DCA 2018 APAHM Cal and Cultural Guide FINAL

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH
CAL ENDAR AND CULT URAL GUIDE 2018
PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
HERITAGE MONTH
CI T Y OF L OS ANGEL ES CEL EBRA T ES 2018
CITY OF LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Eric Garcetti Herb J. Wesson, Jr. COMMISSION
Mayor District 10 Charmaine Jefferson
City of Los Angeles President President
Mike Feuer Gilbert Cedillo John Wirfs
Los Angeles City Attorney District 1 Vice President
Ron Galperin Paul Krekorian Jill Cohen
Los Angeles City Controller District 2
Thien Ho
Bob Blumenfield Josefina Lopez
District 3 Eric Paquette
David Ryu Elissa Scrafano
District 4
Paul Koretz
District 5 CITY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF
Nury Martinez
District 6 CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Monica Rodriguez Danielle Brazell
District 7 General Manager
Marqueece Harris-Dawson Daniel Tarica

District 8 Assistant General Manager
Curren D. Price, Jr. Will Caperton y Montoya

District 9 Director of Marketing, Development,
and Design Strategy
Mike Bonin
District 11
Mitchell Englander
District 12
CALENDAR PRODUCTION
Mitch O’Farrell
District 13 Will Caperton y Montoya
Editor and Art Director
Jose Huizar
District 14 Marcia Harris
PMAC
Joe Buscaino
District 15 PMAC
Calendar Design
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Front Cover: Maria Kane, Red Pearl Necklace, Portrait of Khue, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”, 2018
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HERITAGE MONTH
2018
Eric Garcetti
Mayor
City of Los Angeles
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, it is my pleasure to join all Angelenos in
celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Asian and Pacific Islanders
have made an indelible mark on our city, from distinguishing themselves in the
arts and academia to leading our businesses and communities.
This Calendar and Cultural Guide, created by our Department of Cultural
Affairs, highlights activities happening across Los Angeles during this Heritage
Month and showcases artwork from Asian and Pacific Islander artists who have
cemented L.A.’s role as a creative capital.
I call upon all Angelenos to take part in this important celebration as we salute
the full scope of contributions Asian and Pacific Islanders have brought to the
City of Angels.
Sincerely,
ERIC GARCETTI
Mayor
City of Los Angeles
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Hueman, Silent Power, Spray paint and acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2016
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HERITAGE MONTH
2018
Herb J. Wesson, Jr.

President
Los Angeles City Council
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Los Angeles City Council, it is my privilege to invite you
to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in our great City!
People from around the globe have made Los Angeles their home, and
each culture contributes to the rich diversity that makes it among the foremost
cities in the world.
This month we continue to honor the achievements of our City’s Asian
and Pacific Islander Americans, and acknowledge their contributions
to their great cultures. With this calendar, our Department of Cultural
Affairs (DCA) highlights the work of our artists who keep our shared
Asian and Pacific Islander American traditions alive and thriving in our
communities. DCA offers a wide array of arts and cultural events for
your enjoyment. Please refer to this calendar to find the numerous
festivals, musical events, theatrical performances, films, poetry readings,
and cultural activities in your neighborhood.
I encourage you to take part in the special events listed throughout
these pages, and welcome you into our Neighborhood Arts and
Cultural Centers to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
in the City of Angels.
It is sure to be a memorable celebration!
Sincerely,
Herb J. Wesson, Jr.
President
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Deborah Chi, Untitled, Gouache, acrylic, color pencil, 11” x 14”, 2007
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HERITAGE MONTH
2018
David E. Ryu
District 4
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, it is my pleasure to invite you to celebrate
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) as the first Korean American
and second Asian Pacific American to serve on the Los Angeles
City Council. Every May, communities across the U.S. pay a month-long tribute
to the generations of APAs who have enriched America’s culture, economy,
and history.
As the fastest growing ethnic group in America, APAs are increasingly
influential in shaping America’s identity and progress. APAs are the
teachers, builders, and problem solvers of tomorrow.
Most importantly, this month-long celebration showcases our City’s diverse
tapestry and reaffirms our commitment to the inclusion of all people —
a message that is now more important than ever. Los Angeles is proud
of its rich diversity, and our City will continue to be a place of refuge for people
from all walks of life.
I encourage you to take part in the special events throughout May, and I am
grateful for your support.
Sincerely,
David E. Ryu
Councilmember Fourth District
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Simonette David Jackson, Neighborhood Gala, Diorama, Inkjet prints of original pen and ink drawings, 14” x 14”, 2017
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HERITAGE MONTH
2018
Danielle Brazell
General Manager
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Dear Friends,
The Department of Cultural Affairs is pleased to present this calendar of events celebrating the vibrant
Asian and Pacific Islander American cultural traditions that continue to shape the unique heritage of our
city. These events highlight the extraordinary range of Asian and Pacific Islander American experiences,
from traditional arts and practices to the contemporary voices of our artists and storytellers.
In line with the Mayor’s focus on creating a more livable and sustainable city, the Department and our
partners provide services, like this calendar and cultural guide, to enrich the quality of life for our residents
and visitors.
This celebration honors people—locally and globally—whose experiences draw from vast and distinct
cultural traditions found throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. Millions of Los Angeles natives trace their
ancestry or cultural heritage to one or more regions found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia,
Central Asia, the Pacific Islands, and much of the Middle East.
The neighborhoods of Thai Town, Little Bangladesh, Koreatown, Historic Filipinotown, Little Tokyo, and
Chinatown are integral to, and exemplify, the depth of our city’s cultural wealth. These micro-cultural
ecologies represent numerous customs and languages upheld through communities, new and old,
diasporic and homegrown. The individuals living in, and contributing to, these neighborhoods keep
Los Angeles dynamic and help it continue to grow.
I invite you to join me in celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander American heritage throughout the month
of May and beyond. Enjoy the art produced by our accomplished Los Angeles artists highlighted in this
calendar and experience the many wonderful events and cultural programs listed as part of Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month in LA with your family and friends.
Sincerely,
Danielle Brazell
General Manager
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
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INFLUENCES OF ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN CULTURE
IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
GEOGRAPHY
As a major metropolitan area, Los Angeles is home to many Asian Pacific American communities such as Little Tokyo,
Chinatown, Koreatown, Thai Town, and Historic Filipino Town. Beyond the City of Los Angeles, a large number of Asian
Pacific Americans call other areas of Los Angeles county their home, resulting in high concentrations in areas such as
Hollywood, the beach communities, the valleys, and beyond — further diversifying the fabric of this great City.
ARTS AND CULTURE

The City of Los Angeles benefits from a wealth of Asian and Pacific Islander influenced cultures. Many museums, cultural
centers, historical landmarks, theaters, and dance companies are in the City of Los Angeles. The City offers countless
cultural resources that represent the traditions of each Asian and Pacific Islander culture in a unique and exciting way.
FAMILY
The many Asian Pacific American community centers throughout the City provide family programming to a growing
population, ensuring that the traditions of the cultures and an appreciation of the histories are shared with our young
people and carried on throughout future generations.
HISTORY
Since the 19th Century, thousands of Asians and Pacific Islanders have migrated to America, making their homes
throughout California and Los Angeles. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans represent a significant portion of the
population of the City of Los Angeles, contributing greatly to the economy, politics, and culture of the City.
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Clockwise from top: Ann Le, detail from The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) / Women Soldiers 2; Archival pigment print, 15”x15”, 2018, Chie Yamayoshi, detail from See you
again, Tohoku (Sendai, Japan), Photography, 2013, Unknown Artist, detail from Early Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah (reigned 1848-1896), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on
paper, 24” x 16”, c. 1850, Kathy Yoshihara, detail from Obachan, Screened Glass Frit, 6” x 10”, 2017, Kip Fulbeck, detail from Curtiss-Japanese / African American, Photography
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Edwin Ushiro, Rise Up, Mixed media on Plexiglas, 15.75” x 10”, 2017
OFFICIAL EVENTS
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
OPENING CEREMONY
2018 Asian Pacific American Presentation in City Hall Council Chambers
Join Mayor Eric Garcetti; Council President Herb J. Wesson, Jr.; Councilmember David Ryu; the Los Angeles City Council; and the
Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) to officially commemorate and celebrate the opening of Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month in the City of Los Angeles.
At this presentation in City Hall’s Council Chamber, DCA’s 2018 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural
Guide will be officially unveiled, and Los Angeles elected officials will recognize and honor leaders in the Asian Pacific
American community.
From creating small businesses and tech companies, to playing major roles in entertainment, restaurants, music, culture,
community service, and government, Asian Pacific American stories have long been a part of LA’s history and will continue to
be a big part of LA’s future.
WHEN: May, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Council Chamber
Los Angeles City Hall
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
COST: Free
SPONSORS: Office of the Mayor, Los Angeles City Council, Councilmember David Ryu, and the Department of Cultural Affairs
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HERITAGE MONTH
Afsoon, Shah and His Three Queens, from the series Fairytale Icons, Chromogenic prints, 23” x 16.5”, 2009
TOGETHER WE SPEAK MULAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

At City Hall’s Bridge Gallery, view 2D portraits and artwork Come to an outdoor screening and celebrate APAHM and the
of key Asian Pacific American female activists and advocates 20th Anniversary of Disney ® favorite Mulan, and sing-along
in Los Angeles who have demonstrated the power of to its musical hits under the stars.
speaking up and making change to showcase diverse stories WHEN: May 11, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
of empowerment and leadership through portraits, story
SITE: Griffith Park
blurbs, and interactive social media. #TogetherWeSpeak
COST: Free
WHEN: May 3 - May 28
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. SPONSORS: Presented by: City of Los Angeles and Pacific
Bridge Arts Foundation in partnership with:
SITE: Los Angeles City Hall, Bridge Gallery, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival,
200 N. Spring St., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles Angry Asian Man, Kore Asian Media, and Private
COST: Free Internet Access
SPONSORS: City of Los Angeles, Pacific Bridge Arts INFO: 213.680.4462
Foundation, Los Angeles City Councilmember festival.vconline.org
David E. Ryu, 4th District, and Kore Asian Media
INFO: 213.473.7013
koreasianmedia.com
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OFFICIAL EVENTS
David B. Jang, Compression Panorama, Air compressed plastic bottle, vibrating electric motor and custom circuit board, 48” x 144” x 48” (dimensions variable), 2016
IDENTITY LA TEAMWITH LA
Identify LA is a concert and celebration for Asian Pacific TeamWith the City of Los Angeles and join in the celebration
American Heritage Month. The festival boasts an of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to engage with
afternoon and evening’s worth of performances by City Departments and prime contractors to get a view of
internationally renowned APA artists. Headlining the upcoming personal/professional services needs and meet
event will be Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, multi-platinum the City’s new Chief Procurement Officer.
Korean-American hip-hop artist Jay Park, and acclaimed WHEN: May 21, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
DJ duo Hotel Garuda.
SITE: Los Angeles City Hall, Council Chambers,
WHEN: May 12, 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles
SITE: Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles COST: $10 Free
COST: Free SPONSORS: Mayor’s Office of Economic Development,
SPONSORS: Presented by: Pacific Bridge Arts Foundation Office of Budget and Innovation, CD #10, CD #4,
and the City of Los Angeles, and sponsored Department of Public Works
by: Comcast/NBC Universal and Private Internet INFO: 213.473.7013
Access accessingla.org
INFO: facebook.com/grandparklosangeles
IDENTITYLA.ORG
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Both: Young Il C. Kang, at left, Seeking1717, Mixed media on canvas, 15” × 29”, 2017, at right, Seeking1734, Oil on canvas, 18” × 29”, 2017
Eileen Mao, Jupiter Rising, Mixed-media on paper, 6” x 8”, 2017
201 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, California 90012
TEL 213 202.5550
FAX 213 202.5517
WEB culturela.org
COMMUNITY EVENTS
ANCIENT ARTS OF CHINA: A 5,000 YEAR SACRED REALMS: TEMPLE MURALS BY
LEGACY SHASHI DHOJ TULACHAN FROM THE
Journey back through 5,000 years of history and follow the GAYLE AND EDWARD P. ROSKI COLLECTION
efflorescence of arts throughout one of the world’s oldest The nine paintings in this exhibition are the work of one
civilizations. From large painted ceramic pots used during the extraordinary Buddhist monk named Shashi Dhoj Tulachan,
Neolithic period, to sculptures of camels and horses made a second-generation thangka artist living In Tuksche, a
at the height of the Silk Road, to beautiful embroidered silk remote village located in Mustang, Nepal’s northernmost
court robes, and ivory carvings from the 19th century, this district adjacent to Tibet. The monk has devoted much of
exhibition presents the importance of fine art made to be his life to the restoration of a nearby 16th century gompa
admired during life and depended on in the afterlife. (Tibetan monastery) known as the Chhairo Gompa.
WHEN: Ongoing exhibition WHEN: Ongoing exhibition
Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana WHERE: Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana
COST: Adults - $15, Seniors and Students - $12, COST: Adults - $15, Seniors and Students - $12,
Members and Children under 12 – Free, Members and Children under 12 – Free,
Admission for Santa Ana residents Free on Admission for Santa Ana residents Free on
Sundays Sundays
SPONSOR: Bowers Museum SPONSOR: Bowers Museum
INFO: 714. 567.3600 INFO: 714. 567.3600
bowers.org bowers.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
Ann Le, The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) / Women Soldiers, Archival pigment print, 15”x15”, 2018
SPIRITS AND HEADHUNTERS: SUN WING WO GENERAL STORE

ART OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AND HERB SHOP
Spanning the geographic region collectively referred to Recreation of a store housed in the Garnier Building in the
as Oceania, this comprehensive exhibition highlights 1890’s. The Sun Wing Wo store opened in 1891 and remained
masterworks from the three cultural regions of Micronesia, in this building until 1948. The store was a multi-purpose
Melanesia, and Polynesia. Particular focus is placed on space that showed how self-sufficient the Chinese were, and
New Guinea, land of the headhunter, and the rich artistic had to be, due to racism and discrimination, while also being
traditions infused into daily and ritual life. responsive to the needs of their community. Even though the
WHEN: Ongoing exhibition store predominantly served the Chinese, people from every
Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. facet of society also came to purchase Chinese merchandise.
WHERE: Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana WHEN: Ongoing exhibition
Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
COST: Adults - $15, Seniors and Students - $12,
Members and Children under 12 – Free, WHERE: Chinese American Museum,
Admission for Santa Ana residents Free on 425 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles
Sundays COST: Adults – $3, Seniors and Students – $2,
SPONSOR: Bowers Museum Members – Free
INFO: 714. 567.3600 SPONSOR: Chinese American Museum
bowers.org INFO: 213.485.8567
camla.org
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Ranu Mukherjee, Peaceful - Encounter (luck and light), Ink and acrylic on paper, 22” x 31”, 2015
JOURNEYS ORIGINS: THE BIRTH AND RISE OF CHINESE

