MOCACREATE: Summer Sun Prints with Teaching Artist Yu Rong

Since its founding in 1980, MOCA has celebrated the living history of the Chinese experience in America by preserving and presenting the 200-year history, heritage, culture, and diverse experiences of American communities of Chinese descent.

Museum of Chinese in America

We’re making art with the summer sun! Try your hand at cyanotypes, an early form of photography, with teaching artist Yu Rong!

MOCA Family Programs

MOCA’s Family Festivals bring together diverse communities from the 5 boroughs to celebrate and share important Chinese and Chinese American holidays.

The bright summer sun is out, and we’re loving it! Did you know you can use the sun to make art? Try your hand at cyanotypes, an early form of photography, with teaching artist Yu Rong! Use paper shapes, leaves, and more to compose your design. Then, let it soak up the sun!Please note: this program is geared towards children ages 6-12, and will be done on a drop-in basis. It has been designed as a way to explore cyanotypes in a fun, creative way with informal guidance available from our teaching artist.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!FREE with admission! RSVP optional, but appreciated.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: <a href="http://www.yurong.work" title="http://www.yurong.work" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.yurong.work</a>!