Asian American Arts Centre

AAAC presents... Lunar New Year Festival 2012!

2012-01-23T13:25:00.001-05:00

Asian American Arts Centre and Children's Museum of Art will hold Lunar New Year Festival this weekeend at the Children's Museum of Art. Come and join us!

DATE: SAT, JAN 28TH, 2011

TIME: 10AM - 6PM
LOCATION: Children's Museum of Art, 103 Charlton Street, New York, NY
ENTRANCE FEE: $10

Click HERE for press release.

Private Danny Chen news coverage

2012-01-14T10:47:00.005-05:00

Dear Artists and Friends,

Each of the coverage below reflects a different way each media outlet has chosen to make this story of an Asian American soldier public. A change is underway in how much audiences are encouraged to sympathize with Asian people, their faces, their stories, even their community. Perhaps the last story of its kind was over twenty years ago when the film Who Killed Vincent Chin by Christine Choy came out, the impact generated a new generation determined to defend and advocate for Asian Americans and their communities.

AAAC invites you to look closely at this story as it unfolds in the media. Where will it lead and what will it mean for the next generation of Americans - Asian Pacific Americans, Americans of every background - a multicultural diverse multitude. AAAC invites artists to create art work on any facet of this, however you view this in relation to the art you do. For those who do figurative work, we invite you to do portraits of Danny Chen, however you conceive of what portraiture is.

AAAC will make a separate place on its blog for this subject so that those interested in writing on this subject can be posted and a useful dialogue can ensue. AAAC will appreciate particularly those written pieces or comments on the human implications, the cultural side of this story. Here is a young person who does not fit the Model Minority Myth. It is a chance to sketch in for Americans who we really are and undo some at least of all that separates us. The media too is also part of this subject, open to praise as well as critique.

AAAC has expanded its online capacity and will do what is possible for the public to see and contemplate what is created. It is too early at this point to talk of exhibition sites and dates, collaborations or art proposals. That will have to come in time. We are interested in those artists who want to get together, even if it has to be only for those in the NYC area, or a conference call to bring together voices over a broader geographic area. This is a moment for all artists, of every background, for all of us to be seen in a new light. There is much to talk about culturally, politically, artistically. We may be able to intro those interested who live in the same city so conversations can start elsewhere.

The military culture that our civic life in the USA is so depended on is also not exempt from a critical cultural perspective, how it ties into who we are as people.

Asian Americans have a role in what this land will become. When I heard Danny's mom tremble as she spoke, she filled the silence in the room at CCBA with what was nearly tangible. Then later I saw how media sought to avoid or capture this. It was clear then, Art and Artists have something to say.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Bob

Open Call for Costumes/Art with AAAC in Lunar New Year Parade

2012-01-08T09:32:00.004-05:00

Open Call for Costumes/Art:
Walk in Manhattan's Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade with the Asian American Arts Centre!

Parade: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Starts: 12:00pm (noon)

We would like to show that the arts are alive in Chinatown while celebrating the Year of the Dragon! Help represent the Asian American Arts Centre and show your own artistic creativity by wearing a costume or displaying other artwork and walking with our banner in the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade. We had a wonderful time last year.

Lets show the arts through creative costumes! Costume ideas or ways to march in the parade with visual material are open to your own interpretation, but lets focus on a slant of positivity, to promote the Asian American Arts in Chinatown, the New York City community and in celebration of Lunar New Year.

*You are welcome to invite others to join us.
*Costumes/art are not required but are highly encouraged.
*Collaborative costume ideas might be a good idea to make a greater impact.
*No political or religious agendas or confrontations

*The parade takes place on January 29, 2011 and participants must be able to arrive by noon at a designated meeting spot (TBA)

*Let's make this a fun time and way to engage in the community through this band of artists.

Please RSVP to this email tlee@artspiral.org ASAP with your name and contact info if you plan on participating. Please also give me an idea of your costume (if you know) and if you will be bringing others with you to march and how many.

You can let me know later what your costume idea is, but let us know if you would like to participate so we can get a count.

More details will follow!!

Lunar New Year Parade 2011 Banner

Lunar New Year Parade 2011 Group

Lunar New Year Parade 2011 Festivities

Rinku Sen Workshop

2012-01-07T09:41:00.001-05:00

Interactive Organizers Workshop led byRinku Sen, Executive Director of the Applied Research Center,focused on developing a racial justice framework and building multiracialalliances within the Occupy Wall Street movement.

On December 14th. A long awaited, major event supported by PoC was held at the Spokes Council and billed as a special training event to provide OWS activists with a racial justice lens as a frame for organizing in the future. This was the key speaker and organizer of the event, Rinku Sen, Executive Director of the Applied Research Center,focused on developing a racial justice framework and building multiracialalliances within the Occupy Wall Street movement. There were over 400 people in attendance. She and her partner presented very concise ideas and the room broke up a couple of times into small discussion groups.

This workshop will probably be repeated, because it is very much needed to expand on the ideas that wee presented. Currently, the issues of the role of people of color and the decades of experience that they have as communities that have been exploited has yet to evolve the role that they need to play in OWS. Clearly, 99% indicates the major message that OWS has succeeded in getting the message across about economic inequality, but it does not reflect the racial question nor the tradition of the superiority of white civilization. The functioning mechanisms of OWS are deeply involved in this question so that it can reflect a new vision of people of color, their culture, and their place in American society.

Audience members at Rinku Sen workshop. Held at the Winston Unity Hall at 23rd St.

Enthusiastic audience members during the workshop.

Questions about Organizers Workshop
Nayantara Sen, Associate Trainer: senn@arc.org
POCcupy Your Block: poccupyyourblock@gmail.com

More Information
Rinku Sen & OWS visit http://colorlines.com/occupy and http://rinkusen.com/
Applied Research Center visit www.arc.org and www.colorlines.com
Occupy Your Block visit www.occupyyourblock.org

Occupy Wall Street - Week of December 17th

2012-01-07T09:39:00.005-05:00

Duarte Park’s Japanese drummers December 17th. On this day, OWS attempted to occupy Duarte Park on Canal St, between 6th and 7th Ave. It was an amazing celebration of the three-month anniversary of this incredible global movement. Right near Canal St was a group of Japanese drummers, which appeared to be related to Buddhist tradition.

This property is owned by Trinity Church and they have made an agreement with LMCC to allow certain cultural activities to take place there when the weather is cooperative. Although the church says that it is supportive of raising awareness of issues that are affecting the quality of lives and the efforts of OWS, it was not able to support OWS by allowing demonstrators to use the land. Neither Trinity Church nor LMCC would return our calls. During the celebration to mark this anniversary and to indicate how important the occupation of land is to OWS, people started to climb over the fence and even had a hand-made ladder to do so. Police were standing on a truck and videotaped everybody. When they started to arrest people, only a few people stayed to be arrested, including a cardinal, two ministers, and an internationally known peace activist.

March and Vigil for Danny Chen

2012-01-02T11:58:00.002-05:00

Banner that we created with the support of OWS. This march started on 143 Chambers St. The whole family was standing in front of an army recruiting facility, each holding a sign, with Danny’s mother holding his picture. It was extremely crowded and the organizers tried to keep everybody off the street and on the sidewalk, with a path for pedestrians. There were a lot of reporters and cameras.

(If you don't know what happened to Danny Chen, click here)

As the march began, the organizers had the family at the front of the march with all of us following them. The media and the organizers tried to create room for the family to start the march and proceed. At the same time, there was a lot of documentation by photographers and video recorders.

Art Cart and Artists Updates

2012-01-02T11:56:00.003-05:00

China Marks is an artist that AAAC has both exhibited and featured on our website. She is significantly influenced by Asian styles and has been chosen by a program called Art Cart, a program of Teachers College, Columbia University, connectsaging professional visual artists with teams of graduate fellows toundertake the preparation and preservation of their creative work. China is one among seven or eight artists this year in this program.

Joan Jeffri initiated this program and has been a long time art advocate, gathering data from all over, to create studies that get funders to focus in on what they need to do.

In September, a reception was held in honor of Keung Szeto, who passed away recently. Originally from Taiwan, he has been a highly successful photo-realist painter in New York for many years. An extensive slideshow documenting his life, family, and friends, and many of his artworks was presented here.

Here, we are only showing two images—a couple of portraits, though many have been taken over his lifetime which speak volumes of his accomplishments and character.

Faith Ringgold and her manager, Grace Yun, at theopening reception of the Metropolitan Museum on September 9th. She wasexhibited at an exhibition at the center called “Ancestors” whichbrought together Asian and African Americans, many of whom werebiracial. The exhibition brought together historical facts about therelationship between these two races in the US. She has a foundationworking with young children to give them the opportunity to createpiece-quilts. Managed by Grace Yun, this organization is called“Interracial Collaboration.”

Occupy Wall Street - Week of December 3rd

2012-01-02T11:55:00.002-05:00

The last time that "Occupy Wall Street With Peace" banner was held, on December 3rd. Every Saturday at 2:00 for about five to six weeks, this banner was a site for the development of an Asian presence at Zucotti Park. This was the last time the banner was present there. The woman in the wheelchair is from West Virginia and she traveled to New York City to visit her friend (in blue). She sang me two Irish songs—which were so lovely and truly showed how spontaneous she was—one of her songs was both very funny and highly political. She was quite a woman. Keeping the banner there has enabled me to meet so many amazing people. It has been quite an experience and also a privilege.

General Assembly held in Zuccotti park on December 1st. This is an example of the general assembly, usually held in the park. Some meetings have better attendance than others.

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 20th

2012-01-02T11:54:00.006-05:00

Meeting on November 18th. Occupy Wall Street has developed an additional organizational structure called “The Spokes Council,” and because the general assembly—the major entity by which OWS functions—cannot do everything in a timely manner (too many meetings, not everyone can attend), this council has reps from every group under OWS. Currently, there are over 135 groups, with each group identifying their spokesperson. There are certain rules mandating that spokespeople must change for every few meetings so more people have an opportunity. However, other people from the group are encouraged to come with the spokes to these meetings—three to four times a week. Additionally, every group might have any number of sub-groups—fifteen sub-groups are not unusual. This is just an idea of how extensive OWS is!

Civil Rights Elders share torch on November 20th. On this day, an organization of civil rights elders came to OWS in solidarity, voicing that they did not want to pass the torch—but rather share it—with OWS. A large gathering of people attended the events that day. They were enthusiastic to be mentored by these leaders who had accomplished so much and had so much experience with grassroots organizing. These civil rights leaders were also people of color, showing the transition that OWS is going through in understanding the importance of the inclusion of people of color. The speakers at the moment are the two individuals in the far center of the picture, the woman in red and the man in white.

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 15th

2012-01-02T11:54:00.005-05:00

Protestors were forced to leave Foley Square on the night of November 15th.
I received a text message at around 1:15 saying that it’s an emergency and that the park was being raided by the police. Living in Chinatown, I did not know what to do. It took me a while to come to my senses and e-mail the press and anyone I could to let them know this was happening. I finally got out of the house around an hour afterwards and biked down Worth St. and immediately saw that it was blocked around Centre St by a squadron of about twenty-five police vans, their red lights all on as if an extraterrestial had landed. I turned around and went and went another route to get into Foley Square, only to see that a lot of people had been marched from Zucotti to Foley Square. By the time I took this picture,a lot of people had been led away and only the cops had been standing there. From here, I tried to get closer to the park.

Here is asign that is the favorite of Naomi Klein, who mentioned this when shewas interviewed on WNYC by Brian Laer (?). It is because of this andother indicators that she realized that this is not simply anothermovement, but something much more fundamental than that—recognizingand seeing the shift in culture that is taking place.

Havingtakenpictures of many signs during many evenings over many days, I finallycame across this one. It was created by an Asian American—a Filipino fireman who lives in Brooklyn. This phrase is written onboth sides of his poster and he carries it around on his bicycle. Itstruck me that a) he’s an Asian American and b) that he’s afireman, a member of a team that sacrificed so much ten years ago.

