Calendar

• Lantern Party in PengPu To… Mar 1, 2018 Lantern making festivities at the newly opened Pengpu Town culuture center.
• Bamboo Handcraft @ YK Pao … Sep 3, 2017 A semester-long introduction to material craft.
• Jiashan Road Drawing Day Jun 25, 2017 Sunday picnic & drawing party!
• Bamboo Handcraft at Shangh… Jun 4, 2017 A free-form family activity testing hands, tools, and materials.
• Outdoor Assemblies –… May 14, 2017 Documenting street life in our neighborhood
• Miracles in May Apr 30, 2017 A publicly created record of transformations among plants at the start of May!
• Treasure Hunt at Sun Commu… Apr 25, 2017 A weekend of investigations in forest and field.
• Springtime Plants & P… Mar 19, 2017 Documenting encounters with the botanical world
• Winter Shadows Mar 19, 2017 A day of shadow puppet performances.
• Winter Shadows Playshop Se… Jan 5, 2017 Wintertime is for storytelling!
• A Winter Scene Dec 17, 2016 Bamboo handcraft toys & play.
• Shache Scenes Dec 3, 2016 Drawings of Zhang Yi.
• Bamboo Handcraft Playshop … Nov 13, 2016 Experimentation, skill-building, free-play, inquiry, research, invention, exchange.
• Bamboo Works / Maker Carni… Oct 15, 2016 Make something unexpected at Shanghai Maker Carnival.
• Moon Festival Gathering Sep 15, 2016 Lanterns and mooncakes, harvest feast, poetry and song under the rising moon.
• Lantern Craftwork Sep 10, 2016 Create a lantern with bamboo and rice paper in preparation for the moon festival!
• Book of Leaves: Cousins Ab… Aug 30, 2016 Compare local leaf specimens with those from distant places.
• Book of Leaves: Branching … May 25, 2016 Tribute to a tree at the East Asia Global Village conference.
• Seeing Cinnamomum Apr 25, 2016 Create a collective portrait of Cinnamomum camphora at ‘Fantastical Botanical’ Spring bazaar.
• Seeing Cinnamomum Apr 18, 2016 The Book of Leaves visits the NYU Sustainability Conference.
• Leaf Research at Time Tree… Apr 11, 2016 What’s on a leaf? in a leaf? all around a leaf?
• Book of Leaves: Camphor St… Apr 9, 2016 The remarkable Cinnamomum camphora is one of Shanghai’s most populous tree species. Let’s get acquainted.
• ‘Book of Leaves̵… Feb 22, 2016 A riddle: All food comes from the sun, but at the table I’m number one.
• Bunnies and Lovers Feb 11, 2016 Valentines creations!
• Book of Leaves: 300 Millio… Nov 4, 2015 A tribute to tree species around us and our (very distant) common ancestry.
• Xiwai campus tree survey Oct 28, 2015 What are the oldest extant tree species in Shanghai?
• Sun Spinning at DesignShan… Sep 28, 2015 Set an arc of spinning wheels in motion.
• Wassaic Creek Jul 20, 2015 Two days of sensing and interpreting by the creekside.
• Flying Skies Jun 10, 2015 A sky-blue kite traveling across yesterday’s blue sky: is the kite in transport, or the mind?
• Pathways to Fortune Jun 10, 2015 No two fortunes are alike, but they are all attained in steps. Shall we proceed?
• Eco Guides Jun 9, 2015 What simple question might a guide ask to ignite a journey of discovery?
• Sun Spinning at EcoDesign … Jun 9, 2015 Consider the miracle of color vision.
• Artful Migrants Jun 8, 2015 Plants, people, mobility.
• Color and (e)motion Apr 16, 2015 Patterns, color, motion, mind.
• Drawing All Day: Faces Apr 3, 2015 Drop in and draw! Our theme is: Face.
• Spinning machines + Girl S… Mar 30, 2015 Experiment with wheels and related things.
• Mood Analyzer! Mar 16, 2015 Check the fluctuating spectrum on the color wheel and analyze yourself!
• Valentines Hotpot Feb 12, 2015 Bring a gift of love.
• “Nature Scriptorium&… Dec 27, 2014 Choose your favorite ecograph and inscribe it on the scriptorium walls at ARTHarbin.
• Colors of Shanghai Dec 16, 2014 Celebrate Shanghai’s colorful streetscapes at the Good Gift Fair.
• Good Gift Fair Dec 11, 2014 The GOOD Gift Fair brings together fine artists, outstanding civil society organizations and the public in Shanghai’s Hunan neighborhood.
• Jiashan Road Assembly Nov 23, 2014 A series of murals made on Jiashan Road
• Halloween Masks Nov 23, 2014 Imagine a face. Better yet, study a face near you.
