Our Team
Our educators believe that everyone is a transformative being with individual consciousness of the real world and can be approached through a pedagogy formed by acting dialogically and understanding empathetically.
The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.
—We Make the Road By Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change, Myles Horton and Paulo Freire
Liangliang Gao
Art Educator
As an artist, I like to capture people’s movements, pets and plants in the surroundings with watercolour and ink pen. The observation and sketch collections from life inspire me to create artwork for illustration books. Meanwhile, to explore the connection between eastern and western arts, I keep practicing Chinese calligraphy and Gongbi painting as a part of my artistic practice.
Art education happens at any time on any subject…
By including research in the class, artmaking itself becomes a learning process. Therefore, children are the essential participants who engage their own experience, emotion, intellect, knowledge and culture towards self-awareness, communication and creative expression in an aesthetic way.
Children learn from meaningful play. The seed of lines, colours, forms and compositions are rooted in children’s hearts by learning how to observe and appreciate masterpieces. In my studio, children are allowed to play and try out creative ideas of drawing, painting, sculpture and installation while following educational instructions. The development of artistic ability comes along with cognitive and language developments. Every learning objective is designed for a certain age.
Marielle Xylene
Art Educator
Marielle Xylene is a visual artist and aspiring teacher passionate about education and in-depth experience with art history, painting, maquettes, and sculpture. Before coming to Montreal, she was a production designer who was a part of the local and international theatre scene in Manila. She worked on international broadway shows namely Waitress Manila, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Her art focuses mainly on landscapes using found objects and recyclable materials for sculptures and maquettes. Currently, she is in her second year of studies as an art educator at Concordia University.
Minhyung Kang
Art Educator
Minhyung Kang is passionate about education & arts. She has 3 years of teaching experience as a Head Teacher at Ganada Korean Language School, 1 year as an Early Childhood Educator at Maison Kinder, and completed an Art education internship at St.Gabriel elementary school in Montreal. As an independent artist herself, she specializes in Abstract art & Expressionism. Her art practice primarily focuses on Acrylic & Oil Painting, Mixed media arts, and Video arts. Currently, she is in her second year in Art Education program at Concordia University.
Let’s Make Things Happen
“The team at Qishi Art Lounge welcomes you to join our journey of art with professionalism and passion. We explore any possibilities for you and ourselves to find a way to see the world through the eyes of aesthetics.”
