On May 8th, Pao Arts Center was joined by friends of the Arts Center – Grace Talusan and Bren Bataclan, for an engaging and interactive event – What's in Your Lumpia? An Author Presentation and Creativity Workshop. We were joined by dozens of participants who learned about Bren and Grace’s experiences writing their memoirs and then had a chance to draw and write their stories.
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“We have to push the power of art as not only a creative, but a social practice, one that is involved in complex problem solving, community building, collaborative engagement, inspiration for next generations, a voice for the underrepresented, a powerful vehicle of connection and representation of diverse perspectives and processes.”
—— Lenora Lee
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On April 9, Pao Arts Center collaborated with BCNC’s Youth Center on our latest “Chinatown Presents: How to Maybe Get into an Ivy League College”.
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Pao Arts Center and the Chinese Historical Society of New England were thrilled to have over 120 people join us this past Saturday for a fascinating discussion on Chinese laundries in Boston and beyond. We thank our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Wen-hao Tien, Shauna Lo, Eugenio Menegon, and Chinatown community members Richard Chin, Dr. Raymond Chin, and Walter Wong for coming together and sharing some of these little-known histories and family stories with us. This event included ASL interpretation by Danny Gong.
Pao Arts Center has been approved for a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Grant in the Arts award for Pao Arts Center and Asian Community Development Corporation’s Residence Lab program. This research will examine the power of the relationships between artists and Boston Chinatown residents created through the Residence Lab Program.
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Thank you to the nearly 100 individual and families who celebrate Lunar New Year with us on February 13. We had so much fun welcoming in the Year of the Ox with Nüwa Athletic Club, China’s Children International and Families with Children from China New England.
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Pao Arts Center Director, Cynthia Woo, and Pao Art Center affiliated artists were featured in a recent article on WBUR’s The ARTery.
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BCNC Family Services and Pao Arts Center teamed up to bring New Year wishes to Chinatown community members. We wish you fortune, good luck, and health for the Year of the Ox!
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“The incentive, the seed, were other people’s stories” —2020 Artist-in-Residence Wen-hao Tien during the virtual opening for Wen-hao Tien: Home on Our Backs on Thursday, February 4, at 6:00 pm.
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This holiday season, BCNC Family Services and Pao Arts Center teamed up to bring holiday cheer to seniors in the Chinatown community. We hope to brighten your day with these cheerful colorful messages and drawings!
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In December 2020 we launched new video series featuring a poetry and dance collaboration with poet Chen Chen.
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Poet Chen Chen shares more about his writing at Pao Arts Center.
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On November 14, community members, curators, and attendees from across the United States joined together to listen, share, and connect.
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Over 60 people tuned in for our first collaboration with Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston: Chinatown Presents: #SinceYallWantMeToBeWhite, a new work crafted by Quentin Nguyen-duy and Serenity S’rae, written and designed specifically for the virtual format.
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This September, thousands enjoyed Pao Arts Center and BCNC’s annual Experience Chinatown Arts Festival. Nearly 1500 visitors enjoyed several days of live music in Chin Park, a self-paced run stopping by public art installations at local businesses and organizations, and even contributed to a community sourced Love Letter to Chinatown mural proudly displaying support for the neighborhood.
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