensive art education model integrating aesthetic education research, art teaching, international exhibition and exchange, and promote the art education in New Zealand.

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Yao Zhang Professional Teacher

Yao Zhang, a previous full-time gardener who loves art but now decide to be a part-time gardener and part-time artist, has a bachelor in art design and a diploma in horticulture， like to record the beauty and happiness in daily life in my drawings, paintings, even living art.

Jane Zhang Admissions Advisors

Admissions Adviser

Dr. Sriparna Saha

Dr. Sriparna Saha is a geologist and watercolor landscape artist. Her interests cover travel postcards and urban sketching. She organized an art fundraiser in Aoteraoa, NZ in 2021 to help with the COVID-19 situation in India. Sriparna is also a current Ph.D. student in GeoEducation where she uses digital storytelling to teach about volcanoes. She believes that geology and art enable her to make sense of the world and is continuously looking for innovative ways to teach science through stories, art, and games.

Dr.Lily

Dr. Lily Ping Li
Lily moved to New Zealand from China to pursue her Ph.D. at the School of Education, University of Canterbury and got her doctoral degree in education in 2021. With years of teaching experience, Lily is specialized in second language acquisition and very passionate about combining art activities with literacy, and has been enthusiastic about promoting sustainability events within the ethnic communities. She works as an ESOL lecturer at a multicultural learning centre, and holds a voluntary Outreach Management role for the Everyone an Artist Trust.

Renyu Chen

Director of the Environmental Art Research Office of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts;National first-class artist of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts;Member of Mural Art Committee of China Artists Association;Director of Chinese Mural Society;
Vice Chairman of Chinese Stone Carving Art Research Association; Member of Chinese Culture and Art Development Promotion Association; Vice chairman of Hubei Science and Technology Art Research Association.

Jianning Shan

Calligraphy and painting artist Member of Nanjing Artists Association;Director of Jiangsu Provincial Civil Servants Calligraphy and Painting Association;President of Painting and Calligraphy Academy for Jiangsu Overseas Chinese;Vice President of Wang Xizhi Painting and Calligraphy Academy.

Weinian Chi

Weinian Chi, born in 1951, is a Senior Engineer of Maritime Appraisal. Now he is a member of the Dalian Artists Association, invited painting artist of Dalian Xinghua Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and a member of China Elderly Painting and Calligraphy Research Association. His works have been selected for many domestic exhibitions and won awards. More than 30 works have been published in many newspapers and magazines, and more than 100 works have been collected by art institutions and collectors at home and abroad.

The first Asian Arts Festival 2023 is shining a new light on the Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora

OFF CENTRE FESTIVAL at The Arts Centre 3 - 5 March 2023

EAGER ART SCHOOL

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