Chinese New Year Family Fun at American Art Museum
By March 11, 2015 0 1411
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Smithsonian American Art Museum opens its doors to the Chinatown and the D.C. community in celebration of the 2015 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep, with an afternoon of fun, featuring craft activities with the Confucius Institute, a reading corner with the D.C. Public Library, puppet performances by the Shaanxi Folk Arts Group, calligraphy demonstrations by John Wang, traditional dance performances by the Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe and much more.
- Members of the Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe (John Hopkins University) performed a Lion Awakening Ceremony and Dance inside the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. | Photo by Jeff Malet