You Can Be An Artist Too!Come to the Arts and Education Center in Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts / 您也可以是藝術家！加入高美館 美術資源教室
You Can Be An Artist Too!
Come to the Arts and Education Center in Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
◎Text by Fu-Ju Lin
◎Photos by Jessica Lin and Chung-Hui Pao
Take advantage of the great museum resources and you can realize your dream of becoming an artist!
You may have noticed the "Arts and Education Center" next to the galleries on the 1st Floor of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. As implied in its name, the Arts and Education Center is an art learning center where professionals use museum resources and transform art into educational activities.
When Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts first opened, planning the Arts and Education Center began then was established in 1997. It offers exhibitions, lessons, and hands-on activities using simple illustrations to explain profound art theories so the public is able to understand more sophisticated arts.
Currently, the Arts and Education Center includes a Sculpture Classroom and a Block Printing Classroom. Visitors can learn about the processes of sculpture and block printing creations. They can also try creating their own pieces with guidance and explanations from volunteer professionals.
In the Sculpture Classroom, one can learn that sculpture has two different techniques - carving and casting, and several different styles, such as circular carving, relief sculpture, and openwork carving. Instructed by volunteers, one can build an armature with old newspaper and hemp ropes and start framing the sculpture he or she has in mind, and then make a plaster sculpture by casting the plaster with gauze or even by direct modeling. Within 2 hours, one can carve a sculpture of his/her own.
A volunteer instructor, who is the head of the Resource Classroom, said that hands-on activities are more valuable than pure observation because students can touch various sculpting materials with their own hands, which helps increase their sense of arts and stimulate more imagination and creativity.
The Block Printing Classroom introduces different techniques such as relief, gravure, and lithography. The center also introduces traditional Chinese New Year block printings, which are especially promoted and preserved by Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts given the declining of folk crafts. During every Chinese New Year holiday, one can participate in the museum-organized "DIY - Chinese New Year Block Prints" event. Throughout the year, one can also learn how to create block prints in the Arts and Education Center.
Simply call and make a reservation in advance if you want to join the activities offered by the Arts and Education Center. Reservations can be made for schools, day-care centers, other groups, and even individuals as long as there are volunteers working. Spend three hours in this free, open, and interactive education space - you will have a great time learning and creating your own piece of art to take home!
Arts and Education Center contact number: 07-555-0331 ext. 262
您也可以是藝術家！
加入高美館 美術資源教室
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別懷疑，善用美術館資源，您也可以一圓成為藝術家的美夢...！
不知您是否注意到，在高雄市立美術館地面層、展覽廳旁，有處「美術資源教室」。顧名思義，這是個結合高美館藝術資源，經由專業人員轉換、詮釋，再設計出富教育意涵的美術教學與欣賞空間。
高美館開館之初，就已著手規劃美術資源教室，並於1997年正式開放、供民眾使用，透過展示觀察、教學解說、現場實作等，以深入淺出的方式，引領民眾實際體驗藝術創作的過程，藉以增進藝術欣賞的深度。
目前高美館美術資源教室規畫有雕塑教室與版畫教室，不但在教室內外展示著雕塑與版畫的各階段製作過程，透過專業志工人員的引導與解說，更能自己動手嘗試雕塑與版畫的創作。
以雕塑來說，在美術資源教室裡，不但可以認識到雕塑分為雕刻與塑造兩種手法，以及圓雕、浮雕與透雕等幾種形式，還能跟著志工，從用舊報紙、麻繩等製作心棒開始，慢慢捏出自己心目中想要塑造的形體，接著用紗布沾上石膏塑形，甚至用石膏直塑。兩個小時左右的時間，一座屬於自己的雕塑作品就這樣被創作出來了！
負責帶領資源教室雕塑活動的志工老師表示，實作與欣賞最不同也最可貴之處，在於能用自己的雙手實際觸摸各種雕塑材料的質感，這麼做不僅可以提升感受力，也往往能激發更多的想像與創造力。
版畫的部份也相同，除了凸版、凹版、孔版與平版等各種製作方式介紹，資源教室中還有高美館特有的傳統版印年畫介紹，尤其在目前民俗工藝逐漸式微之時，高美館更致力推廣與保存這項傳統工藝，每年農曆春節期間，總會舉辦「春節版畫DIY」活動，平時則可以從美術資源教室學習到版畫的製作。
想要參與美術資源教室的活動很簡單，只要事先致電預約，不僅歡迎學校、安親班等團體，即使是少數幾個人，在有志工輪值的時間內，都可以安排時間，在這個充滿自由、開放與互動的空間裡待上三小時，就可以享受一段快樂的學習與創作過程，並且把自己的作品帶回家！
高美館美術資源教室洽詢電話：(07)5550331分機262