CCC newsletter-Spring Summer 2009

8/6/2019 CCC newsletter-Spring Summer 2009

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ByAbby Chen

Thoughts from lead curator Kevin

Chen:

With the interrelated complexity of the

21st century world and increasing

technological advances making us

closer, yet further apart from each

other, it is exciting to see the collec-tive expression of over 31 artists in a

single space and spilling out into the

immediate neighborhood. Coming

from a variety of backgrounds and

artistic practices, the artists in Present

Tense create a foundation for us to

look at the notion of China today, and

what it means to us emotionally, cul-

turally, economically, environmen-

tally, and politically.

Thirty-one contemporary artists from

the Bay Area and beyond interrogate

the phenomenon that is modern Chi- ,

nese culture in the Chinese Culture

Center's (CCC) Present Tense Bi-ennial: Chinese Character exhibi- ,

tion. Presented in collaboration with

Kearny Street Workshop (KSW)

and lead curated by Kevin B. Chen,Program Director for Intersection for

the Arts, the exhibition features awide array of media including: pho-

tography, video, painting, animation,

sculpture and installation art dis-

played at both the Center's gallery

and in a number of satellite store-

front windows throughout China-

town.

To be continued on page 6

May 1, 2009 = August 23, 2009Exhibition: Present Tense Biennial

Location: Gallery

Admission: Free

May 23, 2009

Present Tense Biennial Public Program

Time: 1:00PM

Location: Auditorium

Admission: Free

June 4, 2009

C4 an d Lecture: New Generation, the Chinese

Youth since 1989

Time: 2:00PM


Admission: FreeJune 20,2009

Present Tense.Biennial Public Program

Time: 1:OOPM


Admission: Free

JuJy25,2009

Present Tense Biennial Public Program

Time: 1:00PM


Admission: Free

April 11 - June 25, 2009

Spring Class Session

Saturday

Mandarin for Adults: Levell, 2, 3

Mandarin Learn and Play for Children

BrushPainting

Calligraphy

Tuesday and Thursday

Mandarin for Adults: Levell and Level 3

Monday and Wednesday

Mandarin Class for Adults: Level 2

Ongoing Class

Traditional Chen Taijiquan

T ue sd ay a nd T hu rs da y

5:45pm to 6:45pm

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Inside ~hislssue,

Present Tense Biennial

Message from Executive Director

Uncle Toisan

What's New with Gallery Shop

Corporate Donor Spotlight-UCB

Chinese Translation

Present Tense Biennial (contd.)

Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund

CCC Online Exhibition

Donor List

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Date & Time: 04/18/2009 Saturday 1 pm


Chinese Culture Center is proud to sponsor "Uncle

Toisan." "Uncle Toisan" features the unique ex-

perience of a Chinese American immigrant to the

United States. His eyewitness account bridges the

historical relevance of the Chinese Exclusion Act

of 1882, the modern post-civil rights movement,

and the emergence of present-day Asian American

consciousness.

What's Newat our Gallery Shop

The "In Search of Roots" exhibition ended on

April 11. After closing a few weeks * in order toget ready for our next exhibition, the Gallery Shop

will re-open on May 1st for the opening of

"Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character".

After having discovered -and we hope, enjoyed-

the works of the 31 featured young artists, you

will find in our shop exhibition-related items at

competitive rates as well as the exhibition catalog.Along with these wonderful pieces, we will of

course stil l be carrying our customers' favorites,

such as art books, delicate jewelry or intricate (and

exclusive-to-us) Chinese puzzles. And don't for-

get, as a member of the Chinese Culture Center,

you get 10% off the entire store! This may be a

good time to enjoy it!

For more information about our gallery shop,

please visit our website at: wwww.c-c-c.org/gift-

shopl,or send us an email at the following ad-

dress: [email protected].

* the participants to our Chinese Language classes

will still be able to buy their textbooks and CDs at thegallery shop during these few weeks.

Newsletter Credits

Editor & Layout: Fengyuan Ji, Ruth

Young

Contributors: Abby Chen, Al Cheng,

Melissa Hempel, Catherine Le Pape,

Mabel Teng, Ruth Young

Translation: Xiaomei Li, Fengyuan Ji

Printing: Axon Printing

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Message from Executive Director

A Message to the CCC Family fromthe New Executive Director

I am glad to be back in the community

and overwhelmed by your warm wel-

come.

After three decades of vigorous work in

education, nonprofit management, and

public service, I have decided to return to

my roots where I would help build a vi-

brant cultural legacy for our children and

their children.

