This dynamic series of 12 free workshops pairs Houston-based artists with talented local teachers to guide young creatives through unique, hands-on experiences. Come learn about culture, explore art techniques, and express your creativity!

Each of the 12 workshops offers a new, exciting lesson on East Asian arts and craft techniques. Participate by signing up outside of the workshop location!

^{Signups will open one hour before each workshop's start time.}

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Workshop #10: June Xu (artist) | Lizeth Yanez(teacher)

Cyanotype & Asian Art Connections: Come experience the basics of cyanotype print making while learning about the symbols and cultural heritage of Chinese Blue & White Porcelain. Visitors will use Asian motifs to create their own patterned cyanotype prints!

Medium: Print Making

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Workshop Dates

• Saturday, Sept. 27 at 10, 11:15 am, 1:15, 2:30 and 3:45 pm
• Sunday, Sept. 28 at 1, 2:15 and 3:30 pm

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Join us for all of the workshops in this Summer series!

• EastArts Workshop Series #11: Chinese Brush Painting & Calligraphy
• EastArts Workshop Series #12: Ink Art Adventure

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June Xu (artist)

June xu is a Chinese American artist, curator, and cultural advocate based in Houston, Texas. She is the founder and president of the Asian American Art & Culture Initiative (AAACI), a nonprofit dedicated to amplifying Asian American voices through art, research, and community storytelling.

June holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and even before graduating, she achieved a rare honor—her painting From Silver Screen to Silver Wing, featuring former Air Force Captain Sabu Dastigir, was collected by the U.S. Air Force and is now permanently displayed at the Pentagon.

In 2024, she initiated Roots Unveiled, an artist-centric, interdisciplinary exhibition that blends visual art, historical artifacts, archival research, and music to explore Chinese American history— particularly the stories rooted in Texas. Designed as both a platform for artists and a call to civic awareness, Roots Unveiled confronts the past while engaging directly with the social and political realities of the present.    

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Lizeth Yanez (teacher)

Lizeth Yanez studied Graphic Design at the School of Fine Arts of Queretaro, Mexico. She lived in Mexico City, where she worked as a freelance graphic designer and as a translator/interpreter for Procter and Gamble. She then moved back to Houston and began collaborating with several teachers who motivated her to become a teacher herself. So she did.

She loves her job as an art teacher, and she looks forward every day to helping motivate kids and being there for them in any way they need, hopefully inspiring them to become artists themselves. She has collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts for three years and is currently an art teacher for HISD.