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      • Collecting Under Socialism: Philately in 1950s China, 12 September, 2020
      • Myriad Treasures: Celebrating the Reinstallation of the Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 3 October, 2020
      • The Real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China 7 November, 2020
      • Spice it Up! ​How the Chile Pepper Flavored Chinese Culture 5 December, 2020
      • A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College 9 January, 2021 ​
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      • Season 2019 - 2020 >
        • CNY/ 20th Anni 2021
        • Quick Preview of Season 2019 - 2020
        • Season Schedule 2019 - 2020
        • Mawangdui: The Tomb of China’s Sleeping Beauty, 7 December 2019
        • Field Notes from Sichuan: Learning To Be a Foreigner, 5 October 2019
        • In Search of Korean Liberation in China, 2 November 2019
        • From an Architect's Perspective: 3, 5, 7, 9 Column Halls: Status and Hierarchy in a Confucius Society, 7 December 2019
        • China Under the Covers - ​A Bookbinder’s Journey to the Roots of Books 11 January, 2020
        • Lunar New Year Lunch, 1 February, 2020
        • Early Phonetic Rendering Schemes for Chinese Characters, 7 March 2020
        • The Garden of Elk Rock at Bishop's Close, 4 April 2020
      • 2018 - 2019 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2018 - 2019
        • Season Schedule 2018 - 2019
        • Notable Women of Portland, 8 September 2018
        • Mooncakes: A Hallmark of Tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival, 6 October 2020
        • Music: A Universal Language for Healing and Touching the Soul, 3 November 2018
        • China: In the Pursuit of Happiness, 1 December 2019
        • Babur's Gardens: An Illustrated Introduction, 5 January 2019
        • Chinese New Year Lunch 2 February, 2019
        • Living with Penjing: Three Dimensional Poetry, 2 March 2019
        • Discovering the Intellectual and Sensory Essences of Chinese Literati Gardens, 6 April 2019
        • Sino-Japanese Cultural Connections in the Yuan Dynasty, 4 May 2019 ​​
      • 2017 - 2018 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2017 - 2018
        • Season Schedule 2017 - 2018
        • Developing Patronage: Chinese and Asian Pacific Heritage, 9 September 2017
        • Every Plant Has a Story to Tell: Bamboo, 7 October 2017
        • Wonders to Enjoy: Chinese Snuff Bottles, 4 November 2017
        • Sichuan Shadow Theater: Messages from Hell Courts, 2 December 2017
        • Legacy of the Qing Manchu Culture: The Sibe of Northwest China, 6 January 2018
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 3 February 2018
        • Classical Tradition: Ancient Musical Instruments of China, 3 March 2018
        • Ancient Traders of the Silk Road: The Uyghur People of Xinjiang, 7 April 2018
        • "Poetic Exposition on Heaven and Earth": A Third-Century Chinese Verse on How the Cosmos Began, 28 April 2018
        • Word Play: The Art of Xu Bing, 2 June 2018
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        • Contemporary Chinese Society: A View from the Films of Zhang Yimou, 6 May 2017
        • The Uyghurs: History of a People at the Center of Asia, Part 1, 4 March 2017
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 4 February 2017
        • Tea Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, 3 June 2017
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        • Guzheng and Erhu: A Dialog Between the Strings, 2 April 2016
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2019 - 2020 Season

Opening Program 

7 September,2019
9:30 - 11:00 am


Mawangdui:  The Tomb of China's Sleeping Beauty 
 
​Presenter:  Maihwa Frances Li   ​ 

                   

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Mawangdui:  The Tomb of China's Sleeping Beauty    
7 September, 2019          
​9:30 am - 11:00 am 
Welcome to First Saturday PDX’s  2019-2020 season!  Join us for our first program of the season – an exploration of the discovery and unearthing of Lady Dai’s tomb and the numerous accompanying artifacts.  Discovered in 1971 and fully excavated by 1972, the tomb had been carefully sealed and covered.  Four layers of caskets held the body that was so well preserved it exceeded any other archaeological find at the time.  Objects surrounding the body were wrapped and stored so well that jars still contained remnants of food,  and  figurines were still enrobed with silk clothes.  Maihwa Frances Li  will share the excavation process, and the numerous discoveries within the tomb and their significance to both the archaeological field and Chinese history.
About the speaker:
An artist and an educator, Frances Li was born in Shanghai, China, and moved to Taiwan at the age of two.  She was educated in Taiwan and came to the U.S. to study for an advanced degree.
 In Taiwan, Frances studied painting with traditional masters specializing in different subjects such s bamboo, plum blossoms, and landscape.  Flower painting became her specialty.  Frances also learned Chinese calligraphy and Ikebana.  Frances has become an accomplished artist who teaches and demonstrates painting, calligraphy, Ikebana, and Origami.  She has also taught Chinese cooking.
While in upstate New York from 1972-1993, Frances served as Principal of the Endwell Triple Cities Chinese School.  Frances taught in many forums—Broome Community College, The Roberson Center for Art and Sciences, and the Imagination Celebration for the Alliance for Art Education.  She was an education artist for the Arts in Education Program and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services.  Frances exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; and at the New York State Exhibition at New York State Museum, Albany, NY.  Her work was represented by The Artists' Guild Gallery in Binghamton, NY.
 In 1993, Frances moved to Austin, TX.  She was a docent for the University of Texas’ Huntington Art Gallery and at the National Wildflower Center.  She taught Chinese Art at the Austin Chinese School and to private students.  Frances participated in the Ikebana Study Group and The Watercolor Society.
 Portland became a new home for Frances in 1996.  She participated in numerous shows and exhibits including the Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, the Geijutsu Sai Art Festival, Creative Spirit Art Show, and the Gresham City Art Show.  Frances is a guide and volunteer at The Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, and a docent at the Portland Art Museum and Lan Su Chinese Garden.  She continued her teaching at The Village Gallery and with the Portland Parks and Recreation.  She is a member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and Oregon Watercolor Society.


