Teaching · Field Study · Collaboration

Practice
& Learning

Selected workshops, field studies and collaborative projects, documenting my roles in teaching, organising and learning.

01

“创想·先锋”设计研学营 Design Field Study Programme

August 2026 · Jiangmen / Kaiping · Participant

Field visits and discussions on local heritage and architecture, alongside a collaborative project on “Reconstruction” and an individual visual response.

Kaiping diaolou among fields and village buildings
Kaiping diaolou and the surrounding landscape during the field study.
Mengruo Wang examining displayed printed material
Examining displayed printed material during a study visit.
Close view of columns and arches in Kaiping
An architectural detail observed in Kaiping.
02

广州香云纱非遗工作坊 Xiangyunsha Textile Heritage Workshop

2022 · Guangzhou · Lead Instructor & Organiser

A field-based workshop focused on material qualities, observation of traditional textile processes and learning through making.

Participants working together with a long piece of brown fabric
Participants working with fabric during the Xiangyunsha workshop.
A textile worker handling dyed Xiangyunsha fabric
Material handling and dyeing at the production site.
Orange-brown Xiangyunsha fabric laid out across a field
Xiangyunsha fabric laid out to dry in the sun.
03

Community Art Project, Hong Kong

2019 · Hong Kong · Lead Instructor & Project Coordinator

A community mural project with The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong, at Chan Chun Ha Yee Tsui House, involving visual research, drawing development, on-site painting, a project booklet and a small installation.

Colourful mural panels being painted along an exterior wall
Painting in progress across the community mural panels.
Mengruo Wang painting a mural panel on site
Mengruo Wang painting on site during the collaborative project.
A participant drawing the mural composition on the wall
Developing the mural composition directly on the wall.