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Wintercession 2024

WINTERCESSION  2024

Fans of Chinese Ink Paintings

A man sits at a table, painting a fan with black ink.
A group of 13 people stand in front of a room, each holding a rounded fan with black paint.
A group of people stand over artworks (fan paintings) laid out across a table
A man stands at a table holding a paintbrush at his shoulder while women are sitting at the table next to him
A rounded painted fan on a table, next to a paper with Chinese characters.
A man dressed in black leans over a table painting with black ink on white paper, a small notebook open next to him.
A man on the right stands over a table with black illustrations on it. other people are sitting at a table painting.

This year, Yichin Chen organized a Wintersession titled Fans of Chinese Ink Paintings. The workshop not only offered attendees a unique opportunity to appreciate and learn Chinese ink paintings from the guest artist, Mansheng Wang but also to craft their creations to take home on a fan.

In the 3-hour workshop, attendees first learned a brief history of Chinese ink painting on fans presented by A&A graduate student, Yutong Li. Then they were treated to a mesmerizing showcase of Mr. Wang’s pandemic-inspired works, alongside a discourse on his artistic and literary concepts. After that, Mr. Wang explained each painting tool he used and demonstrated brushwork techniques. After practicing on paper, attendees painted and created their work on a handheld fan to bring home.

Sicilian Stories: Tales and Treats from the American Excavations at Morgantina

Three woman stand over a table looking at photographs and notebooks, one woman is pointing to a photograph.
A woman speaks to a class with a monitor to her right and students in front of her sit around a table
A man stands in front of students at a table, they are looking at the monitor with newspapers headlines
A man stands next to a table with notebooks and photographs, his arms raised and apart in front of him, while people on either side look at him
Two men and two woman lean over a table to examine photographs and notebooks

In Sicilian Stories: Tales and Treats from the American Excavations at Morgantina, A&A Graduate Student Will Pedrick and A&A Digital Project Specialist Leigh Anne Lieberman introduced participants to the Sicilian site that has captivated Princeton audiences for almost 70 years: Morgantina. While V/R maintains the archival records from Princeton’s early work at the archaeological site, a new campaign sponsored by The American Excavations at Morgantina (The Agora Valley Project) aims to address some of the questions left answered by the site’s previous excavators. Participants in this workshop learned about Morgantina’s rich history as well as Princeton’s important legacy at the site. They also got to take a behind-the-scenes tour of The Agora Valley Project’s ongoing work, all while sampling some traditional Sicilian sweets from D’Angelo Italian Market and learning about opportunities to contribute to this cutting-edge research program.