Trotting into the New Year
This workshop is open to all ages and designed especially for visitors who require a calm, low-stimulus environment. Decorate your own paper lantern to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Everything is explained step-by-step, with visual prompt cards and simple instructions. You can work quietly and take breaks when you need to.
Explore gentle themes focusing on what you have at home and want to bring with you into the new year. Use them as inspiration for decorating. No art experience is needed.
What to expect:
- • A slow, steady pace
- • Clear visual examples
- • Minimal noise and soft lighting
- • No right or wrong results
- • Supportive facilitators
- • Break area available any time
This workshop supports different ways of learning, communicating and creating. Come make something beautiful in a space where everyone is welcome, comfortable, and free to be themselves.
We have a maximum number of 20 participants and a limit of one adult per child ticket. If booking for a child, please also book one ticket for yourself to participate. Please register through the link below.
Lanterns can be taken home on the day but need 2 hours drying time before bringing them into the gallery. You can collect your lantern only on the day of the event between 4.30 and 4.45pm.
About the tutor: Mei Ling Lee 李美铃 is a visual artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her practice invites you to reflect on your sense of belonging in the world and preserving life stories. Website - meilinglee.org.nz
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