Thursday, May 13, 2010
Experience + Exchange: A Conversation Between Community Champions

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Date: Wednesday, May 19th
Time: 7pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Program Begins
Location: Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013

Reflect for a moment about Chinatown.
What images are evoked? What emotions?
Is the community featured prominently in any scenes from your past? Does it play a role in your life today?  How does it fit into your plans for the future?  Chances are, Chinatown means something a little different to every one of us and, regardless of our personal involvement with Chinatown, it is hard to deny the neighborhood's connection with the Chinese-American ethos.

It is therefore worth taking pause to identify our relationship with this neighborhood and further ask ourselves: What should our connection to Chinatown be?  And what, if anything, does Chinatown need from us? 
The Young Professionals program at MOCA has invited two individuals who have immersed their lives' work in thinking and working through these questions - Tomie Arai, a public artist whose work fundamentally draws on and incorporates its community context, and Thomas Yu, the Director of Housing Development at Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) and the Executive Director of Downtown Manhattan Community Development Corporation (DMCDC).   

Admission: $10 suggested; Free for MOCA members!
Please RSVP by May 17th to Jenny Wong at jwong@mocanyc.org, and include any questions you'd like to ask our panelists!

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Saturday, May 1, 2010
Wing Tek Lum Reading In New York










Wing Tek Lum, one of our great funder will be reciting poetry from his manuscript on the Nanjing Massacre at Asian American Writers Workshop on Friday, May 7th, at 7pm.

Asian American Writers Workshop
6th Floor, 110 -112 West 27th Street (6th and 7th)

Apart of being one of our funder, Wing Tek Lum is the author of Expounding the Doubtful Points, a collection of poetry by the 1970 Discovery Award winner speaks of the author's Chinese American heritage: his ancestors in China, his family in Hawaii, and forging a Chinese American identity. He also speaks of racial discrimination and the obscenity of ethnic stereotypes with astute and unforgiving clarity.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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APRIL 23 - MAY 9, 2010
ARTISTS: Avani Patel & Nathalie Pham
VIEW PANELS HERE TO AUCTION

Bidding at Opening Reception April 22, 6-8pm
Closing Silent Auction & Mother's Day Party: Sunday, May 9th, 4pm-7pm
LOCATION: Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural (map)

Panels/artworks by the community from the outdoor installation "America's Chinatown Voices" at Columbus Park

About 80 - 90 red panels were painted by community people, children, artists & other New Yorkers from the previous installation "America's Chinatown Voices" will be mounted at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. There will be a night where the panels will be auction.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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THE 31TH ANNUAL ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Date: Sunday May 2 2010, from 12pm - 6pm
Venue: Union Square Park
East 14th Street, between Broadway & Park Ave.
Festival Admission: FREE!
Website: A/P/A Heritage Festival


Featuring a variety of Folk artists from different backgrounds, five traditional artists/crafts people will be giving hands on demonstrations. As for this year, the artists joining Asian American Arts Centre are:

Karen Ahn: Korean Maedeup (Knotting)
Kavita Vyas: Mehandi artist
Ming Liang Lu: Master paper cutter of portraits
Jampa Youden : A Tibetan folk singer who also does traditional jewelry design.
Rose Sigal Ibsen : Sumi-e calligrapher
Ye Xun : Dough figurine master artist

Audiences will have the opportunity to interact with skilled folk artists who demonstrate their crafts and will have the opportunity to ask questions, make requests and the chance to learn and delight in the magic of a traditional craft! Go here to read more about our folk artists. This is an ideal event for families. The music, art and performances will delight both old and young alike. See you there this weekend!
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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For the past several years, the Asian American Arts Centre has held a series of slide slams, allowing new, young, or emerging artists the opportunity to present and talk about their work, meet and network with each other as well as with more established artists and critics/curators. Last year, the Centre hosted three slide slams, showcasing the work of fifteen artists working in various media.

ArtSlam will mount two ArtSlams this summer.

ArtSlam is an opportunity for artists to share their work with peers, general audience and art professionals in an open forum for critical exchange. This presentation can be done in slides or digital format.

