Celebrate Chinese New Year!
Friday, January 28 / 5-10pm
Join us at Art After Dark for a lecture by Andrew Lueck, Specialist, Chinese Works of Art, Christie's at 6pm and a fireworks display at 7pm.
Saturday, January 29 / 12-5pm
Festivities continue with dragon and lion dances, family art activities, traditional Chinese music, gallery talks and more related to the Norton's remarkable Chinese collection featuring works from 3200 BCE to the 20th century.
This program is made possible by the generosity of John and Heidi Niblack.
Chinese New Year Celebration
Saturday, January 29 / 12PM-5PM
Chinese New Year Celebration
Saturday, January 29 / 12-5pm
All programs are included with Museum Admission/Members free.
Festivities continue with dragon and lion dances, family art activities, traditional Chinese music, gallery talks and more related to the Norton's remarkable Chinese collection featuring works from 3200 BCE to the 20th century.
This program is made possible by the generosity of John and Heidi Niblack.
Schedule of Events
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Dragon and Lion Dances featuring Li Koon Hung Kung Fu
Goergen Garden
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Scavenger Hunt / Lunar New Year Animals
Great Hall
Begin in the Great Hall; proceed to the galleries to find legendary creatures hiding in plain sight! -
Art Activity / Make a Wish
Goergen Garden
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Chinese Lantern-Making Activity
Colonnade, Goergen Garden
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Spotlight Talks (15 minutes each) / Lantern Festival Painting or Tomb Sculptures (mingqi) of Horses
1:30 pm and 2pm | The Lantern Festival Painting Spotlight Talk takes place in the Niblack Gallery, ground floor.
1:30 pm and 2pm | Tomb Sculptures (mingqi) of Horses Spotlight Talk takes place in the Shapiro Gallery, second floor.
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Art Activity / Fu Calligraphy
2nd Floor, Carroll Classroom.
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Tour / Highlights of the Museum Collection
Meet in the Great Hall
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Storytime / Tales of the New Year
Goergen Garden
Featuring “Storytainer” Monica Ladd -
Spotlight Talks (15 minutes each) / The Lantern Festival Painting or Animals of the Zodiac
2:30 pm and 3 pm | The Lantern Festival Painting Spotlight Talk takes place in the Niblack Gallery, ground floor.
2:30 pm and 3pm | Animals of the Zodiac Spotlight Talk takes place in the Meyer Gallery, second floor.
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Sculpture Garden Tour
Meet in the Great Hall
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Concert / Music for the Pipa
Chen Fan Hagen, a virtuoso on the pipa, or Chinese lute, performs a program including classic Chinese music, as well as modern pipa music in a variety of styles, from jazz to folk and pop.
Tickets available at 2 pm in the Great Hall. Seating is limited.
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Spotlight Talks (15 minutes each) / Lantern Festival Painting or Dragon Roof Ridge Fascia Panels
3:30 pm and 4 pm | The Lantern Festival Painting Spotlight Talk takes place in the Niblack Gallery, ground floor.
3:30 pm and 4 pm | Dragon Roof Ridge Fascia Panels Spotlight Talk takes place in the Shapiro Gallery, 2nd floor