Arts & Crafts for kids
About
Yu is an artists who explores various mediums and techniques in her creative practice. She received her BFA in Product Design and MFA in Painting at Parsons School of Design and NYSS. Yu Rong's artwork has been exhibited in galleries such as Ceres Gallery in New York City and ARC Gallery in Chicago. She has also showcased her designs at international events including Milan Design Week, Prague Design Week, and the London Design Fair.
With a background in education, Yu has shared her passion for art with students both in public schools and as a teaching educator at the Museum of Chinese in America. At MOCA, she teaches Chinese art, arts and crafts, and creative art making techniques, and leads the MOCAcreate family project, engaging families in art experiences that celebrate Chinese culture.
The arts and crafts Yu has created are for kids between 5 -12 years old. The goal of teaching is to foster creativity. Yu has learned children’s drawing and Chinese brush painting from Kindergarten in Sichuan province. She started to learn Western art after third grade. Her art projects for children younger than 8 years old focus on creativity.
The art inspiration comes from all cultures including Indian art, Islamic miniature art, East Asian Art, and European art. The art mediums include ink, oil, encaustic, egg tempera, pastels, crayons, watercolors, collages, mixed medium, print, color pencils, and clay. The art projects include blowing paint with a bubble wand, stamping with found objects, drawing with crayons and melting with an encaustic iron, Decalcomania, collaging, scratching, Chinese brush painting, Chinese Calligraphy, Printmaking,drawing in water/shaving cream, and sculpting with non-toxic clay.
Decalcomania
Decalcomania
Art Projects
For Museum visitors and schools
Origami
Origami helps children develop their reading and writing skills. I taught the students how to make bookmarks, autumn leaves, hearts, envelopes, flowers, and turn themselves into mini paper dolls.
Educational Art Game For AAPI
“Build Your Own Chinatown” is an art game created by Yu for kids. Through engaging in artistic activities such as practicing Chinese art, designing clothings, and sculpturing pots and vases, kids not only create but also learn about the rich cultural heritage of China.
Clay Poking Art
To foster creativity in kids, I created this Poking art technique using non toxic clay. My students enjoyed poking the art together with classmates.
Marbling Art
Exploring alternative ways of doing marbling art that are non-toxic, creative, and fun for kids.
Cyanotype
Using sunlight to create images.
Paper Craft
Transform various paper into something beautiful by quilting, cutting, folding, layering, and binding.
Ceramic
Teaching Ceramic hand building, wheel throwing, and slip casting basics
Chinese Painting
Teaching basic Chinese brush painting techniques and traditional Chinese aesthetic approach to arts.
Paper Circuits
Adding electronics to the art
Printmaking
Teaching standard printmaking methods as well as simple & creative printmaking for kids using recycled materials/styrofoam/found objects.
Mosaic art
Preparing a Mosaic class for the AANHPI History at Museum of Chinese in America.
Encaustic Painting
Making Encaustic paints by hands and showing different encaustic tools and ways of melting the paints.
Oil painting
Teaching traditional oil painting techniques, processes, and history.
Collage &
Mix media art
Assembling various materials or mixing different media and materials to create a new unique visual image.
Scratch Art
DIY scratch art using oil pastels, paints, and skinny sticks/toothpicks.
Graphite Drawing
Teaching graphite/charcoal drawing techniques.
Chinese Calligraphy
Preparing Chinese Calligraphy for the public class at Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).