I would like to take this opportunity to

thank the Board for their leadership and

commitment and express my appreciation

to the staff, volunteers, and interns for

their hard work and dedication.

To AI: much "xie xie" for doing an ex-

traordinary job in bringing stability and

inspiration during difficult times. We are

happy that you will continue to lead the

Roots program.

The executive transition at the CCC is

taking place while the country enters an

incredible year of change and inclusion. It

is an excellent time for us to engage the

community's indigenous wisdom to

strengthen ongoing alliances and build

new partnerships. I welcome your advice

on how we can do our work better.

Meanwhile, I would like to invite you all

to join us at the "Present Tense" Exhibi-

tion, which is an artistic and diverse ex-

pression of globalization through the eyes

of 31 young artists. The Exhibition is

first of its kind in this country and opens

on May 1st•

The CCC will host a VIP reception at our

gallery on May 1S \ where you can meet

the artists in person and have the first

opportunity to purchase limited editions

of signed prints.

The gallery and shop is undergoing reor-

ganization for next exhibition. Please

come and visit us on May 1st!

We look forward to seeing you.

Mabel Teng

Pic ture f rom lef t to r ight : Mabel Teng, Al C

Letter from Albert Cheng to Mabel Teng

Dear Mabel,

Congratulations on your appointment as

thirteenth Executive Director of the Chin

Culture Foundation of San Francisco (Cen

since its founding in 1965. The Board of Ditors, in its collective wisdom, selected you as

best person to lead the organization at this s

of its growth. I wish you the very best and g

success.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my short six-mo

transitional stay at the Center. It has been

honor and pleasure working with you to ensu

smooth and seamless transit ion. The Center i

good hands with your leadership.

You, just like me, are very blessed with a de

cated hard-working Board of Directors, s

interns, and volunteers. They are an amaz

source of strength, wisdom, and institutio

history. We are equally blessed with an incre

ble cadre of funders, donors and members,

are the financial pillars of the Center. I am

ever grateful to each and everyone of them.

2009 continues to be a very challenging yea

light of the depressed local, national , and glo

economies. You have difficult decisions to m

during these tough times.

Please rest assured that I will continue to

vide the leadership for the In Search of Ro

program as a volunteer, as I have done for

past 19 years. I plan to strengthen the collabo

tion between the Chinese Culture Foundation

San Francisco, Chinese Historical SocietyAmerica, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

China's Guangdong Province, and Cathay

cific Airways, the major co-sponsors of the p

gram.

Finally, I wish you well. May you enjoy

work and make a difference in the lives of m

people. Warmest regards.

Respectfully yours,

Albert Cheng

Immediate Past Executive Director

"When drinking water, remember the source."

tA:*,1!; ' ,~

mailto:[email protected].

mailto:[email protected].



Fundraising

• ~UNITED

CCC's Corporate Donor Spotlight: COMMERCIALBANK~By Ruth Young

In this issue, the Chinese Culture

Center is proud to feature United

Commercial Bank (UCB), a highly

valued corporate partner. UCB hasbeen a long-standing supporter of the

CCC. Senior UCB executives have

served on the Chinese Culture Foun-

dation's Board of Directors and have

provided us with fiscal, strategic, and

visionary leadership and guidance.

UCB has provided financial support

as well. They were the presenting

sponsor of the Shiwan exhibition in

2006 and have consistently supported

CCC's annual Spring Festival Cele-

bration. As sponsors of the annualHarmony & Bliss fundraising dinner,

their support enables the Center's ex-

hibitions and related programming.

Manni Liu, a UCB Vice President and

Customer Communications Manager,

shared with us their sentiments about

giving to the Chinese Culture Center

and UCB's commitment to the com-

munity.

UCB's Community Involvement

UCB has had a history of serving

the Chinese community for over 30

years. "It is important to give backto the people we serve," says Liu.

UCB not only supports arts and cul-

ture, but is also involved in support-

ing education and the immigrant

population. UCB strives to improve

the quality of life in communities,

foster community development, and

bring stability to the organizations

that they sponsor. Liu notes that

sponsoring CCC has benefited

members of the community and the

people who come to CCC events,such as the Spring Festival, by ena-

bling the Center to put on these pro-

grams.

Liu says, "The CCF (the Chinese

Culture Center's Foundation) has

been in the community for many

years and fulfills its mission to pre-

serve and promote Chinese and Chi-

nese American culture." Liu adds,

the CCF's "good presence in the C

nese community proves that it's re

vant in the community. The Cen

has been doing cultural programs aa variety of programs that are imp

tant, such as the In Search of Ro

program."