• Ecographs: EarthWood Oct 22, 2014 Explore the boundaries between wood and earth (i.e. soil).
• 8-Hour Draw Sep 19, 2014 8 hours. Drawing implements. Imagination. A cake.
• Ecosystem Perspectives: Ho… Jun 15, 2014 A field study, a museum talk, a drawing workshop. Classical Chinese landscape painting and personal observations in the field.
• Air Tunes Apr 21, 2014 Light, colorful chimes and a garden of pinwheels.
• Air Hug & Snugger Apr 21, 2014 A whimsically knitted air filtration system.
• Beautiful Mushrooms Apr 21, 2014 A sensory experience of soil, mushrooms, clay and porcelain, and a conversation about ecology.
• Aspiration Traces Apr 21, 2014 What traces do our aspirations leave, hanging in the air?
• That Flies Apr 21, 2014 Give a new name to “air”, put it on a kite, see if it flies!
• Kitemaking in Xuhang Town Apr 5, 2014 Making traditional paper and bamboo kites.
• Drawing Air Mar 22, 2014 A public calligraphy demonstration and “open air” drawing activity.
• Ecographs: Air Mar 13, 2014 Create a new symbol for “air” using Chinese brush and ink.
• Ecographs Scriptorium: 201… Jan 13, 2014 Build a scriptorium. Experiment with earth, water, fire, wood and metal. Paint the scriptorium walls.
• Draw and Write into the Ni… Nov 22, 2013 Writers, artists, translators, compilers and printers complete a literary pamphlet in 24 hours on a theme chosen out of a hat.
• In the Room Nov 17, 2013 A temporary installation consisting of a labyrinth of rice paper and some unexpected encounters.
• Talk About Art Nov 12, 2013 Have an art experience you’d like to share? Take the podium!
• Ecographs: 5 Elements Jul 15, 2013 “Watergraphs” is a fun art activity in which participants create a new symbol for water using Chinese brush and ink.
• Talk About Art May 22, 2013 Talk About Art is a convivial evening of sharing some unusual art experiences. Do you remember an art experience that makes your heart glow? Please share!
• Ecographs at 2013 Shanghai… Apr 17, 2013 Add your favorite ecograph to the the fair gates!
• Urban DNA Apr 16, 2013 A dynamic system of residual objects spiraling up to the sky.
• Mini Green Challenge: Ecog… Apr 2, 2013 Create a personal symbol for eco-values using Chinese brush and ink on paper.
• Hal Salon Mar 25, 2013 An evening of literature, theater, live music, interactive art and discussion.
• Eco Quest(ions) Mar 16, 2013 What should designers of “eco products” be thinking about? What should we be asking them?
• Ring Cycle Mar 15, 2013 The Shanghai EcoDesign Fair will kick off this year with a friendly bike ride on Saturday morning April 13 through the city streets, starting at Xuhui Park…
• 2012年尚礼之艺 Oct 23, 2012 Learn about charitable projects in Shanghai and across China and receive artworks created on the spot by local fine artists.
• City of Questions, City of… Aug 1, 2012 “City of Questions, City of Stuff”, is a group installation created by ten artists working in Shanghai, each contributing a small component of an imaginary city made from materials that might otherwise have been discarded.
• 故物重用，故地重�… Jun 20, 2012 Learn about the Shanghai waste stream. Scavenge materials. Make Art.
• The Second (semi) Annual S… May 27, 2012 Pencil drawing, charcoal sketch, figure study, line drawing. Drawing on the table, drawing under the table, drawing in the open air…
• “Blow” May 12, 2012 “Blow” is a work created by Robin Andersson, commissioned for the 2012 Shanghai Eco Design Fair. Used and broken umbrellas are re-imagined as components in a delicate system of nature,
• I don’t C… May 3, 2012 “I don’t Care” is an artwork created by Francesca Galeazzi for the 2012 Shanghai Eco Design Fair. Three balloons were suspended over the crowd, representing the three atoms in the CO2 molecule.
• Mind Box Apr 20, 2012 Meet representatives from vital environmental organizations in Shanghai and render your eco-values in paint.
• Illustrate Your ‘Eco… Apr 1, 2012 An action-discussion about eco-values
• The Ground Beneath Our Fee… Dec 7, 2011 A patch of grass.
• Painting Bamboo Jun 20, 2011 A painting workshop and discussion of contemporary values.
• Sustainability Symbol May 8, 2011 A design workshop. What might a symbol for sustainability look like?
• 2011 Good Gift Fair Mar 1, 2011 The Shanghai Good Gift Fair is an alternative shopping event held in downtown Shanghai before the winter holidays. The public is invited to mingle with representatives from a variety of local charities and learn about their programs and good works. In addition visitors may meet several top artists from the Shanghai area that ...