Paper Offerings Workshop

On the occasion of Greater New York, join Red Canary Song, whose installation Touch the Heart is currently on view in Homeroom, for a day of dim sum origami making. A direct translation of the Cantonese phrase dim sum, “Touch the Heart” encapsulates Red Canary Song’s mutual-aid framework. The dim sum table is where outreach workers gather with community members to offer sustenance—in a merging of resource sharing, conviviality, and comfort food. Among their community, food carries stories of migration, of bodily care and desire, of grieving and longing, and provisions of cultural knowledge. Participants will create origami sculptures resembling dim sum dishes and other forms of sustenance, considering care as an essential practice.

During each workshop session, participants are invited to write a brief message—a wish, offering, or gesture of care—and fold it inside their paper dumpling. These messages may remain private, be shared, or exchanged, reflecting how care circulates quietly through community.

Workshops take place during 3 sessions throughout the day:
1–1:45 p.m.
2–2:45 p.m.
3–3:45 p.m.

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