These OWS demonstrators had been cornered by the police and were shouting slogans every once in a while. It was pretty hard to get anywhere near this whole area.

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Video Challenge

2011-12-22T19:02:00.003-05:00

Last month we sent out 3 videos to The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders launches an online video challenge.

We interviewed Nina Kuo, Avani Patel, and Robert Lee. Enjoy!

Flora Choi: Daeng'gi Kimchi Factory at Cuchifritos

2011-12-22T18:02:00.001-05:00

Flora Choi: Daeng'gi Kimchi Factory at Cuchifritos
presented in collaboration with The Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation

Exhibition Dates: December 22, 2011 - January 15, 2012
Performance Dates: Dec 22, 5-7pm; Dec 30, Jan 6 & Jan 13, 3-4pm
Location: Cuchifritos gallery at the Essex Street Market, 120 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002

The Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation, in collaboration with Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space, is pleased to announce Daeng’gi Kimchi Factory, an installation by Flora Choi, from December 22, 2011 to January 15, 2012. In her performance/installation, Choi substitutes chopped-off daeng'gi braids (a traditional Korean hairstyle worn by adolescent girls) for cabbage, and makes her own version of Kimchi. Choi confronts the male-dominated traditions of the past and investigates the state of women in Korea today. Her installation will be accompanied by live performances on December 22 (5-7pm), December 30 (3-4pm), January 6 (3pm-4pm), and January 13 (3pm-4pm).

Flora Choi is an installation and performance artist. Her current work investigates Korea’s cultural traditions and societal constructs. She holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and lives and works in Queens, NY. She has most recently shown her performance work at the annual art festival Art in Odd Places, which hosted her piece Upbraiding Tradition along 14th Street in Manhattan. Choi is a Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation Scholar, and is currently part of the foundation’s group exhibition I Live/ I Love running from December 27, 2011 through January 7, 2012 at Second Space Gallery, in which she is showing work that derives from her Upbraiding Tradition performance piece. The show is curated by a team of Hadar mentors, including video and performance artist Bill Beirne, independent curator Erin Donnelly, and educator Beth Rosenberg.

The Hadar Foundation art committee selected Choi for a solo show due to the strength of her artistic vision and her ability to present a solo project of significant scope. One of the foundation’s goals is to offer more in-depth support to an artist of promise.You may view Choi's work at www.florachoi.com.

For more information go to Cuchifritos website.

March for Danny Chen - OWS Supports the Chinatown Community

2011-12-14T21:45:00.002-05:00

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:

Robert Lee 212.233.2154

Karanja Gaçuça 646 675 9324

Alexandra Boonekam 646 538 1193

aaacinfo@artspiral.org

March for Danny Chen - OWS Supports the Chinatown Community

At an American Army base in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan on October 3^rd 2011, Private Danny Chen was found dead in the living quarters of the army base where he was stationed with an alleged gunshot wound below his chin.

The US military has informed his family, a 19 year old from Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown, in NYC, that he had been beaten by superior officers and subjected to racially motivated taunts prior to his death. The military has said they are continuing their investigation. Danny Chen was laid to rest on October 13, and the family still has not received any report or explanation for their tragic loss.

This is one of a number of recent cases of hazing in the military that has led to the deaths of Asian Americans while in service in the US military. Without strong advocacy, such cases are rarely covered adequately, except in the local press. This parallels a major problem that is now receiving attention, of bullying in schools and colleges that can have a lasting impact on young people lives. This question has now been taken up by an Asian American Initiative in the White House.

The members of Occupy Wall Street (“OWS”) takes this opportunity to join with Asian Americans and the Chinatown community to march for justice for Private Danny Chen on December 15, 6pm. Starting at the Army Recruiting Center at 143 Chambers St and marching to Columbus Park, members and supporters of Occupy Wall Street as the 99%, wish to demonstrate that the concerns and issues of all the diverse neighborhoods of New York City are part of what is real and important to all who are part of the OWS family. Particularly for Asian Americans – the broad diversity of Asians in the United States, who have often been forgotten when the questions of justice and inequity are raised, OWS affirms our rich cultural diversity as assets, and wants to emphasize, that the differences of race and culture will not impede, but rather enhance the broad coming together of people for justice and change.

OWS supports the Chinatown community’s demand for a transparent investigation, and the goals of justice for Private Danny Chen. The army and the US military must make clear what affirmative steps they are taking to integrate, support, and protect its soldiers.

March & Vigil For Private Danny Chen

2011-12-03T13:39:00.002-05:00

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 2nd to 6th

2011-11-23T14:32:00.004-05:00

Angela Davis addressing everybody in Liberty Plaza on Sunday October 30th.

Angela Davis in the park after her talk.

Audience listens to Angela speak.

Film Screening: "A Village Called Versailles"

2011-11-18T14:49:00.000-05:00

A/P/A Institute at NYU presents
A story of community activism and environmental justice in post-Katrina New Orleans...
“A Village Called Versailles”

Film Screening and Talk with ﬁlmmaker Leo Chiang and Scholar Julie Sze, UC Davis

Winner of the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and New Orleans Film Festival, “A Village Called Versailles” is ﬁlmmaker Leo Chiang’s feature documentary about Versailles, an isolated community in eastern New Orleans that has been settled by Vietnamese refugees since the late 1970s. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the
challenges by returning and rebuilding before any other ﬂooded neighborhood in New Orleans, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landﬁll just two miles away. The ﬁlm recounts the empowering story of how this group of people, who have already suffered so much in their lifetime, turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future.

Following the ﬁlm, Julie Sze, Associate Professor of American Studies at University of California at Davis and author of Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice will be in conversation with Chiang about the broader issues of race and environmental justice covered in the ﬁlm affecting Asian American communities.
Friday, Nov 18th
Cantor Film Center
36 East 8th Street
Theater 101
6:30PM-9:30PM

RSVP: Online Here or email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu, or Call 212-992-9653

Talk and demonstration is FREE and open to the public.

Free Screening of "Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words"

2011-11-17T23:03:00.002-05:00

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011

Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Where: Center for Remembering & Sharing, 123 4th Avenue @12 Street, NYC

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words,” a one-hour documentary by mutli-award-winning writer/director Yunah Hong. Ms. Hong will be present to introduce the film, discuss her efforts to get it aired on public television, and take questions from the audience following the screening.

Screen legend Anna May Wong (1905-1961) was the first Chinese American movie star. She grew up in L.A., daughter of a laundryman, yet she courageously chose a life that was a radical departure from familial and cultural expectations. Her story is one of resistance—of pushing back against close-mindedness and claiming space. This she did with enough glamour, style and humor to hold her own with the greatest stars of her day. She is a great role model and inspiration to artists struggling against racism and stereotypes even today.

She first starred, at age 17, in "Toll of the Sea," a silent version of Madame Butterfly. Her best-remembered film is "Shanghai Express" with Marlene Dietrich. She made dozens of films in Hollywood, London and Berlin. She was glamorous; photographers flocked to take her portrait. She was worldly and articulate, with friends like Carl van Vechten, Evelyn Waugh and Paul Robeson. Yet she spent most of her career typecast either as a painted doll or a scheming Dragon Lady.

Director: Yunah Hong
Executive Producer: William Smock
Producer: William Smock
Cinematographer: Eric Lin, Liam Dalzell

Watch the trailer:

Further reading on Center For Remembering and Sharing.

Occupy Wall Street - Week of October 15th to 22nd

2011-11-16T16:15:00.003-05:00

This is the second week we've been in Zuccotti Park. It was crowded with people and tents, not much space to put the banner, so we hung it high above the artwork of an artist at the park. A man and his son stopped by and help to hold the banner.

Mae Lee (on the right) and Bernice, Mae Lee's staff (on the left) holding the banner.

On the left, the African American man holding the banner is the artist who did the artworks presented below the banner.

Roundtable on status of community based organizations October 21st

2011-11-11T14:53:00.003-05:00

A roundtable discussion took place on Friday, October 21, 2011. It was hosted by NYU The Institute for Public Knowledge, located at 20 Cooper Square, New York. Guest panelists include John R. Killacky, Susan Cahan, A.B. Spellman and Sonia Basheva-Manjon was the moderator. Panelists discussed the present status of community based organizations that came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and the impact that funding cutbacks are having on these small to mid-sized diverse cultural arts organizations.

Sitting in the middle are panelist John R. Killacky, A.B. Spellman, and Susan Cahan.

Cynthia Lee, former program director at MoCA gives her perspective to her many colleagues around the room.

Yellow Pearl's 40th and Kanako

2011-11-11T14:39:00.004-05:00

The Yellow Pearl 40th Year Reunion was held at Project Reach 39 Eldridge St in NYC on the night of October 14th, 2011. It was a wonderful and heartwarming evening with great company, great food, presentations and performances.

Participants in creating the Yellow Pearl graphic publication 40 years ago gathered to take a group picture.

Participants in Basement Workshop join together to take a reunion picture.

POC meeting on October 19th

2011-11-11T14:29:00.004-05:00

"We are the 99%" sign next to the American flag at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration.

Participants at the People Of Color (POC) group meeting on October 19th in the 60 Wall Street atrium .

Speaker addressing issues to everyone at the POC meeting on October 19th.

Occupy Wall Street - Week of October 2nd

2011-11-11T14:12:00.004-05:00

An enthusiastic crowd at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration event held at Washington Square Park on October 8th. OWS made a video about how General Assembly function. This one in the park was an exceptionally large assembly where the process of consensus was displayed. In the video, unbeknownst to Bob Lee he was video taped and became part of the beginning and conclusion of the tape.

One of the signs at Zuccotti Park. Naomi Klein, the author of the "Shock Doctrine" said in a radio interview on WNYC on October 6th that once she saw a poster from OWS that read "I care about you", she knew that people there were going deep. That this occupation was not only about important issues, but it was about changing the underline culture of our society. This poster, "Compassion Is Revolution", reflecting a key Asian value, is an expression for AAAC of how our mission of promoting and examining the integration of Asian values, are entering the United States.

This is the first People of Color (POC) group meeting that attracted so many people on Sunday, October 9th.

Benefit banquet by CACF

2011-11-11T13:36:00.003-05:00

The 25th anniversary Caring For Children Awards Gala and celebration for the 25th anniversary of the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) was held on October 5th, 2011 at Bridgewater, 11 Fulton street, in South Street Seaport. CACF was found in 1986 as the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for Asian Pacific American Children and families. Awards were presented to Rocky Chin, Jeremy Kohomban, and Suki Terada Ports for their significant contributions to the lives of Asian Pacific American children and families in New York City.

Award honorees including Rocky Chin, Jeremy Kohomban, and Suki Terada Ports

Rocky Chin speaking at the banquet.

The retirement party of Suki Terada Ports

2011-11-11T13:31:00.003-05:00

A retirement party for Suki Terada Ports was held on September 29^th, 2011, at the Japanese American Association (JAA), located at 15 W 44^th Street in New York City.

Suki Terada Ports has been a community activist since the 1960s. She founded the Family Health Project (FHP) in 1980 to raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on communities of color. Almost two hundred people attended the retirement party as Suki’s friends and colleagues spoke at the party in celebration of her achievements.

Suki Ports, Cobi Narita of Jazz center of New York (bottom middle), Soki Lee (bottom left), and their friends.

Asian American Community March in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street

2011-11-05T08:06:00.001-04:00

On November 5, 2011, Asian American community members will again demonstrate support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Community members will start their march at 1:30 PM in front of the Bank of America on Bayard Street and the Bowery and march together to Zuccotti Park on Broadway and Cedar Street in time to join the weekly meeting of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at 2 PM.

Asian Americans have had a long history of involvement in movements to correct injustices in our society. The Occupy Wall Street movement is bringing much needed attention to the plight of many Americans who are struggling from the economic downturn and the increasing divide between the have’s and have not’s.

As 13% of the population, Asian American New Yorkers also have much to lose if we as a city and nation continue on this path where budget cuts are decimating safety net services. The Asian American community stands in solidarity to protect the most vulnerable in our society and call for fair share tax reform.

