Thank you to everyone who came to our Lantern Workshop in collaboration with Glasgow Film Theatre’s Pop Up programme for Glasgow Film Festival – lovely lanterns were made by all! Photos to follow.
GFT’s Pop Up Programmers will be screening Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love at Chinatown shopping centre in Glasgow at 7pm on Monday 24th February after our Lantern Workshop. Unfortunately the 2pm screening has been cancelled.
Ricefield’s education team offer your school or group the unique opportunity to deepen understanding of Chinese arts and culture.
Not only do we provide a range of Chinese merchandise for schools to create their own arts and crafts activities, we are also able to deliver a wide range of cultural workshops in your desired venue.
Our workshop programme is delivered by specialist tutors and we pride ourselves on provision of a high quality service that supports effective practice in the classroom and delivery of the Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes, particularly within expressive arts but also in health & well-being and literacy & English.
Our Programme
At Ricefield we understand schools have different needs so whether you’re looking for a workshop, a cultural day or an extended programme of activities, we are happy to discuss the variety of ways we can deliver a unique cultural experience to your students. Click here to find out the range of workshops we offer.
2 Hour Workshops
Our menu of hands-on workshops are designed to introduce specific aspects of Chinese arts and culture, suitable for beginners they can be adapted for any age range. Workshops are priced from £150 per 2 hour session with or without materials and travel costs outside of Greater Glasgow are charged at an additional cost.
Cultural Days
Cultural Days are popular with schools particularly around Chinese New Year. They offer a fun and inspiring way to engage the student body in themes related to China and Chinese culture. This can be a combination of different workshops or an event performance.
Extended Programmes
Our bespoke Extended Programmes can be tailored to include a variety of workshops or focus on development in one particular art form. For example, over a six week period, students undertaking lessons in Chinese Dance can have the experience of learning a choreographed piece culminating in a performance.
If you require a Cultural Day or Extended Programme please contact Ricefield to discuss your requirements and the costs, however, these will be similarly priced based on £150 per 2 hour session with or without materials. In all cases travel costs outside of Greater Glasgow are charged at an additional cost.
‘Thank you very much for the great afternoon your workshops provided for Grange pupils and staff from Grange Campus and Prestwick Academy. The pupils had an excellent time and were very productive. They also have great pieces to continue working with in their next Art and Craft classes. The team was excellent and I commend you for pulling together such a talented team.’
February 2010: Margaret Harper, Head Teacher, Grange Academy
For more information, you can contact Ricefield on info@ricefield.org.uk.
Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop – great lanterns were made and hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did!
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Come celebrate Lantern Festival at our Willow Lantern Workshop at the spectacular Falkirk Wheel!
Learn how to make a Willow Lantern in these beautiful surroundings.
Families with children welcome
Only £2 per person
Limited places available, book today
15th February 10-12pm
元宵节 藤条手工灯工作坊
2月 15日10:00-12:00
Thank you to everyone who came to our first LiaoLiaoBa! We were happy to see so many people interested in sharing their love of Chinese culture. We will announce our next meet up soon so keep an eye on the website!
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Saturday 15 February 12pm – 4pm
Are you interested in Chinese culture and looking to make friends
whilst exploring new places in Glasgow? Come for a blether at our new travelling culture cafe Liao-liao ba!
We meet every month in a different cafe in Glasgow with a different conversation theme to encourage Scottish/Chinese cultural exchange in a fun environment. Whether you speak Chinese or English, as long as you like to chat you are welcome.
Feast Restaurant, 292-298 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Tea/Coffee & Cake menu £2 per person
Contact julia@ricefield.org.uk
聊聊吧!
