1. ARTSTHAT RESTORE COMMUNITIES
Mary Stokrocki, Fulbright Taiwan, 2012 ©

2. Art in the Community: Ban-toe Village
Mosaics, Taiwan

3. THE CRAFTS THAT RESTORED A VILLAGE
• Her, Kelly (2012). The crafts that restored a village [Bantoe). Taiwan
Review, 62(7), pp. 42-47. The folk artist Chen Shong-Zheng created mosaics
by cutting low fire porcelain clay (koji) and &pasting [jiannian] then into a
stucco frame. This clay type & style a is typical temple sculpture. See
http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=192036&CtNode=1337&mp=1

4. Elementary school students paint
ceramic tiles at Bantaoyao’s workshop.
(Photo by Chang Su-ching)
One must master several techniques including
drafting, shaping, carving, glazing and cutting, as well as have good
concentration and endurance. “Nowadays, most young people are
reluctant to take on manual jobs, while temples largely prefer to use
cheaper, pre-molded ridge decorations rather than commission handmade
pieces due to the cost,” Hsieh says. “So these traditional temple crafts
have become sunset industries and are likely to disappear if nothing is
done to save them” (Hsieh Jin-xu (謝錦旭), 47, is a senior craftsman

5. The Community is My Canvas
In another example of
community arts
restoration, Asst.
Professor Chi-Hsiang
Chang, Dept. of Fine
Arts, Tainan University
of Technology gave a
tour of his community
murals in his home
Guanmiao Village
Township in Tainan
County.

6. With his supportive wife and kids, this sincere, dutiful
son, moved back to help his mother at 83. He started painting
this community project—Village Farm Mural -- 9 years ago in his
mother's home. Lots of beautiful memories!

7. Village based on Pineapple Fields
and Rice Harvesting

8. “If the young people don't return, no
one will take care of the property.”

9. In 2008, he invited his university students to paint with him. All
outdoor murals were painted with acrylic over a base of outdoor
house paint.

10. His future painting will integrate
plants, traditional arts, & realistic scenery
– catering to community interests.

11. Community Center with local photo exhibit & mosaic
seats. He wants to hold performances here too.

12. Trip with Dr. Li-Yan Wang & her
students from National Changhua
Normal University, 4/14/2012

13. People now cherish the place. He has left
many marks here and

14. it is a cleaner place.

15. Thank You,
Dr. Mary