A narration of Chinese immigration to the U.S. with an AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
emphasis on community settlement in Los Angeles. A permanent exhibition celebrating the growth and
The exhibition is outlined into four distinct time periods, development of Chinese American enclaves from
each period is defined by an important immigration law Downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley.
and event, accompanied by a brief description and a short WHEN: Ongoing exhibition
personal story about a local Chinese American and their Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
experiences in that particular historical period. WHERE: Chinese American Museum,
WHEN: Ongoing exhibition 425 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles
Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. COST: Adults – $3, Seniors and Students – $2,
WHERE: Chinese American Museum, Members – Free
425 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles SPONSOR: Chinese American Museum
COST: Adults – $3, Seniors and Students – $2, INFO: 213.485.8567
Members – Free camla.org
SPONSOR: Chinese American Museum
INFO: 213.485.8567
camla.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
INTERSECTIONS: WORLD ARTS, COMMON GROUND: THE HEART OF
LOCAL LIVES COMMUNITY
Explore the roles that art plays in creating meaning and Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents, and
defining purpose for people across the globe. Art is not only photographs collected by the Japanese American National
a reflection of culture but can actively shape thought and Museum, this exhibition chronicles 130 years of Japanese
experience. The objects on display have all intervened in the American history, beginning with the early days of the
lives of those who made or used them-whether to educate, Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to
solve problems, assert leadership, assist in remembering, or the present.
provision loved ones in the afterlife. WHEN: Ongoing Exhibition
WHEN: Ongoing exhibition Tuesdays - Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Wednesdays 12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m., Thursdays 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
Thursdays - Sundays 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. WHERE: Japanese American National Museum,
WHERE: Fowler Museum, UCLA, 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles
308 Charles E. Young Dr. N., Los Angeles COST: Adults - $10, Seniors and Youth - $6, Members
COST: Free and Children under 5 Free, Admission Free
Thursdays from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Fowler Museum
SPONSOR: Japanese American National Museum
INFO: 310.825.9672
fowler.ucla.edu INFO: 213.625.0414
janm.org
SADAKO’S CRANE
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, Sadako Sasaki was two years old
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PAINTINGS
AND SCULPTURE
when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. When
she was twelve, Sadako contracted leukemia and was The Norton Simon Museum houses a world-renowned
hospitalized. One of her roommates at the hospital told collection of art from South and Southeast Asia that includes
her about the Japanese belief that anyone who folds examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions
one thousand cranes would be granted a wish, so Sadako that developed in this region over the course of more
began folding cranes with the hope of recovering from her than 2,000 years. Sculptures from India, Pakistan, Nepal,
disease. Sadly, although she folded 1,300 cranes, she died on Tibet, Cambodia and Thailand are on permanent display,
October 25, 1955 – visit this exhibition of the cranes as are selected works from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Burma
she created. (Myanmar), China, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
WHEN: Ongoing exhibition WHEN: Ongoing Exhibition
Tuesdays - Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sundays 11:00 am – 5:00 p.m., Mondays,
Thursdays 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:00 noon –
5:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays 11:00 a.m. -
WHERE: Japanese American National Museum, 8:00 p.m.
100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles
WHERE: Norton Simon Museum,
COST: Adults - $10, Seniors and Youth - $6, Members 411 West Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
and Children under 5 Free, Admission Free
Thursdays from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. COST: Adults – $15, Seniors and Students – $12,
Museum Members and Children – Free
SPONSOR: Norton Simon Museum
INFO: 213.625.0414 INFO: 626.449.6840
janm.org nortonsimon.org
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Chie Yamayoshi, Searching for Hope, Digital photography, 2017
PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE PACIFIC ORAL HISTORY VIDEO: NANCY ODA

ISLAND ETHNIC ART MUSEUM Our Oral History Project is under the umbrella of the series
Our mission is to incorporate the diverse cultures of the LA Made. Watch the first video interview filmed for the
Pacific Islands, with a focus on Micronesia, into a permanent project, the story of Nancy Oda, a Japanese-American who
collection, educational programs, rotating exhibits, and grew up in Boyle Heights in the 1940’s-1950’s.
living arts. WHEN: Ongoing Exhibit
WHEN: Ongoing Exhibition WHERE: Posted on Los Angeles Public Library’s
Wednesdays - Sundays 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. YouTube Channel
WHERE: Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, COST: Free
695 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach
SPONSOR: Los Angeles Public Library
COST: Adults - $5, Seniors (62+) - $3, Students with ID -
$3, Members & Children under 12 - Free INFO: youtube.com/watch?v=mJW87PqOHVI
SPONSOR: Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
INFO: 562.216.4170
pieam.org
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Cuong Nguyen, Iceland Poppies, Photography, 2017
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Jon Ching, Indestructible, Oil on wood, 20” x 16”, 2017
PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CUT! PAPER PLAY IN CONTEMPORARY

PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHY
The permanent collection has items over 5,000 years old, Many photographers working today use paper in unique
visit the newly installed galleries to discover these treasures. and innovative ways. Some create paper models with
Included in the collection are Japanese, Chinese and images gleaned from current events, popular magazines,
“Orientalist” graphic art, East Asian ceramics, and costumes or the internet for the express purpose of photographing
and textiles. them. Others cut, layer, fold, and assemble representational
WHEN: Ongoing Exhibition photographs to introduce tactile or narrative elements.
Wednesdays – Sundays 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., This exhibition features works by Thomas Demand,
Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Christiane Feser, Daniel Gordon, Soo Kim, Matt Lipps, and
WHERE: USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Christopher Russell.
Pasadena WHEN: Through May 27
COST: Adults - $10, Seniors (60+) and Students Tuesdays – Thursdays and Sundays
with I.D. - $7, Members and Children under 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays
10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
17 - Free, USC faculty, Staff, and Students
with ID - Free, Free admission on Thursdays WHERE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
Los Angeles
from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
COST: Free
SPONSOR: USC Pacific Asia Museum
SPONSOR: The Getty Center
INFO: 626.449.2742
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
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HERITAGE MONTH
WINDS FROM FUSANG: MEXICO AND CHINA IN WU BIN: TEN VIEWS OF A LINGBI STONE
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In ancient China strange and marvelous stones were valued
This is the first major exhibition on the heretofore for their beauty and as reflections of the hidden structures
unexamined influence of Mexican art and artists on the underlying the universe. The exhibit focuses on the most
development of art in China in the twentieth century. The extraordinary painting of a stone ever created in China:
exhibition, its accompanying publication, and dynamic public Wu Bin’s Ten Views of a Lingbi Stone (1610), a Ming dynasty
programs will present the trans-Pacific ties between the handscroll comprising 10 separate views of a single stone
creative communities of Mexico and China in the last century. from the famous where of Lingbi, Anhui Province.
WHEN: Through June 10, Wednesdays – Sundays WHEN: Through June 24
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Thursdays Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 11:00 a.m. -
11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.,
WHERE: USC Pacific Asia Museum, Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena WHERE: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
COST: Adults - $10, Seniors (60+) and Students 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
with I.D. - $7, Members and Children under COST: Adults - $15, Seniors - $10, Members, Students
17 - Free, USC faculty, Staff, and Students with ID, and Children – Free, Admission Free for
with ID - Free, Admission Free on Thursdays LA County residents after 3 p.m. weekdays
from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
SPONSORS: Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. INFO: 323.857.6010
The presenting sponsor is Bank of America lacma.org
INFO: 626.449.2742
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu MANDARIN IMMERSION STORYTIME WITH
PAN JIANG AND MING LIANG
REMBRANDT AND THE INSPIRATION Weekly program includes Mandarin stories, songs,
OF INDIA fingerplays, and a whole lot more.
Rembrandt created a series of unusually meticulous WHEN: Through June 30
drawings depicting emperors and courtiers from Mughal 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
India. This installation explores the Dutch master’s careful WHERE: Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library,
studies of imperial Mughal portraiture and places them 2920 Overland Ave., Los Angeles
within a broader circuit of cross-cultural exchanges. By COST: Free
juxtaposing Rembrandt’s drawings with Indian paintings
SPONSOR: Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library
of similar compositions-and pairing Mughal artworks with
European prints that inspired them-fascinating stories unfold INFO: 310. 840.2142
about the flow of art and ideas across time and oceans. lapl.org/branches/palms-rancho-park
WHEN: Through June 24
Tuesdays – Thursdays and Sundays
10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays
10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
Los Angeles
COST: Free
INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
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Eileen Mao, Wilderings, Digital illustration, 13” x 8.3”, 2016
HERITAGE MONTH
Gary Hong, Untitled #2396, Acrylic, pigment and rice paper on panel, 18” x 24”, 2018
UNEXPECTED LIGHT: WORKS BY SOUL MINING

YOUNG IL AHN Soul Mining looks broadly at the influence of Asian labor
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents many and culture in the Americas with artists from Asia, Latin
works from the artist Young Il Ahn’s best-known series, America, and the United States. Works on display uncover
Water, which was inspired by a near-death incident on the histories of forced migration, political struggle, and
Pacific Ocean in 1983. The Water series marks a notable shift transformation, and offer personal narratives to reconcile
in Ahn’s style from semi abstraction to complete abstraction, with these collective experiences.
which has continued to define his style to this day. The WHEN: Through July 14
exhibition marks the first-ever introduction of a Korean- Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays
American artist at LACMA. 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m., Thursdays 12:00 noon -
WHEN: Through June 30 7:00 p.m.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 11:00 a.m. - SITE: Vincent Price Art Museum,
5:00 p.m., Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park
Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
COST: Free
SITE: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles SPONSOR: Vincent Price Art Museum
COST: Adults - $15, Seniors - $10, Members, Students INFO: 323.265.8841
with ID, and Children – Free, Admission Free for vincentpriceartmuseum.org
LA County residents after 3 p.m. weekdays
SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
INFO: 323.857.6010
lacma.org
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Pedro A. Ignacio, Lola, Pencil on paper, 11” x 14”, 2016
IN SEARCH OF NEW MARKETS: CRAFT HAPA.ME – 15 YEARS OF THE HAPA PROJECT

TRADITIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY INDIA Artist Kip Fulbeck continues his project, begun in 2001, of
Explore the ways Indian craft traditions were re-imagined photographing persons who identify as “Hapa”- of mixed
for the export market in the 19th century. The objects on Asian/Pacific Islander descent as a means of promoting
view in this intimate exhibition were created for commercial awareness and positive acceptance of multiracial identity.
purposes and marks the first time that several of these works WHEN: Through October 28
have been on view at the Museum. Tuesdays - Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m..
WHEN: Through September 3 Thursdays 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
Sundays 11:00 am – 5:00 p.m., Mondays, SITE: Japanese American National Museum,
Wednesdays & Thursdays 12:00 noon – 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles
5:00 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays 11:00 a.m. -
8:00 p.m. COST: Adults - $10, Seniors and Youth - $6, Members
and Children under 5 Free, Admission Free
SITE: Norton Simon Museum, Thursdays from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
411 West Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
COST: Adults – $15, Seniors and Students – $12,
Members and Children – Free INFO: 213.625.0414
janm.org
INFO: 626.449.6840
nortonsimon.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
Yong Soon Min, Alice (Miok), Archival print, 18” x 36”, 2017
BATIK DYEING CHINAWEEK 2018

Learn the fascinating art of Batik dyeing. Batik is a wax-resist CHINAWEEK is an annual, week-long series of
dyeing technique from Indonesia. events designed to bring the most current, relevant,
WHEN: May 1, 4:00 p.m. multidisciplinary information about China and
Chinese culture to the western world via Los Angeles,
SITE: Los Angeles Central Library - Teen’Scape,
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles the natural US gateway to China. Events will take place
throughout the greater Los Angeles region across
COST: Free nine sectors including: arts and culture, business,
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central education, entertainment, environment, public affairs,
INFO: 213.228.7291 science and technology, tourism, and philanthropy.
lapl.org/branches/central-library WHEN: May 1 - 14
Check website for details
SITE: Throughout the Los Angeles region,
check website for details
COST: Varies
SPONSORS: ChinaWeek, Los Angeles Times, Huntington
Library, USC Pacific Asia Museum, and the
Milken Institute
INFO: chinaweek.la/calendar-of-events
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Phung Huynh, Astronauts Visiting the Moon Goddess, Oil paint on canvas, 72” x 24”, 2015
TOUR: ART OF KOREA TUESDAY NIGHT CAFÉ

Explore LACMA’s collection of Korean art on this 50-minute Kicking off the 20th year of arts and community, Tuesday
tour. View LACMA’s collection of paintings, sculpture, Night Cafe (TNC) focuses on bridging art and community
porcelain, and calligraphy, and learn how styles, materials, through new original works from Asian American and Pacific
and subject matter developed from ancient to modern times. Islander communities and the greater Los Angeles area.
The Korean collection began with a gift of ceramics from the TNC features a curated program of multidisciplinary visual
President of the Republic of Korea in 1966. and performing art and an open mic lottery.
WHEN: May 1, 6, 19, and 21, 2:00 p.m. WHEN: May 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
SITE: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), SITE: Aratani Courtyard, 120 Judge John Aiso St.,
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Los Angeles
COST: Adults - $15, Seniors - $10, Members, Students COST: Free
with ID, and Children – Free, Admission Free for SPONSOR: Tuesday Night Project
SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Museum of Art INFO: tuesdaynightproject.org
INFO: 323.857.6010
lacma.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
Young Y. Summers, Memories, Collage on paper, 28” x 22”, 2017
PATHWAYS TO PARADISE: MEDIEVAL KODOMO NO HI STORYTIME

INDIA AND EUROPE Share fun stories about children and make hanging carp
The pages of medieval manuscripts reveal a dynamically streamers (or Koi-Nobori) for the actual holiday of Kodomo
interconnected world filled with real and imagined ideas no Hi (Children’s Day) on May 5th.
about foreign peoples and places. Buddhists, Muslims, and WHEN: May 2, 10:30 a.m.
Christians living in Europe and Asia conceived paradise as
a place of perfect harmony, but the path for locating such a SITE: Little Tokyo Branch Library,
203 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles
site or achieving this state of mind varied. By exploring the
terrestrial and celestial realms, this exhibition highlights the COST: Free
spiritual motivations for creating and owning portable and SPONSOR: Little Tokyo Branch Library
devotional artworks. INFO: 213.612.0525
WHEN: May 1 - August 5 lapl.org/branches/little-tokyo
Tuesdays – Thursdays & Sundays 10:00 a.m. –
5:30 p.m. , Fridays & Saturdays 10:00 a.m. –
9:00 p.m.
SITE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
Los Angeles
COST: Free
INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
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MAY
Sara Jane Boyers, Tyrus Wong with his Kites in Fog at Santa Monica Beach, Hotograph 49” x 41”, 2011
FILM SCREENING AT LA CENTRAL LIBRARY 2018 CALIFORNIA-CHINA BUSINESS SUMMIT

Screening of a film about the bonds of friendship and The 2018 California-China Business summit highlights
high-tech action. the vibrant trade relationships and practical strategies for
WHEN: May 2, 4:00 p.m. bilateral success. In addition to panels, networking sessions
focused on bringing together Californian and Chinese
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles businesses will be featured throughout the day.
COST: Free WHEN: May 3, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central SITE: Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills
INFO: 213.228.7291 COST: Check website for details
lapl.org/branches/central-library
SPONSORS: ChinaWeek, the Milken Institute
INFO: 626.658.7944
chinaweek.la
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HERITAGE MONTH
Kathy Yoshihara, Manzanar Tower, Screened glass frit, 6” x 8”, 2017
34TH LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC CITY OF LOS ANGELES (COLA) INDIVIDUAL
FILM FESTIVAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION
Established by Visual Communications in 1983, Los Angeles Awarded annually by the City of Los Angeles Department
Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is the premiere showcase of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the COLA Fellowships support
for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific American and the creation of new works by a selection of the City’s most
international cinema. LAAPFF is the largest festival of its exemplary mid-career artists. COLA 2018 honors these
kind in Southern California and a proud Academy Award®- creative visionaries and nurtures the symbiotic relationship
qualifying film festival for the Short Film Awards. between LA, its artists, its history, and its identity as an
WHEN: May 3 - 12 international arts capital.
SITE: Check website for details WHEN: May 3 - June 24
Thursdays – Sundays, 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
COST: Check website for price
SITE: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
SPONSOR: Visual Communications 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles
INFO: 213.680.4462 COST: Free
festival.vconline.org/2018 SPONSOR: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
INFO: 323.644.6269
lamag.org
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CLASSIC MOVIE MATINEE: BETTER LUCK SOFT POWER

