Join T!C online for a hand-on crafts workshop and learn about the Chinese tradition of the fantastically designed Tiger Hats! T!C’s Lantern Residency Artist, Jia Sung will discuss “Guardian Xianchan”, her playful wearable lantern which celebrates the Chinese textile tradition of tiger hats (虎頭帽). Artist Ling Tang will walk us through a workshop to create your own tiger-hat-inspired LNY decoration which you can send to Chinatown small businesses to wish them a Happy New Year. We’ll also talk about New Year traditions in Chinatown, and share some of our festival favorites in the neighborhood. Supplies list & template.

Jia Sung is an artist and educator, born in Minnesota, bred in Singapore, now based in Brooklyn. Her work draws on motifs from Chinese mythology and folklore, and spans paintings, artist books, textiles, printmaking, and murals. @jiazilla

Ling Tang is a New York City based dancer, educator, and arts manager. She offers Chinese dance and cultural workshops for K-12 schools and communities. She has inherited paper-cutting tradition from her mother, Hongyi He, who has been awarded the title of “Chinese Folk Artist” by the UNESCO, and a 2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Folk/Traditional Arts Fellow.