Materials Lab Workshop: Light Up the Lunar New Year of the Horse
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Harvard Art Museums
Welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse with a Chinese papercutting and lantern decorating workshop led by Zhonghe (Elena) Li.
Sign-up Information
- Ages: 14 to Adults.
- Wheelchair accessible.
Age restrictions: Age 14 and older
Email am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance, including the name and date of the program in the subject line.
General info: The museum visit page has general guidelines for your visit.
Registration required
- Sign-up is ongoing
Cost
$15, paid at registration (materials will be provided)
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Materials Lab, Lower Level
Dates and Times
Sunday, February 22 1PM – 4PM
Additional information
We invite you to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse with an inspiring Chinese papercutting workshop. Join multimedia artist Zhonghe (Elena) Li to learn about this traditional art, its rich symbolism, aesthetics, and philosophy. The artist will guide participants through the basic techniques of one-cut papercutting using scissors and how to assemble a paper lantern. You will then combine your own unique horse-themed paper cut designs and paper lanterns into unique and magical forms of light art with which to celebrate this special year of the Fire Horse.
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Last updated February 13, 2026.
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