Celebrate Lunar New Year in Calligraphy (2 pm - 3 pm)

As  the Lunar New Year comes,  Heritage Museum of Asian Art is hosting a  traditional calligraphy event to farewell the year of Tiger and welcome  the year of Rabbit with our best wishes. It  is the tradition for people to post calligraphy characters written on  red papers with new year’s wishes on walls, windows, and doors for  celebration. We are inviting you to join us to make your own calligraphy  artwork at the museum. Instructions from the local calligraphy artists  will be provided.

One  of the most popular characters to write for the new year is Fu（福）, Fu  means happiness. It was considered as a result of doing what comes  natually, and thereby attaining a state of harmony with the natural  world in the view of the great Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu. While in  the pictographs, Fu consisted of a line, mouth, and land because the  ancient ruler could ensure his subjects' happiness by guaranteeing  sufficient food for each mouth under heaven. There are also different  styles of Fu, such as seal script or xiaozhuan, clerical script or  lishu, running script or xingshu, and standard script or kaishu, for you  to have a try at that day.

The  event ticket is $10 per person purchased at the front desk on the event  day. All writing materials are provided. The ticket also includes a  free Chinese calligraphy book and a brush for you to take home.

The Heritage Museum of Asian Art's Entrance is on West 35th Street. Take the elevator to the third floor and turn right to the Museum Reception Desk. Accessible and standard toilets are located on the same floor. A parking space is available next to the museum, accessed via West 35th Street.  REVP is recommended. Email at info@heritageasianart.org  Phone at 312-842-8884 Or fill this request as below.