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PictureSky Lantern Kite Package
In celebration of the opening of the Asia Society Texas center, the Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston presents the event featuring the Sky Lantern Kite designed by artist, Yu-Ru Huang.

Lantern lighting is a folk tradition in Taiwan. Besides indoor lanterns, people also release lanterns over rivers and into the sky. Before launching these lanterns, they write wishes on them. When they light the fuel in the lantern, heat lifts it up into the night sky. Together, they watch their words glow—a constellation of hope.

Taiwanese people invest great effort cleaning up lanterns from valleys and river banks after they fall. This inspired artist Yu Ru Huang to design the sky-lantern kite, which carries its word-wishes into the sky, then returns to its owner, leaving no waste behind.This program provides kite-making demonstrations and traditional and non-traditional writing tools, so participants in this event can write their own words on the kite sail. The 250 handout packages include 200 DIY kite-making packages and 50 ready-made kites with traditional folk images.

Yu-Ru Huang, artist and teacher, devotes her art to benefit humanity. She has a BA and MFA, and an individual artist grant from Cultural Arts Council Houston/Harris County. Through collaborations with NEA's Big Read, the City of Houston, and other community organizations, her recent projects serve as platforms for exploring the complexity of a globalized society.

The Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston is a non-profit organization established in 1989 to promote public understanding of the Taiwanese culture and to provide community services to the greater Houston area. Ever since its opening in 1992, the Taiwanese Community Center has been offering educational and service programs to general public.




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Monday 10 am - 5 pm
Tuesday 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 5 pm
Thursday Closed
Friday 1 pm - 9 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday 2 pm - 6 pm
ADDRESS
5885 Point West Dr. 
Houston TX 77036 
Phone: 713.271.5885
 Fax: 713.271.9229


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