Enjoyable, art, and celebrations abound this weekend at myplasticheart (40 Greenpoint Ave) for The Red Envelope Art Program. Opening this Saturday, January 28 and staying on view through February 26, the program is arranged by manager Grumpy Bert (Albert Chau.) The art display’s opening reception occurs from 6-9 PM with a Lion Dance at 7 PM and light drinks served throughout the night.

Artworks are painted onto the common red envelopes related to the venerated Lunar (Chinese) New Year celebration. Said to bring luck and fortune, red envelopes in the display function art work from over a hundred artists from near and far, with regional painters and craftsmens’ operate in the program together with works delivered from Vancouver, Canada and Hong Kong.

Functions on view at myplasticheart are offered for visitors to buy onsite, money and bring: all the best, and art, at visitors’ fingertips. Artists with operate in the display are noted below.

The display may sound appealing, however simply as remarkable is the genesis of this art display. For context, visitors and citizens of New york city City alike roaming around the city in late January and early February every year are most likely to come throughout red tassel decors and red and gold window decals noticeable along city streets. For some Americans, these are easily recognizable signs of the Lunar (Chinese) New Year: a vacation commemorated throughout East Asia from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City, from Seoul to Singapore, and by households of Asian heritage the world over. Unique occasions such as Lion Dances, lighting firecrackers and exchanging red envelopes consisting of cash hint an advantageous year of all the best, repeling misfortune and fiends.

One Brooklynite who matured commemorating Lunar New Year, Albert Chau (AKA Grumpy Bert), kept thinking about the custom of red envelopes as a creative medium. Chau formerly owned Boerum Hill-based gallery and art store, Grumpy Bert, where he initially started displaying The Red Envelope Program.

” I was looking at a standard red envelope one day and simply believed it would be a cool canvas for an artist to make something,” shows Chau. “It’s (now) our 8th year doing this program.” The display is now included at myplasticheart here in Greenpoint, where visitors to the display can browse pint-size designer toys and artists’ distinct productions in a single check out to the store.

As over a hundred artists are taking part in the exhibit, the variety of creative designs on view at a loss Envelope Program are almost unlimited. There are patterned prints including bunnies, elegantly drawn bunny structures covering the width of the envelope, and graphic art-style aspects occupying the art work’s surface area all showed side by side in this engaging program. The selection of envelopes on view is impressive– how can one manager unite such a diverse yet skilled set of artists in a single program? Maybe an enthusiasm for bringing art work together that share a typical message is a crucial component to an effective art task.

” I think it’s a method for me to keep the custom going on for myself,” mentions Chau on the ongoing efforts to bring The Red Envelope Program to life. “However (I wish to) likewise commemorate with my buddies and share this part of my culture with individuals who are not familiar with it.” Maybe Grumpy Bert is, covertly, a thoughtful Bert after all.

The Red Envelope Program lies at myplasticheart, 40 Greenpoint Ave in Greenpoint and stays on view throughout the shop’s hours from Saturday, January 28 through Sunday, February 26