I. Program Overview

The Painting Program is a first-class undergraduate program in Guangdong Province (including top-up bachelor's degree), featuring the national first-class undergraduate course "Lacquer Painting," and has been awarded the Second Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award for the project "One Core, Three Pathways: Exploration and Practice of Guangdong Lacquer Art Heritage Talent Cultivation System." Grounded in the cultural industry development needs of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and leveraging Guangdong's profound lacquer art tradition and contemporary art innovation environment, the program is dedicated to cultivating high-quality art talents with solid painting skills, innovative thinking, and practical application capabilities.

As a first-class undergraduate program in Guangdong Province, the Painting Program has developed distinctive educational features in integrating traditional lacquer art heritage with contemporary art education. Student works have repeatedly achieved excellent results in national and provincial fine art exhibitions, demonstrating the program's outstanding teaching quality and talent cultivation effectiveness.

II. Program Objectives

This program cultivates patriotic, Party-loving citizens with firm ideals and convictions, law-abiding behavior, and good moral character. It primarily trains application-oriented talents needed for the frontline of creation, design, management, and services in art-related industries in Guangdong Province, equipping students with knowledge, capabilities, and competencies in fine arts and design, innovative spirit, and entrepreneurial awareness, and enabling all-round development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education.

Graduates are qualified to work in art creation and design, art planning and management, and fine arts education at art and design enterprises, cultural and art institutions, and education and training industries. They possess the ability for continuous learning and professional development, and can adapt to the ever-evolving demands of the cultural and art industry.

III. Program Tracks

1. Art Education Track

This track cultivates art education talents for primary and secondary schools and social art education, equipped with solid painting skills and systematic educational theory knowledge. Students will systematically study core subjects including educational principles, art teaching methodology, and curriculum design, and master art teaching skills for all age groups from children to adults, enabling them to engage in art teaching and research at schools, training institutions, and public cultural institutions.

2. Digital Painting Track

Adapting to the new trends of artistic creation in the digital age, this track cultivates composite art talents who master digital painting techniques and AIGC tool applications. Students will study cutting-edge courses including graphic and image processing, digital illustration, AI painting and generative art, and animation design, and will be qualified for digital content creation, game art design, new media art, and other related fields.

3. Art Planning and Management Track

Addressing the management needs of the cultural and art industry, this track cultivates versatile talents with art appreciation capabilities, curatorial practice skills, and project management abilities. Students will study courses such as art planning and marketing, art market research, and AI digital exhibition design application, and will be able to engage in art planning, exhibition operations, and cultural industry management at art museums, galleries, and cultural media institutions.

IV. Core Curriculum

The curriculum of the Painting Program encompasses four modules: modeling fundamentals, program core, digital technology, and practical application. Specifically:

● Modeling Fundamentals Module: Artistic Modeling Expression, Chinese Painting, Oil Painting, Lacquer Painting

● Digital Technology Module: Graphic and Image Processing, AIGC Art Design and Application, Digital Illustration, AI Painting and Generative Art, AI Digital Exhibition Design Application

● Educational Theory Module: Pedagogy, Art Planning and Marketing

● Practical Application Module: Animation Design, Art Market Research, etc.

Among these, the Lacquer Painting course is a national first-class undergraduate course and one of the most distinctive core courses of this program, inheriting and carrying forward the exquisite techniques and cultural connotations of Guangdong lacquer art.

V. Faculty

The Painting Program currently has 21 full-time faculty members, including 1 professor, 2 associate professors, 4 doctoral degree holders (including those currently enrolled), 7 lecturers, and 10 young faculty members. The faculty structure is well-balanced with profound academic backgrounds. Most faculty members graduated from prestigious art institutions such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, and Nanjing University of the Arts, possessing high teaching standards and strong research and creative capabilities.

VI. Teaching and Research Facilities

The Painting Program is equipped with laboratories for three tracks: lacquer painting, oil painting, and Chinese painting, providing excellent hardware support for students' program study and creative practice:

● Guangdong Lacquer Art Heritage Hall Digital Learning Space: 1 room, inheriting the essence of Guangdong lacquer art and integrating digital teaching methods

● Lacquer Painting Production Laboratory and Lacquer Painting Creation Studio: 6 rooms, equipped with complete lacquer painting production equipment and materials

● Oil Painting Laboratory: 5 rooms, equipped with professional easels, lighting equipment, and creative tools

● Chinese Painting Laboratory: 5 rooms, providing complete facilities for traditional Chinese painting creation

Figure 1: Guangdong Lacquer Art Heritage Hall Digital Learning Space

Figure 2: Lacquer Painting Production Laboratory and Lacquer Painting Creation Studio

