Wang Fang, born in August 1981 in Wuyi, Jinhua, Zhejiang, is an associate research librarian of Qunwen, working at the Cultural Center of Jindong District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center Business Cadres "Six Ones" Activity Selection Advanced Individual, Zhejiang Province "Stars Gather Jindong District Qunwen Visual Art Works Invitational Exhibition" Outstanding Curator, Zhejiang Province Art Network Information Submission Advanced Individual, Zhejiang Province Business Cadre Professional Skills Competition Bronze Award, Jinhua City Second Cultural Center Business Cadre Talent Competition Gold Award, Wuyi County Outstanding Teacher, Jindong District Outstanding Literary and Art Worker. Wang Fang's art exhibition of "Zhejiang, Sichuan Mountains and Seas, Jinba Concentric Travel" was held, and many art works were selected for national, provincial and municipal competitions and exhibitions, and many first-class topics were published and awarded in national and provincial publications.
At the grassroots level, how can a group art worker find the direction and strength of his work? Wholeheartedly devoting oneself to discovering beauty, cultivating beauty, and realizing the creation of beauty, this is the answer given by Wang Fang.
Engaged in the work of group art for 22 years, Wang Fang, deputy research librarian of Jindong District Cultural Center in Jinhua City, has taken root in the grassroots frontline, using her eyes to discover beauty to link the wonderful encounter between the masses and art, and wholeheartedly leading more people into the "circle of friends" of art, answering the question of how grassroots group art workers in the new era can take on the mission. She organized the art team to create a practical theoretical achievement "The Building of a Characteristic Public Cultural Brand in the New Era", which was awarded the Outstanding Case Award at the Academic Seminar on the Construction of the Theoretical System of the National Cultural Center.
Build a platform to gather folk artists
Before he met Wang Fang, Yu Wenjian had never associated Jindong murals with "intangible cultural heritage", looking at the firm eyes of Wang Fang, a young group art cadre who had just come to work in the Jindong District Cultural Center, Yu Wenjian's heart was still full of questions. However, at this time, Wang Fang was already looking through Yu Wenjian's mural drafts one by one, immersed in the work of "excavating" the "intangible cultural heritage" art of Jindong murals, ......"I was able to firmly embark on the road of inheritance of Jindong murals, and later opened the 'Xiaochuan Art Museum', thanks to Mr. Wang Fang. Yu Wenjian said with emotion.
Jindong is the former residence of Huang Binhong, is the hometown of the people's poet Ai Qing and the people's first family Shi Guangnan, with a profound folk culture and art heritage, how to discover and cultivate folk art talents and projects and build a display platform is a major event that Wang Fang always puts in mind. In 2020, Wang Fang planned and organized the "Gathering of Stars" Jindong District Qunwen Visual Art Works Invitational Exhibition hosted by the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, which was the first visual art invitational exhibition hosted by the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center for the county (city, district). In Wang Fang's view, this is the most real experience she has devoted herself to building a platform for many years to gather folk artists and gather grassroots literary and artistic forces. This year, Wang Fang's art work "Overture to Imagine Autumn". On the day of the opening ceremony of the exhibition, she spoke as a representative of the participating authors in the province. In her view, it is the most authentic experience for artists to adhere to the people-centered creative orientation and draw strength from folklore.
Deeply cultivate "aesthetic education" to create a beautiful classroom
With the creative atmosphere of boutique culture, how to let the mass culture fly into thousands of households from the exhibition hall "breaking the circle"? Wang Fang, who has experience as an art teacher, couldn't be idle, so she started an "aesthetic education" class in her spare time. Through the public welfare training activities of "Three Regiments and Three Societies" of Jindong District Cultural Center of Jinhua City, in recent years, Jindong's "aesthetic education" classroom has sunk to the township street cultural station, sending the sweetness of "literature and art benefiting the people" to the hearts of more villagers and community residents. She also actively participated in the "Dream Seedlings to Educate Beauty with Art" aesthetic education classroom activities organized by the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center, and went into Jiulonghu Community in Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Xiaofeng South Street Community in Anji, Huzhou City, and Changle Town Central Primary School in Shengzhou, Shaoxing City to carry out aesthetic education classes, which not only planted the seeds of "literature and art" for the children, but also moved the food and beauty of Jinhua to the classroom, creating a more perceptible world of beauty for the children. In Wang Fang's view, the "aesthetic education classroom" is not only to impart artistic knowledge, but also a process of emotional experience, which ultimately achieves the effect of enlightening the soul, opening a window for the growth of children and shining a light into it!
In recent years, Wang Fang has also continued to innovate and explore how to transform literary and artistic works into public service products to benefit more groups. This year, with her help, Jindong District took the lead in carrying out public welfare activities focusing on autistic children in the city, and "lit up a light" for these special children. Wang Fang said that in the future, she will try to carry out aesthetic education classroom activities through art, so that children with autism can express themselves, understand the world with them, and integrate into society.
In the new era of cultural and tourism integration, the supply of mass cultural services is more comprehensive and balanced, which is a broad track, whether it is to form a team, enrich the cultural life of the masses, or strive to contribute personal strength to carry out aesthetic education classes! Wang Fang said.
Editor-in-charge: Yi Zhuo.