We want to take this opportunity and join with the remarkable people who have stood their ground and be part of the Occupy Wall Street. Join us, join the many individuals who will come to Zuccotti Park tomorrow at 2pm, and who have signed on to endorse this Call for Action!

The path of the march with the banner “Occupy Wall Street with Peace” will be from Bwoery to Worth Street onto Centre Street and Park Row, walking past City Hall Park to Broadway to our destination Zuccotti Park on Cedar Street. We welcome others to join the march from the start or anywhere along the route or at 2pm at Zuccotti Park.

Army Pvt. Danny Chen Died of Unspecified Causes During Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanisatan

2011-10-31T18:48:00.002-04:00

On Oct. 3, her son, Pvt. Danny Chen, was found shot to death in a guard tower on an American outpost in Afghanistan. He was 19 years old.

Three days after his death, a military official told Ms. Chen and her husband, Yan Tao Chen, that investigators had not yet determined whether the shot to the head was self-inflicted or fired by someone else.

But the official also revealed, the Chens said, that Private Chen had been subjected to physical abuse and ethnic slurs by superiors, who one night dragged him out of bed and across the floor when he failed to turn off a water heater after showering.

Since then, the military has given little information about its investigation to the Chens, immigrants who speak no English.

Via NYTimes

Digimovies at Exit Art - Screening of "Oxhide"

2011-10-21T19:11:00.002-04:00

Oxhide ddirected by Liu Jiayin

Wednesday, October 26

Location: Exit Art, 475 10th Ave, New York NY 10018
Screening at 7:30pm
BUY TICKETS AT HERE

“The most important Chinese film of the past several years—and one of the most astonishing recent films from any country” – Shelly Kraicer, Cinema-scope “The most celebrated Chinese debut since Jia Zhang-ke’s Xiao Wu” – Mubarak Ali, The Lumiere Reader Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family.

Boldly transforming documentary into fiction, Liu Jiayin cast her parents and herself as fictionalized versions of themselves. Her father, Liu Zaiping, sells leather bags but is slowly going bankrupt. He argues with his wife, Jia Huifen, and his daughter over methods to boost business in the shop. A cloud of anxiety follows them into sleepless nights shared in the same bed. But through the thousand daily travails of city life, a genuine and deeply moving picture of Chinese familial solidarity emerges from the screen.

With virtually no budget and boundless ingenuity, Liu Jiayin’s eye-opening debut, shot when she was 23 years old, consists of twenty-three static, one-scene shots within her family’s fifty square meter home. Liu keeps her small DV camera in claustrophobic closeness to her subjects, often showing only parts of their bodies as their voices dominate the soundtrack. OXHIDE takes the microscopic physical and emotional details of a family and magnifies them on a widescreen canvas. “Liu takes the film language of “realism” into an entirely new dimension.” (Tony Rayns,Vancouver International Film Festival).(Directed by Liu Jiayin; 2005; 110 min; China; In Mandarin)

For more information go to: DGenerateFilm

ArtReview Names China's Ai Weiwei Most Powerful Person In The Art World

2011-10-20T13:50:00.001-04:00

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei heads the 2011 edition of ArtReview’s Power 100, the magazine's tenth annual ranking of the contemporary art world’s most powerful players.

Only the second artist to top the list (after Damien Hirst in 2005 and 2008), Ai, who was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese authorities for 81 days earlier this year, was ranked number one as a result of his activism as much as his art practice – both articulating a move away from the idea that artists work within a privileged zone limited by the walls of a gallery or museum.

Indeed the list, the most international to date, is marked by a number of practitioners – among them Cindy Sherman (7), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (28), Liam Gillick (32), Walid Raad (75), David Hammons (83), Christoph Büchel (88) and artist-filmmakers such as Steve McQueen (59) and Shirin Neshat (86) – whose work both enforces and questions the connection between art and life.

Alongside them, and at a time when funding is hard to come by outside the biggest commercial galleries, the list also highlights a group of agencies – among them Artangel (55), Townhouse (56), Creative Time (57), Outset (71) – that help facilitate the production of challenging art projects, as well as distribution agencies such as e-flux (5) that help provide these projects with an audience, and the thinkers (Boris Groys, 53, Slavoj Zizek, 65, Kaja Silverman, 95) who provide them with a context.

The list can be seen in full here, with the November issue of the magazine carrying full profiles, analysis, features, photography portfolios and commissioned artwork by Matt Mullican.

Occupy Wall Street

2011-10-09T19:27:00.019-04:00

Zuccotti park at Broadway and Fulton is the site of theOccupy Wall Street demonstration. In theearly afternoon it’s still very crowded and here and there are speakers anddiscussion groups. This older gentlemenoffered his own set of solutions.

Serious discussions and planning meetings seem to beconstantly happening. Behind this groupis a performance artist in costume.

Someone getting a haircut. Maybe one of the organizing leaders? Maybe not?

In the middle of the park is an essential area whereorganizing efforts are sustained and maintained.

An area for posters, many quite interesting and insightful,worth reading. They reflect the tone,the energy and the outlook of those gathered here.

AAAC Artists Archive - Introduction and Demonstration

2011-10-07T17:41:00.000-04:00

This is an AAAC event.

Time: Wednesday, October 12, 4:oo p.m. - 6:oo p.m;
Thursday, October 13, 6:oo p.m. - 8:oo p.m.

Location: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Community Center
107 Suffolk St (at Rivington), New York, NY

An introduction and demonstration of

the AAAC Artists Archive and its online site:
ARTASIAMERICA

The contemporary art of the last sixty years by Asian American artists exhibited by Asian American Arts Centre will be accessed at this event, particularly during the talk by the curator/executive director Robert Lee.

The AAAC Artists Archive is a research and educational archive documenting the history of Asian Pacific American Artists in the United States since 1945 to the present. Focused on twenty six years of AAAC contemporary art exhibitions held in the Lower Manhattan, it is inclusive of American artists deeply influenced by Asia. Its online counterpart – Artasiamerica.org is a high-quality research tool as well as an innovative educational asset for college and high school students, educators, and community members.

Foremost, it features images of the art works of the artists themselves, with written material to support them. Together they enable a direct experience of the art of Asian American artists and the issues and questions of cultural diversity in America.

Web Sites: www.artasiamerica.org www.artspiral.org

No RSVP required. Sit is limited so please come early.

The painting of "Charlie Chan the detective" is by Roger Shimomura

Nine Eleven Two Thousand Eleven

2011-09-11T10:06:00.001-04:00

A letter from a child to police man, written a week after September 11, 2001 took place.

(image by AAAC)

MARVELS AND MONSTERS: Unmasking Asian Images In U.S. Comics, 1942-1986 Exhibition

2011-08-22T22:18:00.003-04:00

Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University in collaboration with the NYU Fales Library & Special Collections presents--MARVELS AND MONSTERS: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986 The William F. Wu Collection at NYU Fales Library & Special Collections

Opening Reception and Talk with William F. Wu and Curator Jeff Yang

Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 6:00PM-8:00PM

Over four decades that included some of the most turbulent times in our nation's history, science fiction author and cultural studies scholar William F. Wu painstakingly gathered an archive of comics distinguished not only by its size and reach, but by its scope: It is perhaps the world's only, and certainly the largest, collection of comic books featuring images of Asians and Asian Americans. Marvels and Monsters draws from this important collection, recently donated with the help of A/P/A Institute to the NYU Fales Library & Special Collections.

Enemy Alien: Confrontation with detention regimes of past and present.

2011-08-17T10:24:00.000-04:00

As the 10^th anniversary of 9/11 arrives, Alwan for the Arts is presenting a screening of Enemy Alien (outreach/education version, 60 minutes) followed by a discussion of the film's themes of shared struggle between Muslim and Japanese Americans in the face of wartime xenophobia and racism, and how this solidarity can inspire an effective response to the massive expansion of immigrant detention and deportation which has continued from 9/11 to this day.

Enemy Alien, a first-person documentary, is the gripping story of the fight to free Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a gentle but indomitable Palestinian-born human rights activist detained in a post-9/11 sweep of Muslim immigrants. Told through the eyes of the filmmaker, the grandson of Japanese Americans interned during World War II, this documentary takes on unprecedented intimacy and historical resonance.

As the filmmaker confronts his own family legacy of incarceration, his involvement in the current struggle deepens. Resistance brings consequences: In retaliation for organizing a massive protest from inside detention, Farouk is beaten and locked in solitary confinement, and his American-born son Tarek is arrested in a counterterrorism investigation into the documentary itself.

A project of Life or Liberty
Directed by Konrad Aderer

Thursday, September 8

7:00pm

Alwan for the Arts

16 Beaver Street

Manhattan, NYC

(via http://enemyalien.org )

Workshop - How Asian American Sexuality As Portrayed In popular Media?

2011-08-13T16:51:00.002-04:00

Community Service Learning Project Workshop of the Chinatown Health Center on Asian Americans in the Media. AAAC partnering with CBWCHC to develop a multimedia project created by the student interns to develop interns' understanding of the "Model Minority" myth, how it connects to health disparities, and how these concepts can be effectively expressed through art.

The workshop looked at how Asian American sexuality as portrayed in popular media and found examples of Asian Americans in the media that work against these portrayed images/messages.

The public exhibition and reception will take place on Tuesday, August 16th, 5:30PM - 9:00PM at Red Egg Restaurant, 202 Centre Street, NY.

Artists explore the Asian-American experience

2011-08-12T14:35:00.000-04:00

Nearly 15 million Americans claim Asian descent, and a new art exhibition at one of America's premier art museums explores the Asian-American experience and identity. The BBC's Jane O'Brien reports from Washington.

Roger Shimomura was born in Seattle at the start of World War II. When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, he and his family were taken from their home and sent to an internment camp in Idaho.

They had lived in America for three generations - but the US government saw them first as Japanese and considered them a threat. Now, he is one of seven artists exploring the nature of Asian-American identity in a groundbreaking exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.

"Far too many American-born citizens of Asian descent continue to be thought of as only 'American knock-offs,'" he writes in the introduction to his paintings, which focus on the challenges of being different in America. He confronts stereotypes through self-portraits, placing his own likeness at the centre of popular cultural images.

My Call to Arms . Tam Tran. Digital print, 2009

'Humour And Rage'
Shimomura takes the iconic 19th Century painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware, for instance, and substitutes his own face for the president's.

"There's a tension here between belonging and being outside that is essential to the Asian-American experience. In this work, Roger proclaims quite loudly that he is an American. His art is in a sense a kind of response to the experiences that he has felt living as an eternal foreigner.""When I look at this picture I see both the humour and the rage that is at the heart of his work," says curator Frank Goodyear.

That theme is mirrored in the work of 38-year-old CYJO, a self-described Kyopo - the Korean term for ethnic Koreans living abroad. Born in Seoul, raised in the US state of Maryland and now living in Beijing, she photographed more than 200 people, mainly from America's Kyopo community.

The scale and format of each portrait is identical - full length against a white background - a style that is in direct contrast to the subjects themselves, who share very few physiognomic features and reflect their differing social and cultural environments in the way they dress.

According to Konrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific Program, such depictions force viewers to confront their preconceived notions of what it means to be Asian American.

American vs. Japs 2 . Roger Shimomura. Acrylic on canvas, 2010

Exhibition: Report From Japan by Go Nakamura, Canna Sasa, & Hiroaki Sasa

2011-07-21T19:00:00.005-04:00

“Report from Japan” by Go Nakamura, Canna Sasa, Hiroaki Sasa

Location: Graphite. 38 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition: July 29th - 31th, 2011

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 30th, 6pm-9pm

An exhibition 'Report From Japan' at Graphite. features works of photographers Go Nakamura, Canna Sasa, and Hiroaki Sasa, video artist's photographs and videos they had captured while providing volunteer work in Japan. The opening reception will follow with a talk by the artists. This is the report from the experiences at the scenes with real photos and videos images that are barely shared to us in NYC.

