Teaching & Learning
Teaching & Learning
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From foundational skills to independent artistic inquiry, teaching cultivates individuals capable of developing their own ways of knowing, creating, and contributing to a broader creative community.Integral to Han Qin’s artistic practice and CAPL’s research philosophy, this approach bridges traditional studio art, printmaking, digital media, and interdisciplinary experimentation. It emphasizes technical fluency, critical thinking, and independent artistic expression, guiding students from foundational coursework toward advanced experimentation, original research, and collaborative practice.Through internships, artist-led research, international collaborations, public workshops, and institutional programs, learning extends beyond the classroom, creating opportunities for participants to develop their own creative paths and contribute to an evolving ecosystem of artistic inquiry
- Foundation & Studio Courses
Visual Literacy · Material Practice · Digital FoundationsBuilds fundamental skills in observation, drawing, composition, material processes, and digital media. Students learn to understand artistic traditions while developing the technical and conceptual foundations for independent experimentation.
Course Record
Course Record
China Academy of Art (CAA), Hangzhou, China
- Drawing with Cast
- Color in Gouache
- Life Drawing
- Still Life
- Artist Book
- Printmaking and Digital Printmaking
- Digital Printmaking History
Stony Brook University,
New York, USA
- Introduction to Digital Art (ARS 225)
- Introduction to Media Technology
- Digital Art: Foundation
- Digital Art: Print
- Digital Print and Solar Print
- Digital Art: Design
2. Advanced & Interdisciplinary Practice
2. Advanced & Interdisciplinary Practice
Independent Inquiry · Emerging Media · Research CollaborationAdvances from technical training toward conceptual development, experimental production, and interdisciplinary research. Students work across media, connect artistic questions with contemporary issues, and develop independent projects or participate in collaborative research.
Course Record
Course Record
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
- Integrated Printmaking and Graduate Printmaking
- MFA Portfolio Development and Mentorship
- Printmaking and Digital Media Lab Practice
Stony Brook University,
New York, USA
New York, USA
- Digital Art: Animation (ARS 328)
- Personal Branding / Digital Design (ARS 324)
- Advanced Digital Arts and Digital Storytelling
- Diverse Video Mapping
- Painting, Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Art Mentorship
- Fine Art Studio Internship / Independent Practice (ARS 475)
- Interdisciplinary collaborations with the Blockchain Business Lab, CEWIT, and community organizations
3. International Programs & Curatorial Practice
3. International Programs & Curatorial Practice
Global Exchange · Artist-Led Research · Public EngagementConnects advanced artistic education with international research, curatorial practice, and public cultural programming. Programs bring together artists, students, faculty, and institutions through masterclasses, workshops, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary exchanges.
Teaching, Program Development & Curatorial Record
United States
- Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center, East Hampton, New York: Artist Talks and Public Programming
- Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York: Community-Engaged Art and Interdisciplinary Programming
- Memor Museum, New York: Tracing Experience, Artist-Led Cyanotype Workshop (2026)
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
- Global Faculty Committee, Printmaking (2016–present)
- International Masterclasses and Visiting Artist Programs
- International Faculty and Student Exchange Development
- Artist Bookmaking and Experimental Printmaking Workshops
- Fourth CAA International Printmaking Triennial (2025), Curatorial Practice: Printmaking as Historiography
Core Course Anchors:
Teaching connects artistic practice with social questions, material experimentation, and embodied experience. Three interconnected areas guide this work.Core Course Anchors:
Social Engagement
Social Engagement
Explores migration, identity, and collective memory, creating public art projects, engaging and addressing social issues.Integrates art, curatorial practice, and qualitative research to transform social questions into participatory and experiential art forms.
Materials ·Tech ·Culture
Materials ·Tech ·Culture
Brings together historical materials and emerging technologies, including woodblock printing, cyanotype, silk, and Pi Paper, alongside projection, video, animation, and 3D processes to create new visual forms.Reframes craft and technology as evolving systems that carry cultural narratives, shaping contemporary artistic language.
Embodiment · Perception
Embodiment · Perception
Explores the relationships between body, space, and perception through embodied and spatial practices. Works with image, movement, and voice to create immersive, time-based environments. Transforms fragmented sensory experiences into shared, affective forms of perception.
My New Land — 3D scanning process.
The Direction of Migration — Participatory cyanotype process. Han Qin with participating creators, Hangzhou, China, 2019. Project presented at ART33 Art Space, Xixi National Wetland Park.
ROOM — Live performance and interactive projections. Harvard CAMLab, Harvard University, April 24, 2026. Choreographer/dancer: Jingqiu (J.J.) Guan; visual artist: Han Qin; lighting designer: Ethan Eldred
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