The Story of Lady Li: A Collective Story
Sun, Apr 20
|Chicago
“The Story of Lady Li: A Collective Story,” an interactive workshop blending puppetry, storytelling, and collaborative sculpture. Led by artists Yiwen Wu, Coco Wenke Huang, and Yimei Emair Zhu, this event stems from a five-year creative journey, supported by the Jim Henson Foundation’s Artist Grant
Time & Location
Apr 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Chicago, 3500 S Morgan St 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609, USA
Guests
About the event
Join us at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art on April 20, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, for “The Story of Lady Li: A Collective Story,” an interactive workshop blending puppetry, storytelling, and collaborative sculpture. Led by artists Yiwen Wu, Coco Wenke Huang, and Yimei Emair Zhu, this event stems from a five-year creative journey, supported by the Jim Henson Foundation’s Artist Grant.
The workshop begins with a performance featuring a Bunraku-style puppet emerging from a pop-up book, followed by a participatory session where audiences collectively sculpt Lady Li using mesh fabric. The event concludes with a guided discussion, fostering reflection and engagement.
Open to ages 12 and up, this unique experience invites the community to reimagine history through art and collective storytelling.
Yiwen Wu is an artist-scholar and PhD student at the University of Chicago, specializing in Theater & Performance Studies and East Asian Languages & Civilizations. Passionate about amplifying…
Tickets
General Admission
$25.00+$0.63 ticket service fee
Total
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