The Red Envelope Show Celebrates The Year Of The Pig!

Red Envelope Art By Ike Sanchez (All Photos By Gail)

The Red Envelope Show is an amazingly fun annual art exhibit that pays homage to the red celebration envelopes distributed by the Chinese community during the Lunar New Year. The show was curated, as it is each year, by Bert Chau of Brooklyn’s Grumpy Bert gallery. Although getting to the show involved a nearly 90-minute subway adventure to arrive at Flushing Town Hall in Queens, it was totally worth it! This was the show’s fourth year, with the exhibit running from January 5th through January 27th!

Flushing Town Hall

Red Envelope art submissions by local visual artists were displayed and for sale in Flushing Town Hall’s spacious gallery, with pieces by community and school groups also displayed throughout the building for all visitors to enjoy. Additionally, 25% of the proceeds from sales of the Red Envelope artworks goes towards support of Flushing Town Hall’s visual arts programming!

Partial Installation View

While the artwork theme was not restricted to images of Pigs, I do love pigs, and it is, after all, the Year of The Pig in Chinese Astrology, so I decided to focus on the envelopes depicting pigs. As you will see, the participating artists got very creative! Please enjoy a selection of my photos from the show!

Piglet Kicks The Big Bad Wolf’s Ass, Set By Adrian K

The story of The Three Little Pigs, or just a grouping of Three Pigs was a popular theme among many of the artists, as you may notice.

Three Little Pigs By Kush Wright (Kid Mind)

Three Pigs Student Submission

Three Pigs By Matt Stanton

Three Pigs By Lou Pimentel

Three Pigs By Aaron Meshon

Pigs In Disguise By Kick or Treat

Three “Boss Hogs” By CMYKharma

Here are a few more Student Submissions, which are all excellent.

Ice Skating Pig By Student Abigail Lee

Piglet By Unknown Student

Olivia The Pig Piglet By Unknown Student

There were well over 500 Red Envelope artwork submissions from artists, and almost that many from student and community members! It was great fun to browse through all of the art, which was obviously created with much love.

Trio By Diana Vuong