Art Exhibit: Augury House presents Breaking Ground Lunar New Year Celebration
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View Upcoming EventsBREAKING GROUND is an exhibition by Carissa Te-Hsuan Chu to celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year and serve as a conceptual opening ceremony of the Lone Fir Cemetery Block 14 Cultural Heritage and Healing Garden. Presented by Augury House artist collective, BREAKING GROUND also provides a platform for other Asian artists to exhibit their festive artworks. By celebrating the Lunar New Year, the artists want to remind the public of the virtue of grace and the beauty of harmony, bringing light for the year to come.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
The 2023 Lunar New Year marks the year of the Black Rabbit which occurs once every 60 years. In the Yin Yang Five Elements, black represents Water, which also signifies the concept of all-encompassing grace and inclusivity.
The exhibit will include audience interaction and writing prompts using calligraphy brushes to create "well wishes" on the following nights - as part of the Lunar New Year fifteen-day celebration and art installation:
- 1/25/2023
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Pre-show writing prompt workshop
- 1/29/2023
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Pre-show writing prompt workshop
- 2/3/2023
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Pre-show writing prompt workshop
- 2/5/2023
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Pre-show writing prompt workshop
Augury House Artists:
Carissa Te-Hsuan Chu
juju
Kevin Yatsu
Augury House Creatives:
Binh Nguyen
Kayla Lockwood
Featured Artists:
Qi You
Kristina Wong
Wendi YuLing
Augury House is a creative collective that imagines new models for projects centered around collaboration and play. As a cohort, we craft growth-oriented experiences for digital spaces in collaboration with artists and friends both locally and internationally. We utilize game development tools, live streams, websites, objects, and podcasts to visualize our ideas.
Learn more at the Augury House website.
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