Credit: Amanda 陳 Beard Garcia
Pao Arts Center welcomes the Year of the Snake with a special, two-part exhibition: a mural and a salon style gallery exhibit.
A friendly and interactive snake mural will wind through our space. This mural, painted by Chinese American artist, Amanda 陳 Beard Garcia, is inspired by the traditional Chinese art of paper cutting. Visitors will be encouraged to engage with the mural by adding scales where they write their hopes, dreams, and wishes for the new year.
The other portion of our space will feature a salon style group show that features work by local Boston artists and celebrates cross-cultural Lunar New Year traditions, customs, and stories. All artworks will be for sale with 75% going directly to the artist and the remaining funds used to support Lunar New Year programming at Pao Arts Center. Specific artists to be announced soon!
Gallery hours: Wednesday, Fridays, Saturdays | 1:00 - 5:00 PM; Thursdays | 1:00 - 6:00 PM*
*Note that the gallery will also be open on Sunday, February 9, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM for our Lunar New Year Celebration.
Contact for inquiries: Maia Erslev.
About the Muralist:
Amanda 陳 Beard Garcia is a Chinese American muralist, illustrator, and brand designer based in Dracut, MA. Through portraiture and digital design, Amanda’s creative work reclaims and repaints her Chinese American identity by investigating the invisible history and heritage of her ancestors. She is co-founder and principal of Likemind Design, a creative studio with a mission to elevate the brands of independently-owned businesses “just like us,” as well as founder of Lucky Knot Arts, a collaborative community centering AANHPIs through pop-up arts programming on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
Photo credit: Mel Taing