Gallery

Photos from our classes, exhibitions, markets, and community events across Utah.

Asian Culture Day

A free afternoon and evening at the Visual Art Institute on May 9, 2026 — Chinese martial arts, kendo, guzheng, Tongan dance and K-pop on the performance floor, an immersive hall of hanging calligraphy, and hands-on painting, brushwork and costume for anyone who wanted to try.

48 photos
Visitors arriving as the evening begins
A Chinese martial arts demonstration opens the evening
Moving through a form in the exhibition hall
Paired sword forms
Straight sword, held at distance
A sword exchange mid-form
A kick at full extension
A throw, caught mid-air
The audience packed in for the performances
A guzheng performance
Playing the guzheng before a full room
A kendo demonstration in full armour
Shinai meeting mid-strike
Kendo, at the moment of the cut
Tongan dancers in traditional dress
A Tongan dance performance
Families watching from the gallery floor
A K-pop dance set
Dancers mid-routine
The K-pop performance closes the programme
Children trying calligraphy on the floor of the hall
Families at the hands-on workshop tables
Visitors inside the hanging calligraphy installation
The exhibition hall between sessions
The workshop room mid-afternoon
Visitors at the ink and brush table
Calligraphy hung floor to ceiling
Calligraphy cloth built into standing forms
The immersive ink installation, seen whole
Framed paintings filling the exhibition wall
A corner of the exhibition
The activity tables, busy all afternoon
Working on a piece at the activity table
Trying on traditional costume
A performance in the round, with the audience close
Organisers and volunteers at the exhibition
Wearing a calligraphy robe inside the installation
A group photo against the calligraphy wall
Ink paintings framed along the wall
Bird-and-flower paintings on display
Visitors photographing the calligraphy wall
The signing banner, filling up through the day
Names and messages left by visitors
At the welcome table
Scrolls of calligraphy overhead
The installation from below
Calligraphy-printed robes ready to try on
Painting at the family workshop table

Park City Sunday Silly Market

AACA takes a booth at the Sunday Silly Market in Park City — ink paintings, hand-painted fans, and visitors' names written to order while they wait.

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Painting a design onto a tote bag at the booth
Hand-painting merchandise between customers
Fans, bookmarks, and ink paintings laid out for visitors
A painted fan standing above the display table
The booth seen from the street
Framed paintings lining the booth walls
Instructors at the AACA booth
A visitor with her name written in Chinese calligraphy
Writing a visitor's name to order
Ink paintings and painted fans on display
Framed work covering the booth walls
The booth mid-afternoon
A hand-painted fan ready to go home with someone
A folding fan painted with a constellation design
Working at the booth between visitors
Cards, fans, and paintings on the display table
Market crowds on a summer Sunday
Visitors walking the market
The booth from the street
A painted round fan hung at the booth entrance
Panda paintings, the booth's signature subject

Cottonwood Heights Activities

An exhibition at Cottonwood Heights City Hall: framed ink paintings and hand-painted fans on the walls, with music and martial arts performances alongside.

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Presenting a hand-painted fan
Framed ink paintings on the exhibition wall
Calligraphy written on red and blue paper
Participants and guests at the exhibition
Framed paintings and hanging scrolls
Scrolls and framed work along the wall
A guest beside the fan display
Holding a painted scroll together
Group photo at the exhibition
Hand-painted fans mounted along the wall
Ink paintings framed for the show
Scrolls and framed paintings in the hall
A vocal performance in traditional dress
A martial arts demonstration
Performers after the demonstration

Classes & Workshops

Saturday calligraphy and painting classes, plus Tai Chi practice — adults and children, beginners welcome.

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Students with their finished couplets
A weekend class in session
A student with his finished piece
A session with finished work hung around the room
Loading the brush before a stroke
Working through a character
Young students practicing brushwork
Students holding up their calligraphy
Setting up the table before class
Tai Chi practice outdoors

Exhibitions & Demonstrations

Public demonstrations and community exhibitions, including a library show with live guqin performance.

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An exhibition and demonstration at a public library
Visitors looking over the work on display
Round paintings hung for the library exhibition
A guqin performance alongside the exhibition
Finished pieces laid out for viewing
Work laid out at the end of a session
Visitors at the demonstration table
Calligraphy and painting laid out together

Work From Our Classes

Finished pieces by students and instructors — clerical and seal script, ink bamboo, and the panda studies the studio is known for.

23 photos
A rabbit and figure painted in ink and color
Seal script panels
An abstract seal-script study
A white-on-black ink study
Four characters in clerical script
Clerical script with a mid-autumn inscription
Paired calligraphy panels
A dragon painted in ink and color
A New Year painting in the folk-print tradition
A dense woven brushstroke study
Ink bamboo with signature and seal
Bamboo in wet ink
Bamboo leaves layered in light and dark ink
A bamboo study on paper
A panda painting beside its reference
A panda painted on a round gold ground
A panda study in ochre and ink
A panda painting with color wash
A seal-script roundel
Framed work stacked after a session
A couplet in clerical script
福 (fú) written on a round fan
A dragon in ink and color