Figure 3: Oil Painting Laboratory

Figure 4: Chinese Painting Laboratory

VII. Teaching Achievements

Student works have won awards or been selected in national and provincial fine art exhibitions over the years, with more than 100 entries, demonstrating significant teaching achievements. Representative accomplishments include:

1. National Exhibitions

● Selected for the 14th National Art Exhibition, the highest-level exhibition held once every five years

● Selected for the 8th National Youth Fine Art Exhibition

● Selected for the "2nd National College Student Fine Art Exhibition"

● 5 students selected for the "6th National Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● 4 students selected for the "7th National Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● 3 students selected for the "2024 Xiamen Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

2. Provincial Exhibitions

● Selected for "Yuzhang Culture and Art — Jiangxi Province 2024 Small-Scale Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● Excellence Award at the "1st Chongqing Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● 6 students selected for the "4th Guangxi Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● Selected for the "Anhui Province 1st Small-Scale Lacquer Painting Exhibition"

● Excellence Award at the 7th "Within a Small Space" Weifang Small-Scale Oil Painting Exhibition (2025)

● 2 students won First Prizes at the 4th "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area College Student Art Festival"

● 3 students won First Prizes at the 5th "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area College Student Art Festival"

● 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, and 2 Third Prizes at the 7th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area School Fine Art Exhibition and 9th Guangdong Provincial College Fine Art Exhibition Academy Awards Biennale

Figure 5: Lin Ziyuan, Quiet Years, Oil Painting. Instructor: Fu Dezhi.

Selected for the 14th National Art Exhibition, 2024.

Figure 6: Chen Liyi, Dwelling, Lacquer Painting. Instructor: Wang Haibin. First Prize4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao

Greater Bay Area School Fine Art Exhibition, 2024; Selected for the national exhibition 7th Lacquer Painting Exhibition, 2025.

Figure 7: Chen Qiying, Day and Night, Year After Year, Lacquer Painting. Instructor: Wang Haibin.

Selected for the national exhibition 8th National Youth Fine Art Exhibition, 2025.

Figure 8: Liu Jiayao, Under the Bright Moon and Window Light, Lacquer Painting. Instructor: Liu Fei. Selected for Yuzhang Culture and

Art — Jiangxi Province 2024 Small-Scale Lacquer Painting Exhibition and the national exhibition 3rd Small-Scale

Lacquer Painting Exhibition, 2025 (Collected by Fuzhou Art Museum).

Figure 9: Liu Yueman, Green Lion, Jingdezhen Sketch. Instructor: Zhou Shengyu. First Prize,

14th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area College Student Art Festival, 2024.

Lin Wenlian, Homeland · Song of the Core (Jiayuan · Xinge), Chinese Painting

Instructor: Wang Hanzhi. Selected for the national-level exhibition The 2nd National College Students Fine Arts Exhibition, 2022.

VIII. Career Prospects

1. Employment Directions

Graduates may work in fine arts education, education and training, exhibition halls, cultural entertainment, and other fields, engaging in art creation and design, art planning and management, and fine arts education. They may also apply for civil service positions and public institution appointments.

2. Civil Service and Public Institution Appointments

Painting Program graduates have achieved outstanding results in civil service and public institution examinations. In recent years, many students have successfully entered government agencies and public institutions. Representative admissions include:

Graduation Year	Name
2017	Yu Danqing
2019	Zhang Yi, Yang Shicheng, Liu Fei
2020	Chen Jianming, Ruan Yihang
2021	Qiu Mengli
2024	Zhong Dayou, He Dong'er, Zhang Fengyu, Xian Huijing
2025	Wang Yidie

3. Graduate Studies

This program maintains open channels for graduate school advancement. Numerous graduates have been admitted to renowned domestic and international art institutions for further study:

Year	Name	Graduate School
2024	Xu Ziqian	Glasgow School of Art, UK
2024	Zeng Chong	Baoji University of Arts and Sciences
2025	Lai Yangsheng	Guangzhou University
2025	Jiang Shurong	Shantou University

4. Entrepreneurship and Employment

The Painting Program has a strong atmosphere of graduate entrepreneurship. Many alumni have successfully established art-related enterprises:

● Lu Weijie — Established Guangzhou Building Decoration Design Co., Ltd.

● Cai Cong — Established Shenzhen Nanshequ Paper Studio Art Workshop

● Chen Peilian — Established Guangzhou Mumu Art Design Service Co., Ltd.

● Xiao Haizhu — Established Guangzhou Feiyi Calligraphy and Painting Studio

In addition, graduates are widely employed at various art and design enterprises, cultural media institutions, and education and training centers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and are highly praised by employers.