To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, come and learn the ancient art of Chinese paper cutting with Zhonghe (Elena) Li.  She will give a brief introduction of the art form and you will create your own pieces as she walks you through the basic techniques.

Zhonghe (Elena) Li is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Cambridge, MA. The motivation behind her work has consistently been her love for nature’s diversity and her concern for the environment, species extinction, and humanity’s role and future. She is deeply influenced by the Taoist philosophy of “being one with nature” and seeks to promote the principle of living together with balance through art.

She received 1 of 5 competitive grants awarded by Mount Auburn’s Artist-in-Residence program in 2021, and also received 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 artist grants from Cambridge Arts to support her work on related projects about species extinction and diversity/”The Art of Living Together”. She is a Massachusetts Cultural Council Traditional Art Fellowship Finalist ’22 and a recipient of Massachusetts Cultural Council Traditional Arts Apprenticeship ’23-24.

This workshop is intended for adults. Each person attending must register separately for head count accuracy.

This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.

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