UCB as a Banking Leader

UCB (a subsidiary of UCBH Ho

ings, Inc.) is one of the leading ban

in the United States serving Chin

communities and American comp

nies doing business in Greater Chi

While UCB began as "a savings aloan association in the 1970s ...

Bank has grown a lot by having

roots in the community," says Liu.

San Francisco, UCB branches h

the community, especially those w

do not speak English, with dive

banking needs. As a whole, Liu sa

"UCB is like a lot of regular folk

we value hard work and sav

money."

UCB (table pictured in front) at CCC's Harmony &



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Chinese Culture CenterFamily

Board of Directors

Chairperson

Colin C. Wong, D.D.S.

President

Russell E. Leong, M.D.

Executive Vice President

Helen Hui

Vice Presidents

Darlene Chiu

Irene Yee Riley

Kimberley A. Wong

Secretary

Brian Yee

Treasurer

Gin Ho

Board of Directors

Kerwin Chan

Y. Mei Lam

Rolland C. Lowe, M.D.

Jonas Mil ler

Doroteo Ng

Eric Tong

RonaldWu

Art Advisory Committee

Terese Tse Bartholomew

Tsung Woo Han, B.FA

Tatwina Chinn Lee

Manni Liu

Gang Situ

Pat Tseng

Executive Director

Mabel Teng

Staff and Interns

Abby Chen

Onilda Cheung

Melissa Hempel

Fengyuan Ji

Gwen Kuo

Catherine Le Pape

Richard Leung

Mengxuan Liu

Kwai Mei Manor

Audrey Kim Ngeow

Ruth Young

YongceZhou

Exhibition Upda

Present Tense Biennial 2009

Bn Hna, Oneness, Media: Animation, 2005.2

Continued from page J

That diversity of perspectives is reflective

of the overall impression left by the exhibi-

tion. "What we see in these works is that wecan no longer generalize Chinese culture,"

says Abby Chen, Program Director at CCC

and co-curator of the exhibition. "There is

really a complexity to what Chinese-ness is

these days. It's dispersed everywhere and I

think it takes young people to establish that.

They are less burdened by historical con-

texts."

The work of Sean Marc Lee exemplifies

this. Lee, a photographer in his mid-20s

who grew up in San Bruno and has amassed

an international following primarily through

the Internet, contributes a series of exquisiteportraits of his father that challenge notions

of rigidly conservative Chinese American

families. Lee's father, born here in the

United States, is seen partying with Lee's

young friends, posing with his classic Ford

pick up truck, covered in tattoos as he

swims at a local community pool, and step-

ping out in his finest for a night on the

town.

Mexican-American artist Sergio de la

Torre contributes a video piece entitled

"Nuevo Dragon City." De la Torre, born in

Tijuana, shines a light on the substantial,but little-known community of Chinese that

have made that city home for multiple gen-

erations. For the video, he returned to Ti-

juana to work with Chinese-Mexican teen-

agers to reenact a supposedly true incident

from the 1920s in which Chinese residents,

fearing an angry mob, barricaded them-

selves inside a furniture store. As the teens

quietly pile furniture against the windows,

the space grows darker and darker, mirror-

ing their feelings of isolation and cultural

separation as an invisible minority.

Guangzhou-based painter Liting Liang

Liting Liang, Woman Eating Po

charts new territory in mainland Ch

openly exploring the very contemporary

sues of gender and feminism there, throu

series of highly personal calligraphy-insp

paintings that often mix text and images.

In addition to these works on view in the C

gallery, a number of pieces will be displa

in satellite storefront windows around

Francisco's Chinatown. "These urban in

ventions straddle the line between comm

and art," says Chen, "and will be fascina

to observe as the local community inter

with them. I think it's going to be very in

esting as people puzzle over whether so

thing is for sale or not."

Conceptual artist Ken Lo, for example

developing a display about a fictional bof shoes called K Lo geared towards yo

Asians. Lo's work evolves from a thoroug

conceived alter ego in which he is a legen

street basketball player who taught the

of Kobe Bryant. The shoe line is an exten

of his ongoing narrative that investigates

ceptions about Asian males in sports.