Canna Sasa, photographer and her husband Hiroaki Sasa, video artist went to the Tohoku area in Japan to do volunteer work from May 15-29, 2011.

For more information go to..
Report From Japan's Facebook
Graphite

"Growing Peace" - Indira Johnson's fields art project in Oregon, IL

2011-07-13T14:17:00.005-04:00

Bird view of "Growing Peace"

Walking through "Growing Peace"

Indira Freitas Johnson is an artist, culturalworker, and activist based out of the Evanston, Illinois. Though she hasresided in the States for well over two decades, Indira has continuingly keptclose ties with her homeland, India. She uses a wide array of mediums for hercreations, her materials often being derived from multiple sources ranging fromdiscarded man-made items to the recycled and more organic. Her subjects oftenponder the origins of South Asian values and ethics, spiritual development, andissues of social justice and humanitarianism. “The influences of my mother, asocial activist and my father, an artist and a follower of Gandhi have beenpredominant in my life and art,” she writes, “I continue to deal with the sameissues that have preoccupied me for the last two decades - the growth towards aspiritual existence as an individual and as part of the human continuum.”

Her most recent work is with the Fields Project of Oregon, Illinois,where she created a five-acre field sculpture titled Growing Peace. It is in this work that Indira contemplates the powerof human perspective and its relationship to the process of finding peacewithin civilization. Her design, "Growing Peace" was meant to imprintthe earth, inviting observers to become participants in our shared goal forpeace. Indira employed the foot, a symbol that continues to dominate her workas the primary motif in "Growing Peace". She believes it's power liesin its universality and we stand and walk without feet, which gives usstability and grounds us to the earth. This is Indira's statement of herconcept:

"Asian Pacifically New York: The Photography of Corky Lee"

2011-06-24T16:04:00.005-04:00

"Asian Pacifically New York: The Photography of Corky Lee" Exhibition at Queens Museum of Art

On view : June 25th - August 14th, 2011

Set inside the Queens Museum of Art’s magnificent Panorama of the City of New York, this exhibition presents the artist’s long-term commitment to documenting the experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander American communities of New York. These communities comprise 12% of the city’s population, who are perhaps seen but not well understood. By capturing the geographically, culturally and linguistically disparate communities under a pan ethnic-framework, Corky Lee hopes to highlight a political solidarity and shared identity forged in the American and New York contexts. These contemporary images challenge centuries-old ideologies and representations, and thus becomes instrumental in reconstructing and redefining a population that will continue to flower as engaged citizens and take their rightful place in America. With the understanding that the 10th anniversary is close at hand, some images will hone in on issues of immigration and post-9/11 experiences. Drawing on the diasporic impressions, Corky also includes an image of the detained Chinese artist, Ai Wei Wei from 1989 during pro-democracy protests.

There are 18 of the 36 photographs spanning Corky's 40 years of work on QMA's website. Additional photos will be projected across the 9,335 sq. ft. 3-D display during the reception.

This exhibition is an extension of QMA’s Partnership Gallery program.

Exhibit is made possible by contributions from the Confucius Institute of Stony Brook University, Asian/Asian American Research Institute of CUNY, OCA-Long Island and Asian American Center of Stony Brook.

QMA will provide a free shuttle bus at the #7 train, Willets Pt. (Citi Field) to the museum between 2:30 & 6PM. By LIRR, the stop is Mets-Willets Pt. The walk from the station is approximately 10 minutes. Head towards Unisphere & QMA. There is limited free parking.

QMA is open late on Fridays until 8PM during July & August.

Corly Lee's Bio:

Corky Lee is a New York based photographer whose subjectsfrequently depicts concepts of Asian American assertion and awareness in thesocial and public life of New Yorkers and indeed, of all Asians in the US. As asecond generation Chinese-American, Corky grew up in Queens during the CivilRights era. He has been described as the “undisputed unofficial AsianAmerican Photographer Laureate,” with his work depicting pinnaclemoments such as the events following the Vincent Chin murder and the 1975 protestsat City Hall. In addition, Corky’s skills have been employed by a variety ofmedia outlets, including Time Magazine, the New York Times and the New YorkPost. His photographs, spanning over a forty year period, are currently being displayed at the Queens Museum until August 14th in an exhibit titled, “AsianPacifically New York: The Photography of Corky Lee.”

Corky exhibited at the AAAC in November 1994 in Photography and Community: AAAC Annual.He served as curator for the exhibition,Not Your Chop SueyChinatown: Eight Photographers selected by Corky Lee in December 2002. He was also part of The AAAC Story, Spring of 2002 – a collaboration with Asian/Pacific/ American Studies Program at New York University - a critical review of the Arts Centre's work todate with one hundred artists from AAAC Permanent Collection.

“Who has not heard oneof Corky’s stories? At the drop of a hat he can cite what was happening at themoment a photo was taken, even those long ago. We recognize Corky as acommunity photographer. Let’s also recognize him for the flip side of his work,as the, ‘undisputed unofficial Asian American Historian Laureate’.” - Bob Lee

For more info. please visit: http://www.queensmuseum.org/

POW WOW HAWAII 2012 by Jasper Wong

2011-06-22T20:20:00.002-04:00

Project by Jasper Wong

The beauty of art is most commonly enjoyed during its final stage. All the blood, sweat and tears happen behind closed doors. However, that is where the real grandeur lies. The process. Imagine for a moment a gathering of internationally renowned artists in one place. A place that will allow them to do what they do best: be creative. We give them the tools, the space and the freedom to paint for one week. We make that process open to the public, allowing them full engagement and interaction between the artists and their audience. They witness the creativity in its entirety and become an essential part of the artists’ process. It’s about the breaking down of those closed doors and making art accessible. Seeing creativity happen from beginning to end and bringing people together through art. A POW WOW.

Pledge for POW WOW Hawaii 2011 at Kickstarter.

Fund This: Locating the Sacred

2011-06-17T15:46:00.004-04:00

a4 is launching Locating the Sacred, a 12-day festival that showcases artists as agents of change through music, dance, film, visual arts and more! Artists will be matched with spaces--both traditionally and non-traditionally "sacred"--to explore what sacredness means to all of us.

Locating the Sacred starts with a mini-series this fall and culminates with a full festival in fall 2012.

A remarkable convergence coinciding with the Fall as it dovetails with art. Support before July 8 cut off date!

Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/110946842/locating-the-sacred

The Second Annual Japanese Heritage Night at the New York Mets to benefit Japan Relief Efforts

2011-06-07T15:03:00.005-04:00

This year Japan has been hit hard by the tragic eventsthat occurred in March. Much still needs to be done and Japanese Heritage Nighthas the potential to be a significant fundraising event. A portion of eachticket sold through our group will go to Japan relief efforts. The more tickets are sold, the more the Mets will donate.

Japanese Heritage Night facebook page

Recent fund raising for Japan event by AAAC: To Japan With Love

Kim Loo Sisters Screening on May.31, 2011

2011-06-01T15:40:00.007-04:00

The film screening of Kim Loo Sisters: Portraits In Four Part Harmony was held on Tuesday, May 31th 2011 at the Houston Street Center at University Settlement. A discussion/q&a of the film with the director Leslie Li was followed after the screening.

For more information, see press release.

Discussion with the author and filmmaker Leslie Li

Six NYPD Officers Arrested a sixty-year-old man in Columbus Park

2011-05-27T17:07:00.005-04:00

News from: NYPD Officers Responding in Columbus Park


The old man was beat down with blood on his face by six strong NYPD officers

Everyone,

We should have a community meeting tochastise the police. This kind of action cannot be tolerated if ourcommunity is to acquire its lungs and grow its capacity to assertitself. As Chinatown, as New Yorkers, Asians with a different musicalheritage, for our elders to come out this way marks a change in ourcommunity's mentality - if we dont defend their right to do so whowill? Its their sense of self that's changing and if they feel theneed to flex muscles such that we all hear their growing pains then weshould recognize whats changing in Chinatown. We have all been guiltyof being too quiet, which gets us no where in a democracy wherelearning how to compete is essential.
Read more »

Recent Events of AAAC

2011-05-24T17:50:00.005-04:00

For more photos of AAAC's recent activities, go to : AAAC on Flickr

Welcome Danny Yung Reception

Festival of Ideas map puts Chinatown in the Pitts/Clinton Sts.

2011-05-12T06:38:00.001-04:00

Festival of Ideas map puts Chinatown in the Pitts/Clinton Sts.

Ai Weiwei's Chinatown map, 1985, shows the real location. Done for the exhibition he participated in, "Ten Chinatown: 1st Annual Open Studio Exhibition"

The New Museum Festival of Ideas Responds to AAAC

2011-05-05T15:03:00.011-04:00

Festival of Ideas for the New City isa major new collaborative initiative in New York involving scores ofDowntown organizations working together to harness the power of thecreative community to imagine the future city and explore ideas thatwill shape it. http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/

Keynote Address: Rem Koolhaas, May. 4

32nd Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival 2011

2011-05-05T14:47:00.002-04:00

DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 8TH, 2011
LOCATION: UNION SQUARE PARK
E 17th Street between Broadway & Park Ave
12pm - 6pm

Organizedby the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans since 1979, this annualfestival is the longest running and largest event celebrating Pan Asianheritage on the east coast. This year’s festival centers on the themeof the journey that Asian Pacific American ancestors have taken tobring us to this moment. It celebrates not only the value of families,but also our heritage which make us proud to be Asian PacificAmericans. More than 20,000 visitors are expected for an impressiveline-up of performances, fun activities for children and adults alike,and savory samples of Asian cuisine. Asian Ameircan Arts Center willproudly present six of our Asian traditional folk artists for the event.

Read more »

Under Attack by Chinese Hackers, Change.org Asks Supporters of Ai Weiwei to Tweet Sec. Clinton for Help

2011-04-21T11:11:00.004-04:00

Despite a highly sophisticated Chinese cyber attack on Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing social action platform, the U.S. State Department has yet to condemn the attack.

Chinese hackers temporarily brought down Change.org earlier this week after more than 90,000 people in 175 countries endorsed an online call for the release of internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, an increasingly outspoken critic of the Chinese government.

(photo via Hollywoodreporter)

The ongoing cyber attack is targeting Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing social action platform. It follows the viral success of a Change.org petition calling for Ai Weiwei’s release by leading global art museums, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Tate Modern, London, as well as the Association of Art Museum Directors.

Change.org issued a formal request for urgent assistance to both the FBI and U.S. State Department’s Bureau of East Asian Pacific Affairs within hours of the attack. But the U.S. State Department, has yet to issue a public condemnation of the attack, despite worldwide coverage of the attacks, including in The Guardian, Reuters, Mashable, El Mundo, Bloomberg, AFP, Yahoo Newsand Al-Jazeera.

We need your help! Please join us in calling on the U.S. State Department to publicly condemn the attacks by tweeting this:

.@statedept, condemn Chinese hacker attack on @guggenheim’s @change campaign to free Ai Weiwei @aiww: http://chn.ge/fnOU4H #freeaiww

This aim of this online attack originating in China is to prevent the lawful, democratic organizing of American citizens.

“Change.org is about empowering anyone, anywhere to start, join, and win campaigns about the issues they care about, and we do not intend to stop this campaign or the hundreds of other Change.org campaigns because of this attack,” said Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org. “We need your support. Please ask the U.S. State Department to condemn the attacks on Change.org by Chinese hackers.”

The U.S. government’s reaction to previous Chinese attacks on U.S. companies like Google is to investigate and condemn them.

“Change.org is experiencing an ongoing, highly sophisticated denial of service attack originating in China which is clearly in response to the viral success of a campaign by leading global art museums to free China’s most famous artist,” Rattray said. “In the past, the U.S. State Department has aggressively gone to bat for U.S. companies attacked from hackers in China.”

Change.org is the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change — growing by more than 400,000 new members a month, empowering millions of people to start, join, and win campaigns for social change in their community, city and country.

via blogchange.org

Arts Group Calls for Worldwide Sit-In for Ai Weiwei

2011-04-14T14:27:00.004-04:00

Date: Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Time: 1pm
Location: Chinese embassy/consulate in your area

Ym Yik/European Pressphoto AgencyDemonstrators carrying posters of the artist Ai Weiwei gathered outside a Chinese government office in Hong Kong this week.

