It’s time for the Qing Ming festival, when families remember those who’ve passed on and spend the day outdoors together. Families gather to honor their ancestors and make ritual offerings of food and flowers. Because Qing Ming is at the beginning of spring, one of the most popular activities to do on this day is to fly kites! Make your very own spring kite that really flies! We’ll also be making paper flowers to help us remember those we love.

Paint, build, craft, and collage with us! Inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and local artists, MOCACREATE explores different themes every month. MOCACREATE workshops are designed with families in mind, but all are welcome!

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Yu Rong is a painter and product designer. She was born in Sichuan and currently lives in New York City, where she is a teaching artist at the Hope Garden Center and at MOCA. She received her BFA in Product Design and MFA in Painting at Parsons School of Design and NYSS, but has been practicing art ever since she was a child. You can learn more about her here: www.yurong.work!

MOCACREATE is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Kathy Hochuls’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.