What Art Grading Exam Categories and Syllabi Are Offered on art-edu.com?

art-edu.com (艺术与艺术教育网, "Art and Art Education Network") is a Shanghai-focused portal for social art level examinations administered under the China Art Science and Technology Research Institute (中国艺术科技研究所), a national cross-province grading body approved by China's culture and tourism authorities. It covers three exam tracks — fine arts/calligraphy (美术考级), recitation (朗诵考级), and dance (舞蹈考级) — and publishes exam outlines for twelve fine-arts and calligraphy subjects. The site serves both individual candidates and authorized training institutions, with separate login and document-download sections.

The three exam categories

The fine-arts track is described as a social art level examination: candidates' calligraphy and painting level is assessed and certified under a standardized procedure using a unified judging standard.

Fine arts and calligraphy syllabi (考级大纲)

The site lists twelve outline subjects under "Examination Outline":

• Sketch (素描)
• Manga (漫画)
• Soft-brush calligraphy (软笔书法)
• Hard-pen calligraphy (硬笔书法)
• Quick sketch (速写)
• Flower-and-bird painting (花鸟)
• Landscape painting (山水)
• Figure painting (人物)
• Gouache (水粉画)
• Watercolor (水彩画)
• Oil painting (油画)

These are the subjects for which the site publishes grading outlines. The outlines themselves are the reference documents defining what is assessed at each level; the homepage presents them as a browsable list rather than inline text.

How the site is organized

The navigation splits into functional areas rather than by exam level:

• Exam services — 考级报名 (registration), 报考指南 (application guide), 考生须知 (candidate notices), 考级流程 (exam process), 成绩查询 (score lookup), and a certificate query (证书查询) tool.
• Candidate tools — a section for printing admission tickets and exam papers (考生打印准考证及考题考卷), plus a grading app (考级APP) and WeChat public account.
• Institution tools — 机构登录 (institution login) and an authorized-institution (授权机构) area, indicating that training centers register and manage candidates through the site.
• Downloads — 文件下载 for forms and documents.
• Beyond exams — art competitions (艺术比赛), teacher training (教师培训), and the "Maritime Art Exhibition" (海上美术展) gallery of past exhibitions.

What else the site covers

• Competitions, including the "Little Master Cup" calligraphy and painting activity, the 14th World Cup Youth Painting Competition (China region), the 2026 "People's Art" youth art activity, and the 2026 Da Vinci International Children's Art Award.
• Teacher training, such as an art literacy and creation program at Shanghai University, a painting-based meditation course, and a fourth intangible-cultural-heritage community teaching program covering Jiangnan silk-and-bamboo music, traditional incense making, and tie-dye techniques. Some training listings state they include a certificate.
• Exhibitions, with past shows at the Pudong Library (88 Qiancheng Road, Shanghai) and the Duoyunxuan Art Center.

Practical notes

• The site is Shanghai-oriented: recitation and dance grading are labeled as the Shanghai test region, and exhibition venues and phone numbers are Shanghai-based.
• Registration announcements are dated by year and half-year (for example, a 2026 second-half national fine arts and calligraphy registration notice), so check the 最新公告 (latest announcements) section for the current cycle rather than assuming a fixed schedule.
• The homepage does not publish fees, exam dates, or eligibility rules in the excerpted content; those details sit behind the application guide, candidate notices, and downloadable files.