One day workshop
Saturday May 18
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 
with Buddhist Nun Chang-Chen Shi

This is a great opportunity to engage with a highly respected Buddhist Nun from Taiwan, 
learn this beautiful art and create your very own unique calligraphy master-piece!
 Equipment will be provided.

Ven. Chang-Chen Shi will start the workshop with a short meditation to help settle the mind.  Before starting any calligraphy, she will discuss/reflect upon how calligraphy can be used as part of a mindfulness/meditative practice.  She will also speak about her own practice and how calligraphy has supported it. In addition to a short history of calligraphy..

Participants will start by learning some basic calligraphy skills such as how to position and hold the brush and the types of strokes to use  After that there will be time to practice strokes and symbols before producing a Chinese Zen Sutra character.  There will be a number of characters on show to choose from. You may also create your own design supported and guided by Ven. Chang Chen. You can sign and date your calligraphy pieces using Chinese characters and can take home your completed work.  It will be a piece of art to frame and put up on a wall to remind you of your workshop experience and hopefully encourage you to explore calligraphy further.

The day will finish with a tea ceremony and an opportunity for discussion/sharing about the calligraphy all participants have created and their experience of the workshop.

Date for workshop: Saturday May 18
Time: 11 - 16
Price: NOK 495
Place: Zen Room in Zen House, Sporveisgt. 29, 0354 Oslo
Booking and info: Homa zenhouse@zen.no or 41471790 
Venerable Chang-Chen Shi was born in Taiwan in1970. Before becoming a Buddhist Nun, she spent 15 years as a Police Detective within Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Foreign Affairs section of Taipei Police Department. She studied Chinese calligraphy under Hua-Shan Gao for over 6 years and in 2005 she became a Nun under Master Sheng-yen at Dharma Drum Mountain monastery (www.dharmadrum.org) in Taiwan. She is currently leading workshops of hand written sutra calligraphy throughout Asia and Europe. 
Her publications include: Ink Diamond Sutra of Seal Character, The Heart Prajna Paramita Sutra, Eight Realisations of the Great Beings, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Exhibitions: National Taiwan University Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Rei-ai art gallery