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Celebrate Lunar New Year with a playful twist on tradition in this hands-on workshop combining Chinese calligraphy and caricature drawing. Participants will explore the art of Chinese New Year couplets (揮春) by joining Dr. Chu to write traditional and creative auspicous messages wth lively drawings and caricatures for the coming year. Blending humor, culture, and creativity, this workshop invites university students to reimagine a beloved tradition and craft personalized decorations full of luck and personality.
Dr. Kin-Wai Amelia Chu is an FWO post-doctoral fellow on Comics Studies at Ghent University. Her current research examines the transcultural circulation of graphic humour in the 19th and 20th centuries. Her recent book chapter appears in La Bande dessinée en Asie orientale un art en mouvement (2025), a volume that was awarded Le Prix SoBD Neuvième art 2025.