Artist Talk with Leekyung Kang: Entombed in Static

Leekyung Kang, an inaugural artist-in-residence at the Queens College School of Arts (Fall 2024), will present on her recent work is inspired by Buddhist cosmology’s cyclical nature, creating a series of paintings, print, and installation that interrogate the formal aspects of what is architecturally defined as a form of chamber.

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

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.

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Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands

Author Dorothy Moss will present on Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, a catalogue of the stunning work by the late contemporary Chinese American artist Hung Liu (1948-2021), who blended painting and photography to offer new frameworks for understanding portraiture in relation to time, memory, and history.

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Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Zoom: A Guide to Parenting during COVID-19

YOU HAVE BEEN STAYING AT HOME with your two children for weeks. The first conversation you have with your two-year-old each day goes: ~What do you want for breakfast? ~I want [a] party. ~Uh… I am afraid it won’t happen for a while. What can I cook for you? ~I want coffee. For weeks, post-breakfast … Read more

Painting Future: How the Market Economy Transforms Community Through Community Thangka Art in Rebgong

This talk is based on Dr. Ming Xue’s ethnographic research in Rebgong from 2009 to 2013. In Rebgong, Buddhist thangka painting is one of the major sources of income of local residents. Although thangka was traditionally a painting for religious teaching and practice, the aesthetic and economic value of thangka art has been increasingly recognized by … Read more

Chinese Brush Work: Calligraphy and Painting

Chinese Brush Work: This ten-session workshop is for those who take a special interest in exploring the art of Chinese brushwork. In China, painting and calligraphy are always closely related to each other. Together, they are referred to as the Twin Sisters. This workshop contains two parts: the first half (five sessions) is for Chinese … Read more