TOMORROW A contemporary comedy explodes into a musical fantasia
A group of seemingly “perfect” high-school buddies lead in the first collaboration between two of America’s great
double lives. They fly high in a world of petty crime and theatre artists: Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang
material excess - a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a (M. Butterfly, Flower Drum Song) and Jeanine Tesori
downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end. (Fun Home). Soft Power rewinds our recent political
WHEN: May 3, 2:00 p.m. history and plays it back through a Chinese lens.
SITE: West Hollywood Library, WHEN: May 3 - June 10
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood Tuesdays - Fridays 8:00 p.m., Saturdays
2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Sundays 1:00 p.m.
COST: Free and 6:30 p.m.
SPONSOR: Friends of the West Hollywood Library SITE: Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave.,
INFO: 310.652.5340 Los Angeles
colapublib.org/libs/whollywood COST: $25 - $125
SPONSORS: Center Theatre Group in Association with
CHINA AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH: THE East West Players
QUESTION OF HEGEMONY INFO: 213.972.4444
Ho-Fung Hung, from John Hopkins University, gives a CenterTheatreGroup.org
talk on the changing relationship between China and the
Global South. TOUR: WU BIN’S TEN VIEWS
WHEN: May 3, 4:00 p.m. OF A LINGBI STONE
SITE: UCLA, Bunche Hall 10383, 315 Portola Plaza, The exhibition focuses on the most extraordinary painting
Los Angeles of a stone ever created in China: Wu Bin’s Ten Views of a
COST: Free Lingbi Stone (1610), a Ming dynasty handscroll comprising
SPONSOR: UCLA Center for Chinese Studies 10 separate views of a single stone from the famous site of
Lingbi, Anhui Province. This exhibition explores the history
INFO: 310.825.8683 of collecting strange stones in China and the relationship
international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/13011 between stones, Daoist cosmology, and classical Chinese
poetry.
CHINATOWN AFTER DARK WHEN: May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2:30 p.m.
The monthly event offers an opportunity for innovative chefs SITE: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
to test out new menu items and pop-up concepts. Each 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
event features talented musical acts from vocalists to DJs to COST: Tour is free, with admission. Adults - $15,
instrumentals. Good vibes under clear skies in the breezy Seniors - $10, Members, Students with ID,
Southern California evening. and Children – Free, Admission Free for LA
WHEN: May 3, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. County residents after 3 p.m. weekdays
SITE: Far East Plaza, 727 N. Broadway, Los Angeles SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
COST: Free INFO: 323.857.6010
SPONSOR: Chinatown Business Improvement District lacma.org
INFO: 213.680.0243
chinatownla.com
33
HERITAGE MONTH
Yuki Toy, Reflection, Pencil on paper, 11” x 14”, 2017
THE BRITISH RAJ BETWEEN PAGE AND SOUNDSCAPE

SCREEN FILM SERIES - KIM A concert exploring the similarities and differences in
During the British Raj, the orphan (Dean Stockwell) of a Chinese and Mexican music traditions in the beautiful USC
British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his Pacific Asia Museum (PAM) courtyard. Featuring musicians
|loyalty to a Buddhist mystic (Errol Flynn) and aiding the Jie Ma (pippa) and Martin Gallardo Jr. (percussion). This
English secret service. The film is based on the novel Kim by program is in conjunction with CHINAWEEK, an annual series
Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1901. of events designed to bring the most current, relevant,
WHEN: May 4, 5:30 p.m. multidisciplinary information about China and Chinese
SITE: Norton Simon Museum, 411 West Colorado culture to the western world via Los Angeles, the natural US
Blvd., Pasadena gateway to China.
COST: Free with Museum admission. Adults – $15, WHEN: May 4 - 5, 7:00 p.m.
Seniors and Students – $12, Members and SITE: USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave.,
children – Free Pasadena
SPONSOR: Norton Simon Museum COST: Free
INFO: 626.449.6840 SPONSOR: USC - Pacific Asia Museum
nortonsimon.org INFO: 626.449.2742
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu
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Both: Edwin Ushiro, at left, Oshidori, Ink and ballpoint pen on Dura-lar, 7” x 7”, 2017, at right: The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi, Ink and ballpoint pen on Dura-lar, 7” x 7”, 2017
UNDISCOVERED CHINATOWN WALKING TOUR FAMILY MOVIE - LILO & STITCH

Visit a temple, an herbal shop, art galleries, antique stores, The whole family will enjoy this Walt Disney film featuring
and more. This walking tour will take visitors to a number of a Hawaiian orphan who adopts a “pet” that is actually a
off-the-beaten-track points of interest and will guide those genetically engineered alien on the run.
interested in shopping to some of Chinatown’s best bargains WHEN: May 5, 12:00 noon
and its trendiest shops. Wear comfortable walking shoes and
SITE: Alma Reaves Woods - Watts Branch Library,
be prepared to wind your way through a myriad of alleyways, 10205 Compton Ave., Los Angeles
plaza stalls, and classical courtyards to discover the charm of
LA’s Chinatown. COST: Free
WHEN: May 5, 10:30 a.m.. SPONSOR: Alma Reaves Woods - Watts Branch Library
SITE: Chinatown, 947 N. Broadway, Los Angeles INFO: 323.789.2850
lapl.org/branches/watts
COST: $20, RSVP required via email,
info@chinatownla.com.
SPONSOR: Chinatown Business Improvement District CELEBRATING KOREAN DANCE
The Hiza Yoo Korean Dance Institute will perform several
INFO: 213.680.0243
chinatownla.com traditional dances in costume with traditional music.
WHEN: May 5, 2:30 p.m.
SITE: Granada Hills Branch Library, 10640 Petit Ave.,
Granada Hills
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Granada Hills Branch Library
INFO: 818.368.5687
lapl.org/branches/granada-hills
35
HERITAGE MONTH
Kanata Yamayoshi, Resonance of Mass, Basswood sticks and music wire, 20” x 20” x 15”, 2016
SHAMISEN OF JAPAN: A CONCERT ASIAN CHORAL FESTIVAL 2018

WITH MIKE PENNY The 2nd Asian Choral Festival is honored to invite the Orange
A concert with renowned Tsugaru Shamisen musician County Friendship Choir (Japan), the Los Angeles Korean
and composer Mike Penny. Learn about this traditional American Musicians Association, the Chamber Singers
Japanese musical instrument. Enjoy the music and bring your (Philippines) and the Liouquei High School Choir (Taiwan) to
questions. participate in the performance.
WHEN: May 5, 4:00 p.m. WHEN: May 5, 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
SITE: Silver Lake Branch Library, 2411 Glendale Blvd., SITE: Arcadia Performing Arts Center,
Los Angeles 188 Campus Drive, Arcadia
COST: Free COST: $20 , contact Taiwan Center for tickets
SPONSOR: Silver Lake Branch Library SPONSOR: Taiwan Center Foundation of
INFO: 323.913.7451 Greater Los Angeles
lapl.org/branches/silver-lake INFO: 626-307-4881
facebook.com/TaiwanCenterLA
36
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Phung Huynh, Bloom Where You Are Planted, Oil paint and enamel on canvas, 48” x 72”, 2017
TAIKO DRUM EXTRAVAGANZA 2018 SANTA CLARITA VALLEY

Master drummer Kris Bergstrom teams up with Mochi Mochi PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL
and Grand Vision’s Team Taiko for a powerfully positive Celebrate the beautiful Islands of the Pacific through dance,
and inspirational drumming and on-stage mochi making music, crafts, and community.
experience. WHEN: May 5 - 6
WHEN: May 5, 8:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SITE: Grand Annex, 434 W. Sixth St., San Pedro
SITE: William S. Hart Regional Park, 24151 Newhall Ave.,
COST: $20 - $30 Santa Clarita
SPONSOR: Grand Vision Foundation COST: Free
INFO: 310.833.4813 SPONSORS: Kalakeke Pacific Island Dance Co., SCV Pacific
grandvision.org/grand-annex/ Island Culture and Arts Inc., The Friends of
Hart Park, and William S. Hart Park
INFO: 661. 294.3062
scvhula.com
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Ann Phong, Looking Up From The Ocean, Mixed media, 41” x 32”, 2016
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
BiJian Fan, Float, Synthetic paper, 4” x 2” x 2”, 2017
TAIWANESE AMERICAN ARTS EXHIBITION FIESTA MATSURI

There are 20 artists in the exhibition of oil paintings, Attend a cross-cultural Children’s Day Celebration. Fiesta
watercolors, and sculpture, including nearly 100 artworks. Matsuri combines the Children’s Day celebrations of two
WHEN: May 5 - 6 communities - Kodomo no Hi in Japan and Día de los Niños
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in Mexico. Both holidays celebrate the growth, happiness,
SITE: Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural and success of children. Enjoy a free day of workshops and
Office, 9443 Telstar Ave., El Monte performances for the whole family.
COST: Free WHEN: May 6, 10:00 a.m.
SPONSOR: Taiwanese American Arts Council SITE: Japanese American Cultural and Community
Center, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles
INFO: 626.443.9999
ocac.gov.tw COST: Free
SPONSOR: Japanese American Cultural and
Community Center
INFO: 213.628.2725
jaccc.org/fiestamatsuri
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HERITAGE MONTH
David B. Jang, Compulsory Vital, Electric motor, steel, aluminum and custom circuit board, 120” x 344” x 48” (dimensions variable), 2018
IN THE FIELDS OF EMPTY DAYS: TAIWANESE AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK:

THE INTERSECTION OF PAST AND HEALTH FAIR
PRESENT IN IRANIAN ART The free health fair includes dental cleaning, medical
Explore the continuous and inescapable presence of the seminar, and CPR training.
past in Iranian society. The exhibition will examine this WHEN: May 6, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
appropriation of the past, largely in the context of the
present, by assembling 125 works of art in a variety of media SITE: Taiwan Center, 3001 Walnut Grove Ave.,
Rosemead
-photography, painting, sculpture, video, posters, political
cartoons, animation, and historical illustrated. COST: Free
WHEN: May 6 - September 9 SPONSOR: North American Taiwanese Medical Association
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 11:00 a.m. - INFO: 626.307.4881
5:00 p.m., Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., tatusa.org/natma
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
COST: Adults - $15, Seniors - $10, Members, Students
with ID, and Children – Free, Admission Free for
SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
INFO: 323.857.6010
lacma.org/art/exhibition/fields-empty-days
40
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MAY
Yoshio Ikezaki, The Earth Breathes-Mind Landscape 23, Handmade Washi paper sculpture,
mulberry fiber, 43.8” x 20.7” x 8.9”, 2008
KUN OPERA IN THE CHINESE GARDEN SUNDAY JUMP: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
Experience kun opera as it was enjoyed in centuries past HERITAGE MONTH SHOW
during an informal performance in the Chinese Garden. As the only Filipino-founded open mic series in Historic
WHEN: May 6, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Filipinotown, Sunday Jump provides a safe space for
marginalized voices to express free speech and uplift their
SITE: The Chinese Garden at The Huntington Library, communities every first Sunday of the month. Everyone is
Art Collections, and Botanical Garden,
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino welcome.
COST: $25 weekdays, $29 weekends WHEN: May 6, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: The Huntington’s Center for East Asian SITE: Pilipino Workers Center, 153 Glendale Blvd.,
Garden Studies Los Angeles
COST: Free
INFO: 626.405.2100
huntington.org SPONSOR: Sunday Jump
INFO: sundayjump.com
41
HERITAGE MONTH
Kaveh Golestan, Untitled, Diffusion transfer print, 3.188” x 3.188”, 1976
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT – FILM SCREENING JAPANESE TEAHOUSE TOURS

On the 136th anniversary of the passage of the law restricting Learn the traditions behind the Japanese Garden’s ceremonial
Chinese labor immigration into the United States, a special teahouse. Informal tours are offered at 20-minute intervals
screening of the documentary film, The Chinese Exclusion on the second Monday of every month. The teahouse is in a
Act, will be presented and a discussion will follow with co- traditionally landscaped tea garden atop a picturesque ridge
directors Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu of Steeplechase Films. that provides a stunning setting for demonstrations of the
WHEN: May 6, 6:30 p.m. traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
SITE: Tateuchi Democracy Forum, WHEN: May 7, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum, SITE: The Japanese Garden at The Huntington Library,
100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles Art Collections, and Botanical Garden ,
COST: Free 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino
SPONSORS: Chinese American Museum and Visual COST: $25, no reservations required
Communications with community supporters SPONSOR: The Huntington Library
Chinese American, Citizens Alliance, Chinese
Historical Society of Southern California, and INFO: 626.405.2100
PBS SoCal huntington.org
INFO: 213.625.0414
camla.org
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Gajin Fujita, And What! (Fujin), Spray paint, Mean Streaks paint markers, 12k white gold and 24k gold on wood panel, 2017
Both: Kelsey Boncato, at top, idesia – Ain’t Over (1), Animated music video (stills), 2017, at bottom, idesia – Ain’t Over (3), Animated music video (stills), 2017
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Vivian Wenhuey Chen, Tao Te Jing Sutra, Oil and mixed media on linen, 35.8” x 28.8”, 2017
MONDAY MATINEE: KAGEMUSHA CREATE A JAPANESE KOINOBORI KITE

Kagemusha, a Palm d’Or winning period drama written and Learn about Koinobori - Japanese carp kites. Create your own
directed by Akira Kurosawa, stars Tatsuya Nakadai as the koinobori to take home. For ages preschool to 5th grade.
kagemusha, a thief living in medieval Japan who is spared WHEN: May 7, 3:30 p.m.
punishment so that he might pose as the recently deceased
SITE: Edendale Branch Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd.,
head of the Shingen clan to fool the clan’s enemies. Rated Los Angeles
PG, viewer discretion is advised.
COST: Free
WHEN: May 7, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Edendale Branch Library
SITE: Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Ave.,
Manhattan Beach INFO: 213.207.3000
COST: Free
lapl.org/branches/edendale
SPONSOR: Manhattan Beach Library
INFO: 310.545.8595
colapublib.org/libs/manhattan
45
HERITAGE MONTH
Both: April Kawaoka, at left, Silent Sorrows, Detail rock cluster, 2007, at right, Silent Sorrows, Detail rock, 2007
K-POP WITH DORA KOINOBORI (CARP STREAMER) CRAFT

Discover new songs and help make K-Pop even more Kids of all ages will make paper Koinobori, carp-looking
popular. windsocks traditionally hung to decorate on Children’s Day
WHEN: May 7, 4:00 p.m. in Japan (Tengo no Sekku). Children’s Day celebrates the
happiness of children and honors mothers.
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles WHEN: May 7, 4:00 p.m.
COST: Free SITE: John C. Fremont Branch Library,
6121 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central
COST: Free
INFO: 213.228.7291
lapl.org/branches/central-library SPONSORS: Los Angeles Public Library, John C. Fremont
Branch; Library Foundation
INFO: 323.962.3521
lapl.org/branches/john-c-fremont
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MAY
MAKE YOUR OWN BOBA EAST ASIAN GARDEN LECTURE SERIES -

