FOR THE CALENDAR
East Asia Center
Name of Director: Helena Lee
Office of Events Coordinator
Contact: Ann Chin
East Asia Center
Chicago, Ill.
Phone: (773)564-9657
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2013
An event for seniors and their children to
reconnect
The East Asia Center
located in Uptown Chicago is hosting a calligraphy and brush painting event
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 23. Helena Lee, the event
coordinator, will be giving a hands-on presentation and lecture on writing
calligraphy and brush painting landscapes and portraits. All seniors who are
interested are invited to attend and are encouraged to bring their children.
Helena strongly encourages attendance because it’s a great chance to bring
seniors together with their children. She feels that adults these days neglect
their parents; therefore; she hopes this event will remind adults of what a joy
it is to spend time with their parents.
“I have the experience
of being neglected by my own children,” Helena Lee, event coordinator, and
mother of three, said. “They will only come when they need you to babysit or
need a quick bite.” Helena’s fellow senior friends have had similar experiences
and feel redundant to their full grown and successful children. It is now the
parents that are afraid of offending their children and not the other way
around. This event will bring the hearts of parents and children back together.
Helena will be providing the materials for this event as well as lunch and
refreshments for attendees.
Helena is 78 years old
and a sophisticated calligraphist and artist. She will painting a full portrait
of one lucky attendee through a raffle. In ancient China, calligraphy
practicing can calm a distressed, irritated, and troubled person because you
must use undivided attention on every stroke and movement of your brush and by
the time you are done, you feel exhausted and refreshed. “Let' all the movement
of brushes reconstruct the bond between the parents and child.” Helena said.
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