Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy Chinese New Year!)

February 8, 2016 marks the celebration of the Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Monkey.

Thomas Chun. Mark Markley photograph
Travis Lum delicately repairs a lion head. Mark Markley photograph
Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco
Stephanie Mufson cutting out a template
Putting on the finishing touches
Moving the hand painted figures out of storage
Yumei Hou sculpting a sheep
Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco

Last year, Craft in America filmed San Francisco’s Chinese New Year parade, celebrating the year of the Sheep/Goat/Ram. We also filmed with lion artist and dancers in San Francisco. To view the segment:
Chinese Lion Dancers segment

Chinese New Year Parade segment

To view some of the float sculptures and elements created during the filming, make sure to stop by the Craft in America Center before February 20th. Join us at the Craft in America Center on February 13 for Anatomy of a Lion Dance, an artist talk with Chris Low.