Learn all about boba, a Taiwanese tea-based drink. RECONSTRUCTING THE MINDSCAPE OF A
Participants will make tapioca balls, then have a chance
17TH-CENTURY KOREAN LITERATI GARDEN
to create their own drink. All materials will be provided. Art historian Katharina I-Bon Suh of Seoul National University
Appropriate for ages 12 and up. will discuss how the Garden of Seyeonjeong’s design
and layout served practical purposes but also alluded
to philosophical metaphors and fantastical worlds. The
SITE: Edendale Branch Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd., Garden represents the poet’s thoughts while simultaneously
Los Angeles reflecting characteristics of Korean literati gardens.
COST: Free WHEN: May 8, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
SPONSOR: Edendale Branch Library SITE: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
INFO: 213.207.3000 Botanical Gardens - Rothenberg Hall,
lapl.org/branches/edendale 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
COST: Free
INDIGO DYEING SPONSOR: The Huntington’s Center for East Asian
Learn what indigo is and learn to dye with it. Indigo Garden Studies
comes from a plant and is a traditional blue dye color INFO: 626.405.2100
used throughout Asia. huntington.org
SITE: Los Angeles Central Library - Teen’Scape, YUJA WANG IN RECITAL
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles Part of the Colburn Celebrity Series. Yuja Wang has ascended
COST: Free to the very heights of the world’s top keyboard virtuosos.
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central In the intimacy of a solo recital, you can focus on every detail
of her miraculous playing.
INFO: 213.228.7291
lapl.org/branches/central-library WHEN: May 8, 8:00 p.m.
SITE: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.,
Los Angeles
WOMEN AND BOOKS: PACHINKO
COST: Check website for cost
Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations,
beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized SPONSOR: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned INFO: 323.850.2000
pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Through desperate laphil.com
struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound
together by deep roots as they face questions of faith, family,
and identity.
SITE: West Hollywood Library,
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood
COST: Free
SPONSOR: West Hollywood Library
INFO: 310.652.5340
colapublib.org/libs/whollywood
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HERITAGE MONTH
Bryan Ida, Unseen and Unimaginable, Acrylic, enamel and poly on panel, 36” x 47”, 2017
FILM SCREENING AT LA CENTRAL LIBRARY VEGAN SUSHI

Screening of a film about an American teen who loves kung Chef Acooba Scott demonstrates how to make vegan sushi
fu, is sent to China, and teams up with martial arts warriors that everyone gets to sample and enjoy.
for the adventure of a lifetime. WHEN: May 10, 4:00 p.m.
WHEN: May 9, 4:00 p.m. SITE: Vermont Square Branch Library, 1201 W. 48th St.,
SITE: Los Angeles Central Library - Teen’Scape, Los Angeles
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles COST: Free
COST: Free SPONSOR: LA Made of Los Angeles Public Library
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central INFO: 323.290.7405
INFO: 213.228.7291 lapl.org/branches/vermont-square
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Stephanie Han, Halcyon, Acrylic on canvas, 48” x 108”, 2017
THE BRITISH RAJ BETWEEN PAGE AND JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM FREE
SCREEN FILM SERIES - SHATRANJ KE KHILARI FAMILY DAYS: IDENTITY, MY-DENTITY
(THE CHESS PLAYERS) Celebrate APIA Heritage Month and our hapa.me – 15 years
In this movie set in 1856, shortly before the first Indian of the hapa project exhibition. The day will feature crafts,
struggle for independence, Wajid Ali Shah is portrayed performances, storytelling, and other activities that explore
as an indifferent ruler who composes poems and listens themes of identity and personal heritage.
to music, while British general James Outram (Sir Richard WHEN: May 12, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Attenborough) arrives on a secret mission to clear the way
for the British. Meanwhile, two noblemen obsessively play SITE: Japanese American National Museum,
100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles
endless games of chess, ignoring the situation that unfolds
around them. The film is based on the short story Shatranj Ke COST: Free
Khilari by Munshi Premchand, published in Hindi and Urdu in SPONSORS: Japanese American National Museum,
1924. In Hindi/Urdu and English with English subtitles. in partnership with Kizuna
WHEN: May 11, 5:30 – 7:40 p.m. INFO: 213.625.0414
SITE: Norton Simon Museum, 411 West Colorado Blvd., janm.org
Pasadena
COST: Free with Museum admission. Adults – $15,
Seniors and Students – $12, Museum Members
and Children – Free
INFO: 626.449.6840
nortonsimon.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
Parviz Tanavoli, Lion and Sword III, Bijar weave, 62.187” x 90.875”, 1976
SHUSHMA MOHA: TEMPLE DANCES OF MUSIC AND CULTURE OF BALI

SOUTH INDIA Bali & Beyond introduces audiences to the Balinese Gamelan,
The event includes pictures of historic temples followed by one of the most ancient musical traditions in the world. A
group and solo dances by Soorya dancers in the traditional small chamber ensemble, Bali & Beyond presents Balinese
Bharathanatyam dance style. music in microcosm, displaying delicate counterpoint
WHEN: May 12, 3:30 p.m. and rapidly interlocking ornaments, played on traditional
SITE: Granada Hills Branch Library, 10640 Petit Ave., Gamelan instruments.
Granada Hills WHEN: May 12, 5:00 p.m.
COST: Free SITE: View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library,
SPONSOR: Granada Hills Branch Library 3854 W. 54th St., Los Angeles
COST: Free
INFO: 818.368.5687
lapl.org/branches/granada-hills SPONSOR: View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library
INFO: 323.293.5371
colapublib.org/libs/viewpark
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MAY
Kaitlynn Redell, “And why not?” She asks (a blueprint) detail 1, Cut digital c-print and balsa wood, 20” x 17” x 15”, 2017
SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE GETTY: THE ORIGAMI GARDEN

MIDORI TAKADA Physicist and world-renowned origami artist Robert J. Lang
Experience a rare U.S. performance by Midori Takada, a will create large, life-like paper animals and insects. Enjoy
composer, multi-percussionist, and theater artist renowned free, drop-in origami making and learn to fold paper flowers
in Japanese vanguard circles. Following the recent reissue of and other garden creatures.
her acclaimed debut solo album Through the Looking Glass WHEN: May 12 - 13, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
(1983), Midori presents her precise and mesmerizing blend of
rhythms from around the world. SITE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
Los Angeles
WHEN: May 12, 7:30 p.m.
SITE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
Los Angeles INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
COST: Advance ticket required Free
INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
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HERITAGE MONTH
Liang Zhang, Untitled, Plaster, 6.5’’ x 5.5’’ x 6’’, 2017
MOTHER’S DAY AT USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM BOOK CLUB: THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Visit USC Pacific Asia Museum with your mother and This riveting novel consists of sixteen interlocking stories
make her a gift. Enjoy the museum an art making activity, about the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and
story time, and more. This program is in conjunction with their four American-born daughters. These stories detail
CHINAWEEK, an annual series of events designed to bring their struggles, triumphs, failures, and relationships
the most current, relevant, multidisciplinary information with each other.
about China and Chinese culture to the western world via Los WHEN: May 14, 6:00 p.m.
Angeles, the natural US gateway to China.
SITE: Pico Rivera Library, 9001 Mines Ave., Pico Rivera
WHEN: May 13, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
COST: Free
SITE: USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave.,
Pasadena SPONSOR: Pico Rivera Library
COST: Free INFO: 562.942.7394
colapublib.org/libs/picorivera
SPONSOR: USC - Pacific Asia Museum
INFO: 626.449.2742
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu
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MAY
Steven Fujimoto, The Tar Sands Dilemma (Detail 1), Walnut, plywood, plexiglass, steel, automotive paint,
watercolor, gold leaf, coal, gemstones, gopher trap, beetle wings, found objects, 28” x 24” x 23”, 2018
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NINJAS

Teens will learn how to write Chinese and discover the Children will have fun learning about ninjas in history
meaning behind the words in a fun and creative way. and today.
They will also learn about Chinese culture through the WHEN: May 17, 3:30 p.m.
art of writing.
SITE: Ascot Branch Library, 120 W. Florence Ave.,
WHEN: May 16, 4:00 p.m. Los Angeles
SITE: West Valley Regional Branch Library, COST: Free
19036 Vanowen St., Reseda
SPONSOR: Ascot Branch of Los Angeles Public Library
COST: Free
INFO: 323.759.4817
SPONSOR: West Valley Regional Branch Library lapl.org/branches/ascot
INFO: 818.345.9806
lapl.org/branches/west-valley
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HERITAGE MONTH
Lyn Watanabe, Camera Obscura, Digital photography, 16” x 20”, 2009
APA TEEN FILM SERIES: 5 CENTIMETERS HENNA DESIGNS FOR ASIAN PACIFIC
PER SECOND AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
This Japanese animated film (anime) follows the relationship Learn about the history of henna and see live demonstrations
of two youths in three short stories. Director Makoto Shinkai by Erica.
received multiple awards for this touching melodrama. WHEN: May 17, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
WHEN: May 17, 4:00 p.m. SITE: Vermont Square Branch Library, 1201 W. 48th St.,
SITE: Robertson Branch Library, 1719 S. Robertson Los Angeles
Blvd., Los Angeles COST: Free
COST: Free SPONSOR: Vermont Square Branch Library
SPONSOR: Robertson Branch Library INFO: 323.290.7405
INFO: 310.840.2147 lapl.org/branches/vermont-square
lapl.org/branches/robertson
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Richard Lou, Border Door, Permanent pigment photographs, 36” x 37”, 1988
BOOK CLUB FOR ADULTS: SNOW FLOWER AND PRO BONO LEGAL CLINIC
THE SECRET FAN Litigants will be able to meet with licensed attorneys and
The book club will read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, a obtain legal information on a variety of legal problems in
delicate story of two women in nineteenth-century China, English or Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese.
who pledge themselves to be soul-mates for life at the young The legal clinic is conducted on the third Thursday of every
age of seven. month.
WHEN: May 17, 6:00 p.m. WHEN: May 17, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
SITE: Norwood Library, 4550 N. Peck Rd., El Monte SITE: May L. To Educational Center,
COST: Free 232 W. Clary Ave., San Gabriel
SPONSOR: Norwood Library COST: Free
INFO: 626.443.3147 SPONSORS: Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Asian
colapublib.org/libs/norwood Youth Center, the Legal Aid Foundation of
Los Angeles, and the Neighborhood Legal
Services of Los Angeles.
INFO: 626.309.0622
asianyouthcenter.org
55
HERITAGE MONTH
Sara Jane Boyers, Green Glazed RuYi Tile on Wall at Hop Louie, From “Finding Chinatown: An American Story”,
Digital photograph, 2018
SCHUMAN FOCUS: CONCERT WITH DISNEY’S MOANA

MITSUKO UCHIDA This Fast Film Friday screening features the story of a
Mitsuko Uchida plays Schumann’s only Piano Concerto, Polynesian girl named Moana, and her amazing adventures
she is acknowledged as one of the foremost interpreters of as she tries to save her people.
Schumann’s piano music. The Concerto itself is an absolute WHEN: May 18, 2:00 p.m.
masterpiece of mid-19th-century composition and an ideal
way to become acquainted with Schumann’s writing. SITE: Little Tokyo Branch Library,
WHEN: May 17 - 20, 8:00 p.m.
COST: Free
SITE: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.,
Los Angeles SPONSOR: Little Tokyo Branch Library
COST: Check website for details INFO: 213.612.0525
lapl.org/branches/little-tokyo
SPONSOR: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
INFO: 323.850.2000
laphil.com
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Gary Hong, Untitled #2398, Acrylic, pigment and rice paper on panel, 18” x 24”, 2018
THE BRITISH RAJ BETWEEN PAGE AND SCREEN DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE: LA ASIAN
FILM SERIES - THE RIVER AMERICANS IN HIP HOP - OPENING RECEPTION
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature-shot Opening Reception for the exhibition – with live performances
entirely on location in India is a visual tour de force. The by DJ Rhettmatic, DJ Babu, Jason Chu, DJ SETI X, and select
film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young members of the Beat Junkies Institute of Sound.
women with the immutability of the Ganges River, around WHEN: May 18, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
which their daily lives unfold. The River explores the fragile
SITE: Chinese American Museum,
connections between transitory emotions and everlasting 425 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles
creation. The film is based on the novel The River by Rumer
Godden, published in 1946. COST: Adults – $3, Seniors and Students – $2,
Members – Free
WHEN: May 18, 5:30 – 7:10 p.m.
SITE: Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd.,
Pasadena. INFO: 213.485.8567
camla.org
COST: Free with Museum admission. Adults – $15,
Seniors and Students – $12, Members and
Children – Free
INFO: 626.449.6840
nortonsimon.org
57
HERITAGE MONTH
Newsha Tavakolian, Mothers of Martyrs, Chromogenic print, 27.625” x 41.875”, 2006
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE: LA ASIAN MUSIC AND CULTURE OF BALI

AMERICANS IN HIP HOP Bali and Beyond introduces audiences to the Balinese
A look into hip hop in the greater Los Angeles region as a Gamelan, one of the most ancient musical traditions in
site of resistance, refuge, and reinvention for today’s Asian the world. A small chamber ensemble, Bali & Beyond
American communities. The exhibition includes site-specific presents Balinese music in microcosm, displaying delicate
murals as immersive environments by famed hip hop graffiti counterpoint and rapidly interlocking ornaments, played on
and mural artists as well as paintings, photographs, audio/ traditional Gamelan instruments.
video, installations, and historical ephemera. WHEN: May 19, 2:00 p.m.
WHEN: May 18 - November 4 SITE: Walnut Library, 21155 La Puente Road, Walnut
Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
COST: Free
SITE: Chinese American Museum,
425 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles SPONSOR: Walnut Library
COST: Adults – $3, Seniors and Students – $2, INFO: 909.595.0757
Members – Free colapublib.org/libs/walnut
INFO: 213.485.8567
camla.org
58
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MAY
IN FOCUS: ASIAN CINEMA WHAT WE CARRIED: FRAGMENTS AND

The event will include the screening of six incredible short MEMORIES FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA
films and a feature, all by emerging international and local Since 2003, several million Iraqis and Syrians have left their
Asian directors. There will be an audience Q&A, and a war-torn homes and relocated to countries around the world
reception with open bar. in hopes of creating a better future for themselves and their
WHEN: May 19, 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. families. Approximately 140,000 of these refugees have
immigrated to the United States, the majority with nothing
SITE: South Park Center, 1139 S. Hill St., Los Angeles more than the clothes on their backs and a small memento
COST: $5 - $15 to remind them of home. This exhibit documents the
SPONSOR: New Filmmakers Los Angeles life-changing journey of these refugees and sheds light
on the trials and tribulations they experienced in their
INFO: 323.521.7385
NFMLA.org search for stability.
WHEN: May 19 - August 5
Tuesdays - Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
HERITAGE OF ALOHA FESTIVAL Thursdays 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
A two-day Polynesian Festival that features an outdoor SITE: Japanese American National Museum,
cultural marketplace, island cuisine, and continuous 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles
Hawaiian and Polynesian music and dance on a large COST: Adults - $10, Seniors and youth - $6, Members
outdoor stage. There will also be a screening of the movie and Children under 5 Free, Admission Free
Kuleana, Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
WHEN: May 19 - 20 SPONSOR: The Arab American National Museum
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
INFO: 213.625.0414
SITE: Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Dr., Santa Fe Springs janm.org
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Heritage of Aloha Festival TAIWANESE AMERICAN HERITAGE
INFO: 562.762.6099 WEEK FESTIVAL
heritageofaloha.com Annual festival celebrating Taiwanese culture. Over
30 booths will host traditional Taiwanese food, drinks,
performances, and fun games for all ages.
WHEN: May 20, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
SITE: Barnes Park, 350 S. McPherrin Ave.,
Monterey Park
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Taiwan Center Foundation of
Greater Los Angeles
INFO: 626.307.4881
facebook.com/TAHeritageWeek
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HERITAGE MONTH
Sandra Low, Cranes’ Idyll, Oil, acrylic, fabric, rick rack on canvas, 40” x 50”, 2016
MUSEUMS OF THE ARROYO DAY HULA O HOALOHA | LA MADE

