Celebrate Lunar New Year with lions, laughter, and good luck courtesy of the Lion Dance Team from UC Berkeley’s Vietnamese Student Association. A traditional art form in Vietnamese and Chinese culture, the lion dance combines movement and martial arts in a playful and spectacular experience for all ages. In addition to two dynamic lion dance performances and all-day Mahjong, a large-scale Chinese brush painting demonstration (of a horse, of course!) by Pauline Tsui offers inspiration for Lunar-New-Year-themed art activities.
Schedule
Cal VSA Lion Dance Performances
11:30 AM and 2:30 PM
Author Talk with Eddie Ahn
1:30 PM | The creator of graphic memoir “Advocate” talks community, Chinatown, and environmental justice
Mahjong at the Museum
10:30 AM–4 PM | Take a lesson and play all day!
Art Activities
10–4 PM | Year-the-Horse-themed Drop-in Art Activities
12:30 PM | Large-scale Chinese Brush Painting Demonstration
1:30–2:30 PM | Monthly Makers: Chinese Brush Painting
Tours
11 AM | Lunar New Year Storytelling, ages 3–6
11 AM | New Japanese Clay
1 PM | Lunar New Year Storytelling, all ages
2:30 PM | Collection Tour
3:30 PM | New Japanese Clay
