1st Sundays | 10:30am–12pm
You are invited to the cultivation of the self and community through practice of "calligraphy and tea" at Teance. This monthly group will be a shared space for calligraphy practitioners and the new, calligraphy curious alike.
Joined by an openness to the unfolding of things, Chinese calligraphy helps create attention and presence through the ritual of embodied practice.
- Please register directly with the instructor using the links below:
- Class Fee:
- Sliding scale: $35 to $45;
- $5 discount if you bring your own materials (paper, ink & brush).
- Registration closes after 10 students. Spot not reserved until payment received.
- Class Size & Registration:
- Registration closes after 10 students. Spot not reserved until payment received.
- Tickets are non-refundable, However, if you cancel a day before the class, the fee can go toward the future class.
- Cancellation Policy:
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Class fees are non-refundable. If you need to cancel, please notify the instructor at least 24 hours before the class. Your class fee can then be applied as a credit toward a future class. Email: [email protected]
Cancellations made less than 24 hours before class are not eligible for credit.
The group will be led by Dr. Peiting C. Li, PhD, former instructor of Chinese Calligraphy at the UC Berkeley Art Studio. Dr. Li currently teaches Chinese Calligraphy and History of Chinese Medicine at the Academy of Chinese Culture & Health Sciences (ACCHS) in Oakland.
**Students are welcome to bring food and eat lunch in courtyard after class together with teacher!!
Bio
Peiting C. Li is a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy whose journey has spanned nearly two decades, including studying with teachers in Shanghai, Taipei, and the Bay Area. She taught calligraphy at the
UC Berkeley Art Studio. She received a PhD in history of modern China, and is working on a book about healing and art from a cross-cultural perspective. Recently, her essay on calligraphy practice,
“Speak, Ink” was published in the Seattle design magazine,
Arcade.
OCTOBER: 秋收 qiu shou Autumn Harvest: In October we harvest seeds sown in earlier seasons. Simultaneously a celebration of fall’s fecundity, and preparation for leaner winter times.
Aesthetically, two calligraphic compositional principles echo this oscillation between expansion and contraction:
1. left-right interweaving 左右穿插 zuoyou chuancha
2. retraction and lengthening 退縮挪讓 tuishuo nuorang
Both help us respond to changing circumstances, and create balanced, beautiful forms.