Six museums in Los Angeles and Pasadena open their doors - Hula O Hoaloha will provide an opportunity for all to
free of charge - from noon to 5 p.m. Free shuttles will connect experience traditional Hawaiian dance and music in an
all six venues. informative and interesting way. Showcasing dances from
WHEN: May 20, 12:00 Noon - 5:00 p.m. the two categories of Hula: Hula Kahiko, ancient hula, and
Hula Auana, modern hula. Throughout our presentation, the
SITES: The Autry’s Southwest Museum, Gamble
House, Heritage Square, Los Angeles Police audience will gain an appreciation for the history, the stories,
Museum, Lummis Home, and Pasadena the costumes, and the music associated with Hula.
Museum of History WHEN: May 20, 2:00 p.m.
COST: Free SITE: Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper
SPONSORS: The Autry Museum of American West, Gamble Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles
House, Heritage Square, Los Angeles Police COST: Free, RSVP required
Museum, Lummis Home, and Pasadena
Museum of History SPONSOR: Los Angeles Central Library
INFO: museumsofthearroyo.com INFO: 213.228.7250
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Robert S. Lee, Re-Created Girl with Braids, Oil on canvas, 19” x 15” x 0.7”, 2017
HERITAGE MONTH
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN WHITFIELD STREET FOODS OF HONG KONG
AND PETER SELLARS - SILK, SLAVES AND Hong Kong is home to some of the world’s most exciting
STUPAS: CULTURE IN MOTION ON THE street food. Food expert Phoebe Chow will be presenting on
SILK ROAD
Hong Kong street food and provide samples for all to taste.
In her book Silk, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the
Silk Road, author Susan Whitfield tells the stories of ten very WHEN: May 21, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
different objects-a delicate pair of earrings, a hoard of SITE: Pico Rivera Library, 9001 Mines Ave., Pico Rivera
Kushan coins, a Hellenistic glass bowl, among others - COST: Free
found along the ancient trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. In SPONSOR: Pico Rivera Library
this program, Whitfield will be joined by renowned theater
director Peter Sellars for a fascinating conversation about INFO: 562.942.7394
what these objects tell us about the diversity of peoples and colapublib.org/libs/picorivera
cultures that traveled the Silk Road.
WHEN: May 20, 2:00 p.m. CANDY SUSHI
SITE: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Participate in a fun, delicious craft. Learn about the history
Botanical Gardens - Rothenberg Hall, of sushi and make “candy sushi” with Rice Krispies and fruit
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino roll-ups to take home and enjoy.
COST: Free, RSVP required (via brownpapertickets. WHEN: May 22, 3:30 p.m.
com) SITE: John C. Fremont Branch Library,
SPONSOR: The Huntington’s Center for East Asian 6121 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
Garden Studies COST: Free
INFO: 626.405.2100 SPONSORS: Los Angeles Public Library, John C. Fremont
huntington.org Branch; Library Foundation
INFO: 323.962.3521
ATSUKO AND FRIENDS COMEDY SHOW lapl.org/branches/john-c-fremont
Atsuko Okatsuka and Asian American comedians will bring
afternoon laughs. Recommended for ages 18 and up. CANDY SUSHI FOR TEENS
WHEN: May 21, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Teens will create sushi, entirely out of candy. Learn about
SITE: Edendale Branch Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd., the history of sushi, and how it is traditionally prepared. All
Los Angeles materials will be provided.
COST: Free WHEN: May 22, 4:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Edendale Branch Library SITE: Edendale Branch Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd.,
lapl.org/branches/edendale COST: Free
INFO: 213.207.3000
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Ramin Haerizadeh, He Came, He Left, He Left, He Came, Mixed media and collage on canvas, 78.75” x 118.125”, 2010
KATAGAMI DYEING SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLE DANCERS

Let’s learn katagami dyeing. Katagami is a Japanese Soorya Arts Academy dancers perform in the traditional
traditional process of making paper stencils for Bharathanatyam style, a form showcasing graceful and
dyeing textiles. stylized dance movements, facial expressions, intrinsic
WHEN: May 22, 4:00 p.m. rhythms, and mesmerizing stories based on Hindu epics.
SITE: Los Angeles Central Library - Teen’Scape, WHEN: May 22, 4:00 p.m.
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles SITE: Wilshire Branch Library, 149 N. St. Andrews Pl.,
COST: Free Los Angeles
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central COST: Free
INFO: 213.228.7291 SPONSOR: Wilshire Branch Library
lapl.org/branches/central-library INFO: 323.957.4550
lapl.org/branches/wilshire
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HERITAGE MONTH
At left, Unknown Artisan (India or Pakistan), Table (and detail), Wood, 40” x 54.25” x 24.75”, late 19th century, Norton Simon Art Foundation, at right, Unknown Artisan
(Maharashtra, Bombay School), Monumental Vase, Terracotta with polychrome-glazed slip, 24.5” x 17”, c. 1890, Norton Simon Museum
TERRIFIC TAIKO INDIA AND THE WORLD: A HISTORY

The Taiko Center of Los Angeles will be performing taiko, IN NINE STORIES
Japanese drumming with roots going all the way back to When telling the history of the world from a national
the 6th century. Having performed all-around, the world perspective, how does one avoid falling into the pitfalls
in venues like the Hollywood Bowl, for films like The Last of overblown patriotism or competitiveness? Naman Ahuja,
Samurai, and with artists like Coldplay and Rihanna, they curator of Indian art at Jawaharlal Nehru University, discusses
will now be coming to the library to bring us an authentic his exhibition India and the World, which presented
cultural experience. extraordinary masterpieces to place Indian history in a
WHEN: May 23, 4:00 p.m. global context.
SITE: Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Ave., WHEN: May 23, 7:00 p.m.
Manhattan Beach Tuesdays – Thursdays and Sundays
10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays
COST: Free 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Manhattan Beach Library SITE: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr.,
colapublib.org/libs/manhattan COST: Free
INFO: 310.440.7300
getty.edu
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MAY
APA TEEN FILM SERIES: MOANA THE BRITISH RAJ BETWEEN PAGE AND SCREEN
A teen sets sail to save her home island in this animated FILM SERIES - GHARE BAIRE (THE HOME AND
adventure. Among the film’s many gifts is a star-turning
THE WORLD)
performance by Hawaiian actor Auli’i Cravalho and songs In 1907, Nikhil a wealthy yet enlightened and charitable
that blend Polynesian languages. Laugh, cry… and don’t Bengali landowner-encourages his wife Bimala to emerge
forget to say, “You’re welcome.” from the traditional female seclusion of purdah and
introduces her to his old friend Sandip, a radical leader in the
WHEN: May 24, 4:00 p.m.
Swadeshi movement. Bimala is deeply affected by Sandip’s
SITE: Robertson Branch Library, 1719 S. Robertson revolutionary fervor and experiences a profound political
Blvd., Los Angeles awakening that draws her out of her home and into the
COST: Free tumultuous world of Indian nationalism. The film is based on
SPONSOR: Robertson Branch Library the novel Ghare Baire by Rabindranath Tagore, published in
Bengali in 1916. In Bengali with English subtitles.
INFO: 310.840.2147
lapl.org/branches/robertson WHEN: May 25, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
SITE: Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd.,
CHIGIRI-E ART Pasadena
Chigiri-e is a Japanese paper tearing art. You can use your COST: Free with Museum admission. Adults – $15,
Seniors and Students – $12, Members and
imagination to create your own unlimited artwork. Join the Children – Free
millions who have been inspired by chigiri-e.
WHEN: May 24, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
INFO: 626.449.6840
SITE: Little Tokyo Branch Library, nortonsimon.org
COST: Free
VOYAGE TO VIETNAM: CELEBRATING
SPONSOR: Little Tokyo Branch Library THE TET FESTIVAL
INFO: 213.612.0525 Children and their parents will delight in the opportunity to
lapl.org/branches/little-tokyo discover the beauty, sights, and sounds of Vietnam through
its most important celebration of the year, Tet. Through
ORIGAMI FOR ALL AGES interactive exhibits, families will immerse themselves in
Experience the beautiful and intricate art of origami. Vietnamese culture, gain appreciation for traditions, values
We will provide the supplies and snacks. All ages and and daily experiences of people who live in Vietnam, and
skill levels are welcome. discover similarities and differences between their lives in the
U.S. and the lives of children in Vietnam.
WHEN: May 25, 4:00 p.m.
WHEN: May 26 - August 19
SITE: Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Dr., Tuesdays - Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Los Angeles
SITE: Kidseum at the Bowers Museum,
COST: Free 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana
SPONSOR: Friends of the Playa Vista Library COST: $10 - ages 2 and up, Members and Children
INFO: 310.437.6680 under 2 - Free, Admission Free for Santa Ana
lapl.org/branches/playa-vista residents on Sundays
SPONSOR: The Freeman Foundation Asian Culture
INFO: 714.567.3600
bowers.org
65
HERITAGE MONTH
Both: Nami Yang, at left: Joy, Acrylic on Board, 16” x 16”, 2018, at right: Love, Acrylic on board, 24” x 24”, 2017
THE INDIAN EPIC RAMAYANA AND AN AFTERNOON WITH AUTHOR LISA SEE
THE WORLD, THE RAMYANA IF VALMIKI An afternoon with internationally acclaimed bestselling
AND THE RAMAYANA OF MEWAR Lisa See. The author will talk about her book The Tea Girl of
Sumedha Verma Ojha, author of the Urnabhih and the Hummingbird Lane.
Mewar Ramayana speaks about ancient India and the epics.
WHEN: May 26, 2:00 p.m.
WHEN: May 26, 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Chinatown Branch Library, 639 N. Hill St.,
SITE: Memorial Branch Library, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles
Los Angeles
COST: Free
COST: Free
SPONSORS: Friends of the Chinatown Library/Chinatown
SPONSOR: Memorial Branch Library Branch Library
INFO: 323.938.2732 INFO: 213.620.0925
lapl.org/branches/memorial lapl.org/branches/chinatown
HANDMADE ACCORDION BOOK WORKSHOP

Learn how to create the classic Asian accordion book.
The pages can contain small photos, artwork, poetry,
notes, and ephemera. This craft class is for grades 6 to 12.
WHEN: May 26, 2:00 p.m.
SITE: Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Ave.,
Northridge
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Northridge Branch Library
INFO: 818.886.3640
lapl.org/branches/northridge
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Ichiro Shimizu, sci fi webs, Digital photography, 10.75” x 8”, 2017
STRANDS: INDIGENOUS FILIPINO TEXTILE BAMBOO

FROM THE PINTA*DOS COLLECTION Examine the significance of bamboo in Japanese culture.
Works of ancestral weaving traditions of various indigenous Bamboo is utilized in countless ways in contemporary Japan,
tribes of the Philippine Archipelago from the collection of from the utilitarian to the spiritual, and functions as a bridge
Linda Nietes and Robert J. Little, Jr. will be on display. between the past and the present. A large, site-specific
WHEN: Opening Reception, May 26, 4 – 7:00 p.m. installation by artist Akio Hizume anchors the exhibition,
Exhibit, May 26 - July 14 accompanied by traditional and contemporary bamboo
Thursdays to Saturdays, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. sculptures from a variety of renowned makers.
SITE: Pinta*Dos Gallery, 479 W. Sixth St., Suite 105, WHEN: May 27 - September 9
Historic Arts District, San Pedro Tuesdays - Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,
COST: Free Saturdays and Sundays 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.,
first Thursdays 11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
SPONSOR: Pinta*Dos Gallery
SITE: Craft & Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd.,
philippineexpressionsbookshop.com COST: Adults - $7, Students, Teachers, and
Seniors - $5, Members - Free, Sundays - Free
SPONSOR: Craft & Folk Art Museum
INFO: 323.937.4230
cafam.org
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Kathy Yoshihara, Obachan, Screened glass frit, 6” x 10”, 2017
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Kio Griffith, Coral Sea, Lithograph, 30” x 14”, 2018
TEEN BOOK CLUB APA TEEN FILM SERIES: HUNT FOR THE
Join us as we discuss our monthly book selection and WILDERPEOPLE
celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month. What do you get when a rebellious Maori teen and a grumpy
WHEN: May 28, 4:00 p.m. foster uncle go on the run? A coming-of-age-comedy meets
odd-couple-adventure, of course. Director Taika Waititi
SITE: Los Angeles Central Library - Teen’Scape, (Thor: Ragnarok; What We Do in the Shadows) largely shot
630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles
the film in the lush Auckland Region of New Zealand.
COST: Free
WHEN: May 31, 4:00 p.m.
SPONSOR: Teen’Scape - Central
SITE: Robertson Branch Library, 1719 S. Robertson
INFO: 213.228.7291 Blvd., Los Angeles
lapl.org/branches/central-library COST: Free
SPONSOR: Robertson Branch Library
ORIGAMI DAY FOR TEENS
INFO: 310.840.2147
An origami making workshop where participants will learn lapl.org/branches/robertson
about the history of this craft and then make their own
origami creations. All supplies will be provided.
WHEN: May 29, 4:00 p.m.
SITE: Edendale Branch Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles
COST: Free
INFO: 213.207.3000
69
HERITAGE MONTH
Sue Park, Tightrope Walking, Digital photography, 26” x 18”, 2017
FILM: OF CIVIL WRONGS AND RIGHTS: AS WE BABBLE ON

THE FRED KOREMATSU STORY As We Babble On explores the pursuit of success and its
A film about Japanese American citizen Fred Korematsu costs. Benji, a first-generation Asian American, struggles in
who filed suit against the U.S. Government to protest the New York City to find his voice as his writing career stalls. As
internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The the professional paths of his friends and family blossom, he
suit was eventually heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. begins to unravel. As We Babble On explores what one will
WHEN: May 31, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. do to realize a dream, whether morality is tied to upward
SITE: Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, mobility, and whether boxed wine and soda is an appropriate
4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey sangria recipe after the age of 24.
COST: Free WHEN: May 31 - June 24
Check web site for details
SPONSOR: Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library
SITE: David Henry Hwang Theater,
INFO: colapublib.org/libs/marina 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles
COST: Check web site for details
SPONSORS: East West Players in associations with the
Los Angeles LGBT Center
INFO: 213.625.7000
eastwestplayers.org
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
JUNE
CHI GONG SHUSHMA MOHAN - TEMPLE DANCES OF

