Over 10 years ago, Shanghai artist Shen Jianhua moved to Huoshan Village on the shores of Dali's Erhai Lake in southwest China. There, he founded the Bai Folk Art Studio and began teaching the locals – most of whom had never held a paintbrush – to document village life through art.

Their paintings, grounded in daily scenes and Bai cultural motifs, have since become a powerful record of rural memory. For these women, the canvases offer not only an income, but a voice – allowing their stories and heritage to be seen far beyond the village.