laura beaton is the new North American Director, iccps

Chinese CalligraphySumi-e ArtChinese Brush PaintingTraditional Chinese PaintingJapanese Sumi-eZen Art
Written By Laura Beaton

I am humbled to have been asked to take on the Director role for the North American Branch of the International Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting Society (ICCPS). (That was a mouthful, to say the least!)

The ICCPS is based in Tokyo, Japan and permits any new member throughout the world to join any Branch, depending on the artist’s needs. While I now head up the North American Branch, this art group of calligraphy and Sumi-e artists is comprised of members from the USA, Holland, Germany, Australia, Argentina, Croatia, and Canada. This is such a diverse group that has found commonality through an ancient art form; bringing it into the 21st century while honouring its history.

This is why the world needs art and artists! I am grateful for this opportunity to be of service to a community and art form that makes me who I am!

calligraphy and sumi-e artists coming together to take this ancient artform forward for future generations

International Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting Society (ICCPS)

Laura Beaton

Laura is a Canadian award winning Visual Fine Art Artist.

She studied Asian art under Masters in Mississauga, Toronto, and in China and mixed media/acrylics under Halina Wyluda-Kazmierczak and Mila Duric

Her 2-dimensional art are fusions of ancient painting techniques and her own creations using acrylics and mixed media. Painting in each medium enriches the other.

Her works transcend cultures and are in permanent and private collections in China (RPR, as well as in private collections), Africa (His Royal Highness Edward Wambuzi Colombus, Uganda) and throughout the USA and Canada.

With her University of Toronto OTC (Ontario Teacher’s Certificate) Laura taught business at the college and high school levels. She co-founded a Mississauga-based consulting business in 1996 where she honed her business skills. Laura has regularly volunteered her time to coach artists relative to the business of art.

Laura has exhibited in Canada and in China. Laura exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario – Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Qi of Water, and interviewed by Focus Mandarin, OMNI TV. Previous interviews include Lucid Gallery (USA), Camoes TV, Stella’s Studio, ep 36; Modern Mississauga, Radio 960AM – Arts Report.

Laura was invited to create the art ‘Dovetailing’, the title track of Jacelyn Holmes’ jazz CD.

2021 brought honorariums and most recently “From the Ashes Art Exhibition”. The show is an intersectional feminist public art exhibit, show casing artist interpretations of realities faced by those who identify as women in Canada.

https://LauraBeaton.com
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