February Free First Thursday - Lunar New Year

Name: February Free First Thursday - Lunar New Year
Start: 2025-02-06T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-06T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Schedule

Thu Feb 06 2025 at 03:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA

Join us for an evening of joyous celebration for the Lunar New Year!

During February’s Free First Thursday get creative in the Bertucci Education Studio and learn how to create intentional traditional Chinese calligraphy characters with artist and educator Rayna Lo.

Enjoy music by U-NA and ALMA VATYA as they create an innovative fusion of Korean traditional music and American Delta blues and Shou Zhang a third-generation erhu virtuoso.

Gain insight into the Gardner’s Asian art collection through a public gallery talk by Assistant Curator of the Collection and Exhibitions Gabrielle Niu.

Lunar New Year 2025 falls on Wednesday January 29th and celebrations continue through February 12 2025. It is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. In the Chinese zodiac 2025 is the year of the snake.