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CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1

December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 By AAARI

Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.

Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001)

December 23, 2024December 13, 2024 By Jayne Cole Southard

Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001), an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed “Asian American,” a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968.

After fatal attack, Japanese American photographer remembered for his art and advocacy

December 11, 2024 By AAARI

Yasuomi Hashimura, who died after being fatally pushed in New York, was known for his innovations in photography and helping other Japanese immigrants.

Queens College introduces artists-in-residence program, advancing Asian contemporary art

August 16, 2024 By AAARI

The program, supported by the Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment, aims to foster the development of Asian contemporary art and offers two artists an opportunity to contribute to the college’s academic and cultural environment.

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects

March 20, 2024February 2, 2024 By Theodore S. Gonzalves, Saisha Grayson and Grace Yasumura

Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the United States and include approximately 50 distinct ethnic groups, but their stories and experiences have often been sidelined or stereotyped. Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects offers a vital window into the triumphs and tragedies, strength and ingenuity, and traditions and cultural identities of these communities.

C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction (Gallery Tour)

November 15, 2023April 25, 2023 By AAARI

Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute for a guided gallery tour of “C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction,” led by Margaret Liu Clinton. C. C. Wang is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese art, a reputation that often overshadows his own art.