{"id":6777,"date":"2025-03-01T21:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T02:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chineseartsociety.org\/?page_id=6777"},"modified":"2025-03-10T22:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:33:03","slug":"lunayear-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chineseartsociety.org\/zh\/events\/lunayear-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Chinese New Year Showcase \u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6777\" class=\"elementor elementor-6777\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db6537e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db6537e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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in Chester County, west Chester, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<div>PA Senator Carolyn Comitta, Razin M. Karu, Executive Director of PA Governor&#8217;s Advisory Commission on AAPI Affairs, Dr.\u00a0 John Baker, chairman of the Board of the Chester County Art Association, Dr.\u00a0 Carolyn Greene, Chief Curator of La Salle University Art Museum, Grace Kong, president of the Asian American Women&#8217;s Coalition, famous lawyer Glenn Hing and his wife, professor Albert Wang and his wife, and nearly 100 other guests and artist members attended this excellent event. The event showcased amazing Chinese calligraphy and painting artworks on site. The live demonstrations of Chinese artworks were a big hit and attracted guests&#8217; interest in Chinese culture and art. Artists donated to support the charity organization &#8220;Home of the Sparrow&#8221; through artwork sales.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">During the event, Razin M. Karu presented a congratulatory letter from PA Governor Shapiro for the Lunar New Year at the event.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Sue Cheng, President of the International Chinese Arts Society of Americas, expressed deep appreciation for the excellent partnership with the Chester County Art Association and for everyone&#8217;s support and cooperation in having the Lunar New Year celebration and art exhibition held as scheduled. Sue stated that &#8220;Spring Festival \u2013 the Chinese Traditional New Year Celebration&#8221; has been officially included in UNESCO&#8217;s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since last December. This traditional festival will enrich the history of world culture and art development in many ways. As for the celebration, writing Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, and sending auspiciousness are some of the essential traditional content for celebrating the special occasion, which brought great joy to the guests.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>In their speeches, Senator Comitta, Razin M. Karu, and others wished Chinese friends a happy Lunar New Year and a prosperous Year of the Snake. They also congratulated the International Chinese Arts Society of Americas and the Chester County Art Association for their successful cooperation in hosting this historic celebration, which has positively contributed to enriching the diverse cultural life of the community. They thanked the artists for\u00a0participating in the event, for their beautiful artworks, and for their big heart in fundraising to support the charity organization &#8220;Home of Sparrow.&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Calligraphers Ms.Wen Xiao and Mr. Zhongkai Yan wrote auspicious words and spring couplets for the guests to express New Year&#8217;s blessings through live demonstrations. Also, on behalf of the International Chinese Arts Society of Americas, the artist Xueqin Wu presented her Chinese painting to the Chester County Art Association to thank them for their friendship and look forward to future exchanges and cooperation.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The artists\/works participating in the event on the day (in no particular order) included Sue Cheng, Liye(David) Zhu, Xiaoyuan Chen, Wen Xiao, \u00a0Benbiao Zhang, Guangyu Zhang, Yichen Fan, Zhongkai Yang, \u00a0Guoneng Huang, \u00a0Xueqin Wu, Yusheng Feng, Diane Spreadbury, \u00a0Meifu Luo, Zehong Wang, \u00a0Xinfei Sun, Lishan He, \u00a0Jingkun Xu, \u00a0Qingying Yao, \u00a0Baoxiang Wang, \u00a0Shurong Dong, \u00a0Rongfa Zhang, \u00a0Zhisheng Xi, \u00a0Xinbai Yang, and Chester County Art Association board members Steve Hanney, Bob Perna, John Spangler, etc.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Special thanks to the sociaty\u2019s vice president\/secretary general\u00a0 Liye Zhu and his wife Mingming He, who came all the way from New York city, and artist\u00a0 Zhongkai Yan, who came all the way from New Jersey to attend the celebration! 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