Learn about this ancient Chinese health and wellness SOUTH INDIA
program. A certified instructor will demonstrate the Sushma Mohan’s Soorya Arts Academy dancers will perform
coordinated body movement and breathing exercises. traditional Bharathanatyam dances. A duet of dance and
WHEN: June 2, 10:30 a.m. drums will also be presented.
SITE: Carson Library, 151 E. Carson St., Carson WHEN: June 2, 2:00 p.m.
COST: Free SITE: Encino - Tarzana Branch Library,
18231 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana
SPONSOR: Carson Library
COST: Free
INFO: 310.830.0901 SPONSOR: Sponsored by Encino/Tarzana Friends
colapublib.org/libs/carson of the Library
INFO: 818.343.1983
UNDISCOVERED CHINATOWN WALKING TOUR lapl.org/branches/encino-tarzana
Visit a temple, an herbal shop, art galleries, antique stores,
and more. The walking tour will take visitors to several VIETNAMESE STREET FOOD DEMO
off-the-beaten-track points of interest and will guide those
interested in shopping to some of Chinatown’s best bargains Vietnamese cooking demo with Chef Vivien Phung.
and its trendiest shops. Wear comfortable walking shoes and Chef reinvents the classic banh mi for the LA street food
be prepared to wind your way through a myriad of alleyways, scene which is so deeply influenced by immigrants from
plaza stalls, and classical courtyards to discover the charm of around the world.
LA’s Chinatown. WHEN: June 2, 2:00 p.m.
WHEN: June 2, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SITE: Agoura Hills Library, 29901 Ladyface Court,
Agoura Hills
SITE: Chinatown, 947 N. Broadway, Los Angeles
COST: Free. RSVP required
COST: $20, RSVP required
(via email info@chinatownla.com) SPONSOR: Agoura Hills Library
SPONSOR: Chinatown Business Improvement District INFO: 818.889.2278
colapublib.org/libs/agourahills
INFO: 213.680.0243
chinatownla.com
PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL
GYOTAKU Discover and explore the rich and diverse cultures of the
Pacific Islands at the Aquarium’s fifteenth annual Pacific
Gyotaku is the Japanese art of fish painting. Developed Islander Festival. The festival will include traditional craft
more than a century ago, it was a fisherman’s method of demonstrations, educational programs, and an ocean of
recording the size and species of his catch. It has evolved into entertainment, including music and dance performances.
a beautiful art form in its own right. Join artist Margo Gravelle Enjoy hula, Tahitian drumming, Hawaiian games, and the
and make your own print using life-like rubber fish replicas work of artisans.
and rice paper.
WHEN: June 2 - 3, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WHEN: June 2, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
SITE: Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way,
SITE: La Canada Flintridge Library, Long Beach
4545 N. Oakwood Ave., La Canada Flintridge
COST: Adults - $29.95, Children - $17.95, Seniors -
COST: Free $26.95, Children under 3 and Members - Free
SPONSOR: La Canada Flintridge Library SPONSOR: Aquarium of the Pacific
INFO: 818.790.3330 INFO: 562.590.3100
colapublib.org/libs/lacanada/ aquariumofpacific.org
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HERITAGE MONTH
Yoshio Ikezaki, Timeless Light 01 painting, Sumi ink on paper, 31.5” x 43.3”, 2018
MADE IN L.A. 2018 VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS

Made in L.A. 2018 is the fourth iteration of the Hammer’s Incorporate more healthy greens in your diet by learning how
biennial exhibition, continuing to highlight the practices to make Vietnamese spring rolls. You can taste the results of
of artists working throughout Los Angeles and surrounding our cooking demonstration that honors the deliciousness of
areas. Asian Pacific Heritage.
WHEN: June 3 - September 2 WHEN: June 5, 4:00 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays SITE: John C. Fremont Branch Library,
11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 6121 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
COST: Free
SITE: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles SPONSORS: Los Angeles Public Library, John C. Fremont
Branch; Library Foundation
COST: Free
SPONSOR: The Hammer Museum INFO: 323.962.3521
lapl.org/branches/john-c-fremont
INFO: 310.443.7000
hammer.ucla.edu
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
JUNE
Kio Griffith, Oil Spill No.9 (detail, Coral Sea series), Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 20”, 2017
CHINATOWN AFTER DARK MUSIC AND DANCE OF MYANMAR

After Dark happens on the First Thursdays at Far East Plaza. Learn about Myanmar through music and dance
The monthly event features an opportunity for innovative performances, art activities, and story time. In
chefs to test out new menu items and pop-up concepts. Each collaboration with The Network of Myanmar
event features talented musical acts from vocalists to DJs to (Burmese) American Association.
instrumentals. Good vibes under clear skies in the breezy WHEN: June 10, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Southern California evening.
WHEN: June 7, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Pasadena
SITE: Far East Plaza, 727 N. Broadway, Los Angeles COST: Free
COST: Free SPONSOR: USC Pacific Asia Museum
SPONSOR: Chinatown Business Improvement District INFO: 626.449.2742
INFO: 213.680.0243 pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu
chinatownla.com
VEGAN SUSHI
ESSENCE OF TEA Acooba Scott will demonstrate how to make vegan sushi--
Linda Louie of Bana Tea Company shares her life-long nutritious, delicious, and easy to prepare. Learn about the
passion for tea. Learn about the history of Chinese tea impact of food choices on personal health and the health of
culture, the different categories of tea, and delight in a the planet. Finally, enjoy Acooba’s food.
Gongfu brewing demonstration and tasting. WHEN: June 12, 3:00 p.m.
WHEN: June 9, 2:00 p.m. SITE: John C. Fremont Branch Library,
SITE: Hacienda Heights Library, 16010 La Monde St., 6121 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
Hacienda Heights COST: Free
COST: Free SPONSORS: Los Angeles Public Library, John C. Fremont
SPONSOR: Hacienda Heights Library Branch/Library Foundation
INFO: 626.968.9356 INFO: 323.962.3521
colapublib.org/libs/haciendahts lapl.org/branches/john-c-fremont
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HERITAGE MONTH
Sandra Low, Garden Idyll, Oil, acrylic, fabric on canvas, 40” x 50”, 2016
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE DISTRICT AND TOUR AND TALKS AT THE NORTON

PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM SIMON: CRAFT TRADITIONS IN NINETEENTH-
The Playhouse District Association and the Pacific Asia CENTURY INDIA
Museum bring the community together for art, music and During the 19th century, art schools opened in India with the
performances in stores, museums, galleries, and theaters. aim of training new generations of craftsmen to preserve
WHEN: June 21, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. traditional forms of craft while revitalizing them to appeal to
the tastes of new customers in India and abroad.
Pasadena WHEN: June 23, 1:00 p.m.
COST: Free SITE: Norton Simon Museum, 411 West Colorado
Blvd., Pasadena
SPONSOR: USC Pacific Asia Museum
COST: Adults – $15, Seniors and Students – $12,
INFO: 626.449.2742 Members and Children – Free
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu SPONSOR: Norton Simon Museum
INFO: 626.449.6840
nortonsimon.org
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
JUNE AND JULY
SAN FERNANDO HONGWANJI BUDDHIST HULA O HOALOHA | LA MADE

TEMPLE OBON FESTIVAL Hula O Hoaloha will provide an opportunity for all to
This is one of the largest Buddhist gatherings in Los Angeles. experience traditional Hawaiian dance and music in an
In 2018 we celebrate the 95th Obon Festival. Attendees can informative and interesting way. We will perform dances
participate in the tradition of Japanese Obon Odori dancing from the two categories of Hula: Hula Kahiko, ancient hula,
and enjoy other cultural and ethnic experiences such as taiko and Hula Auana, modern hula. Throughout our presentation,
drum performances, Japanese calligraphy, doll exhibits, and a the audience will gain an appreciation for the history, the
variety of tasty ethnic foods. stories, the costumes, and the music associated with Hula.
WHEN: June 23 - 24, 4:30 - 10:00 p.m. WHEN: June 30, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
SITE: San Fernando Valley Japanese American SITE: Chinatown Branch Library, 639 N. Hill St.,
Community Center, 12953 Brandford St., Los Angeles
Pacoima
COST: Free
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Chinatown Branch Library
SPONSOR: San Fernando Valley Japanese American
Community Center INFO: 213.620.0925
lapl.org/branches/chinatown
INFO: 818.899.4030
sfvhbt.org/obon
38TH LOTUS FESTIVAL
MATSURI The lotus flower is significant to most Asian cultures as a
symbol of rebirth, purity, and life. The festival is held in July
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute’s annual Matsuri when the lotus plant blooms. Echo Park Lake was selected as
is a two-day event of carnival games, cultural performances the site for the event due to its central location of local Asian
like Hula and Taiko, and delicious Japanese food cooked fresh and Pacific Islander communities and because it hosts the
to order. largest lotus bed in the United States. The Festival includes
WHEN: June 30 - July 1 food, live music, ethnic dances, and a variety of performers
Saturday 12:00 noon - 9:00 p.m. representing the people and culture of Asian and the
Sunday 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m. Pacific Islands. Also featured at the Festival are a children’s
SITE: Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute, area, Japanese tea house and ceremony, a silent auction, a
1964 W. 162nd St., Gardena gift bazaar, and a unique Asian artisan area. This year we
COST: Free are hosting the People’s Republic of China in the opening
SPONSOR: Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute ceremony on Saturday.
INFO: jci-gardena.org WHEN: July 14 - 15
12:00 noon - 9:00 p.m.
SITE: Echo Park Lake, 751 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles
COST: Free
SPONSOR: Los Angeles Lotus Festival Inc.
INFO: 213.485.5027
laparks.org/lotusfestival
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All: Kip Fulbeck, at top left, Adrian-Chinese / Danish, Photography, bottom left, Curtiss-Japanese / African American, Photography , top right, Jenn- Japanese /
French / Native American (Cherokee) / Irish, Photography, bottom right, Shane - Japanese / French / Chinese / Native American (Sioux) / Swedish, Photography
Jon Ching, Erasing Clementine, Oil on wood, 20” x 16”, 2017
BIBLIOGRAPHY
In celebration of this year’s Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, we

present the following bibliography representing fictional and non-fictional
works from a variety of Asian and Pacific Island cultures. These books are
recommended for young readers, ages 10 to 12, and are available through
the Los Angeles Public Library.
Bibliography compiled by: Gabriel Cifarelli
City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs
ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
A SUITCASE OF SEAWEED AND OTHER POEMS AMERICAN EYES: NEW ASIAN-AMERICAN SHORT
By Janet S. Wong; Decorations by the author STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS
With a sense of pride in her Korean, Chinese, and American By Lori M. Carlson, Editor
background, Janet Wong’s poetry reflects some of the In this unique collection of touching and heartfelt short
differences between Chinese and Korean customs and stories, ten young Asian-American writers re-create the
culture and the American way of life. Divided into three conflicts that all young people feel living in two distinct
sections—Korean, Chinese, and American—and with the worlds: one of memories and traditions, and one of
author’s own explanation as to how the poems developed today. Whether it includes dreams of gossiping with the
from experiences in her own life, these poems speak directly prettiest blond in the class, not wanting to marry the man
and simply to young people of many ethnic backgrounds, your parents love, or discovering that your true identity
providing insights into the different kinds of prejudice that is ultimately your decision, these extraordinary stories
many children confront today. by writers of Asian decent explore the confusion and
ambivalence of growing up in a world different from the one
their parents knew.
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Christie Shinn, Black Cat Conjure/The Gedes, Ink and watercolor, 12” x 9”, 2017
ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CONT. ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE
EXTRAORDINARY ASIAN AMERICANS AND EXTRAORDINARY ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS

PACIFIC ISLANDERS By Susan Sinnott
By Susan Sinnott Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and
This volume spotlights a diverse group, ranging from Pacific Americans, including cinematographer James
pioneering immigrants to Hawai’i’s last queen, and on to Howe, scholar and politician S. I. Hayakawa, and novelist
present-day notables such as architect Maya Ying Lin and Amy Tan.
Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang. Their achievements reflect a
broad range of endeavor, from labor leaders and politicians PORTRAITS OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS
to writers, athletes, scientists, actors, and artists.
By Kim Sakamoto Steidl
In addition to such well known figures as Tiger Woods, Illustrated by Franz Steidl.
Amy Tan, and Bruce Lee, this text includes information
This book presents the achievements of Asian-Pacific
on architect Minoru Yamasaki, artist Nam June Paik,
Americans and includes language arts activities,
cinematographer James Wong Howe, and actress Anna
geography, and history.
May Wong. As well as group entries on Chinese railroad
and laundry workers, Hawai’ian sugarcane workers,
prisoners of Angel Island, Japanese-American internees
and three individuals who fought internment, Vietnamese
boat people, and Hmong refugees
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SUGGESTED READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jon Ching, Equilibrium, Oil on wood, 16” x 16”, 2017
CAMBODIAN LITERATURE
CAMBODIAN FOLK STORIES FROM THE GATILOKE LITTLE BROTHER

By Muriel Paskin Carrison, By Allan Baillie
From a translation by The Venerable Kong Chhean Brothers Mang and Vithy, having escaped the Khmer
This book presents fifteen tales that are translations from Rouge, are being pursued through the Cambodian jungle.
the Gatiloke, an ancient literary tradition from Cambodia. When the younger boy sprains his ankle, Mang leads their
The stories concern simple villagers, monks, lords, kings, recent captors away from him. A single shot rings out
and talking animals. It includes an appendix with factual and he does not return. Vithy, about eleven, now sets out
information on Cambodia. to accomplish the brothers’ original plan of escaping to
the Thai border, hoping to be reunited with Mang. This
THE CLAY MARBLE excellent tale of courage and survival lends real life flesh to
textbook facts and will be welcomed in most collections.
By Minfong Ho
In the late 1970s, twelve-year-old Dara is separated by a
war from her family and her best friend. She finds the
courage to survive as she struggles to reunite with the
people she loves.
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Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Missing Information, Gouache on board, 8.5” x 11”, 2018
SUGGESTED READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nguyen Dong, Remembering Country, Oil on paper, 16” x 20”, 2018
CAMBODIAN LITERATURE , CONT. CHINESE LITERATURE
SILENT LOTUS THE ANCIENT CHINESE

By Jeanne M. Lee By Virginia Schomp
Young Lotus was born deaf and unable to speak. Her days Focusing mainly on the Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han
are filled with basket-weaving, swimming and walking dynasties, this book explores ancient China through its
among the wild birds, “joining them in their graceful steps.” social structure. It takes a look at its people and details
Although she is good-natured and beautiful, the other the duties of an emperor, the activities of a merchant, and
children run from Lotus, leaving her lonely and heavy- much more. It also describes some of the discoveries and
hearted. Seeking solace from the gods , the girl and her writings that have led to our present-day understanding of
parents travel to “the temple in the city,” where Lotus, this fascinating civilization.
imitating the temple dancers, exhibits the extraordinary
talent that eventually wins her favor with the king and MAYA LIN
queen. Set in Cambodia, Lee’s tender tale intertwines
By Bettina Ling
universal childhood concerns with intriguing elements of a
rich and unfamiliar culture. This book describes the life and work of the Chinese
American architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights
Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
TIES THAT BIND, TIES THAT BREAK: A NOVEL

By Lensey Namioka
Ailin’s life takes a different turn when she defies the
traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to
have her feet bound.
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HERITAGE MONTH
Nguyen Thi Hop, 28 Traditional Schoolboys, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 48”, 2015
FILIPINO LITERATURE
GROWING UP FILIPINO: STORIES FOR FILIPINOS IN CALIFORNIA

YOUNG ADULTS (CALIFORNIA CULTURES SERIES)
Collected and Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard By Michelle Motoyoshi
These short stories offer a highly textured portrait of Once called the “forgotten Asian Americans,” Filipinos have
Filipino youth. Tough but relevant topics addressed include become the largest Asian American group in California.
a gay youth’s affection for his supportive mother, the role Through a brief historical overview and biographies of
of religious didacticism in the formation of a childhood notable people, this book describes the influence Filipino
perception, consumer culture as it is experienced by Americans have had on California. Filipinos in California
modern teens in Manila, and coping with bullies of all includes biographies on Carlos Bulosan, writer; Vicki
ages and stations in life. There are more Filipinos living in Manolo Draves, Olympic diver; Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo,
the U.S. than most people realize, but finding literature performance artist; Emil Guillermo, broadcast journalist;
reflective of their experiences is difficult. and others. It also includes demographic information, a list
of resources, and other interesting facts.
THE PHILIPPINES, ROOTS OF MY HERITAGE:

