Kites for Liberation: An Anti-War Kite Workshop with Yaeun Stevie Choi - May 3

Description Taught by Yaeun Stevie Choi Sunday, May 3rd from 4-7pm Masks required | ADA accessible 2971 Allesandro St, Los Angeles, Frogtown 90039 Join artist Yaeun Stevie Choi for a hands-on kite-making workshop rooted in cultural practice, collective care, and creative resistance. Since 2018, Stevie has been researching, building, and teaching kite-making as a form that embodies regional artistry, play, freedom, and a reclaiming of the sky in the face of its privatization and militarization. This workshop is conceived and co-hosted by artist Evelyn Serrano, who has been working with the Lebanese-Palestinian kite form as a gesture of solidarity, including the creation of a kite honoring Palestinian poet and educator Refaat Alareer and the liberation of the Palestinian people. In this iteration, participants are invited to create kites in support of Palestine, Lebanon, and other communities impacted by war, violence, and displacement—reflecting on the role of the U.S. in these global realities. Participants will learn to construct a Lebanese-Palestinian-style kite that will be completed and ready to fly by the end of the session. The workshop will culminate in an invitation to gather as a collective and fly these kites at the upcoming Clockshop Kite Festival at LA State Historic Park on May 9, from 2–6 pm. Together, we will lift messages of remembrance, resistance, and hope into the sky. RSVP for the Clockshop Kite Festival here. Instructor Yaeun Stevie Choi (they/she) is an artist based in Koreatown, Los Angeles, who have been making, researching, and holding workshops on kites since their interest began in 2018. They believe building kites can represent appreciation for regional artistry, play and freedom, and resistance against the privatization and militarization of the sky. Choi dedicates their kitemaking knowledge to a group of kite masters on an online Korean kitemakers forum, Youtubers, and kitemaking friends here in Los Angeles. They have facilitated or co-facilitated kite workshops with LACMA with Dajin Yoon, Clockshop, HOLA (Hearts of LA), Frieze London x Getty PST Art with Candice Lin, BVCLT (Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust), Feminist Center for Creative Work with Silvi Naçi, and various schools and libraries. Choi was the Commissioned Kite Artist for Clockshop’s 4th Annual Community & Unity People's Kite Festival. They hold a B.A. from UCLA. All images courtesy of Yaeun Stevie Cho This workshop is hosted in partnership with Cultivarte, a not-for-profit project that strives to provide low cost, accessible, and diverse arts programming led by professional teaching artists in Los Angeles County. Learn more at cultivarte.info & @cultivarte.project