Program Information for International Students of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
School Name: |
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts |
Program Type : |
R Short-term program £ Long-term program |
Program name: |
Ceramic Art & Design (Short-term training program) |
Degree to be Awarded: |
□ Undergraduate □ Master RNone |
Discipline: |
RFine Arts □ Design □ Art Theory |
Department: |
School of Crafts |
Major: |
Ceramic Art & Design |
Language of instruction: |
R Chinese □English |
Start time: |
For example: September 1, 2023 |
Length of study: |
□ 3 months □ 6 months R1 year |
Start date of application: |
For example: March 1, 2023 |
End date of application: |
For example: May 31, 2023 |
Education Requirements: |
□High school RUndergraduate |
Requirements on Chinese proficiency: |
HSK-4 |
Scholarships: |
□School-level Scholarship of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts RNone |
Annual cost for study (RMB): |
□Undergraduate: RMB 26,000/year □Postgraduate: RMB 30,000/year □Applicants of long-term training programs: RMB 26,000/year RApplicants of short-term training programs: RMB 3,000/month |
Program Description
1. Program introduction (less than 400 characters)
The program focuses on basic pottery making techniques and static clay sculptures, in addition to systematic teaching on ceramic artistic practice. Specialized courses on basic pottery making techniques, artistic practice, ceramic technology, static clay sculptures, jewelry making technology, glass technology, traditional ceramic technology, and ceramic decorative art are offered. In the principle of upholding traditional culture, strengthening fundamental disciplines, and integrating interdisciplinary resources, efforts are made to exploit the advantages of curricula of the School of Crafts, coordinate the development of key courses of featured disciplines like the making of ceramics for daily use and modern ceramic art creation, and build a complete teaching system in crafts.
2. Course description
No. |
Course type |
Course name |
Period: |
Credits: |
Program introduction (less than 100 characters) |
1 |
Research direction-based course |
Basic Pottery Making Techniques (Plate/Slab Building) |
100 |
2.5 |
The course aims to enable students to master the operating principles and key points of pottery making techniques like slab/plate/strip building, and to make pottery and sculptures as per pottery making requirements. |
2 |
Research direction-based course |
Artistic Practice |
60 |
2 |
Students are expected to visit ceramic producing areas, museums and art galleries in Hubei and in northwest and central regions of China to understand the glamour of traditional Chinese ceramic culture. |
3 |
Research direction-based course |
Ceramic Technology |
60 |
1.5 |
The course introduces basic theories about ceramic technology, and enables students to practice various methods of making colored clay, paper clay and colored glaze, and explore the firing process for pottery making. |
4 |
Research direction-based course |
Static Clay Sculptures |
60 |
1.5 |
Making static clay sculptures is a basic training method used during the course. The course emphasizes the correlation among line, plane, volume, and the texture of the static object, and enables students to develop abilities of making static clay sculptures. |
5 |
Research direction-based course |
Jewelry Making Technology |
60 |
1.5 |
The course teaches students technology of manual processing, machine processing and surface treatment of jewelry, and enables students to process raw materials and make jewelry in their own way. |
6 |
Research direction-based course |
Glass Technology |
60 |
1.5 |
Students taking the course will understand the features of glass materials, master basic principles and methods of modeling, and develop the ability to use glass materials for all-round artistic creation. |
7 |
Research direction-based course |
Basic Pottery Making Techniques (Throwing) |
100 |
2.5 |
Students taking the course will learn how to knead pottery clay, master the technique of chrysanthemum kneading, practice pottery making according to the procedures like clay centering, opening-up, base forming, body shaping, and clay modeling one by one so as to use the throwing technique to make pottery independently. |
8 |
Research direction-based course |
Traditional Ceramic Technology |
80 |
2 |
The course teaches students how to make the main body and accessories of the traditional lotus seed pot with flat lid so enable them to get familiar with the procedures and methods of making tea pots and mater elementary methods and techniques of making hand-made dark-red enameled pottery. |
9 |
Research direction-based course |
Ceramic Decorative Art (Famille Rose and Antique Finish) |
80 |
2 |
The course introduces the history of development of traditional ceramic art, and teaches students how to distinguish on-glaze decoration from monochrome glaze and transmutation glaze so as to enable students to use one or more techniques in artistic creation. |
10 |
Research direction-based course |
Ceramic Decorative Art (Famille Rose and Antique Finish) |
80 |
2 |
The course introduces the history of development of traditional ceramic art, and teaches students how to distinguish on-glaze decoration from monochrome glaze and transmutation glaze so as to enable students to use one or more techniques in artistic creation. |
3. Information about teachers
No. |
Teacher’s name |
Job title, position and research direction |
Information about teachers (including their schools, representative academic research findings, teaching achievements, and name of main courses offered by them, less than 150 characters) |
1 |
Chen Jun |
Professor, Deputy Dean of the School of Crafts (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Jingdezhen Ceramic University; The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Courses: Modern Ceramic Art Creation; Artistic Practice |
2 |
Huang Jian |
Lecturer, Director of Teaching and Research Section of Ceramics for Daily Use, the School of Crafts (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts; The 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Courses: Making of Ceramics for Daily Use; Study on Traditional Ceramic Technology in Hubei |
3 |
Li Qin |
Lecturer (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts; The 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Courses: Basic Pottery Making Techniques; Fundamentals of Ceramic Art Creation |
4 |
Wei Chuantao |
Lecturer (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Jingdezhen Ceramic University; The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Courses: Glass Technology; Ceramic Product Design |
5 |
Zhang Chun |
Lecturer, Director of Teaching and Research Section of Modern Ceramic Art, the School of Crafts (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
China Academy Of Art; 2022 Youth Program of China National Arts Fund Courses: Experimental Ceramic Art Creation; Basis of Multi-dimensional Modeling |
6 |
Zhang Xuelong |
Lecturer (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Chinese National Academy of Arts; The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Courses: Basis of Two-dimensional Modeling; Ceramic Decorative Art |
7 |
Yang Xianghong |
Teaching assistant (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Dankook University; International ISCAEE Ceramic Exhibition Courses: Clay Head Sculpture; Static Clay Sculptures |
8 |
Zhou Bin |
Teaching assistant (research direction: theoretical study on ceramic art & design) |
Dankook University; Cheongju Craft Biennale Courses: Ceramic Product Design; Basis of Multi-dimensional Modeling |
