Mahjong Workshop at Open Source Gallery

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Open Source Gallery presents "Even The Most Beautiful Morning Cannot Bring Back The Evening" with free mahjong workshops every Sunday at 2pm

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<a href="https://open-source-gallery.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open Source Gallery</a> presents &quot;Even The Most Beautiful Morning Cannot Bring Back The Evening&quot;, a new collaborative exhibition developed by five Toronto-based artists/designers, and organized by artist <a href="https://www.petrinang.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Petrina Ng</a>.The exhibition’s title, &quot;Even The Most Beautiful Morning Cannot Bring Back The Evening&quot;, is a (perhaps poor) translation of a Chinese proverb and utilized here to refer to cultural loss by means of colonialism and migration. The proverb offers a contrary perspective to its western and more optimistic counterpart, “it’s always darkest before dawn”.The exhibition will be on view from February 17th through March 13th and the opening reception will take place on February 17th, 6-9 pm (Vaccination Required). Free community workshops and mahjong instructions would be available every Sunday at 2 pm through the show.For more information, visit https://open-source-gallery.org/petrina-ng-even-the-most-beautiful-morning-cannot-bring-back-the-evening/Mahjong Instructors:Feb 20: Zichen “Oliver” Yuan 袁子晨 is a designer and artist born in Wuhan, China who is currently working in Brooklyn, NY. He explores the social space through meaningful and playful experiments covering industrial design, installations, photography, and more. He played the first mahjong game on a very cold day during the winter of 2017 in Beijing, China.Feb 27: Sophia Ma was born and raised in Manhattan, NYC. As an American born Chinese, she fell in love with the game of mahjong in my early teens and have been playing since. One of her favorite mahjong movies is Fat Choi Spirit with Andy Lau. When she is not working as an accountant you can find her trying to fulfill her dream of eating at every NYC restaurant at least once (wish her luck)!Mar 6: Michael C. Liu is an award-winning educator and actor with over 15 years of experience teaching and creating arts in a variety of organizations. He develops, designs, and conducts workshops for students and employees of all backgrounds to discover and enhance their cultural competencies. Growing up watching his family play Mahjong during every Lunar New Year, Michael learned to appreciate the beauty and benefit of the “National Essence” while some of his peers stopped embracing this guilty pleasure. Through his sessions, the esthetics of Mahjong become a telescope through which everyone can appreciate the similarities and differences of their cultural heritage. Visit www.michaelcliu.org to find out how you can benefit from his workshops.Mar 13: Kathleen Miao is a native New Yorker – born and raised on the Lower East Side. She is the daughter of two Chinese immigrant parents who taught her how to play the Shanghainese version of majong along with her older sister. As a family, they play majong whenever everyone is home and during the holidays. It gets serious at times. She also enjoys learning how to play the Cantonese version of majong with her friends during social gatherings. She is currently a project coordinator at Energy Futures Group, an energy consulting firm based in Vermont. She is a 2020 graduate from Franklin &amp; Marshall College where she majored in Environmental Studies with a minor in Art History. During her free time, she likes to stay active: biking as a form of transportation, skating – roller and ice, practicing yoga, and attending aerial hoop and silk classes.Prizes for winners are donated by <a href="https://olalasticker.com/pages/community" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OlalaSticker</a>.Reserve a table to play with your friends via the <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mahjong-RSVP" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RSVP Form</a> here.

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