Contemporary East Asian Art: Living in Place
August 9, 2023
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In Person at Michigan State University Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
(547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48824)
Join the NCTA at Michigan State University for two programs (one In-Person and Online) that will bring educators together in close conversation around artworks by Chinese artist Guanyu Xu and Korean artist Won Kim. Designed to encourage dialogue around global issues, this program will continue to expand on ways of knowing about and understanding art. Participants can attend one or both of the workshops, but registration is required. Michigan teachers can receive SCECH professional development for the program. Attendees of the August 9 program will receive complimentary materials and books.
Register for the In-Person Session by clicking the link below
Speakers
Meghan Zankas, Broad Art Museum Educator
Dr. Jiahang Li, Associate Professor, College of Education
Dr. Jiahang Li is an Assistant Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University. He oversees an online Chinese program designed for secondary level students in the U.S. With a Ph.D. in Reading education from University of Maryland College Park, his research interests include educational technology, social media, online language teaching and learning, and world language teacher education. He has published many book chapters and journal articles and serves as editorial board members and reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals, including Computers & Education, Educational Researcher, and Foreign Language Annals.
Artists
Guanyu Xu - Beijing, China
Guanyu Xu’s work provides a unique opportunity for educators to consider many ways an environment can be reimagined to create freedom from oppression. As educators often work within prescribed environments, we will explore ways to disrupt classroom environmental norms to be more inclusive and celebratory of students’ lived experiences. He received international recognition through his 2018 series Temporarily Censored Home, in which he photographed temporary photography installations inside his parents’ home in Beijing. Working from his perspective as a Chinese gay man from a conservative family, his work explores relationships between personal freedom and politics through the power of photography and installation. His more recent work includes an ongoing series Resident Aliens, which will be featured at the MSU Broad Art Museum from June 10-Dec 17, 2023.
Won Kim - South Korea