The Magic Painting - Museum of the Home

Image: Tiên Dung Chử Đồng Tử – Đám Cưới Trên Thuyền (The Tale of One Night Marsh and Spontaneous Plain – Boat Wedding), by Jeet Zdũng

Join award-winning illustrator Jeet Zdũng for a creative workshop inspired by Echoing Whispers: A Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales. Young participants will step into a world of storytelling and art, exploring characters, creatures, symbols, and magical moments drawn from Vietnamese folklore.

Guided by Jeet, children will experiment with materials and techniques inspired by the exhibition and create their own imaginative artworks. Through drawing, colour, texture, and play, participants will be encouraged to invent stories and bring their ideas to life.

Open to children aged 6–13, this workshop welcomes all experience levels, from confident young artists to curious first-time makers.
Parents and guardians are welcome to accompany participants throughout the session.

All materials provided.
Includes a short break.
Limited to 15 places – early booking essential.

This talk responds to the Echoing Whispers: Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales display at the Museum. The display is free to visit in The Hive during the Museum’s opening hours. A creative programme of talks and workshops runs alongside the display in June and July.

About Jeet Zdũng

Nguyễn Tiến Dũng (artist name: Jeet Zdũng) is an award-winning Vietnamese illustrator, comic creator, and author born in Da Nang and raised in Hanoi. He works across picture books, graphic novels, comics, and visual storytelling for readers of all ages.

His practice draws inspiration from folklore, nature, wildlife, and traditional visual cultures, combining contemporary illustration with influences from Vietnamese lacquer painting, Đông Hồ woodblock prints, and Japanese materials such as washi paper and sumi ink.

Jeet is internationally recognised as a Yoto Carnegie Medal-winning illustrator for the acclaimed Chang graphic novel series, created with conservationist Trang Nguyễn.

For Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales, Jeet created a major new body of work that reimagines Vietnamese stories through richly layered, luminous paintings that bridge heritage and contemporary art.

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