Lunar New Year Celebration 

Performers in a Chinese lion costume during a lion dance in Renaissance Court

Sunday, January 26, 2025
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Regular admission (free for Members)

Location

Museum-wide

Celebrate Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake at the Worcester Art Museum. Join us for a full day of art, music, and dance, with rousing performances, themed tours, a pop-up installation, and artmaking activities for all ages.

Events

11:30 am and 1 pm

Storytime for Kids: Lunar New Year 

Higgins Education Wing Nook

Noon and 1 pm

Tour: Lunar New Year Themes in Art

Meet in Lancaster Lobby

2 pm

Musical Performance: Ping Li, Dulcimer

Renaissance Court

3 pm

Performance: The Lion Dance

With RICEMA’s Lion Dance Team

Renaissance Court

Ping Li playing the dulcimer
The head of a Chinese lion costume during a lion dance in Renaissance Court

Ongoing

11 am–3 pm

Silk Watercolors by Xiang Li

Medieval Chapter House

11 am–3 pm

Drop-in Artmaking Activities

Higgins Education Wing

  • Paint a Watercolor Snake
    Studio 101
  • Create a Hanging Paper Snake
    Studio 102
Xiang Li, Dream of the Red Chamber, detail, 2018, Chinese watercolor on rice paper
Visitors sitting at desks making art in a studio

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