Join Pao Arts Center to celebrate the Lunar New Year!
We will host an afternoon of art, interactive workshops, and performances. All ages are invited to join us for cultural activities as we usher in the year of the dragon!
Suggested Donation $10
In the Theatre:
11:00 - 11:20 AM - Lion-Dance Performance by Nüwa Athletic Club
11:30-12:00 PM - Puppet-Demo by Yolanda Yuanlu Peng
12:00 - 12:30 PM -Dance Performances by Tibetan Association of Boston
12:30 - 1:30 PM - Festive Food Illustrations: Live-Drawing with Bren Bataclan
1:45-2:15 PM - Puppet-Demo by Yolanda Yuanlu Peng
2:15 - 2:45 PM - Korean Cultural Dances with The Korean Cultural Society of Boston
Drop-in Activities 11 AM - 3:00 PM
Dragon Puppet-Making, Paper-Cutting, and Shadow Puppet Demonstrations with Yolanda Yuanlu Peng
Korean Dasik Cookie Stamping on Clay with The Korean Cultural Society of Boston
Lunchbox Moments Exhibit Interactive Activity
Continue Celebrating
After celebrating with us - head over to ArtsEmerson to enjoy a film screening of Freckled Rice, proceeded by Our Chinatown at 3:30PM, co-presented with ArtsEmerson, Pao Arts Center, and Asian Community Development Corporation. Use code FRECKLED20 for discounted tickets!
About Our Partners and Artists
Yolanda Yuanlu Peng
Yolanda Yuanlu Peng is a Boston-based theater designer and visual artist. Recently graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Design, her practice focus on the intervention of art, design, curation, and performance in public domain and urban contexts. She is the director of visual arts and media at Vermilion Theater, an afterschool drama instructor, and theater designer straddling set, projection, and puppetry, exploring the intersection of theater and public engagement.
Nüwa Athletic Club
Nüwa Athletic Club, based in Boston, MA, provides an environment for Asian American girls and women to enhance their physical and emotional development through teamwork, sportsmanship and cultural activities which includes but is not limited to lion and dragon dance.
Bren Bataclan
Bren Bataclan is a Boston-based Filipino-American artist. Bren gives away paintings around the world and he paints murals across the country. The cartoon-like characters Bren draws and paint are inspired by his days watching "Giant Robot" anime shows when he was a kid in Manila.
Korean Cultural Society of Boston
Founded in October, 2012, the Korean Cultural Society of Boston (KCSB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and provides opportunities for the Greater Boston area to learn and engage with arts, culture, and heritage of Korea while simultaneously empowering and promoting the Korean American community.
Tibetan Association of Boston
Tibetan Association of Boston operates a weekly Sunday School program. Students engage in study, performance, and community events. The school is a community endeavor, led by a parents committee and taught by volunteer educators. We engage our broader communities in special events throughout the year, sharing the unique culture and traditions of Tibet with our families, friends, and neighbors.
ArtsEmerson
ArtsEmerson presents Projecting Connections: Chinese-American Experiences. Using film as a lens to reflect on the vast lived experiences of the Chinese in the Greater Boston Area, this special series will feature monthly films and post-show curated discussions designed to build and foster meaningful community conversation.
Lunar New Year is Supported by
Silver - Nancy Wang Adams and Scott A. Schoen, Donna Egan, Laura Sen
Bronze - Ada Chu and Grant Geller, Bill and Theresa Mock
Crystal - Hsiu-Lan Chang, Ellie and Brian Chu, George Yip
Community - Families with Children from China New England (FCCNE)