Artists and curators will hold a sit-in outside Chinese embassies and consulates on Sunday to protest the detention of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Mr. Ai was detained on April 3; on April 7, a Chinese official told The Times that he was being held on suspicion of “economic crimes.”

The form of Sunday’s planned protest—in which participants will bring chairs and sit down outside Chinese government buildings around the world — draws on an installation titled “Fairytale: 1001 Qing Dynasty Wooden Chairs,” which Mr. Ai did at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, in 2007. In it, he arranged 1,001 late Ming and Qing Dynasty wooden chairs around the exhibition; he also recruited 1,001 Chinese citizens through the Internet to volunteer to go and live in Kassel for the length of the show. The plan for the protest took shape after Anne Pasternak, the president of Creative Time, posted a question on Facebook asking what the art community could do to support Mr. Ai’s release. Steven Holmes, an adjunct curator at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, listed “about 11 ideas all based on Ai Weiwei’s work, and I thought that was really beautiful,” Ms. Pasternak said in an interview.

With a friend from Sweden and others, Ms. Pasternak put up a Facebook page for the protest, titled “1,001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei.” The protest will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

By Kate Taylor Via NYTimes

1001 Chairs For Ai Weiwei

2011-04-08T14:19:00.004-04:00

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is an internationally regarded figure who has fought for artistic freedom and for freedom of speech throughout his distinguished career, envisioning and shaping a more just and equitablesociety through his work. He has been missing since his arrest on April 3rd in Beijing.

Steven Holmes was inspired by facebook discussion on what art communities can do to support the safe release of Ai Weiwei. He proposed to reenact Ai Weiwei's project Fairytale: 1,0001 Qing Dynasty Wooden Chairs—an installation which was comprised of 1,001 late Ming and Qing Dynasty wooden chairs at Documenta 12 in 2007 in Kassel, Germany—in front of Chinese embassies and consulates around the world.
This Sunday, April 17, at 1 PM local time, supporters are invited to participate in 1001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei, by bringing a chair and gathering outside Chinese embassies and consulates to sit peacefully in support of the artist’s immediate release.

Event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163478807041517

"TO JAPAN WITH LOVE" Fundraising Event

2011-04-01T23:34:00.004-04:00

Asian American Arts Centre
Together with
Morning MUSUKO & Tender Hearts Crusade

Presents

TO JAPAN WITH LOVE

Featuring live performance by Morning MUSUKO
Participatory art mural for all to join in - done by Mike Ming and Hiro Kurata.

DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2011
DOORS OPEN @ 7:45PM
LIVE PERFORMANCE STARTS @ 8:30PM

ENTRANCE FEE: $11 (suggested donation, more is welcome)

LOCATION: TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE, 43 West 13th St # A, New York, NY(212) 645-2800 ‎

A collaboration between Japanese and non-Japanese musicians, Morning MUSUKO was formed in December 2010 by New York City based trombonist Joe Beaty. A funky mix of New York and Japan, Morning MUSUKO is expanding Japanese pop music to a wider and diverse audience while giving J-Pop hits a New York music scene twist. This event on April 4th will feature a live performance by Morning MUSUKO, Una Aya Osato & Akiko n’ Nana doing a special tribute song "Tsunami".

Morning MUSUKO is developing a community that actively creates and supports the cross- cultural understanding between Japan and other nations and peoples. Their music seeks to inspire and connect a growing and willing international community to accept and incorporate different cultures, music, and ideas.

Participatory art mural done by Mike Ming and Hiro Kurata will enable personal messages to be sent to the earthquake victims in Japan. All attendees are invited to contribute a message, drawing, or poem on the mural prepared by Mike & Hiro, which will be displayed in Japan.

At the door $11 is the suggested donation (more is welcome) for the March 11,2011 Earthquake and Tsunami relief efforts.

The members of Morning MUSUKO include: Joe Beaty & Daniel Barnidge for Arrangements, Daniel Barnidge Conducting, Trumpets are Jonathan Powell, Miki Hirose, Takuya Kuroda, Jon Crowley, on Trombone are Joe Beaty, Adam Dotson, Frank Cohen, on Alto Saxophone are John Beaty, Naoki Iwane, on Tenor Saxophone are Chris Ward and Matan Chapnizka, on Flute is Kaoru Watanabe, on Guitar isAki Ishiguro, on Piano is Senri Oe, on Bass is Jim Robertson, and on Drums is Tomoaki Kanno.

“I found the performance of Morning Musuko to be really amazing, At times, to me it was a blend of pop music meets the big band era with a bit of Jazz thrown into the mix. Truly unique and memorable.” - Michael G. re: Gerswhin show 12/20/10

100% of proceeds will go to Japan Platform. The Japan Platform is a consortium of 32 different NGO organizations in Japan, and are supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan as a trustworthy humanitarian aid organization. Donations going to the Japan Platform will be distributed to multiple small organizations that are currently working in the affected areas. Japan Platform accepts credit card donations, which is not common for smaller organizations in Japan (wire transfer to a bank account is the most common there). Their website: http://www.japanplatform.org/E/index.html

For more information, contact Asian American Arts Centre rlee@artspiral.org or Morning MUSUKO morningmusukonyc@gmail.com

Breathing @ Po Kim Art Gallery

2011-03-18T18:50:00.001-04:00

B r e a t h i n g

March 29 - April 26, 2011

Location: Wald and Kim Gallery, 417 Lafayette Street, 4th fl. New York, NY 10003

Reception: March 29, Tuesday, 6-8 pm

Artists: Alain Kirili, Byoung Ok Min, Choong Sup Lim, KyungWoo Han, MiKyung Kim, Po Kim, Rakuko Naito, Raquel Rabinovich, Robert C. Morgan, Ruth Hardinger, Shen Chen, SungHo Choi.
Curator Soo Jung Hyun/Asst. Curator Sung Ho Choi.

Go to http://waldandkimgallery.org/ for more info.

The Monologue of Ice @ Rubin Museum of Art

2011-03-18T18:44:00.002-04:00

Atta Kim's Melting Ice Buddha

To mark the closing of the Grain of Emptiness exhibition, South Korean photographer Atta Kim will document the melting of a five-foot-tall ice sculpture of the Buddha. Visitors can participate in the work by collecting the melting water with the injunction that they use it to tend to new growth—for example, a new spring seedling.

The melting begins on Friday, March 25 at 6:00 p.m. during the K2 Lounge, and the museum will be open after hours so that it can be viewed through the night and into the weekend.

What You Can Do To Help Japan

2011-03-14T13:50:00.004-04:00

Image courtesy of yanko design

DONATE TO JAPAN PLATFORM
From friends in Japan, AAAC understands donations going to the Japan Platform will be distributed to multiple small organizations that are currently working in the affected areas, not just one huge organization. The Japan Platform is a consortium of 32 different NGO organizations in Japan, and are supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan as a trustworthy humanitarian aid organization. They also accept credit card donations, which is not common for smaller organizations in Japan (wire transfer to a bank account is the most common there).

On march 11th, 2011, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit japan north of Tokyo, causing a devastating tsunami and immense damage on land. still battling power outages and explosions at nuclear plants, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated in the aftermath of the incident, whose death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 persons. In the wake of the disaster, it is up to the rest of the world to help japan. Give what you can, and spread the word to help others do the same.

Emergency Supplies + Food

shelterbox
already onground in japan and accepting donations online to increase the aid they can provide,
the organization delivers boxes of emergency shelters, water, and vital supplies to families affected by disasters.

Medical Aid

direct relief international
working since friday in the pacific rim, the organization coordinates volunteer efforts
and offers medical assistance in emergencies, providing approximately 30 USD worth
of medical materials and aid for every 1 USD donated. donate online.

doctors without borders (médecins sans frontières)
the organization, which sends licensed doctors to offer free medical aid to those in need,
is expanding the teams it has sent to northern Japan, and is accepting donations online.

international medical corps
text MED to 80888 to make a 10 USD donation from your phone balance.

Onground response and distribution of funds

Global Giving donate online, or text JAPAN to 50555 (US residents) to make a 10 USD donation from your phone balance.

Help Our Furry Friends
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support A local coalition created to positively support rescue efforts for the animals who have been affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Japan March 11, 2011 and its aftermath.
ARK: animal refuge kansai
the organization is accepting volunteers and donations to help animals made homeless by the earthquake and tsunami.

Google Crisis Response Page
the google crisis response page includes updated information and contact information about the disaster,
a person finder, and donation box to the japanese red cross.

The 26th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition – March 14 Entry Deadline

2011-03-11T11:09:00.002-05:00

*** International Art Contest - March 14 Entry Deadline ***

Just one last reminder: March 14 is the last day to enter the 26th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. Visual artists 18 years of age and older from all over the world are invited to take advantage of this unique opportunity and submit their original work.

Click here to enter or complete your entry

For more information, visit http://www.agora-gallery.com/competition/default.aspx or email: competition@agora-gallery.com .

Produce It Yourself: Art Exhibitions (live discussion)

2011-03-09T12:30:00.002-05:00

Produce It Yourself: Art Exhibitions

Part of the Brainstorm! series of lively discussions on the artist as producer

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 6:30-8pm

White Box, 329 Broome St, between Bowery and Chrystie

Case Study: Tomato Grey artist collective's recent exhibition 18 Degrees of Acclimation. Presented by Annysa Ng, Founding member of the Tomato Grey artist collective.

Discussants: Paul Clay, Visual Artist, Founder of Cuchifritos Gallery & co-founder of Artists Alliance;Matthew Deleget, Artist and Founder/Director of MINUS SPACE; Radhika Subramaniam, Director & Chief Curator, Sheila Johnson Design Center, Parsons School of Design.

Moderator: Alexandra Chang, Arts Writer, Curator, and Director of Public Programs & Research Manager at NYU Asian Pacific American Institute.

Tickets: $10; Free for Alliance+ members.

Click HERE for more information.

Asian American Arts Centre presents.. BOOM BOX

2011-03-04T18:09:00.011-05:00

BOOM BOX

Location: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, NYC
Dates: March 17 - March 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 17, 5:00pm-8:00pm

Artists: Amy Chan, Ming Fay, Jung Hyang Kim, and Hyungsub Shin.
Curated by Eun Young Choi.

Featuring four artists who create beautiful visual harmony inspired by nature Boom Box, like the compact portable stereo, overflows with various rhythms and melodies that combine together to create a complex yet intimate visual symphony. The white walled rectangular gallery is transformed into a vibrant celebration of colorful blooms, pods, branches, and burgeoning flora. The exhibition includes intricate multi-layered dreamlike abstractions of Jung Hyang Kim, a fruit-laden lush urban jungle installation by Ming Fay, delicate yet quietly mesmerizing surreal landscapes by Amy Chan, and painted abstractions and delightful wire constructions that straddle the boarder between nature and artificiality in the form of rhizomes and stolons by Hyungsub Shin.

Eun Young Choi is an artist and curator based in Brooklyn. She has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and studied Museum Studies at City College, CUNY. Some of the venues that she has curated at include Gallery SATORI, Number 35, Arario Gallery New York, Lumenhouse, and the NARS Foundation in New York City and Gallery Factory in Seoul. She has also exhibited her work international in Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, and the US.

For more information, go to http://www.artspiral.org/new.html

I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing

2011-02-25T17:55:00.003-05:00

I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing

Date: March 23–September 19, 2011

Location: The Paul J. Sachs Drawings Galleries, third floor , MOMA

In 1970, Japanese artist On Kawara sent a series of telegrams to his Dutch gallerist that proclaimed, “I am still alive.” The simplicity of the message, coupled with the austerity of the medium, creates the ambivalent impression of a profound truth expressed in almost immaterial form. This exhibition brings together works from the 1950s to today that exemplify such expressions of a personal existence in the world with decidedly conceptual, ephemeral, even opaque means. Embracing formal languages that can seem startling or difficult in their conceptual conceits or idiosyncratic references, the artists in this exhibition nonetheless comment—often directly—on the state of the world around them, highlighting their place within it or simply attesting to the existence of an outside reality full of conflicts, politics, and life. Additional artists in the exhibition include León Ferrari, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Marine Hugonnier,
Lee Lozano, Mangelos, and Robert Morris, among others.

