Woo-hoo! Hope you had fun at the art show!

Wow!  What a fun day we had!  Thousands of attendees enjoyed the awesome creative artwork created by Hongyun Art students!  We also packed the house for every showing of our very first movie!  Many students even watched the movie more than once!  If you missed it--don't worry we're already planning for next year's art show which will be even more fun!

We'll be posting the winners of our photo competitions as well as photos from the even in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned!  A big THANK YOU to Vallco Mall and AMC Theaters for their support and generosity!

If you attended the art show, you have several ways to win a full set of Hongyun Art books worth OVER $200! 

1. Post your photos of the art show on our Facebook page

The photo with the most likes by Sunday night November 11th will be the winner!

Here's how you do that:

GO TO Facebook.com/HongyunArt

THEN Click on "PHOTO/VIDEO"

 TELL your friends to like the photo!

 

 

 

 

 

2. Email your art show photos to HongyunArt@Gmail.com
Email us as many pictures as you like and our teachers will vote on the the best all around art show photo as well as the most fun photo to each win a full set of Hongyun Art Books!  Send in you photos by Sunday night November 11th to be eligible!

Thanks again for attending, we look forward to seeing you in 2013!

THIS SUNDAY! The Biggest Bay Area Kids Art Show!

Are you ready?   We're READY!  This Sunday November 4th, Hongyun Art is hosting the Biggest, the most Creative, and the MOST FUN Art Show for kids!  Everything is completely free!

We'll see you at Vallco Mall in Cupertino, CA from 11am to 6pm!  Be sure to wear:  Pink, Green, and Yellow!

2 weeks until our annual Fall Art Show and the first ever Hongyun Art movie!

We're just 2 weeks away from our annual fall art show and the first ever Hongyun Art movie!  Remember to block off Sunday November 4th for art show fun at Vallco Mall and AMC Theaters!

We were just over at AMC testing out our system with their super big projectors and amazing sound system and had lots of fun playing with the movie equipment!  You're gonna love it!

Art Show informaiton:

  • Sunday November 4th 11am - 6pm at Vallco Mall & AMC Theaters
  • Movie show times:  11am (sold out), 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm
  • The movie will be roughly 45 minutes - please arrive about 15 minutes early for the movie and budget about 1 hour before or after the movie to enjoy the art show!

Every Hongyun Art student gets free movie tickets for themselves and immediate family.  Guests of Hongyun Art students get 2 free tickets with invitation while supplies last.  Additional tickets will be avaiilable for $10.

We can't wait and are looking forward to the biggest, best, and most fun art show in the Bay Area!

2nd Annual Hongyun Art Fall Art Show November 4th

Are you ready for our 2nd Annual Fall Art Show?  We like to call it our Fall Festipalooza!

Last year, Whole Foods Market in Cupertino graciously hosted our art show and we almost brought the whole place down with over 2000 attendees!  This year, we're going bigger and partnering with Vallco Shopping Mall and AMC Theaters and planning for even more friends and family joining in the fun!

We're going to combine a traditional art show with fun activies and we're even going to have our very own movie at AMC Theaters!  It's going to be a really fun time and we hope everyone can attend to congratulate our students for their awesome work and creativity!

Save the date in your calendars:

Sunday November 4th

11am - 6pm

Movie times:  11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm

 

All Hongyun Art students will get free tickets for their immediate family.  If you're a guest of a student, you'll get 2 free movie tickets if you bring in the invitation card to Hongyun Art.  Additional tickets can be purchased for $10.

Our students are helping to spread the word to their friends at their schools with posters they have created for the event.  Here's a few of the posters that they have created!  What do you think?  Neat right!

 

By Kids For Kids! The New Books have Arrived!

Boy have we been busy!  Our Spring Comic Club and Summer Comic Camp books are here!  All of our books are available in our studio and on Amazon.com

Click on the book covers to see the book at Amazon.com!

First up is our Spring Comic Club which created a story about a race among friends!  They met up with several interesting charcters along the way including a slice of pizza!  Sounds fun, right?

 

Next up are our books from 3 of our Science Art Camps.  You ask, "Science Art, what's that?"  It's our fun approach to learning science through art!

(The final Hongyun Art Book of Science is on the way and should be here in a couple of weeks!)

And finally, the our most popular comic series:  Mindy!

This year's Mindy camps was awesome!  We broke up the students into several teams to work on two separate stories - wow!  That's right - you get two separate stories in one big book of Mindy comics.  You will also get a chance to contribute their ideas for next year's Mindy Comic Camp.  We need everyone to help with ideas for gadgets, products, and vehicles Mindy and her pals will use in her next adventure--details are in the book!

And there you have it!  Five amazing new books created by our awesome students - be sure to read them all!

Classes are in Session for Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Hongyun Art will be OPEN and Classess will be IN SESSION this coming Labor Day holiday weekend (August 26th - September 2nd).

See you soon!

P.S. If you need to miss a class due to a travel or other plans, please use the "Report Absence" link right under our cloud logo at the top of the page.

Hongyun Art Homework

Welcome to the Fall semester everyone!

Hongyun Art fall classes are in full swing and we will resume posting homework to help students prepare for upcoming classes.

Our homeworks are fun thought exercises for the whole family!

To get the homeworks, click on the "Like" button near the top of the page.  Each Sunday afternoon, you'll get a homework assignment posted to our facebook page and you'll be on your way to getting ready for next week's class!

Congratulations to our New TAs!

 Our excited new TAs!