We are inviting all artists of Asian and Asian-American descent as well as those who have been significantly influenced by Asia to submit their work for participation. (go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/13504173@N02/ to see picture of the past ArtSlams )


If you are interested in participating, please send us:
•6-10 images of your work (CD with images in jpg. format, slides or photographs are fine)
•1 page artist statement
•Abbreviated artist statement (2-3 lines) for the program
•Artist resume
•Completed information form (see http://artspiral.org/archive_submission.html)

Send all submission materials to:
Email: aaacinfo@artspiral.org
Or mail to: Asian American Arts Centre
111 Norfolk St., Ground Flr.
New York, NY 10002
ATTN: ArtSlam 2010
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thunderstorm!

Princeton Chinese Theatre proudly presents:
its first production in New York: “Thunderstorm” (雷雨)

What: Cao Yu’s (曹禺) “Thunderstorm” (雷雨)
When: April 25, 2010 8 pm
Where: The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College

To book tickets: Reserve online here!
Or email ctheatre@princeton.edu
Or contact the Kaye Playhouse Box Office at (212) 650-3888

Thunderstorm
Thunderstorm, a milestone in Chinese modern theatre and the most popular dramatic work of Cao Yu, depicts the psychological and emotional turmoil and conflicts that two families of drastically different social statuses must endure as they share an unspeakable secret. Thunderstorm recounts the tragic tale of the prosperous Zhou family and the unfortunate Lu family, who are closely intertwined within a web of convoluted relationships, lies and betrayals. Compelling, unpredictable and heart-wrenching, PCT’s adaptation of this play from paper to stage maintains the essence of Cao Yu’s original masterpiece whilst laying bare the beautiful, the hopeful and the dark sides of human nature for all to see.

To learn more about the show, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/~ctheatre/en/en_main.html
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Out Of The Archive: PROCESS & PROGRESS
CATALOG
ISBN#: 0-974330221
Artists: Tomie Arai, John Yoyogi Fortes, Swati Khurana, Albert Chong.
Writers: Karen Su, Karlyn Koh, Jan Christian Bernabe, Sarita Echavez See & Midori Yoshimoto





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Monday, March 22, 2010
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Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU presents 7 Continents 9 Lives: Intersecting Identities and Communities
A panel discussion on the work of poet activist Fay Chiang
Wednesday, Mar 24th, 6PM - 8PM
A/P/A Institute at NYU, 41-51 East 11th Street, 7th Floor Gallery
Featured speakers and readings by:Fay Chiang. Thulani Davis, NYU, Alana Ruben Free, Patricia Spears Jones, Renato Rosaldo, NYU, Jack Tchen, NYU. Moderated by Bob Holman, Publisher Bowery Books
Join A/P/A Institute at NYU for a discussion with scholars and writers to celebrate and analyze this important New York poet’s new collection of poems, 7 Continents 9 Lives, published by Bowery Books. Fay Chiang has long been part of the early ‘70s New York poetry scene and continues to influence a generation of young writers, slam poets, and activists.

A writer, artist and community/cultural organizer living and working in Chinatown and the Lower East Side of New York City for the past four decades, Chiang writes from her experiences as a woman of color of the working class. Her complex and layered poetry stem from a belief that culture is a psychological weapon to reclaim our past, define our present, and to envision possibilities for our future; that the development of culture is an integral part of progressive social change and social justice movements.

For more information go to this link
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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EMERGING ASIAN ARTISTS –  ART PRIZES
Four Asian artists were nominated for Pulse Awards at the PULSE art fair  which took place in New York City and Miami between 4-7 March 2010: Shun Duk Kang from Korea, Hiroshige Furuhaka from Japan, Farsad Labbauf from Iran andSopheap Pich from Cambodia.
Though none of these four artists won either the PULSE award or the People’s Choice award, the fair gave them extensive exposure (they each won their own booths) and point to their status as emerging names in the global scene.
Shin Duk Kang, Heaven and Earth, 2008
Shin Duk Kang, Heaven and Earth, 2008
Shin Duk Kang, a South Korean artist, is represented by Seoul’s Galerie Pici. She creates installation art that reflect the limits of her material while evoking nature in her work. She also makes prints, which utilize geometric forms to continue exploring the subject of nature.
Hiroshige Fukuhara, The Night Became Starless, 2008
Hiroshige Fukuhara, The Night Became Starless, 2008
Ai Kowada Gallery 9 represents Hiroshige Fukuhara, who specialises in drawings with graphite and black gesso on wood. Viewers are drawn to the simplicity of his works, as well as the subtle addition of graphite, which makes his black-on-black drawings shimmer from certain angles. Before PULSE, he was featured in PS1’s 2001 show “BUZZ CLUB: News from Japan.”
Farsad Labbauf, Joseph, 2007
Farsad Labbauf, Joseph, 2007
Iranian artist Farsad Labbauf combines figurative painting with Iranian calligraphy to create a unified image, regardless of the content of the words or pictures within that image. He refers to his Persian heritage as his inspiration, especially its carpet-making tradition: that unrelated elements were able to come together in linear patterns to create a whole. He concludes that his work is “often an attempt for the union of the internal.”
Sopheap Pich, Cycle, 2005
Sopheap Pich, Cycle, 2005
Sopheap Pich is a Cambodian artist represented by Tyler Rollins Fine Art of New York. His work mostly consists of sculptures of bamboo and rattan that evoke both biomorphic figures and his childhood during the Khmer Rogue period. He has become a major figure in the Cambodian contemporary art scene.
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
New York Lunar New Year Flower Festival: Year of The Tiger

