The Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art Event Was Held

30 December 2025, within the scope of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Graphic Design activities, artist and academic Dr Chuanyi LEI gave a lecture on Chinese calligraphy and painting, followed by a workshop on Chinese calligraphy for our students.

As the Department of Graphic Design at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Çankırı Karatekin University, we concluded our final event of 2025 with a high-calibre conference and workshop focusing on the visual language of Chinese calligraphy and painting.
Dr Chuanyi Lei, Lecturer at Ankara University of Social Sciences, inspired participants with her presentation, which addressed Chinese calligraphy not merely as a form of writing, but as a visual thinking practice based on line, rhythm, space, and the relationship between time and space.
This narrative, ranging from Confucian aesthetics to technical principles, from ink tones to abstraction processes, was then transformed into a concrete experience through a practical workshop supported by Çıtır Ekmek. The event was attended by our Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Ersoy Yılmaz, our faculty and department lecturers, and our students.

Following the conference, our students who participated in the Chinese Calligraphy workshop, sponsored by Çıtır Ekmek, had the opportunity to experience the basic principles of Chinese calligraphy first-hand with brush, ink, and paper.