A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY BY A PILIPINA
AMERICAN TEENAGER
By Melissa Macagba Ignacio
The reminiscences of a thirteen-year-old Filipino American
girl, who spent one year in the Philippines, introduce the
islands’ history, people, culture, and industry.
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Malekeh Nayiny, All in Pink, Dye coupler print, 47.25” x 35.5”, 2007
Chie Yamayoshi, Between You and Me, Digital photography, 2015
SUGGESTED READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Steven Fujimoto, The Tar Sands Dilemma (Detail 2), Walnut, plywood, plexiglass, steel, automotive paint, watercolor, gold leaf, coal, gemstones,
gopher trap, beetle wings, found objects, 28” x 24” x 23”, 2018
INDIAN LITERATURE
A BRAHMIN’S CASTLE IN THE AIR TALES FROM INDIA

Written and illustrated by Rashmi Sharma By Asha Upadhyay
Adapted from the ancient Panchatantra fables, this is the Illustrated by Nickzad Nodjoumi
story of a young Brahmin who preferred to lie back and Ten stories from the Panchatantra, a collection of folk tales
dream his big dreams, and even though he is quite poor in written in Sanskrit around 200 B.C.
material wealth, he is very rich in his imagination.
DIWALI (CELEBRATIONS)
By Chris Deshpande
Photographs by Prodeepta Das
This book describes how children prepare for and
celebrate Diwali.
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HERITAGE MONTH
Both: Tommy Vinh Bui, at left, Jeremiah Jeremiad, 5” x 7”, 2017, at right, Kiss Me, Cod, Ink on paper, 5” x 7”, 2017
JAPANESE LITERATURE
JAPANESE ART & CULTURE (WORLD ART & CULTURE) SWORD OF THE SAMURAI : ADVENTURE
By Kamini Khanduri STORIES FROM JAPAN
When does a poem become a picture? What is the tea Readers who delight in stories of knights will be happy to
ceremony? How were the first color woodblock prints discover this collection of eleven tales about the medieval
made? This book offer a window into Japanese culture, Japanese warriors whose exploits rival those of their
reflecting its history, technology, beliefs, and every-day life. European counterparts. These well-documented stories of
Every piece of Japanese art tells us something about the adventure and misadventure are not only good tales, but
environment and the culture it was developed in, so that they also provide a look at a way of life bound by ironclad
we can see how and why people make their art. tradition. Though the stories vary in tone and intent, the
book offers a serious and respectful look at a fascinating
aspect of the countries history
PASSAGE TO FREEDOM: THE SUGIHARA STORY
By Ken Mochizuki
YOKO LEARNS TO READ
Illustrated by Dom Lee
Afterword by Hiroki Sugihara By Rosemary Wells
This inspiring book tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, Yoko wants to learn to read! Mama is eager to help, even
the “Japanese Schindler,” who saved thousands of Jews though as a native-born Japanese she can’t read English
during World War II. herself. She takes Yoko to the library, where they pick out
lots of books with appealing pictures. Soon, Yoko is ready
all by herself! In a poignant ending, Yoko begins to teach
SWORDS AND SAMURAI: THE ANCIENT WARRIOR her mama how to read in just the same way.
CULTURE OF THE EAST
By Philip Steele
YOKO’S SHOW AND TELL
This colorful, informative book explains the amazing
civilizations of ancient China and Japan–cultures that By Rosemary Wells
existed for thousands of years before Europe developed or Yoko sneaks an antique Japanese doll to school for show-
America was discovered. and-tell, it is injured in an unfortunate accident. Hopefully,
a quick trip to the doll hospital will set things right!
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SUGGESTED READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Shiho Nakaza, Eureka, Mixed media, 14” x 18”, 2016
KOREAN LITERATURE
THE GIRL-SON PEACEBOUND TRAINS

By Anne E. Neuberger By Haemi Balgassi
Based on the life of Induk Pahk, a Korean educator whose Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
widowed mother disguised her as a boy at the age of eight Sumi’s grandmother tells the story of her family’s escape
in order for her to attend school, a choice forbidden to girls from Seoul during the Korean War, while they watch the
in the early twentieth century in that country. trains which will eventually bring her mother back from
army service.
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HERITAGE MONTH
I-Ching Lao, KOI KOI KOI, Digital art, 12” x 15.25”, 2017
KOREAN LITERATURE, CONTINUED LAOTIAN LITERATURE
THE SHOES FROM YANG SAN VALLEY DIA’S STORY CLOTH

By Yong-ik Kim By Dia Cha
Decorations by Park Minja The story cloth made for Dia Cha by her aunt and
Alone in his war-torn homeland, a young Korean boy has uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family
only the memory of a special pair of silk brocade shoes to in their native Laos and their eventual immigration to the
remind him of the good days of the past and give him hope United States.
for the future.
A HMONG FAMILY
SO FAR FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE By Nora Murphy
By Yoko Kawashima Watkins This book makes the refugee experience more meaningful
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old by relating personal stories that reveal why families fled
Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and their native countries and how they seek to preserve their
sister at the end of World War II. culture while assimilating into modern life in the United
States. This book features 11-year-old Xiong Pao Vang; his
A STEP FROM HEAVEN family tells of wars in Laos and the involvement of this
country that led to their eventual emigration.
By An Na
In this first novel, a young girl describes her family’s
experience in the United States after their emigration A MIEN FAMILY
from Korea. While on the flight from Korea to California, By Sara Gogol
four-year-old Young Ju concludes that they are on their The Mien family, the Saechaos, were refugees from Laos.
way to heaven! After she arrives, however, she and her The parents, Farm On and Ta Jow, met in a refugee camp
family struggle in the new world, weighed down by the in Thailand, and the story of their eventual settlement in
difficulty of learning English, their insular family life, and Portland, OR, makes for interesting reading. The culture
the traditions of the country they left behind. shock they experienced and the tensions between the
parents and their Americanized children are described.
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John Ching, Bon Appetitz, Oil on wood, 16” x 16”, 2017
Yong Soon Min, Mnemonic Journey, Digital image, 114” x 120”, 2018
SUGGESTED READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sue Park, Horses, Digital photography, 16” x 12”, 2016
VIETNAMESE LITERATURE
HOANG ANH: A VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN BOY VIETNAMESE CHILDREN’S FAVORITE STORIES

By Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Retold by Tran Thi Minh Phuoc
Photographs by Lawrence Migdale Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop & Nguyen Dong
Using the New Year celebration of Tet as their unifying Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories is a charming
theme, the collaborators on this book weave myriad details collection of fifteen tales beloved by Vietnamese children
about Vietnamese history, customs, folklore, and family for generations, retold here for Western children.
life into the text, and effectively convey the international Experienced storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc vividly
political context surrounding emigration. recounts such favorites as the story of Tam and Cam (the
Vietnamese version of Cinderella), the legend of the Jade
LEE ANN: THE STORY OF A Rabbit, the legend of the Mai Flower, and many others.
VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN GIRL Children and adults alike will be enchanted by the legends
By Tricia Brown
of bravery and beauty, fables about nature, and stories in
Photographs by Ted Thai which integrity, hard work, and a kind heart triumph over
deception, laziness, and greed. Gods, peasants, kings,
Emigrating from Vietnam, the Trangs have become exactly and fools spring to life to celebrate Vietnam’s rich cultural
what this photo-essay’s subtitle implies: an Americanized heritage, forging bonds with people around the world,
family that enjoys traditional Asian goals, foods, and and bringing us all together in ways that only great stories
holidays such as Tet. Old and new ways are cleverly can do. The illustration by artists Thi Hop Nguyen and
juxtaposed, and both creators have captured the universal Dong Nguyen capture the charm and flavor of traditional
essence of childhood. Vietnamese culture.
WHY VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS

CAME TO AMERICA
By Lewis K. Parker
This book explores Vietnamese immigration to the United
States from the 1960s to the present, and looks at the
contributions of Vietnamese Americans to the culture of
the United States.
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Yoshie Sakai, KOKO’s Love Always, Mixed media photo collage, 8.5” x 14”, 2016
Unknown, Early Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah (reigned 1848-1896), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 24” x 16”, c. 1850
LITERARY ARTISTS AND POETS
The Department of Cultural Affairs is pleased to present the works of four literary artists in the 2016 Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide. We are honored to showcase the work of Los Angeles poets
Ching-In Chen, Mark Maza, Tommy Bui, and Karuna R. Sharma.
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PERFECT ORANGE
FOR RICK AND STEPHANIE
By Ching-In Chen
Because today our hands unravel a perfect orange

we each left our homes
drank the ripening light before boarding
put our hands together into red soil
to place the new juice in our mouths
we might have been unfamiliar with what we first tasted

but kept our eyes open for the tiny
seeds signaling first growth
each season we unlatched the door

to feed the grass
kept away the wilder foraging creatures
let the rain in for its nightly job
and because the windows kept their promise to open

the sun did indeed round itself out
and the sky no longer called out its own private song
our mouths create a

welcome for the orange
with the smooth rind
singing with the sweet
juice in our mouths
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MANO PO
By Mark Maza
Mano is a Pilipino custom

of honoring one’s elder. It
is initiated by first, holding
the right hand of the one
who has sculpted enough
life into wrinkled skin
to name it theirs. Then
raise it. Have the tongue kneel
and say: Mano Po
like a humbled wreath
full of Sampaguita flower-buds
requesting permission
to bloom. The neck bows
before a brown
and Baroque Church
whose history choirs through
the hallways of marrow
blessing amen into veins
spreading the good word.
A batch of skin ruffles into a pillow
to ease the landing of a child’s
forehead genuflecting upon the
façade of an aging hand.
It is during that connection
between young and old,
black and grey,
brown and brown,
that one understands
how a name survives.
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HERITAGE MONTH 2018
LAUGHTER IN MY HORCHATA (AND BOBA TOO)
By Tommy Bui
Hardworking but hiccuping with hear-this Feet beat sighlessly

A paean strung along churning the surly
loud and bolstered linoleum. Mechanical
by the glaring overhead fan, whisper
fireworkings of fried fineries. diesel to me. Use dust
for umlauts. Seduce me
Besot by your bread with asbestos besos.
A dough that goes dosey-do.
Cake caked with carnalities. The hi-ho happy of the
Sauces so sensual today. clattering sirens behind
the counter. Serve with
Crumbs and stains and such sweetly. My heart glommed
napkins smoldering still. a-gogo.
Ornate dress hem
dragged by On their brows balanced
notes of tablecloth a fragile infinity. Tallied
crudeness. by mosaics of Mobius receipt scrapes.
Happy are their songs The table is being wiped

lowly huzzah-ed. wrought spotless but for
Necks upset with glow grains of grace scheming in
and verdant lengths of the salt shakers.
corn sown by small
dangling crosses as
hoes. Pick, pick, piquant.
100
DAUGHTER OF INDIA,
SISTERS OF INDIA, WOMEN OF INDIA
By Karuna R. Sharma
We have come a long way All in all we are one.

We have come through a journey of knowing Then why hurt us so much.
Pain, sorrow, shame and guilt. I ask the women in the shadows of her pain, to rise up
and speak.
How could we remain this Way? Speak the story of pain, sorrow, shame and guilt.
We have been through traditions, religions Come forward and share your story.
Yet to define our position in this region. As we are all connected in some way,
Where do we Exist? Let the healing begin.
Talk about your journey – pain, sorrow, shame and guilt.
We exist in homes in the No more to the forces that bring us to this feeling.
Form of deities and goddesses. Try again, Rise again.
We nurture and nourish the We have come a long way

Souls of this spiritual nation. We have come through a journey of knowing pain,
sorrow, shame and guilt.
Yet we go through the same-
Pain, sorrow, shame and guilt. Yet to define our position in this region.
Where do we Exist?
We have so much to offer
Other than a female body.
We are love, as the

Caregiver and protector
We are consistent,
In sacrificing for happiness of those we loved.
Like mother earth, flowing through compassion.
Like river, flowing through rocks to reach its destination.
101
Both: Ann Le, at left, Candid (Home on Euclid), 1960s Can Tho, Vietnam / 1986 San Diego, CA, Photomontage, Darkroom C-Print, 16” x 20”, 2018, at right,
Candid (Vegas Strip), 1990s Can Tho, Vietnam / 1987 Las Vegas, NV, Photomontage, Darkroom C-Print, 16” x 20”, 2018
Simonette David Jackson, Untitled, Pen and ink, 11” x 14”, 2017
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
ABS-CBN International, NA Asian Pacific Counseling and

650.652.6902 Treatment Centers (APCTC)
balitangamerica.tfc-na.com 213.252.2100
apctc.org
American Coalition of Filipino Veterans, ssgmain.org
Western Region (ACFV)
213.487.9804 Asian Pacific Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC)
American Red Cross 213.250.8190
apadrc.org
213.739.5200
redcrossla.org Asian Professional Exchange (APEX)
Asian American Drug Abuse Program 310.765.4841
apex.org
323.293.6284
aadapinc.org Asian Pacific Islander Mental Health Alliance
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles 310.383.3085
ssgmain.org
213.977.9500
advancingjustice-la.org Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program
(API-SBP)
Asian Business Association (ABA) 213.473.1604
213.805.4ABA apisbp.org
aba-la.org
Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCon)
Asian Business Association Online 323.293.6284
818.998.0898 apcf.org
aba-online.org
Asian Pacific Residential Treatment Program
Asian Business League (ABL) 323.731.3534
213.624.9975 ssgmain.org
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT) Asian Pacific Resource Center (APRC),
213.553.1830 County of Los Angeles Public Library
apaitonline.org 323.722.6551
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of aprc@gw.colapl.org
Los Angeles County (APABALA) Asian Pacific Women’s Center (APWC)
213.386.3114 213.250.2977
apabala.org apwcla.org
Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF) Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
323.293.6284 888.236.A3M.HOPE (888.236.4673)
apcf.org AsianMarrow.org
105
HERITAGE MONTH
Ann Phong, Fishes In Our Ocean, Mixed media, 12” x 12”, round, 2018
Center for Asian-Americans United for Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE)
Self-Empowerment (CAUSE) Vision 21 310.278.2313
626.356.9838 capeusa.org
causeusa.org
East West Players
Chinese American Museum (CAM) 213.625.7000
213.485.8567 eastwestplayers.org
camla.org
Filipino American National Historical Society –
Chinatown Business Improvement District Los Angeles (FANHS-LA)
213.680.0243 323.256.7178
chinatownla.com fanhsla.org
Filipino American Community of Los Angeles
Chinatown Service Center (CSC) (FACLA)
213.808.1700 213.484.1527
cscla.org Filipino American Network (FAN)
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles fanla.org
213.617.0396
lachinesechamber.org
106
Chung-Ping Cheng, Love Lotus Essay II #5, Silver gelatin print, 24” x 18”, 2017
107
HERITAGE MONTH
Both: Doris Sung, at left, Fuller Scaled Study Model A, Thermobimetal, Aluminum, 36” diameter, 2018, at right, Fuller Scaled Study Model B, Thermobimetal,
Aluminum, 36” diameter, 2018
Filipino American Service Group, Inc. (FASGI) Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
213.487.9804 jacl.org
fasgi.org Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
FilAm Arts/Association for the Advancement of (JACCC)
Philippine Arts & Culture 213.628.2725
323.913.4663 jaccc.org
filamarts.org Japanese American Living Legacy (JA Living Legacy)
Filipino Community of Los Angeles Harbor Area, Inc. 714.278.4483
310.518.3097 jalivinglegacy.org
310.831.1664 Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC)
Filipino Veterans Association 213.617.6700
213.746.9093 la.us.emb-japan.go.jp
GABRIELA Network, US Japanese American National Museum (JANM)
619.316.0920 213.625.0414
gabnet.org janm.org
Gay Asian Pacific Support Network (GAPSN) Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV)
213.368.6488 213.625.7705
gapsn.org Korean American Bar Association of
Japan America Society Southern California
213.627.6217 213.382.1115
jas-socal.org kabasocal.org
Japanese American Bar Association of Korean American Business Association
Greater Los Angeles County (JABA) 213.368.0848
310.603.7271
108
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Khang Bao Nguyen, Threshold into Wholeness: Leaping Through Moments of Temporal Being, Oil on canvas, 60” x 48”, 2018
Korean American Chamber of Commerce Korean American Festival Committee