你对中国文化感兴趣并且想结交新朋友吗？
你想每个月去不同的地方享受咖啡吗？
加入聊聊吧，一起探索格拉！
正月初二，本周六，相聚Feast Restaurant (上楼)
292- 298 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
The most important Chinese holiday is Chinese New Year, which is known in China as Spring Festival. The festival welcomes the lunar New Year and is the West’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve rolled into one long celebration! From sun up to sun down, this is a time when the whole country celebrates with family and friends. This year the festival begins with New Year on the 10th February 2013. Come and join us during Spring Festival and get involved in some of the activities on offer! We begin by inviting you to celebrate the launch of Takeaway China, our Spring Festival activities with an evening of entertainment in Merchant Square, Glasgow.
Ricefield’s class leaders Malcy Duff, Laura Tansley and the Village Storytelling Centre worked with a group of S1 students from Hillhead High School during the Takeaway China Festival to creatively respond to the exhibitions of Polly Braden (Trongate 103) and John Thomson (Burrell Collection). Revealing China in the 19th Century and modern day, these separate photographic exhibitions uniquely documented life, landscape and architecture from two different historical perspectives.
This book features the drawing and writings from the children. The PDF version of the book is available from HERE. Hard copy is also available upon request.
Photographic reproductions in this book are from Polly Braden’s series China Between. China Between is a photographic essay on the modern city culture of contemporary China; an intimate response to the material and psychological effects of the changes experienced by the country’s new urban class.
Thanks to: teachers and students at Hillhead High School, The Burrell Collection, Street Level Photoworks, Polly Braden, The Village Storytelling Centre, Laura Tansley and Malcy Duff.
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LANGUAGE CINEMA
With Philippa Lovatt
This course is designed to provide an introduction to contemporary Chinese language cinema including both Mainland Chinese film and the cinemas of Hong Kong and Taiwan. Organised around a weekly screening and seminar, it aims to provide a historical, political and cultural framework against which to view the films and an informal space in which to discuss their artistic merits. Over the 5 week course participants will cover a wide range of material including the development of Chinese social realism; the growth of Chinese ‘art house’ cinema; the international success of the ‘Fifth’ and ‘Sixth Generations’; and finally, censorship and the growth of digital and documentary filmmaking in today’s PRC.
About the Teacher
Philippa Lovatt is in the final year of her PhD entitled, ‘Narrative Cinema in Cultures of Censorship: Politics, Aesthetics, Memory’ at the University of Glasgow in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television. This AHRC funded project analyses key films produced in China, Thailand and Iran and explores the often fraught relationship between official history and personal memory. Philippa has taught widely on Asian cinema at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art, and has presented her research both nationally and internationally at several conferences. http://glasgow.academia.edu/PhilippaLovatt
Yan Wang (Morica)
Yan Wang is a visual artist working in paintings, installations, drawings and video. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2009 and is now is a resident artist at the WASPS Artist Studio at The Briggait, Glasgow. Yan has combined rich Chinese culture with a contemporary western context in her visual art practice. Her paintings are exhibited widely in the UK, France and China, including the London Art Fair and the Beijing Art Festival. Specializing in paintings, she has developed links between many Scottish and Chinese artists at various international art festivals, university programs and art culture organizations, such as the 2nd International Qi Baishi Art Festival in China with Ricefield, Chinese Artist Association, Hunan Xiangtan University, Scotland National Portrait gallery, Perth Art council and Perth museum. She is experienced teaching traditional Chinese arts workshops within schools, community and arts organizations across Scotland.
Julia Hung
A Graphic Designer by profession, Julia trained and worked in Hong Kong in various Graphic Design Studios and Advertising Companies. She has also worked as an Illustrator in various publishing houses in Hong Kong. Julia moved to Glasgow in 2000 and has been active within the local Chinese community ever since. She started volunteering as a language teacher at the Glasgow Chinese School Stow College, and in 2008, took up the post of Deputy Head Teacher. She has also started working as Examiner and Scrutineer with the Scottish Qualification Association.
It became apparent to Julia that the local Chinese community were in need of channels to profile their culture and traditions. In 2004, Lin Chau and Julia set up Ricefield Chinese Arts and Cultural Centre, to promote Chinese arts and culture to the wider communities in Scotland. Julia has remained committed to the organisations development throughout the past 6 years.
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