MOCACREATE: Lunar New Year Museum Makeover with Teaching Artist Yu Rong & the Great Snake of Solidarity with the ALT Alliance
January 25, 2025, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
It’s back! Put a spin on a MOCA tradition— help welcome the New Year by making handmade decorations to liven up the Museum. Join teaching artist Yu Rong in transforming our space with colorful creations, which will be on display through our annual Lunar New Year Family Festival!
On Saturday, January 25th, special guest ALT Alliance will be joining in on the fun. They’ll lead participants through creating paper chain snakes creating paper chain snakes designed by visual artist Tzu Ching Chen (Jessy) and inspired by the Great Wall of China. Grab one of 50 limited-edition craft kits ($29.95 value) for free and help us make a loooong chain snake to decorate the museum! Together, we’ll build a symbol of strength, unity, and shared cultural pride as we celebrate the New Year in community.
About ALT Alliance
ALT Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to advancing well-being through the intersection of art, law and technology. They collaborate with multidisciplinary AANHPI artists to deliver programs and campaigns that inspire creativity and foster social-emotional growth.
Paint, build, craft, and collage with us! Inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and local artists, MOCACREATE explores different themes every month. MOCACREATE workshops are designed with families in mind, but all are welcome!
FREE! RSVP optional, but appreciated.
About the Artists
Tzu Ching Chen (Jessy) is a visual artist based in New York. Blending traditional aesthetics with contemporary design, Tzu Ching is driven to preserve the East Asian heritage through creative reinterpretation for global audiences in our modern time.
Yu Rong is a painter and product designer. She was born in Sichuan and currently lives in New York City, where she is a teaching artist at the Hope Garden Center and at MOCA. She received her BFA in Product Design and MFA in Painting at Parsons School of Design and NYSS, but has been practicing art ever since she was a child. You can learn more about her here: www.yurong.work!
Special thanks to the ALT Alliance for their in-kind donation of 50-limited edition Lunar New Year Craft Kits.
MOCACREATE is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Kathy Hochuls’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.
