Learn how to make plastic bag yarn and collaborate on Jasmine Chock's plastic bag lion dance installation. Fiber artists, crocheters, writers, lion dance teams and enthusiasts, and creatives of all ages and skill levels are welcome!
Jasmine Chock, a Chinese American artist based in Austin who works in a wide range of 3D materials like ceramics, sewing, and plastic bags, is preparing for an outdoor art installation for the Cage Match Project, set to open August 2, 2024 at the Museum of Human Achievement. For the installation Jasmine, with the assistance of Julia Kunze, is making a lion dance costume with four lion heads using plastic bags, plastic twine, plastic bag crochet elements, and paper mâché.
Participants will get to hear more about the project, see parts of its progress, and learn how to make plastic bag yarn and pompoms from the artists Jasmine Chock and Julia Kunze. This workshop will be 20% learning how to make plastic bag yarn and 80% community art making with several art making stations. No prior experience is necessary to participate.
The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required. We request that children attend with an adult for the entire duration of the workshop. Register at Google Forms. Space is limited.
If you have any white, red or yellow plastic shopping bags that you would be willing to donate to the plastic bag lion, please bring them to the workshop! We greatly appreciate your contribution.
About the artist: Jasmine Chock (b. Plano, TX) is a Chinese American artist based in Austin, TX. Chock works in a wide range of 3D materials, photography and video, including, but not limited to, sewing, ceramics, noodles, bathroom facilities and plastic bags. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. She has shown work at the City of Austin Asian American Resource Center, The Museum of Human Achievement and the Visual Arts Center. She is an artist educator and has facilitated art making workshops with printmaking, clay and fiber arts in Austin, TX for students, seniors and adults of all abilities.
Asian American Resource Center
8401 Cameron Road
Austin, TX 78754
United States