FACE’s Chinese New Year 2011 programs to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit have reached beyond the walls of the Powerhouse Museum and engaged with the local Chinese community. The artist Dadi Xiong will conduct four workshops on Chinese knotting in January at the Harris Community Centre, Ultimo Community Centre and with the Australian Nursing Home Foundation at the Stanley Hunt Centre.
Dadi and her pupils will demonstrate their Chinese knotting skills in the Museum on Saturdays, 5 & 12 February. Museum visitors then can make a lucky knot to take home.
For information about the establishment of an angora rabbit industry in Australia go to Angora Rabbits: A potential new industry for Australia by AC Schlink and SM Liu, CSIRO Livestock Industries, April 2003