Family Workshop: Paper Lotus Lanterns featuring Sookkyung Park

Discover the beauty and symbolism of the lotus in this engaging, hands-on workshop. Participants explore its rich cultural and historical significance, discovering how the lotus represents purity, enlightenment, rebirth, and renewal. Inspired by its remarkable journey from muddy waters to beautiful bloom, the lotus reminds us of our ability to grow through challenges and embrace new beginnings.
More than just a craft activity, this experience invites you to slow down, unwind, and express your creativity by making your own paper lotus lantern. Take a moment for peaceful reflection and reconnect with a sense of hope, transformation, and inner calm. Leave with a beautiful handmade lantern—a meaningful symbol of purity, enlightenment, rebirth, and the beauty of new beginnings.

About the Artist: Sookkyung Park is a South Korea–born sculptor based in Maryland, USA, whose paper-based practice explores material transformation, labor, migration, and cultural identity. Drawing on over 25 years of experience in the arts and crafts industry in South Korea, she creates meticulously folded and constructed sculptural forms that transform paper into expressions of resilience, reputation, and care. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, recognized through numerous awards and grants, and featured in The Washington Post, The Korea Times, and Bmore Art.

This workshop is designed for participants to create together across generations. Children between the ages of 10 and 15 must attend with a trusted adult. Participants ages 16 and older are welcome to attend independently.