Sat, Feb 8, 2025 | 10 am–4:30 pm
Museum-wide event

Join us as we celebrate the traditions of Chinese Lunar New Year—and the 20th anniversary of the ChinaFest program! Experience ChinaFest: Year of the Wood Snake at this Family Day event featuring art activities, performances, music, and so much more. All ages welcome.

Free; no tickets or registration required.

Generously sponsored by:

PERFORMANCES  
 
Leslie Cheek Theater Performances   
 
Show One: 10:30–11:50 am | Doors open at 10:15 am  
• Pacific Arts Troupe   
• Min Xiao-Fen   
• Yu Dance Arts    
• Choy Wun Lion Dance Troupe   
 
Show Two: 1–2:10 pm | Doors open at 12:45 pm   
• Pacific Arts Troupe   
• Min Xiao-Fen   
• Yu Dance Arts   
  
Show Three: 3–4 pm | Doors open at 2:45 pm   
• Pacific Arts Troupe   
• Yu Dance Arts with accompaniment by Min Xiao-Fen     
• Choy Wun Lion Dance Troupe   
    
Cochrane Atrium Performances 
   
11 am | Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Workshop  
Noon | Greater Richmond Children’s Choir    
1 pm | Choy Wun Lion Dance Troupe   
2 pm | Greater Richmond Children’s Choir    
  
ONGOING ART ACTIVITIES | 10 am–4:30 pm  
 
Calligraphy Demonstration with Jing Shui | Smurfit WestRock Art Education Center, Studio 1  
Create a Hand Fan | Smurfit WestRock Art Education Center, Studio 2  
Create a Paper Cutting Decoration | Marble Hall  
Community Activity: Strike-a-Pose Photo Station | Marble Hall  
Sculpt a Clay Snake | Marble Hall  
Collaboration: Paper Link Snake | Freeman Library  
Collaboration: Lego Mosaic with Brickworkz LLC | Reynolds Lecture Hall