How about enjoying some art by our youth this weekend. The Richmond public art program will be unveiling new public art made by 9 youths this past summer. Which is an intensive summer art program.
The students worked with their instructor and lead artist Emily Neufeld and guest artists Holly Schmidt and Laara Cerman. They worked together for a course of 3 weeks on various art projects that explore their natural environment. To help with that they were also joined by herbalist Lori Snyder.
The theme for their art was to create a stand alone lantern with a panoramic image of the Richmond landscape. All of the 9 lanterns will be installed in ponds at Minoru Park and will be displayed until October 25th. These will take part in the Culture Days celebration as well.
Visitors are welcomed to visit and meet the young artists. After you can also visit the nearby Richmond Art Gallery and take a look of Emily Neufeld’s work and how that inspired her students.
The youth artists involved are:
- Byron Huang
- Ethan Liu
- Samantha Lu
- Rachel Marliss
- Nicole Villalon
- Gabby Yan
- Emily Yuen
- Shirley Zhang
- Julienne Zhao
It is free to attend the unveiling and it will take place on Saturday 26th at 3:00pm until 4:00pm at Minoru Park in Richmond. Register to attend here.
Social Distancing protocols will be be in place. This event will happen outdoors, rain or shine.