Neon Art Workshop

Join the Austin Central Library and local artist Yamin Li for our Neon Art Workshop on Sunday, November 9, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM!

During this workshop, Yamin Li will instruct attendees on creating their own neon letterboxes (a 3D-printed structure of a word, phrase, or character)! Attendees can select from pre-printed options. The Innovation Lab team will also introduce their 3D Lab at the Austin Central Library and offer a tour following the workshop.  

This event is FREE and open to all. Workshop capacity is limited to 40 participants, so early registration via Eventbrite is encouraged. 

Please fill out this form to choose your word, phrase, or character for your neon light: https://forms.gle/QBrny5TSJKy35YZQ6 

Schedule

12:30 PM – Neon letterbox making

1:30 PM – Innovation Lab Intro

This event is FREE and open to all. Light refreshments provided!

ABOUT THE COLLABORATOR

Yamin Li grew up in Suzhou, China and initially entered a PhD program in Cellular and Molecular Biology in the U.S. before graduating with a degree in Visual Art from UT-Austin in 2015. Since her adulthood, Yamin migrates back and forth between the US and China, and her work is informed by her sense of essentially being out of place both geographically and culturally. Through observing her own relationships with her parents, family and friends, Yamin draws attention to the impact our relationships to our surroundings have on our psychological beings and raises questions about the traditional values we hold and take for granted. Drawing on her background in both Science and Art, Yamin employs various media, including digital art, sculpture, installation, film, and painting. Yamin has exhibited at galleries throughout Austin as well as Shanghai and Chengdu, China. She is a participant in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program in San Antonio 2024. She lives and works in Austin. 

Learn more about Yamin at her website www.yaminli.com or by following her in Instagram @yaminatx.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment.

Sunday, November 9 - 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM

Central Library
710 W. César Chávez St.
Gallery (2nd Floor Southwest)