Do you like helping out?  Hongyun Art Teacher's Assistants (TAs) sure do!  We've expanded our TA teams and have new captains as well as our very own TA student director!  The TA program is a great way for our older students to experience helping out, being a leader, and having lots of fun in our very own unique Hongyun Art way!  TAs hold important positions in Hongyun Art and are looked to as leaders for our younger students.

 

 

Olive munching on cookies!Cheryl our new TA student director and Mia one of our new TA Team Captains!Party Time!

Art Class and Club schedules updated

As summer comes to a close and we get ready for the exciting Fall semester, we're doing a little bit of housekeeping:

  • We've updated our Calendar and Schedule page to reflect our newly updated class schedules for Fall 2012 semester.  For our weekend classes, we've added gaps between most class times to ease parking and help smooth out the transition between classes.  Please review the schedule to make sure you know when your student is due for dropoff/pickup.
  • Our super fun Hongyun Art Clubs START September 9th!  We've added our new club schedule on the same schedule as our classes (click on the link above) Hongyun Art Clubs are open to students in the Green Cloud  and above!  If your student is interested in joining a club, just send us an email or let us know the next time you're in. 
  • Our Lost and Found bins are getting their last call before we take them over to goodwill to be donated.  If you've lost a jacket or sweater in the last year, please do take one final look before we take them all away.
  • The dropoff/pickup area in the front of the school has a new announcement board with our week-to-week curriculum for each cloud level!  Our teachers have done an amazing job putting together some really cool new learning experiences that we think everyone will love!  We also have lots of great information up there including how to reschedule a class, how to reserve a seat for a parents meeting, information about our unique level system, as well as announcements for events and important dates.  Please do take some time to look at the board and learn about what your student does at Hongyun Art!

Get ready to dive into lots of creative fun art this Fall!

Go Curiosity Go!

We have a couple of Hongyun Art parents who work at NASA and would like to give them a big virtual high five!  We are big science fans and are extremely excited ot see the newest super cool rover on Mars!

Keep up the great work and looking forward to new discoveries and images from the red planet!

How "curious" are you?  Follow the action on NASA's mission page for the Mars Rovers!

Fall Semester Starts August 15th!

Mindy having fun in the forest near the Avenue of the Giants

"Awww Mom, is summer almost over?!"

"Yes it is, but that just means Fall Fun is about to start!"

Hongyun Art's Fall Semester starts on Wednesday August 15th!  Our super fun book, comic, and other clubs for our Green Cloud and above students start on September 1st so NOW is the time to sign up for art classes and reserve your seats for clubs as there is very limited seating for this very fun activity that is unique to Hongyun Art!

Get ready for a super creative, super fun, and super neato Fall Semester at Hongyun Art.

Also, we're announcing Announcements!  We have a new announcements

 board at the front of the school that will have lots of great information for parents and students alike.  As Fall starts, we'll have information about what each cloud level is doing this and next week as well as information about upcoming events (like our super cool, super fun, and super BIG Fall art show that we are putting together in partnership with Vallco Mall and AMC Theaters).

Innobeee Logo Design Contest Winners!

You already know that Hongyun Artists (what we call Hongyun Art Students) are a talented bunch, but did you know that Hongyun Artists are also helping out companies to come up with ideas?

Innobeee, a Silicon Valley educational startup, asked Hongyun Artists what they thought the Innobeee logo should look like and we got literally hundreds of entries!  We're happy to announce that the founder of Innobeee has chosen not just one, but TWO entries to combine together!  Here's the winning logo design:

The logo is a combination of two logos created by two Hongyun Artists:

Emily S. age 8:

Deelia W. age 9:

 

 

For their awesome artwork, Innobeee gave each of the winners a brand new Apple iPad 2!

 

Great job everyone!  We look forward to more entries in upcoming design competitions!

Are you ready for Super Summer Fun? We are!

Hongyun Art resumes classes today Wednesday May 30th - welcome back from a great holiday break!

It's almost June which means it's almost Summer!  Hongyun Art Summer Camps begin is just a few short weeks so don't delay and sign up today!

You can find all of the details, photos and registration form on our Summer Camp page

Happy Memorial Day! No Class 5/23 - 5/27

Happy Memorial Day everyone!

Hongyun Art is closed from Wednesday 5/23 to Sunday May 27 for the holiday weekend.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday weekend and is ready for more creative art fun next week!

Classes resume on Wednesday 5/30 - see you then!

Innobeee logo design competition!

Did you know that Hongyun Art students are great designers too! Our original logo was designed by a 4 year old student almost 6 years ago! Now, other companies are asking our students to design their logos too and maybe even WIN an IPAD 2!

Students under the age of 18 have until May 20th to drop off their idea for a new educational startup company called Innobeee! If their design is chosen, they will WIN an IPAD 2 and be featured in a local newspaper! Get going!

3 new Hongyun Art Book Club books available now!

   

Hi everyone!  We have 3 brand new illustrated story books created by Hongyun Art Students available now!  These books were created by Hongyun Art Book Clubs during the Fall 2011 semester!  Students work as a team to write and illustrate their stories together!  Good job Book Club members!  Woo hoo!

These books are available TODAY in our studio, online at Amazon.com, and will soon be available in the Santa Clara County library!  The books make great gifts!

Hongyun Artsy Magazine iBook now available!

Our 2nd iBook is now avaiable for free in the iBookstore for iPad 2 and above!

It contains lots of great interactive features as well as fun articles and stories written by the Hongyun Art Magazine Club!

Download it FREE today!