Art, Media, and Social Responsibility for Asian Americans: Profile of Eric Byler, FilmmakerThe article profiles filmmaker and up-and-coming political activist Eric Byler. He identifies as a Hapa American, a person of mixed Asian and European heritage. As a film student, he initially believed ...
Structured in four semi-linear scenes, Caught is a provocative comedy that follows two Chinese American artists as they engage with a too-willing-to-believe progressive public, NY publishers and art gallery curators. Obie Award winner. You Mean to Do Me Harm (CAATA, 2016) In this sharp and...
was established by a group of youngconceptualartists to challenge the established order and theconservatismof older artists. This led the way in the 1980s and ’90s to an internationalization of Indonesian art withphotorealism, Islamic painting, activist art, installation, andperformance art, all mar...
Between Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell, and Always Be My Maybe in recent years, there’s been a surge in Asian-American representation on screens of all sizes. These films are milestones in what has been a long, continuous journey to be seen and heard in theaters and at home, and we...
Bill Weaver– media artist/activist. Canada.Website Philip Zhai– music composer, philosopher. Guangzhou, ChinaBlog An entrance on the weary world, a tiresome lifetime there, For the Attention of lilyhonglei, Please visit Chinesegardenscene.cn or .com ...
The 39-year-old Korean American artist calls herself a “cookie activist.” She said she believes her art comes from a feeling of not belonging when she was young. 这位39 岁的美籍韩裔艺术家称自己为“曲奇活动家”。 她说她相信她的艺术来自于她年轻时没有归属感的感觉。 Cho has gained fans ...
(1941 - Present) A pioneering Korean-Chinese American lesbian spokesperson, educator, and courageous activist. Merle Woo is a popular, respected essay writer and university lecturer in Asian American, Women, and Lesbian/Gay Studies. An outspoken lesbian, mother, and leader in Radical Women and the...
May winds down another school year and the start of summer break, which means there is so much to celebrate and yet still so much to learn. Article Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month: Classroom Resources April marks the observance of Arab American Heritage Month, a time to recognize and...
Wai Lin-Lawson, a young anthropologist and Jake Ramírez, a Native American activist struggle over “ownership” of a 9,000-year old human skull from the La Brea Tar Pits. As they uncover the skull’s past, Wai and Jake are forced to confront their own identities as people of mixed race...
Richard Fung is a video artist, writer and activist. Tapes such as Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians (1984) and Dirty Laundry (1996) deal with the intersection of race and queer sexualities. Others, like My Mother’s Place (1990) and Sea in the Blood (2000), are autoethnographic explo...