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Created and Sold by George Lee
Celebrate Happiness Lantern - Public Sculptures
Featured In Hing Hay Park, Seattle, WA
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Celebrate Happiness Lantern
Hing Hay (Park) is the Cantonese phonetic for Celebrate Happiness. After a deep collaboration with Chinatown ID community members over nearly 2 years, this Lantern is an iconic sign for the park, a new layer of festivity for the CID, and a monument to Celebrating Happiness transcending boundaries and embracing the power of differences.
Completely designed and built in-studio with a hybrid of custom hand automotive and aircraft techniques, digital fabrication and theatrical lighting design and technology.
Thank you especially to Friends of Hing Hay Park, Chinatown International District Community Members, Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority, Seattle Office of Economic Development, Seattle Parks and Recreation, International Special Review District Board
“Throughout the two years George worked with us for the Celebrate Happiness Lantern, he was diligent, communicative, and thorough. George demonstrated that he is a skilled public artist – from community engagement and having discussions with community members, forming concepts that resonated with people and place, to the technical and often tedious aspects of permitting, fabrication, and bureaucratic challenges – he navigated it all with patience and tenacity. Thank you for all your hard work, George!”
- An Huynh, Public Realm & Community Manager, SCIDPDA
Hing Hay (Park) is the Cantonese phonetic for Celebrate Happiness. After a deep collaboration with Chinatown ID community members over nearly 2 years, this Lantern is an iconic sign for the park, a new layer of festivity for the CID, and a monument to Celebrating Happiness transcending boundaries and embracing the power of differences.
Completely designed and built in-studio with a hybrid of custom hand automotive and aircraft techniques, digital fabrication and theatrical lighting design and technology.
Thank you especially to Friends of Hing Hay Park, Chinatown International District Community Members, Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority, Seattle Office of Economic Development, Seattle Parks and Recreation, International Special Review District Board
“Throughout the two years George worked with us for the Celebrate Happiness Lantern, he was diligent, communicative, and thorough. George demonstrated that he is a skilled public artist – from community engagement and having discussions with community members, forming concepts that resonated with people and place, to the technical and often tedious aspects of permitting, fabrication, and bureaucratic challenges – he navigated it all with patience and tenacity. Thank you for all your hard work, George!”
- An Huynh, Public Realm & Community Manager, SCIDPDA