Go to MOMA for more info.

Made In The U.S.A - Modern/Contemporary Art In America

2011-02-24T17:00:00.003-05:00

Story of the First Art eBook

For over a decade, the author thought about writing a comprehensive contemporary art book - one that would be inclusive, set within a historical context and provide information for art people unaware of the recent past. Late in 2009, a friend, Dr. Angiola Churchill offered her Venetian apartment. However while working there 6-8 hours, every day for three months, a specter loomed - there was no publisher, staff or money. Previous publishers had disappeared and lack of institutional affiliation dimmed hopes of attracting another firm. ~ I went on writing and thinking. Eventually, three concepts merged: 1) a self-publishing eBook, 2) Internet images - a possibility introduced by my friend/teacher, John Perreault, 3) links to sites. The solution: links to reproductions could be put into an eBook - thereby bypassing requisite paperwork and cash for illustrations. The idea made sense, because a major intention was to create a text for college students who are adept to technology.

Moreover, the book could be cheap - $9.99 (unlike hard copies) and portable - it could be downloaded into a laptop or electronic devices. ~Home again, I chose a self-publisher who, in spite of promises to the contrary - could not produce an eBook let alone one with live links. Then my son suggested Barnes & Noble's new Nook program. After a year, this publisher had been unable to achieve what Brien Van Wagner did in hours. Perks: Periodic adjustment will ensure that information/book never goes out of date. - Judy Collischan

Accessing the eBook: Barnes and Noble Online Bookstore

* Please pass the word about this eBook to art professors, students, curators, critics, docents and/or anyone interested in art.

Matrix of The Mind at Agora Gallery

2011-02-11T17:11:00.001-05:00

The Matrix of the Mind

Contemporary Fine Art by Japanese Artists

Japanese art, long cherished for its fluidity and understated elegance, has continued to inspire artists in the 21st Century. Modern and yet timeless, Agora Gallery’s Matrix of the Mind is a survey of talented contemporary Japanese artists. With their appreciation for the natural world and the spiritual mind, these works will captivate the soul with their subtle philosophies and passionate beauty.

Exhibition Dates: March 1, 2011 – March 22, 2011

Reception: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location: Agora Gallery, 530 West 25^th St, New York City

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Event URL:

Featured Artists: Fumitoshi Kamura, Fumie Kihara, Jun Kim, Sachie Koyama, Koki Morimoto, Iwasaki Nagi, Umeko Okano, Etsuko Shida, Tamiko Tominaga

Go to Agora Gallery for more information.

Mansheng Wang: Art and Artlessness

2011-02-10T18:52:00.004-05:00

Date: Feb 15 - May 27, 2011
Location: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, NY

Organized in conjunction with Queens College's "Year of China," this retrospective of over 80 works reveals the inspiration for Mansheng Wang’s serene, contemplative creations, in relation to centuries-old Chinese art, uniquely interpreted by the artist in a modern idiom. It includes landscapes, botanical studies, iconic Buddhist imagery, and calligraphy.

From Taiyuan, a city in north central China, Wang was classically-trained at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts but works in an individual style deeply informed by the artist-scholar tradition and art as a meditative practice. The exhibition explores the ways in which Buddhism and Chinese tradition have influenced Wang’s form and content, and shows how he transforms traditional subjects and conventions in personal interpretations that intersect with Western culture.

Wang realizes his delicately rendered, figurative art through a number of media, including ink and color on various papers, ceramics, and woodblock and other printing techniques. Selected Chinese objects from the Museum's collections will contextualize the artist's sources and inspiration, along with objects from the artist’s personal archive of the calligraphy of various dynasties.

Go to Godwin-Ternbach Museum for more info.

Indonesian International Fiber Art Exhibition 2011

2011-02-09T17:55:00.004-05:00

Date: Feb 22 - Feb 25, 2011

Location: Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jln Sri Wedani, No.1 Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Jugaad Urbanism: Resourceful Strategies for Indian Cities

2011-02-08T18:08:00.004-05:00

Exhibition: February 10 - May 21, 2011
At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
Curated by Kanu Agrawal

Opening Reception: 7 - 9 pm Thursday February 10, 2011.

Set in the radically uneven urban landscapes of Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Pune, India, Jugaad Urbanism explores how the energy of citizens "making-do" is translated by architects, urban planners, and governmental and nongovernmental entities into efficient and inventive strategies for sustainable urban growth. From energy generating spinning wheels to the extensive skywalks of Mumbai – the exhibition highlights how "jugaad" interventions (a term in Hindi used to describe an innovative, resourceful approach) are challenging traditional spatial hierarchies and mechanistic planning principles.

The work of Indian artists, including Raqs Media Collective, will also be included in the exhibition, offering insights into the complex and oft cited "messy" urbanism of India.

Go to Indo-American Arts Council for more info.

Asian American Arts Centre presents.. LUNAR NEW YEAR FOLK ARTS FESTIVAL!

2011-02-05T16:06:00.004-05:00

DATE: SUNDAY, FEB 13TH, 2011 | 1:30PM - 4:00PM
LOCATON: ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS CENTRE

FREE ADMISSION!

Featuring:
Music, arts, folk arts demonstration, and many more!

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Go to AAAC's website for more info.

SIGN UP! Children's After School Art Classes every Tuesdays!

2011-02-01T17:40:00.004-05:00

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Walk in Manhattan's Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade with the Asian American Arts Centre!

2011-01-29T11:57:00.002-05:00

Beverly Flannory @ FIT

Parade: Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Starts: 12:00pm (noon)

We would like to show that the arts are alive in Chinatown while celebrating the Year of the Rabbit! Help represent the Asian American Arts Centre and show your own artistic creativity by wearing a costume and walking with our banner in the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade.

Lets show the arts through creative costumes! As of now, costume ideas are open to your own interpretation, but lets focus on a slant of positivity, to promote the Asian American Arts in Chinatown, the New York City community and in celebration of Lunar New Year.

*You are welcome to invite others to join you.
*Costumes are not required but are highly encouraged.
*Collaborative costume ideas might be a good idea to make a greater impact.
*No political or religious agendas or confrontations

*The parade takes place on February 6, 2011 and participants must be able to arrive by 12 noon at a designated meeting spot (TBA)
*Lets make this a fun time and way to engage in the community through this band of costumed artists

Please RSVP to this email tlee@artspiral.org ASAP, and let me know if you plan on participating. Please also give me an idea of your costume idea, if you know, and if you will be bringing others with you to march and how many.

You can let me know later what your costume idea is, but let me know ASAP if you would like to participate so we can get a count.

More details will follow!!

Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity

2011-01-28T17:26:00.005-05:00

The exhibition is currently taking place at SUArt Galleries' .
Duration of the exhibition is from January 25th to March 20th, 2011.

Curated by Blake Bradford, director of education at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; Robert Lee, executive director of the Asian American Arts Center, New York; and Benito Huerta, associate professor & director of the Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Paul Keene,GenerationsLithograph, 1996

This exhibition features 63 multi-media works including paintings, works on paper, photographs and video by culturally diverse artists from across the United States. Infinite Mirror is realized through the collective efforts of Artrain, Inc. and a group of independent curators selecting works of art by established and emerging American artists.

The central theme is the use of portraiture and figuration as symbols for emotional and social ideas. Artwork in the exhibition uses portraiture to depict circumstances and experiences of multicultural populations in present-day America. The artwork is personal, reflective, autobiographical and of a high technical quality, creating an exhibition that is both visually beautiful as well as socially relevant. The exhibition includes the work of first generation Americans and emerging new immigrant artists that examines issues and themes of race, gender, religion, history, politics and family.

Tomie Arai, Peach Boy, Etching, 2003

Included are such internationally renowned artist as Luis Jimenez, Tomie Arai, Elizabeth Catlett and Faith Ringgold. Infinite Mirror was awarded grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Arts. Addition support from MetLife Foundation, the Michigan Council for the Arts and the International Fine Print Dealers Association.

More information at...
Artrain USA
International Arts & Artists
Syracuse University Art Galleries

AAAC Tai Chi Classes with Eleanor Yung (Feb-March 2011)

2011-01-26T17:39:00.002-05:00

CHAPTER ONE

Date: Saturdays, from Feb 5th - March 26, 2011 .
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Place: Players Theater Rehearsal Space, 115 MacDougal Street, 3rd floor (btwn Bleecker St. & W 3rd St.), West Village (map)
Fee: $150 for the 8 class series.

Please email Eleanor for more information on CHAPTER TWO and CHAPTER THREE.

*For students who have completed chapter one and would like to take it again, the fee for the series is $75. For students who are currently enrolled in another of my classes, you are welcome to join the class at no cost.

The practice of Taichi Chuan is known to be beneficial to health and wellbeing. It is found to lower blood pressure, increase bone density, reduce stress as well as improve balance, co-ordination and body alignment. Learn to move gracefully while improving health and wellness.

Eleanor Yung, acupuncturist, has been teaching the form as taught by the late Master Ham King Koo since 1995. This nei-gung taichi form consists of 81 moves and is divided into three chapters. The form is accompanied by a series of warm-up qi-gung exercises.

To sign up, please email esyung@aol.com, then come to the first class on February 5th, 2011.
Have questions? please email or call.
Eleanor Yung, L.Ac.
licensed acupuncturist, NYS
646-831-9745
esyung@aol.com

Hosook Kang - Exhibition at Gallery Korea of Korean Culture Service

2011-01-19T08:15:00.000-05:00

Hosook Kang

January 12 – 28, 2011Gallery Korea of Korean Culture Service NY

Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 12, 6 – 8 PM

Gallery Korea presents a special exhibition by Ho Sook Kang, a Korean-born artist living and working in Brooklyn. Having learned poetry, calligraphy, and Korean landscape painting at a young age, Kang’s work naturally draws upon such ancient traditions. Kang’s absorption in the natural world is rooted in the age-old belief that one may find solace or renewal through contemplation of landscape.

This exhibition shows the richness of her works which is exploring the beauty and volatility of the natural world. In this exhibition, her art can be seen as a movement in silent nature. As a drop of water, for example, comes to the sea and dust falls on the mountains, human beings also in the end exist as tiny specks of dust in nature. Accordingly, she describes the endlessly changeable and circular condition of nature by using dots in a general abstract pattern.

Epitaph at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

2011-01-16T14:58:00.003-05:00

Epitaph
Art Gallery Show
Presented by Circle Arts

Where: Clemente Soto Velez Gallery

107 Suffolk Street (upstairs 2nd flr. follow signs)

New York, NY 10002

When: January 16-29, 2011

Gallery Opening January 18, 2011 (Tuesday)

Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm

Featuring Artists: Betty T. Kao * Carrie Beehan aka Trystette * Courtney Flouer * Efrat Kedem * Jacek Gulla * James Shawn Crumb * Jen Upchurch * Jim Earl/Crash Robin * Kenneth Colosky * Nylaia-Silvia Prado dos Anjos * pamela.vitale * Shalom Neuman * Sean McCallum * Troy C. Frantz *

The visual artist has the ability to create an image which will last beyond their own existence. An epitaph is a written memorial. In this show the artists exhibit a visual epitaph, a commemoration, a self-portrait. Circle Arts creates the oppotunity of a lifetime, to present yourself in the light that you wish to be remembered.

Circle Arts, Inc. is an artist’s resource organization. We have a long history of producing and supporting art that is non-commercial or is far from the mainstream art world.

For more info, go to Circle Arts.

Chinese Government Demolished Ai Weiwei's Studio

2011-01-10T17:47:00.004-05:00

Authorities have stayed true to their decision to demolish ai weiwei's shanghai studio, located in the northern district of jiading. destruction of the building has begun.