Other artists participating in the exhibi

include: Tamara Albaitis, Nancy Chan, A

Wen-Shin Chang, Julie Chang, Cui Fei, Ju

Hoover, Bu Hua, Arthur Huang, Suza

Husky, Larry Lee, Ma Liang, Lucy Kal

Lin, Elizabeth Moy, Ming Mur-Ray, TuNichols, Xia Han Qiang, Nadim Sab

Zachary Royer Scholz, Indigo Som, Char

Tan, Patrick Tsai, David and Michelle Yun

The Present Tense Biennial is on view T

days - Sundays 11 a.m. - 4 p.m, at the

nese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St.

Floor (inside the Hilton Hotel). Admis

to the gallery is free and maps to storefr

installation locations are available at

gallery and online. For more informat

the public should visit www.c-c-c.org or

415-986-1822.

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Program Updates

Announcing the Chinese Culture Foundation's

Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund

CCC Online Exhibition Making Another Milestone

The Chinese Culture Center is proud to

announce the establishment of our Founda-

tion's Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund.

This new Fund, named in honor of Him

Mark Lai, reflects the Center's gratitude

towards Lai's hard work and commitment

to sharing his knowledge of Chinese

American history with current and future

generations. Him Mark Lai has preserved,

uncovered, and catalogued many historical

sources in Chinese and English, which have

been vital to Chinese American history.

His thorough research has also filled the

gaps in Chinese American history. Some

products of his findings are the numerous

books and essays he has authored and ed-

ited.

A particularly meaningful product of his

commitment to passing on his understand-

ing Chinese American history is the Chi-

nese Culture Center's In Search of Roots

program. Lai co-founded the In Search of

Roots program with Albert Cheng in 1991.

In an interview with the Chinese Historical

Society of America, Lai says, "I've tried to

be a bridge between the Chinese Americans

and the immigrants." In the same aspect,

the In Search of Roots program has served

as a bridge between Chinese Americans and

By Melissa Hempel

The first in a series of online exhibitions

for cccGallery.org, Afterlife celebrates

diverse views on spirituality and mortal-

ity. Images submitted from several dif-

ferent countries explore life transitions

and can currently be viewed on the Chi-

nese Culture Center homepage: www.c-c-

c.org.

While arranging the online display as a

guest curator, my intention was to show-

case cccGallery.org artists' work relating

to the Afterlife theme. The online exhibi-

tions are created around universal

themes, which reflect the access cccGal-

lery.org grants artists and viewers alike.

The Chinese Culture Center provides its

interns with many rewarding opportuni-

ties and Afterlife, my latest project, has

allowed me to interact with artists from

their ancestors.

Recently, the Center also expanded the In

Search of Roots program to enable adults

27 years of age or older to explore theirhistory and genealogy and to travel to

their ancestral villages in Guangdong,

China. This positions the program to

reach out to people of all ages in the com-

munity.

Putting together the In Search of Roots

program each year requires a strong num-

ber of staff, team leaders, research con-

sultants, and advisors. The Fund will

cover these overhead costs and ensure

that the In Search of Roots program con-

tinually progresses in providing an in-depth, meaningful experience for all par-

ticipants. Just as history is about reflect-

ing and reconnecting with the past, Him

Mark Lai has continued to reconnect new

generations with their past through his

work and the In Search of Roots program.

For this we honor him.

Ifyou would like to contribute to the Him

Mark Lai Heritage Fund, you may do

so through check (payable to the Chinese

Culture Foundation), cash, credit card, or

Smoke, Colin Jones

around the world. I have had the privi-

lege to use my art history and museum

studies background while working with

the CCC over the past year, and I hope

that the Afterlife exhibition brings more

regular visitors to cccGallery.org.

Photo of Him Mark

by going to our website at: www.c-c-c.org

support/donation. Please make sure to speify that you are donating to the Him Ma

Lai Heritage Fund. Donations to the H

Mark Lai Heritage Fund are fully ta

deductible and any amount is greatly appr

ciated.

Donating to the Fund is not only a gr

way to earmark your donation for the

Search of Roots program, but it will a

help ensure the program continues for ma

years and that future generations will

ways be able to find their Chinese roots.

This exhibition is a sign of an expande

presence for CCC both virtually and

the San Francisco community. Our c

for artists attracted new members to jo

the CCC Online Gallery and, partnerin

with Artsource Consulting, CCC h

translated Afterlife into a physical sho

exhibited at the Mills Building in SFrancisco's Financial District. Both ve

ues work to expand viewership a

strengthen community partnership

through an audience driven project.

We invite you to share thoughts and

views of Afterlife by joining cccG

lery.org to post member comments. Afte

life runs from March through April

2009 on www.c-c-c.org and March 21

June 21, 2009 at the Mills Building (2

Montgomery Street).

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