福州西湖国际学校艺术部门于近日组织了一次上海文化艺术之旅活动。三月八日，十四名兴奋的高中生在戏剧老师Toni, 副校长Ashim女士、声乐老师Calvin与班主任Alicia女士的带领下前往上海；当夜，他们来到美丽的上海大剧院欣赏热门音乐剧《摇滚学校》。这部载誉无数的百老汇音乐剧由音乐剧作曲大师安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯创作，一群才华横溢的少年演员现场演绎。故事讲述一位代课老师发现了孩子们的音乐天赋，在学校里组建起一只摇滚乐队，并参加了乐队挑战比赛。故事中，孩子们在接触音乐，收获友情与勇气后，他们的人生也随之完全改变。欣赏完音乐剧后，FLIS学子备受震撼，回酒店的路上，他们也一路哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳。
The Fuzhou Lakeside International School Fine Arts Department hosted the Shanghai Music and Arts Excursion. Fourteen excited high school students headed to Shanghai on Friday, March 8th. They were accompanied by Ms. Toni (Drama), Ms. Ashim Pherim (Vice Principal), Mr. Calvin (Vocal Music) and Ms. Alicia (Homeroom). In the evening, they went to the beautiful Shanghai Grande Theater to see the hit musical School of Rock. This award-winning Broadway musical was written by the incomparable Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The musical features a cast of talented child actors. The plot sings and dances its way through the story of a substitute teacher who forms a rock band with the students at a prestigious private school. The storyline follows the ways their lives are changed forever through music, friendship, and courage. The students had a blast and left the theater singing and dancing all the way back to the hotel. 



次日周六，FLIS学子起了个大早，一整天他们都将徜徉于艺术与建筑之中。用完早餐后他们来到1933老汤坊，此为上海一大新晋改造项目之一。这栋建筑是世界上少数尚存的艺术装饰性屠宰场之一。由英国设计师设计，以水泥及玻璃打造，室内如同迷宫，围绕中庭遍布各种桥梁、坡道、螺旋状的楼梯等等，可谓大师之作。这里曾是上海公共租界工部局宰牲场的旧址，改造后却成了极负盛名的创意园区。因结构、光线及角度特别，许多业余/专业摄影师也尤为青睐此地。FLIS学子便在这里拍摄了不少照片，用自己的视角记录了建筑之美。
The students woke up early Saturday morning for a full day of art and architecture. After breakfast, they went to Slaughterhouse 1933, one of Shanghai’s most recent urban renewal projects. The building is the world’s last remaining art deco abattoir. The British design of the building is an intricate maze of bridges, ramps, and spiral staircases all built around a massive center atrium. It is heralded as a masterpiece of concrete and glass. The original use of the building is far from its latest incarnation as a hub for creative industries. The building has also become famous as a place for professional and amateur photographers to come and snap amazing shots with unique background, lighting, and angles. Here our students sharpened their own photography skills as they explored the facets of the slaughterhouse in a friendly little photo competition. They had the opportunity to look at the building and appreciate its beauty through the lens of their cameras.



结束了老汤坊之旅后，他们来到M50创意园。路上，大家注意到了此地十分著名的涂鸦墙，学生们也停下拍摄了照片。创意园内驻有上百位艺术家的工作室，并对公众开放，抵达园区后学生们随意地在其中边走边逛，欣赏这些工作室。M50创意园也常常被比作纽约SOHO区及北京798艺术区，著名艺术家周铁海及叶澜的工作室便在这里。香格纳画廊与六岛艺术中心也位于此处。经此一游，FLIS学子也对中国当代艺术流派有了些许了解。园内不少咖啡馆中都聚集着讨论艺术项目及画作的艺术家们，由此，学生们也瞥见了职业艺术家/设计师的生活。随后，一行人来到外滩，快速欣赏了上海标志性建筑东方明珠塔。结束了一天的艺术探索之旅后，学生和老师们愉快地享用了美味的晚餐。
From Slaughterhouse 1933 they went to theM50 Creative Park. On their way, they spotted a wall of graffiti art, which thearea is famous for, so they stopped for a quick photo shoot. Once they arrivedat their destination the students were free to meander through the littlewalkways and into the more than 100 art studios. The M50 art district has beencompared to New York’s SoHo and Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. Famous contemporaryartists such as Zhou Tiehai and Yelan work in studios here. M50 is also home togalleries for ShanghART and island6. As they walked in and out of galleries ourstudents were able to appreciate the contemporary Chinese art of today. Theywere also able to get a glimpse of the professional life of an artist ordesigner as the park is teeming with little coffee shops with people meeting todiscuss projects and sketches. From there, they went down to the Bund for aquick look at one of the most popular and iconic structures in China, The PearlTower. After a long day of discovery, they settled down for a group dinner in adelicious and popular Japanese restaurant on East Nanjing Rd.



周日上午，大家用完早餐，采购了一些纪念品，便登上了返回福州的飞机。这是一次极为成功的旅行，对师生而言都十分尽兴。我们探讨艺术，歌以咏志，欢声笑语不断，也十分期待中学部的下一场活动！
The next morning, the students had time for breakfast and a little souvenir shopping before heading to the airport and back home to Fuzhou. Overall, the trip was a great success. It was fun and intriguing for students and teachers.