Considered one of the most outspoken contemporary chinese artists / activists of our time,Ai Weiwei's studio was deemed illegal by the government who said it did not follow the proper building permits, so plans for the building's demolition were slated.

Funnily enough, it was also the government and jiading mayor sun jiwei who originally approached the artist two years ago, inviting him to open a studio space in the chinese city's agricultural district as part of their plan to develop into a cultural centre of the metropolis, and they had promised to help him acquire the necessary documents to erect the building.

Back in november 2010, the artist offered his supporters 10, 000 river crabs as a means of celebrating the government's order to demolish the structure. crabs as the dish of choice could be considered a bit of a political statement as the chinese name for the river crustaceans sounds like 'harmonize', a common figure of speech used by chinese authorities in reference to government censorship. More than 400 followers attended the successful event.

aerial view of the demolition site

ai weiwei's studio in the northern district of jiading in shanghai before demolition

Tuesday Children Art Classes Every Tuesday

2011-01-08T17:42:00.002-05:00

SPRING TERM 2011: February 8th - June 7th, 2011

Day & Time: Sundays, 11:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 111 Norfolk Street, Ground Flr.

Tuition: $235 (Supplies and materials included)

CALL US AT 212.233.2154!

Late registration is no problem! Fees will be pro-rated.

AAAC's Tuesday Art Classes will be held at 111 Norfolk Street. This is a program designed to stimulate a child's creativity and capacity to explore their own artistic originality & cultural background. Class are Tuesdays from 3pm - pm. Registration is for 6 - 14 years old.

3:00PM - 4:30PM: Ages 6-9: This program is designed to further stimulate student's creativity and capacity to explore their own artistic originality and cultural background.

4:40PM - 6:30PM: Ages 9 - 14: For children focuses on portfolio-building with an emphasis on advanced techniques with individual personal instruction by the Centre's art educators and specialists.

Caroline McAuliffe and Lu Yi, Teacher

Evelyn Yee, LCAT, Art Therapist

Lotus Do Brooks, Consultant

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL US AT 212.358.9922/ 212.233.2154!

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 12:30 - 6:30pm

AAAC will be having the Art Scholarship Contest!

Date: Jan 24th - 4pm and Jan 25th 4pm & 530pm

For more info please call 212.233.2154

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2011-01-07T17:17:00.001-05:00

'Never sorry' is the first feature length documentary on one of the most controversial
and iconic chinese contemporary artists of our time, ai weiwei whose voice on human rights issues
in china have resulted in his detainment, as well as the order to demolish his newly completed
work studio in shanghai, among other events. directed by beijing-based journalist and filmmaker
alison klayman, the film offers an intimate and scholarly portrait of the cultural figure,
whose art and activism has made headlines not only in his native homeland of china,
but around the globe.

Ai Weiwei's latest work 'sunflower seeds', fills the tate modern's turbine hall with millions of life-sized
hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds. the installation is on view until may 2nd, 2011.

Here is a little teaser of what to expect from 'never sorry':

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry TEASER from Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry on Vimeo.

Produced by MUSE film and television, 'ai weiwei: never sorry' is set to be released later this year.
for more info and updates you can visit the film's facebook page and twitter.

Asian Folk Arts Demonstrator Wanted!

2011-01-07T16:23:00.006-05:00

Asian American Arts Centre is looking for NYC area craftspersons/artisans who utilize traditional Asian folk art or craft techniques in their contemporary work and enjoy demonstrating and showing their craft. If you or you know of anyone interested, Please send us 5 images or a link to tlee@artspiral.org

To contact/inquire:
Tel; 212.233.2164 (office hours mon-fri 230pm-630pm)
Email: tlee@artspiral.org

Sky Kim's solo exhibition at The Earville Opera House entitled SAMSARA

2011-01-06T14:21:00.002-05:00

Date: Jan 8 - Feb 19, 2011

Location: Earville Opera House, Earville, NY 12222

Sky Kim - Untitled work #1, (42 inches x 10 yards)

The title of the exhibit is "SAMSARA" - It is a Sanskrit word meaning the eternal cycle of life.

Sky Kim works in a series of abstract painting/drawings that she would say captures the vital energy of all living beings through microscopic scanning. The unusual size of the works show that Kim wishes to suggest a new boundary to drawing with her pieces that begin with a 10 yard roll of paper.

On an unconscious level, Kim's work is influenced by the loss of her twin sister at birth. She believes that remembering her in her art is a way to complete her being in this life. Her scroll series is a record of the energy that she produces at the very moment of creation. It records her personal time and space, as well as her raw emotion. The work tells a story that develops over the length of the scroll. She hopes for her audience to be able to ask themselves who they were before and who they are now as they view the work. "Following one dot after another all the way into the core of my drawing and connecting dots of their own..." that might lead them to the center of their beings to discover wholeness.

More info: http://skykim.net/

Asia Art Archive's 1980s Documentary Film

2010-12-08T16:45:00.000-05:00

Princeton University's Tang Center for East Asian Art

presents

Asia Art Archive's 1980s Documentary Film

on
Thursday, December 9, 2010
4:30pm-6:30pm
101 McCormick Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Reception at the Princeton University Art Museum to follow

For more information regarding AAA's 1980s project or to watch the film trailer, please click the image below:

This program is supported by Princeton University's East Asian Studies Program and the Princeton University Art Museum.

For more info go to www.aaa-a.org

AAAC Tai Chi Classes with Eleanor Yung!

2010-11-17T17:45:00.003-05:00

CHAPTER ONE

Date: Saturdays, from Nov 20th to Jan 8th, 2010
Time: 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Place: Players Theater Rehearsal Space, 211 MacDougal Street, 3rd floor (btwn Bleecker St. & W 3rd St.), West Village

Fee: $150 for the 8 class series.

Please email Eleanor for more information on CHAPTER TWO and CHAPTER THREE.

To sign up, please email esyung@aol.com, then come to the first class on November 20th, 2010.

Have questions? please email or call.
Eleanor Yung, L.Ac.
licensed acupuncturist, NYS
646-831-9745
esyung@aol.com

A Chinese Fish Vase, Found in an Attic, Swims to an $85 Million World Record in London

2010-11-17T16:22:00.002-05:00

LONDON— In a tale that goes way beyond the wildest dreams of any Antiques Roadshow aficionado, a brother and sister found a dusty Chinese vase while clearing out their deceased parents' suburban London house and put it up for sale at Bainbridges Auction House — where it fetched $85 million, a world record for any work of Chinese art at auction. The siblings, who have so far remained anonymous, were stunned by the rapidly-ascending bidding, with the sister leaving the room at one point to get some fresh air.Bainbridges, a small West London auction house specializing in estate sales, and whose previous sale record was £100,000 ($185,000) for a Ming bowl, had estimated the Qianlong vase at £800,000-1.2 million ($1.3-1.9 million), the London Telegraph reports. After 30 minutes of frenetic bidding in which six men in the salesroom and three telephone bidders vied for the elaborately-decorated piece, a paddle bidder in the room — said to be a Beijing-based advisor — emerged victorious, declining afterward to comment on his purchase. The hammer price was £43 million, with the commission and VAT bringing the total price to £53 million ($85 million).This sum handily surpasses the previous record for a Chinese artwork, set by a calligraphic work that sold for $64 million at Beijing's Poly International Auction Company last June. Moreover, the vase more than doubled the previous record for Chinese porcelain, set just a month ago by Sotheby's in Hong Kong with the sale of another Qianlong vase for $32.4 million.

Read more at Art Info
(Image courtesy of Brainbridges)

Activism and the Rise of Alternative Art Spaces at Exit Art (Panel Talk)

2010-10-27T17:46:00.001-04:00

DATE: FRIDAY, OCT 29TH, 6PM-9PM
LOCATION: EXIT ART, 475 Tenth Ave, New York, NY 10018 (map)

In conjunction with Exit Art's Alternative Histories exhibition, a panel talk entitles "Activism and the Rise of Alternative Art Spaces" will be held on Friday 10/29.
Robert Lee, director of Asian American Arts Centre will discuss the founding of the Asian American Art Centre:

Its relation to the Asian American movement; its emergence from the activities of the Basement Workshop (1970-mid1980s); Its establishment as the non-profit Asian American Dance Theatre in 1974 and changing to its current name in 1986; its expansion to include the presentation of contemporary art exhibitions in 1983, as well as its other folk art and educational programs and activities.

Moderator: Mary Anne Staniszewski, Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY

Participants: Robert Lee, Director, Asian American Arts Center; Beka Economopoulos, Co-Founder / Director, Not An Alternative; Alanna Heiss, Founder, P.S.1, Director, AIR and Clocktower Gallery; Avram Finkelstein, Gran Fury; Melissa Rachleff Burtt, Clinical Associate Professor of Arts Administration, NYU

Investigating the early history of New York alternative spaces, this panel looks at the genesis, culture and legacy of this movement in the context of activism and political agency.

Please RSVP to this event: http://www.exitart.org/support/rsvp. Each public event during the Alternative Histories exhibition is $5.00 which can be paid on line or at the door.

Endangered Art/ists - China exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

2010-10-12T16:58:00.002-04:00

Date: October 16, 2010 - Sunday, November 14, 2010

Opening Reception: October 16, 2010, 5-7pm.
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm

Celebrate the 5,000 year history of traditional Chinese arts and textiles and the endangered artists who are slowly vanishing due to lack of civic support and market economies. Highlights of past and present work created by indigenous artists living in Southwestern China and Hainan Island, including exquisite textiles, traditional lacquer-ware, and ritual masks.

From the private collection of Andrew and Lily Wang.

An exhibit of exquisite textiles, traditional lacquer-ware, and ritual masks by indigenous artists living in Southwestern China and Hainan Island.

The history of traditional arts and textiles in China spans over 5000 years and has influenced arts and culture across Asia and around the world. Today these artists are slowly vanishing due to lack of civic support and market economies that de-emphasize the value of quality artwork created by traditional methods and materials. This exhibition highlights both past and present work created by traditional artists from minority ethnic groups Miao, Gejia, Tujia, Gelao, Yao, Yi, Dai, Li, and Zhang who live in areas across Southwestern China and in Hainan Island. One of the goals of including old and new pieces in this exhibit is to help us appreciate an art form that, while ancient in practice, is still alive in the hands of these indigenous artists. As members of the global community and patrons of the arts, what is our role, if any, to support these artists so that they can continue these traditional practices to create new work and pass the skills on to future generations? What would it mean if the artists and skills needed to create this kind of work became a thing of the past?

For more information, go to Flushing Town Hall - Exhibitions

AAAC Presents... ART SLAM 2010!

2010-10-10T03:02:00.002-04:00

THURSDAY OCT 14TH, 5PM-630PM

Participating Artists:

Jing Zhou, Vivian Oyarbide, Maia Cruz Palileo, Uday Kdhar, Carol Tanjutco.

THURSDAY OCT 21ST, 5PM-630PM

Participating Artists:

Dmitry Borshch, Susan Lee Yung, Justin Baldwin, Betty T. Kaos, Roshani Thakore.

*Stay for the Asian American Arts Centre Community Potluck!

630PM- 730PM immediately following the ArtSlam Presentations (see below for more information)
Forthe past several years, the Asian American Arts Centre has held aseries of art slams, allowing emerging artists the opportunity topresent and talk about their work, meet and network with each other aswell as with more established artists and critics/curators. Last year,the Centre hosted three slide slams, showcasing the work of fifteenartists working in various media.

On Thursdays, Oct 14th and Oct21st, Asian American Arts Centre will be hosting the annual ART SLAMshowcasing the work of emerging Asian-American & Asia influencedartists.

*The October 21st Art Slam will feature a special potluck event (dish encouraged but not required to attend!) to support and promote the Asian American Arts Centre community. Please join us at 5 pm to see artist presentations and stay to enjoy food and meet staff, artists, and friends!

