Paper Lanterns for Mid Autumn
| Date | 09.20.24 |
| Time | 7pm–10pm |
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| Admission | Free |
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| Associated Program | Cage Match Project |
Come make paper lanterns to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival, and experience Cage Match Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance at night! This session will be outdoors by the Cage, and it is free and open to all. Materials will be provided.
In Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance, Jasmine Chock combines the Chinese tradition of Lion Dance with the ritual of saving plastic shopping bags to create a new Chinese American Lion species. Collected plastic shopping bags surround the cage, combined with fringed plastic grocery twine, transforming the caged trailer into the lion’s body. This lion has many heads adorned with plastic bags and crocheted plastic yarn to ward off evil from all directions.
Jasmine Chock is a Chinese American artist based in Austin, TX. Chock works in a wide range of 3D materials, photography and video, including, but not limited to, sewing, ceramics, noodles, and plastic bags. Chock is an artist educator and has facilitated art-making workshops for youth, seniors, and adults of all abilities in Austin, TX, with printmaking, clay, paper maché, and fiber arts. Visit www.jasminechock.com to see more of her artwork.
This workshop and exhibition are supported in part by Cage Match Project, The City of Austin's Economic Development Department and The Museum of Human Achievement.
