featuring Lucy P. Liu – Art Institute of Chicago
Happy Year of the Rat!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 新年快乐 SELAMAT TAHUN BARU あけまし ておめでとうございます 새해 복 많이 받으세요 NYOB ZOO XYOO TSHIAB สวัสดีปีใหม่ CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI LO SAR BZANG រីករាយឆ ្នាំថ ្មី
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with art-making activities, games, performances, an artist demonstration, and gallery talks in English, and also available in Mandarin. At 5:00 head to Millennium Park for a special lantern procession, and continue the celebration at Maggie Daley Park.
ACTIVITIES
All activities are free with museum admission and for all ages unless otherwise noted.
Paper Cutting Demonstration
Griffin Court
1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 (30 minutes each)
Watch artist and Guild Member Lucy P. Liu create traditional Chinese paper cuttings (jiǎn zhǐ)
to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lucy has taught many classes,
including at Evanston Art Center, Chicago Public Library, and the
Bethany Retirement Center.
Gallery Talks
Meet in Gallery 100
1:00–4:00, every 30 minutes (15 minutes each)
Maximum group size: 20
Adults and children ages 12 and up
Hear short talks in the Asian galleries exploring trade routes, Korean
moon jars, the Phoenix panels, and 18th-century Japanese calendar prints
known as egoyomi.
Play Weiqi (Go, baduk)
Alsdorf Galleries
Drop in 1:00–4:30
Enjoy a strategy board game invented in China over 2,500 years ago and
played by more than 20 million people in Japan, Korea, and many other
places.
Play Xiangqi (Chinese Chess, cờ tướng)
Gallery 144
Drop in 1:00–4:30
Play a board game popular in China and Vietnam, and similar to strategy games like western chess, Chaturanga or Indian chess, Shogi, and Janggi.
Paper Lanterns
Outside the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
Drop in 1:00–4:30
Create a paper lantern using seasonal designs. Pick up a wooden handle
in the Modern Wing lobby to carry your lantern as you leave the museum
for the lantern procession.
The Great Zodiac Animal Race
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
1:30 and 3:00 (20 minutes)
Chicago Puppet Studio retells the classic Lunar New Year zodiac tale with shadow puppet animals inspired by Asian languages and pictograms and live music by Tatsu Aoki.
Percussion Performance
Griffin Court
2:30 and 3:30 (20 minutes each)
Kioto Aoki plays the tsuzumi, a small Japanese hand drum, and two large drums used in taiko ensembles.
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Persons with disabilities who would like to request an accessibility accommodation for an Art Institute program are encouraged to send an email to access@artic.edu two weeks in advance of the program.
Sponsors
The Chicago Park District generously supports all activities at the Art Institute of Chicago. Support for public programs is provided in part by the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago. Special thanks to the Chinese Fine Arts Society.