Admission is FREE. EVERYONE is invited. BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

TheART SLAM series is made possible in part with public funds from the NewYork State Council on the Arts, a state agency and from The New YorkDepartment of Cultural Affairs. The Asian American Arts Centre wasfounded in 1974 in New York City as a not-for-profit organization toaddress the distinctive concerns of Asian Americans in the UnitedStates. Its mission is to promote the preservation and creativevitality of Asian American cultural growth through the arts, and itshistorical and aesthetic linkage to other communities.

ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES exhibition @ Exit Art

2010-10-08T15:19:00.001-04:00

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Roger Shimomura: "An American Knockoff"

2010-10-06T17:20:00.003-04:00

Location: The Flomenhaft Gallery
Date: October 28th - December 11th, 2010

The Flomenhaft Gallery is proud to present Roger Shimomura’s newest series of artworks, “An American Knockoff.” The title eludes to Shimomura’s experience as a third generationAmerican citizen who is all too often asked what part of Japan he comesfrom, and is too often misconnected to so-called “oriental” physicaland behavioral traits. Actually he was born in Seattle andunfortunately spent several years of his childhood in an internmentcamp, Minidoka, in Idaho. These works are his “attempt to amelioratethe outrage of the misconceptions” and “in tongue-in-cheek fashion hebecomes the same stereotypes.”

Shimomura’s newestpaintings, in fabulous color, almost all include a self portrait. Wesee him, in art critic Lucy Lippard’s words “kicking ass” at his owncountry. They are dynamic, filled with references to pop art, in workssuch as “American vs. Disney Stereotypes.” The paintingsinclude Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Popeye and the threelittle pigs, also Ukiyo theater folk. Often mistaken for Chinese, hegoes for it and represents himself as a “Chinese Imposter,” as aGeneral leading his Chinese army, and in other works he stands in for aChinese communist, but also points at the color confusion byrepresenting celebrants of Mao. A most powerful work represents theconundrum in Shimomura’s life, “American vs. Japs.” It showshim acting the part of a Japanese American, making a distinctionbetween himself and the Japanese enemy during WWII. Here he kicks theJap’s ass. What a turn of events.

RogerShimomura, in painting, prints and theater pieces has always addressedthe sociopolitical issues of Asian Americans. He has had over 125 soloexhibitions and has presented theater pieces throughout the country. He is the recipient of more than 30 grants, four of which came from theNational Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Painting and PerformanceArt. He has lectured and has been a visiting artist at more than 200universities, and the College Art Association presented him with theArtist Award for Most Distinguished Body of Work in 2002 for his fouryear, twelve museum tour of the painting exhibition “An AmericanDiary.” It was based on the diaries his grandmother kept from the timeshe came to America as a photograph wife and includes her experiencesin Minidoka. Shimomura was a Distinguished Professor at the School ofFine Arts at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, from 1969 until heretired in 2004. He is now the University Distinguished Professor ofArt Emeritus of the University of Kansas.

Presently there is a travelling show entitled “Yellow Terror: the Collection and Paintings of Roger Shimomura,”co-curated by Roger and Dr. Stacey Uradomo-Barre, the curator for theArt in Public Places Program of the Hawaiian State Foundation onCulture and the Arts. It was produced by the Wing Luke Museum,Seattle, our nation’s only pan-Asian Pacific American museum and anaffiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. From Wing Luke it will goto the Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University,opening on October 21st.

Sexed Asian Machines: On The Communicability Of Multimedia

2010-09-16T17:46:00.000-04:00

Sexed Asian Machines: On The Communicability Of Multimedia
Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Jian Chen, Gallatin School Of Individualized Study, NYU

Date: Monday, Sep 20th
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Location:
A/P/A Institute, Room 709
41-51 East 11th Street
7th Floor, Room 709
New York, NY 10003

Free and open to the public.
To RSVP:Email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu, or Call 212-992-9653

Bring your own lunch and A/P/A Institute will provide beverages and dessert!

Prior to the multimedia convergence initiated by mass digitalization,documentary and pornographic film/video offered the experiences ofcommunicability and interactivity now attributed to “post-cinematic”multimedia. Pornography and documentary are arguably anti-cinematicforms that work through communicative relays between viewers andfilm/video, rather than immersive spectatorship, and through visibletechnological mediation, in contrast to aesthetic signatures orspectacle. Whether through claims to authenticity or the pleasure offantasy, these two genres also initiate the kinds of cross-culturalcontact celebrated more belatedly, and with more polished veneer, inglobal Hollywood cinema.

Chen’s talk will focus on semi-documentaries on sex work and mainstreamonline pornography, which feature Asian feminine subjects. Chencontends that these docu/porn forms make potentially explicit theparadoxical relationships between autonomy and control, enjoyment andlabor, shaping image consumption and cultural visibility withintransnational neoliberal capitalism. And Chen's talk will explore theracial, sexual fantasies that support the imagined free-flowcirculation of images and information within multimedia public spheres.

For more information and to RSVP, contact TK

Jian Chen is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Gallatin School ofIndividualized Study at New York University. Chen’s current researchexplores new demands made on cultural consumption, representation, andpolitics, with the transnational circulation of sexed racial and ethnicimages in post-cinematic film and media. Chen’s article “Sex WithoutFriction: the Limits of Multi-Mediated Human Subjectivity in Cheang ShuLea’s Tech-Porn” is forthcoming in the electronic journal PostmodernCulture.

Cosponsored with the NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality and the Gallatin School for Individualized Study

For more information, go to A/P/A Institute at New York University.

ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES at Exit Art

2010-09-16T17:23:00.004-04:00

ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES at Exit Art
September 24 - November 24, 2010
Opening Friday, September 24, 7pm - 9pm

Alternative Histories is a history of New York Cityalternative art spaces and projects since the 1960s. Through audiointerviews with founders and key staff, a reading room of magazines andpublications, documentation, ephemera and narrative descriptions, theexhibition will tell the story of pioneering spaces – like P.S.1,Artists Space, Fashion Moda, Taller Boricua, ABC No Rio, The Kitchen,Franklin Furnace, Exit Art, 112 Greene Street, White Columns, CreativeTime, Electronic Arts Intermix, Anthology Film Archives, Storefront forArt and Architecture, Just Above Midtown, and many more – as well asdocument a new generation of alternative projects such as Live WithAnimals, Fake Estate, Apartment Show, Pocket Utopia, Cleopatra’s,English Kills Art Gallery, Triple Candie, Esopus Space, and others.

Over130 spaces are represented in the show, which elaborates on thesignificant contributions these organizations made to the culturalfabric of New York City. They gave visibility and inclusion tootherwise excluded artists and ideas. The idealism of the founders, thehard work and dedication of everyone involved in sustaining thesehistories, against all odds, illustrates the dynamic purposes thatpropel the artistic scene in New York. “Imagination is an alternativeto reality, creating options that never end,” says Papo Colo.

The exhibition incorporates a broad definition of the term“alternative space,” and includes significant publications and artistcollectives to cover a broad arc of this history – bridgingneighborhoods, decades and themes. In the development and organizationof this exhibition, the curatorial team viewed dozens of archives andpersonal collections – selecting critical materials from the historiesof the spaces and projects – and interviewed founders and early staffmembers, when possible, to construct a narrative about the alternativespace movement in New York and its continuing impact on the city’scultural and artistic landscape.

For more information go to Exit Art

Autoerotic Asphyxiation by Danh Vo at Artist Space

2010-09-11T17:06:00.000-04:00

Location: Artist Space, 38, Green St. NYC
Tel: 212.226.3970
Date: September 11 - November 2, 2010

Danh Vo (Born 1975, Ba Ria, Vietnam) recent exhibitions include 6th Berlin Biennial (2010); Gwangju Biennial (2010); Where the Lions Are, Kunsthalle Basel (2009); Package Tour, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2008).

Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Danh Vo’s first exhibition in the USA, is made possible through the generous support of Shelley Fox Aarons & Philip Aarons, The Danish Arts Council, The Friends of Artists Space, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Go to Artist Space for more information.

Asian American Arts Centre

AAAC presents... Lunar New Year Festival 2012!

Private Danny Chen news coverage

Open Call for Costumes/A​rt with AAAC in Lunar New Year Parade

Rinku Sen Workshop

Occupy Wall Street - Week of December 17th

March and Vigil for Danny Chen

Art Cart and Artists Updates

Occupy Wall Street - Week of December 3rd

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 20th

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 15th

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Video Challenge

Flora Choi: Daeng'gi Kimchi Factory at Cuchifritos

March for Danny Chen - OWS Supports the Chinatown Community

March & Vigil For Private Danny Chen

Occupy Wall Street - Week of November 2nd to 6th

Film Screening: "A Village Called Versailles"

Free Screening of "Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words"

Occupy Wall Street - Week of October 15th to 22nd

Roundtable on status of community based organizations October 21st

Yellow Pearl's 40th and Kanako

POC meeting on October 19th

Occupy Wall Street - Week of October 2nd

Benefit banquet by CACF

The retirement party of Suki Terada Ports

Asian American Community March in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street

Army Pvt. Danny Chen Died of Unspecified Causes During Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanisatan

Digimovies at Exit Art - Screening of "Oxhide"

ArtReview Names China's Ai Weiwei Most Powerful Person In The Art World

Occupy Wall Street

AAAC Artists Archive - Introduction and Demonstration

Nine Eleven Two Thousand Eleven

MARVELS AND MONSTERS: Unmasking Asian Images In U.S. Comics, 1942-1986 Exhibition

Enemy Alien: Confrontation with detention regimes of past and present.

Workshop - How Asian American Sexuality As Portrayed In popular Media?

Artists explore the Asian-American experience

Exhibition: Report From Japan by Go Nakamura, Canna Sasa, & Hiroaki Sasa

"Growing Peace" - Indira Johnson's fields art project in Oregon, IL

"Asian Pacifically New York: The Photography of Corky Lee"

POW WOW HAWAII 2012 by Jasper Wong

Project by Jasper Wong

Fund This: Locating the Sacred

The Second Annual Japanese Heritage Night at the New York Mets to benefit Japan Relief Efforts

Kim Loo Sisters Screening on May.31, 2011

Six NYPD Officers Arrested a sixty-year-old man in Columbus Park

Recent Events of AAAC

Festival of Ideas map puts Chinatown in the Pitts/Clinton Sts.

The New Museum Festival of Ideas Responds to AAAC

32nd Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival 2011

Under Attack by Chinese Hackers, Change.org Asks Supporters of Ai Weiwei to Tweet Sec. Clinton for Help

Arts Group Calls for Worldwide Sit-In for Ai Weiwei

1001 Chairs For Ai Weiwei

"TO JAPAN WITH LOVE" Fundraising Event

Breathing @ Po Kim Art Gallery

The Monologue of Ice @ Rubin Museum of Art

What You Can Do To Help Japan

The 26th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition – March 14 Entry Deadline

Produce It Yourself: Art Exhibitions (live discussion)

Asian American Arts Centre presents.. BOOM BOX

I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing

I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing

Made In The U.S.A - Modern/Contemporary Art In America

Matrix of The Mind at Agora Gallery

Mansheng Wang: Art and Artlessness

Indonesian International Fiber Art Exhibition 2011

Jugaad Urbanism: Resourceful Strategies for Indian Cities

Asian American Arts Centre presents.. LUNAR NEW YEAR FOLK ARTS FESTIVAL!

SIGN UP! Children's After School Art Classes every Tuesdays!

Walk in Manhattan's Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade with the Asian American Arts Centre!

Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity

AAAC Tai Chi Classes with Eleanor Yung (Feb-March 2011)

Hosook Kang - Exhibition at Gallery Korea of Korean Culture Service

Epitaph at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

Chinese Government Demolished Ai Weiwei's Studio

Tuesday Children Art Classes Every Tuesday

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Asian Folk Arts Demonstrator Wanted!

Sky Kim's solo exhibition at The Earville Opera House entitled SAMSARA

Asia Art Archive's 1980s Documentary Film

AAAC Tai Chi Classes with Eleanor Yung!

Open Call for Costumes/Art with AAAC in Lunar New Year Parade