Whether or not you’ve ever participated in group painting project, you’ll love Circle Painting — and it’s coming to the Wells Fargo’s new branch in Westminster tonight, at the bank’s VIP reception, beginning at 6:30pm.
The Bolsavik has no idea if the event is open to the public. Anyway, the Bolsavik’s point is not the new Wells Fargo branch, but circle painting.
Circle Painting (web site here) is a project started by Vietnamese-American artist Hiep Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyen Cao Hiep). 
It began in Da Lat, Vietnam several years ago and has since travelled the globe, including several stops in Little Saigon. Last year, kids in VAALA‘s arts class had their own circle painting (top picture).
The concept of Circle Painting is deceptively simple: Take a huge, mural-sized canvas, several pots of paint, and everyone draws circles. Pick your own color – or mix them if you want to – and just draw circles. Or hearts if you want. Or circles with sun rays. Whatever.
The result can be awesome art.
Last year, Hiep Nguyen’s Circle Painting project in Singapore drew the participation of that island nation’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 
(above right) as part of SEALNet (Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network).
Click here for more photos from Circle Painting events.
Closer to Little Saigon, also last year, people coming to the Moon Festival VAALA arts exhibit at the Rose Center also participated in a Circle Painting project.
Pictured at left is Hiep Nguyen with Westminster’s Mayor Margie Rice.
The picture at the bottom is taken at the Circle Painting at the Kaleidoscope Festival at California State University, Long Beach, in 2007.
this project is so beautiful. and the meaning behind the circle, too. symbol of a circle is universal. as vnese, we should come back together somehow to make a beautiful circle like that . therapeutic art.