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Dates: Friday, February 12, 2010 from 10:00am – 10:00pm AND Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 10:00am – 7:00pm
Location: Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Chinatown, New York City.

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Arts Centre will be joining Asian Americans For Equality at the New York Lunar New Year Flower Festival which will be held for 2 days at the at Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Chinatown, New York on Friday to Saturday, February 12 – 13, 2010.

AAAC’s booth will be presenting artists include: Rose Sigal-Ibsen, calligrapher, Kavita Vyas - an Indian Mehandi hand painting artist, Karen K. Ahn, Korean Macreme, Shao Hua Yu, Grass Animal Figurine Master Artist, Ming Liang Lu, Mater Papercutter. Truong Duong, Fortune Teller, and Jampa Youden, a Tibetan Folk Singer will be performing a selection of folk songs on stage.

Audiences will have the opportunity to interact with skilled folk artists who demonstrate their crafts and will have the opportunity to ask questions, make requests and the chance to learn and delight in the magic of a traditional craft and to enjoy traditional folk singing. This is an ideal event for families. The music, art and performances will delight both old and young alike. Festival admission is FREE!
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DATE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010
TIME: 9AM - 6PM
LOCATION: RUTGERS STATE UNI. OF NEW JERSEY, Alexander Library, Teleconference Lecture Hall, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
ADMISSION: FREE


Asian American Studies emerged out of the radical changes taking place in US universities in the 1960s amid the Civil Rights movements. Since then, the field has continued to explore the racialization and history of Asian-descent peoples, both within the United States and beyond by examining the various ways disparate groups have entered the coalitional term within and without national, racial, gender, sexual, and cultural borders.

For the first time, this conference brings leaders in Asian American Studies in conversation with Rutgers faculty to highlight three current developments in the field: Connective and Comparative Race Histories, Visual and Performative Cultures, and Trans-regionalism. These three developments mark the cutting-edge approaches of this forty-year old field. Along with the three panels, the final roundtable invites two senior founding directors of institutes at NYU and Brown University to discuss with faculty from Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers-Newark the research imperatives for Asian American Studies unique to our region.

In recent years, the endeavors of the undergraduate-led Asian American Leadership Cabinet and the Asian American Cultural Center have dovetailed with the work of the Collective for Asian American Scholarship, made up of faculty and graduate students across disciplines-- American Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, English, History, Music, and Women’s and Gender Studies-- in growing a unique transnational and connective Asian American Studies at Rutgers. With this conference we forge these linkages with interventions from key senior scholars from across the United States.

For more information, please visit the website.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
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LECTURE By Dr. Fang Lili and Zhu Legeng

‘A Case Study on Inheritance and Development of Jingdezhen Ceramic Craftsmanship.’
走向现代化的中国 - 以景德镇的陶瓷手工艺传承为例

DATE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009, 7PM
LOCATION: UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT AT HOUSTON STREET CENTER, 273 BOWERY
ENTRY: FREE

The talk will explain Dr. Fang's understanding of how tradition and cultural heritage have presented new sources of economic growth. Jindezhen is the case study because its traditional ceramic craftsmanship and the culture system based on it were attacked and essentially overthrown by a modern, industrial system. The craft persisted and was well preserved in the new culture. MORE...

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