Welcome the Year of the Dragon with food and festivities at Pier 57's Lunar New Year celebration! Participants of all ages are invited to make a wish for the new year while decorating paper lanterns, then show off their creations in our very own indoor parade.
This program is part of Lunar New Year presented by Pier 57 in collaboration with Nom Wah and Local Roots. The event also features lion dancing, food demonstrations, music by YiuYiu 瑤瑤, and more.
About the Program
During Lunar New Year celebrations, paper lanterns hold a special significance. They are considered symbols that guide good luck and fortune into homes, representing the wish for a bright and prosperous future.
Families are encouraged to think of a wish for the upcoming year and consider which patterns or colors might best represent or express that wish. Participants will arrange fabric and colored paper on lanterns, then use decoupage glue to hold our decorations in place. After assembling their lanterns, families are welcome to showcase their creations in an indoor lantern parade.
Children's Museum of the Arts' Open Studio at Pier 57 is generously supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Google Community Grants Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust, The Cowles Charitable Trust, and the Viniar Family Foundation.
Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.