Our educational program series has been developed in collaboration with PSU’s Institute for Asian Studies, and is free and open to the public.​  First Saturday PDX  current full season schedule and descriptions available HERE. 

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Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC),  Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201

Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE.   There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
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​​First Saturday PDX 
​(Monthly onsite meeting location)
Portland State University, Academic & Student Rec. Ctr  (ASRC),  Rm 230 
1800 SW
 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
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  • Welcome to First Saturday PDX
  • Current Season (2020 - 2021)
    • Quick Preview of Season 2020 - 2021
    • Season Schedule 2020 - 2021 >
      • Collecting Under Socialism: Philately in 1950s China, 12 September, 2020
      • Myriad Treasures: Celebrating the Reinstallation of the Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 3 October, 2020
      • The Real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China 7 November, 2020
      • Spice it Up! ​How the Chile Pepper Flavored Chinese Culture 5 December, 2020
      • A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College 9 January, 2021 ​
  • PAST SEASONS & PROGRAMS
    • Past Seasons & Program Highlights >
      • Season 2019 - 2020 >
        • CNY/ 20th Anni 2021
        • Quick Preview of Season 2019 - 2020
        • Season Schedule 2019 - 2020
        • Mawangdui: The Tomb of China’s Sleeping Beauty, 7 December 2019
        • Field Notes from Sichuan: Learning To Be a Foreigner, 5 October 2019
        • In Search of Korean Liberation in China, 2 November 2019
        • From an Architect's Perspective: 3, 5, 7, 9 Column Halls: Status and Hierarchy in a Confucius Society, 7 December 2019
        • China Under the Covers - ​A Bookbinder’s Journey to the Roots of Books 11 January, 2020
        • Lunar New Year Lunch, 1 February, 2020
        • Early Phonetic Rendering Schemes for Chinese Characters, 7 March 2020
        • The Garden of Elk Rock at Bishop's Close, 4 April 2020
      • 2018 - 2019 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2018 - 2019
        • Season Schedule 2018 - 2019
        • Notable Women of Portland, 8 September 2018
        • Mooncakes: A Hallmark of Tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival, 6 October 2020
        • Music: A Universal Language for Healing and Touching the Soul, 3 November 2018
        • China: In the Pursuit of Happiness, 1 December 2019
        • Babur's Gardens: An Illustrated Introduction, 5 January 2019
        • Chinese New Year Lunch 2 February, 2019
        • Living with Penjing: Three Dimensional Poetry, 2 March 2019
        • Discovering the Intellectual and Sensory Essences of Chinese Literati Gardens, 6 April 2019
        • Sino-Japanese Cultural Connections in the Yuan Dynasty, 4 May 2019 ​​
      • 2017 - 2018 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2017 - 2018
        • Season Schedule 2017 - 2018
        • Developing Patronage: Chinese and Asian Pacific Heritage, 9 September 2017
        • Every Plant Has a Story to Tell: Bamboo, 7 October 2017
        • Wonders to Enjoy: Chinese Snuff Bottles, 4 November 2017
        • Sichuan Shadow Theater: Messages from Hell Courts, 2 December 2017
        • Legacy of the Qing Manchu Culture: The Sibe of Northwest China, 6 January 2018
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 3 February 2018
        • Classical Tradition: Ancient Musical Instruments of China, 3 March 2018
        • Ancient Traders of the Silk Road: The Uyghur People of Xinjiang, 7 April 2018
        • "Poetic Exposition on Heaven and Earth": A Third-Century Chinese Verse on How the Cosmos Began, 28 April 2018
        • Word Play: The Art of Xu Bing, 2 June 2018
      • 2016 - 2017 Season >
        • Preview of Season 2016 - 2017
        • Season Schedule 2016 - 2017
        • Contemporary Chinese Society: A View from the Films of Zhang Yimou, 6 May 2017
        • The Uyghurs: History of a People at the Center of Asia, Part 1, 4 March 2017
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 4 February 2017
        • Tea Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, 3 June 2017
      • 2015 - 2016 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2015 - 2016
        • Guzheng and Erhu: A Dialog Between the Strings, 2 April 2016
      • 2014 - 2015 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2014 - 2015
      • 2013 - 2014 Season
      • 2012 - 2013 Season
      • 2011 - 2012 Season
      • 2010 - 2011 Season
      • 2009 - 2010 Season
      • 2008 - 2009 Season
      • 2007 - 2008 Season
      • 2006 - 2007 Season
      • 2005 - 2006 Season
  • Videos
  • Partners
  • Join our Email List
  • Contact Us
  • Volunteer
  • Zoom!