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Weekday Sketchers Celebrate an Early Chinese New Year 

It is almost Chinese New Year.  Join us for an early celebration at the 

Museum of Chinese in America. 

Taking advantage of free admission on the first Thursdays of the month (which is why we are celebrating early),  we will be able to see their newly mounted core exhibit highlighting the migration of a people and culture to America.  It is a familiar story told by all who have come to this country but told from a perspective that might not to be known to many of us. 

There will be lots to sketch: beautiful artifacts, unique architectural elements that capture the culture as it was transplanted in a new country and the unique renovation of an old tenement into a beautiful and modern museum. We might even find a dragon or two. 

Museum of Chinese in America

Apothecary Shop Display

Innovative Architectural  Rehab 

DATE: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2018

LOCATION: MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (MoCA) 

                       215 CENTER STREET (one and a half blocks north of Canal Street) 

START TIME: 11:00 AM  (MoCA opens at 11 AM)

TRANSPORTATION:N, Q, R, W, J, Z and 6 trains to Canal Street.

Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at raylie@verizon.net.  Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-978-6387.  Bring a stool.  No food or drink allowed in the galleries.  There will be an optional lunch at a restaurant/dim sum parlor.   Following lunch and weather permitting, we will sketch the street scenes in Chinatown.