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![Some of the students' final creations at our 'Art Exploration' class at City Centre Community Centre]()
Carp Streamers -
![The largest fish windsock represents the father and is followed by a slightly smaller one that represents the mother. The smaller ones represent the children in the family.]()
Koinobori -
![The ships to shore 'King of the Sea' festival (Tall Ship Festival) in Garry Point Park featured the 'Kaiwo Maru' in May 2017. The participants dropped by the workshop and created numerous paper made windsocks.]()
Paper made windsock workshop in Tall Ship Festival at Garry Point Park in May 2017 -
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A workshop to celebrate 'Family Day' in February 2020 at City Centre Community Centre
Koinobori - 'Carp Streamer'
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Location
City Centre Community Centre
5900 Minoru Blvd, Richmond V6X 0L9
Richmond, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Koinobori, or Japanese carp streamers, are created in celebration of Children’s Day in Japan on May 5 by drawing fish patterns onto paper or cloth and then hanging the streamers outside to fly in the breeze. Traditionally, a set of koinobori are hung from a pole. The black koinobori, the largest fish windsock, represents the father and is followed by a slightly smaller red or pink koinobori that represents the mother. Other fish decreasing in size and in a variety of colors are hung underneath to represent the children in the family.
These carp streamers can be seen flying around the Richmond Britannia Shipyards during the annual Maritime Festival.
Ming is delighted to offer one of her vibrant creative art workshops with our community members. This easy-to-follow workshop provides the participants an opportunity to create their own carp streamer using the basic art materials.
Remark: This workshop is for ages 6 and up. Please include the workshop's title 'Koinobori - Carp Streamer ' when you register for the event.
Links
- About the artist, Ming Yeung medium.com
Organizer
Ming Yeung
Ming is an adventurous artist and is currently teaching teaching a variety of creative art classes at the local Community Centre. Her devotion to inspiring the public and future generations to come is showcased through her involvement in the arts community. She has a variety practices in her creative toolkit and has been bringing her passion for both visual art and creative arts and crafts to the local community centres and venues since 2002. Ming makes her best effort to share her best knowledge from her innovative field of art ideas with our community.
After achieving an 'Artistic Innovation' award in 2019, Ming has continued her ongoing art project 'Art for the World's Endangered Species' through exhibitions and teaching. She has been promoting her style of Chinese painting through exhibitions, teaching classes, artist demonstrations, and interviews in the Lower Mainland since 2002. She is an exceptional artistic person with a very deep commitment to her Chinese Free Style painting style and her unwavering commitment to the world's endangered wildlife species.
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