Pray. Love. Eat.
A Three-Fold Community Arts Celebration and Fundraiser
What: Pray. Love. Eat. community project event
When: 11 a.m – 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13 in person; artwork will be sold online from Feb. 14 - 21
Where: The Gallery at Flat Rock, 2702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, N.C.
How much: Free and open to the public; takeaway food option $18.88
Information: galleryflatrock.com, 828-698-7000
Tea Time by Lynn Weekes Karegeannes
The Gallery at Flat Rock is excited to present its first-ever community project that will simultaneously celebrate the Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras. The ticketed Pray. Love. Eat. event on Feb. 13 will combine a workshop in traditional origami technique, an exhibition of artwork from artists in the community and yummy homemade dumplings.
A portion of the proceeds from sales of Pray. Love. Eat. exhibition artwork will support the programs of the Arts Council of Henderson County.
How to Make Origami Sensu by Ayako-Abe Miller
Pray
For the “Pray” part of the project, a special workshop on Feb. 13 in making a traditional folding fan, or Sensu, will offer an opportunity to engage in a fun but cathartic meditation activity from Japan. Participants can write a wish, prayer or hope for 2021 on their fan and then hang it with dozens of others on a tree outside the gallery, creating a community art display. For those unable to attend on Feb. 13, starting on Feb. 3 anyone can come in to pick up a Sensu fan kit and follow the instructional video on the gallery website. Completed fans that are returned by Feb. 13 will hang with other fans on the tree.
Love
For the “Love” part of Pray. Love. Eat. sales from a display of artwork in all media, priced at $100 or less, from local artists will help to fund the Arts Council of Henderson County’s community arts programs. After the live event on Feb. 13, all unsold items will be available for sale on the gallery website for one week.
Eat
Finally, for the “Eat” part, the gallery will offer a take-home package of frozen homemade dumplings (vegetarian option, too) with dipping sauces and instructions for cooking, along with loose green tea. Each package is $18.88 plus tax (the number “8” is being used in repetition because it’s the luckiest number in Chinese culture, as the word for “8” sounds like a Chinese word that means “wealth,” “fortune,” and “prosper.”)
Click on the link to order dumplings. There are 6 in an order. Please indicate pick up on Feb. 13 or Feb 14, 11 am - 4 pm.
Pray. Love. Eat. is designed to be experienced in person or virtually. An instructional video for making the paper fan will be available and the homemade dumplings and tea are being provided in a bag for pick up/takeaway. Artwork will be on the gallery website from Feb. 14 – 21 to view and purchase.