Chinese New Year Earns Stamp of Approval

The Takeaway

For the Chinese, this Lunar New Year  marks the Year of the Snake, a creature of the Chinese Zodiac that embodies  gracefulness, materialism, and intelligence.
Brooklyn-based illustrator  Kam Mak’s work can be seen in the Postal Service’s commemorative stamp for this Chinese New Year. It’s a beautiful image of fireworks, common to the Lunar New Year celebrations of Vietnam.
Kam  Mak  says this year he is returning to simple memories of youth and tradition, growing up in Hong Kong and New York’s Chinatown, and putting aside all of the predictions of the future in thinking about the year ahead for his work and for his community.

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