Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective
Artist Zhen Guo will discuss her recent milestone exhibition at Baruch College’s Mishkin Gallery, Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective.
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The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution
Charlotte Brooks’s gripping tale follows the Moy family’s back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars, China’s Nationalist and Communist revolutions, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape.
More Than One Child (Screening & Discussion)
Join us for a powerful evening of film and conversation on the human consequences of China’s One-Child Policy with filmmaker Vinit Parmar.
The Digital Infrastructure of New York City’s “New Chinatown”
Prof. Yuchen Chen will present on their project examining Chinese immigrants and real estate entrepreneurs in West Queens, exploring their placemaking practices in the emerging “new Chinatown.”
From Screen to Clay: Exploring the Relationships Between Image and Material
Dr. Yonghao Yan examines the development of contemporary ceramics in Jingdezhen, in Jianxi, China and the evolving creative practices at Jingdezhen Ceramic University.
Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
Born 1941 in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong’s evocative dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America.