213.480.1115 213.487.9696
koreanchamberla.org lakoreanfestival.com
Korean American Coalition of Korean American Museum (KAM)
Los Angeles (KAC) 213.388.4229
213.365.5999 kamuseum.org
kacla.org
Korean Cultural Center (KCC)
Korean American Federation of Los Angeles 323.936.7141
213.272.7427 kccla.org
lahaninhoi.com
109
HERITAGE MONTH
Mimian Hsu, La Gran China (The Great China), Photograph, 8.5” x 15”, 2012
Korean Resource Center (KRC) Lotus Festival

323.937.3718 213.485.1310
krcla.org laparks.org/grifmet/lotus.htm
Korean Youth & Community Center (KYCC) Midcity Korean American Association
213.365.7400 323.201.3211
kyccla.org National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) 213.365.9005
213.485.1422 napca.org
leap.org Older Adults Program (OAP)
Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) 213.553.1884
213.473.1680 ssgmain.org
ltsc.org Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Los Angeles City Employees Asian American 213.250.9888
Association (LACEAAA) oca-gla.org
laceaaa.org
Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE)
Los Angeles Filipino Association of Energy Savings Project
City Employees (LAFACE) 800.716.2218 (multi-lingual line)
email: angtambuli@yahoo.com pacelaenergy.org
tambuli.org
110
Echo Lew, Music Play, Mixed media, 50” x 40”, 2014
HERITAGE MONTH
Pacific Asia Museum Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
626.449.2742 x10 (SCCLA)
pacificasiamuseum.org 310.791.8567
sccla.org
Pacific Asian Alcohol and Drug Program (PAADP)
213.738.3361 Special Service for Groups (SSG)
paadp.org 213.553.1800
ssgmain.org ssgmain.org
PALS for Health Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
213.553.1818 (English) 213.389.1215
800.228.8886 (Multi-lingual line) tecola.org
palsforhealth.org Taiwanese American Heritage Commission
People’s Community Organization for Reform and 626.307.4388
Empowerment (People’s CORE) taiwancenter.org
213.241.0904 Taiwanese American Citizen’s League
angelfire.com/oz/pcore
626.810.9101
Philippine American Bar Association (PABA) la.tacl.org
email: info@pabala.org Thai Association of Southern California
pabala.org
323.722.3350
Philippine American Society of Certified
Public Accountants (PASCPA) Thai Community Arts and Cultural Center
310.646.4903 310.827.2910
thaiculturalcenter.org
Pilipino Artists Network (PAN)
filamarts.org Thai Community Development Corporation
(Thai CDC)
Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) 323.468.2555
213.250.4353 thaicdc.org
pwcsc.org Thai Health and Information Services, Inc.
Radio Korea 323.466.5966
213.487.1300 thaihealth.org
radiokorea.com Tongan Community Service Center
San Fernando Valley Chinese Cultural Association 310.327.9650
sfvcca.org ssgmain.org
San Fernando Valley Filipino American UCLA Asian Pacific Alumni Association
Chamber of Commerce uclalumni.net/ChaptersAndClubs/outreach/apa
818.472.0544
sfvfacc@yahoogroups.com UCLA Asian American Studies Center
310.825.2974
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/
213.382.1819
esipa.org UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association
uclapaa.net
South Asian Bar Association,
Southern California Chapter (SABA) USC Asian Pacific American Student Services
949.760.0404 213.740.4999
usc.edu
South Asian Network (SAN)
562.403.0488 Visual Communications
southasiannetwork.org 213.680-4462
vconline.org
112
Afsoon, Shah and His Three Queens, from the series Fairytale Icons, Chromogenic prints, 23” x 16.5”, 2009
113
Young-Il Ahn, Unexpected Light, Installation at LACMA, 2016
Fereydoun Ave, Untitled, from the series Rostam in Late Summer, Inkjet print on canvas, 59.438” x 39.375”, 2009
ABOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
As a leading, progressive arts and cultural agency, DCA empowers Los Angeles’s vibrant communities by supporting and
providing access to quality visual, literary, musical, performing, and educational arts programming; managing vital cultural
centers; preserving historic sites; creating public art; and funding services provided by arts organizations and individual artists.
Formed in 1925, DCA promotes arts and culture as a way to ignite a powerful dialogue, engage LA’s residents and visitors, and
ensure LA’s varied cultures are recognized, acknowledged, and experienced. DCA’s mission is to strengthen the quality of life
in Los Angeles by stimulating and supporting arts and cultural activities, ensuring public access to the arts for residents and
visitors alike.
DCA advances the social and economic impact of arts and culture through grantmaking, public art, community arts, performing
arts, and strategic marketing and development. DCA creates and supports arts programming, maximizing relationships
with other city agencies, artists, and arts and cultural nonprofit organizations to provide excellent service in neighborhoods
throughout Los Angeles.
For more information, please visit culturela.org or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/culturela, Instagram @culture_la, and
Twitter @culture_la.

TEL 213 202.5500

FAX 213 202.5517
WEB culturela.org
TWITTER @culture_LA
INSTAGRAM @culture_LA
FACEBOOK cultureLA
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Deborah Chi, Night Abstracted, Acrylic and pastel, 27” x 40”, 2011
DCA FACILITIES (36 TOTAL):

• DCA manages and programs 22 Neighborhood Arts and Cultural Centers including: 9 Arts and Cultural Centers, 4 Per-
forming Arts Theaters, 2 Historic Sites, and 7 Galleries.
• DCA oversees an additional 11 Public/Private Partnership Arts Facilities.
• DCA also manages 3 Prop K facilities in development.
DCA NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES

DCA’s neighborhood facilities offer high-quality instruction for young people and adults in the performing, visual, and
new media arts. The Arts and Cultural Centers offer after-school and summer arts programs, produce solo and group art
exhibitions, create outreach programs for under-served populations, and produce a variety of festivals during the year that
celebrate the cultural diversity of the community.
DCA MANAGED ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTERS (9)

BARNSDALL ARTS CENTER AND SUN VALLEY YOUTH ARTS CENTER
BARNSDALL JUNIOR ARTS CENTER (THE STONE HOUSE)
Barnsdall Park 8642 Sunland Boulevard
4800 Hollywood Boulevard Sun Valley, CA 91352
Los Angeles, CA 90027 818.252.4619
323.644.6295 - Barnsdall Arts Center
323.644.6275 - Barnsdall Junior Arts Center WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER AND
CHARLES MINGUS YOUTH ARTS CENTER
CANOGA PARK YOUTH ARTS CENTER 1727 East 107th Street
7222 Remmet Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90002
Canoga Park, CA 91303 213.847.4646 - Watts Towers Arts Center
818.346.7099 323.566.1410 - Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center
LINCOLN HEIGHTS YOUTH ARTS CENTER WILLIAM GRANT STILL ARTS CENTER
2911 Altura Street 2520 South West View Street
Los Angeles, CA 90031 Los Angeles, CA 90016
323.224.0928 323.734.1165
MANCHESTER YOUTH ARTS CENTER

(AT THE VISION THEATRE)
3341 West 43rd Place
213.202.5508
119
HERITAGE MONTH
Hung Liu, Resident Alien, Oil on canvas, 60” x 90”, 1988
DCA MANAGED PERFORMING ARTS THEATERS (4)

Through its professional theater facilities, DCA serves the performing and media arts community by offering below-market
theater rentals. In turn, the arts community presents year-round dance, music, theater, literary, and multi-disciplinary
performances; supports the development of emerging and established Los Angeles-based performing and media artists; and
offers workshops for playwrights and writers of all ages.
BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE VISION THEATRE

Barnsdall Park 3341 West 43rd Place
4800 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90008
Los Angeles, CA 90027 213.202.5508
323.644.6272
WARNER GRAND THEATRE
MADRID THEATRE 478 West 6th Street
21622 Sherman Way San Pedro, CA 90731
Canoga Park, CA 91303 310.548.7672
818.347.9938
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April Kawaoka, Silent Sorrows, Detail, Rock cluster, 2007
Nisha Sembi, Untitled, Digital image, 2018
Young-Il Ahn, Water BLRG 16 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 2016
DCA MANAGED HISTORIC SITES (2)

DCA provides conservation services and educational programming and tours for two of LA’s most treasured historic sites,
Hollyhock House and the Watts Towers. Conservation efforts are coordinated through DCA’s Historic Site Preservation Office.
DCA’s Museum Education and Tours Program coordinates tours and interpretive programs for both young people and adults.
Hollyhock House is Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles project. Built between 1919 and 1921, it represents his earliest efforts
to develop a regionally appropriate style of architecture for Southern California. Barnsdall Park, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s
iconic Hollyhock House, was awarded landmark status in 2007 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As the
nation’s highest historic landmark designation, the site has been formally recognized for its role in interpreting the heritage and
history of the United States.
HOLLYHOCK HOUSE
Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
323.913.4031
The Watts Towers, built over 34 years by Simon Rodia, are a Los Angeles icon. Built from found objects, including broken glass, sea
shells, pottery, and tile, the Towers stand as a monument to the human spirit and the persistence of a singular vision. The Watts
Towers, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are a National Historic Landmark, a State of California Historic Park, and
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 15 as previously designated by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission.
WATTS TOWERS
1765 East 107th Street
213.847.4646
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HERITAGE MONTH
DCA MANAGED GALLERIES (7)
DCA’s galleries serve to promote the visual arts and artists of the culturally diverse Los Angeles region.
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) at Barnsdall Park is the City’s primary exhibition venue and is devoted to
showcasing the work of local emerging, mid-career, and established artists in group and individual presentation formats.
LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY (LAMAG)
Barnsdall Park
323.644.6269
The Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery supports smaller exhibitions, many displaying works created in classes at
Barnsdall Park.
BARNSDALL JUNIOR ARTS CENTER GALLERY

Barnsdall Park
323.644.6275
DCA’s Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall showcases the work of young people, adults, and seniors enrolled in City art
programs, as well as themed exhibitions celebrating the City’s Heritage Month Celebrations.
DCA’S HENRY P. RIO BRIDGE GALLERY AT CITY HALL
200 North Spring Street
The galleries at the Watts Towers Campus include:
NOAH PURIFOY GALLERY

CHARLES MINGUS GALLERY
DR. JOSEPH AND BOOTSIE HOWARD GALLERY
1727 East 107th Street
213.847.4646
Engaging exhibitions can also be viewed at DCA’s gallery at the William Grant Still Arts Center:
WILLIAM GRANT STILL ARTS CENTER GALLERY

2520 South West View Street
323.734.1165
124
Paul Batou, Ishtar Lover, Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2017
Tommy Vinh Bui, I Heart LA, 5” x 7”, 2018
Ichiro Shimizu, Dying flowers, Digital photography, 8” x 11”, 2018
DCA PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ARTS FACILITIES:
ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTERS (7)

ART IN THE PARK ENCINO ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER
5568 Via Marisol (PREVIOUSLY THE CENTER FOR FOLK MUSIC)
Los Angeles, CA 90042 16953 Ventura Boulevard
323.259.0861 Encino, CA 91316
BANNINGS LANDING COMMUNITY LANKERSHIM ARTS CENTER

ARTS CENTER
5108 Lankershim Boulevard
100 East Water Street North Hollywood, CA 91602
Wilmington, CA 90744 818.752.7568
310.522.2015
MCGROARTY ARTS CENTER
EAGLE ROCK COMMUNITY CULTURAL
CENTER / CENTER FOR THE ARTS 7570 McGroarty Terrace
EAGLE ROCK Tujunga, CA 91042
2225 Colorado Boulevard 818.352.5285
WILLIAM REAGH - LA PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
323.561.3044
2332 West Fourth Street
213.382.8133
127
HERITAGE MONTH
Young Il C. Kang, Seeking1802, Mixed media on paper, 28” x 30”, 2018
DCA PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ARTS FACILITIES:
PERFORMING ARTS THEATERS (2)

LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER / NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
THE NEW LATC 4718 West Washington Boulevard
514 South Spring Street, 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90016
Los Angeles, CA 90013 323.964.9768
213.489.0994
GALLERIES (2)
Through an agreement with Los Angeles World Airports, DCA also administers curated exhibitions at both LAX and Van Nuys
World Airports, and promotes Los Angeles as a creative and vibrant destination to over 48 million national and international
visitors annually.
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS VAN NUYS WORLD AIRPORT - SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION PROGRAM (LAX) PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION PROGRAM
1 World Way 16461 Sherman Way
Los Angeles, CA 90045 Van Nuys, CA 91406
128
Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Immigrant, Cardboard box, paper, gouache, 8 x 9 x 4.5 inches, 2018
DCA PROP K FACILITIES IN DEVELOPMENT (3)

DOWNTOWN YOUTH ARTS CENTER OAKWOOD JUNIOR YOUTH ARTS CENTER (VERA DAVIS
(FIRE STATION # 23) MCLENDON YOUTH
225 East 5th Street ARTS CENTER)
Los Angeles, CA 90013 610 California Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
HIGHLAND PARK YOUTH ARTS CENTER
111 North Bridewell Street
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OR CONTACT:

TEL 213 202.5500

FAX 213 202.5517
WEB culturela.org
TWITTER @culture_LA
FACEBOOK cultureLA
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Echo Lew , Dancer, Mixed media, 24” x 15”, 2012
ARTIST CREDITS
The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs gives special thanks to our calendar artists for generously
allowing us to showcase their works in this publication.
Paul Batou Pedro A. Ignacio Shiho Nakaza

paulbatou@gmail.com pogiwankanobi@hotmail.com shihonakaza.com
Kelsey Boncato Yoshio Ikezaki Cuong Nguyen
bkelsstudio.cargocollective.com kylingallery.com cuong.smugmug.com
Sara Jane Boyers Simonette David Jackson Dong Nguyen
sarajaneboyersphoto.com tittleandglyph.com hopdong@yahoo.com
Tommy Vinh Bui David B. Jang Khang Bao Nguyen
tommyvinhbui@yahoo.com davidbjang.com intuitiveformation.com
Ching-In Chen Maria Kane Thi Hop Nguyen
chinginchen.com mariakane.com hopdong@yahoo.com
Vivian Whenhuey Chen Young Il C. Kang Sue Park
vivianwenhueychen.com youngilkang.com sueparkphoto.com
Deborah Chi April Kawaoka Ann Phong
deborah.a.chi@gmail.com aprilkawaoka.com annphongart.com
Jon Ching I-Ching Lao Kaitlynn Redell
JonChingArt.com houseofsnarf.com kaitlynnredell.com
Cheng Chung-Ping Ann Le Yoshie Sakai
chungpingchengphotography.com annle.net yoshiesakai.com
BiJian Fan Robert S. Lee Karuna R. Sharma
bijian.com saatchiart.com/account/ karunasharma.com
artworks/338850
Steven Fujimoto Ichiro Shimizu
greeniearts.com Echo Lew shimizudesign.com
echolew.com
Kio Griffith Christie Shinn
kiogriffith.com Sandra Low HoraToraStudios.com
sandralow.com
Stephanie Han Young Yun Summers
steph-han.com Eileen T Mao youngyunsummers@att.net
eileenmao.com
Gary Hong Doris Kim Sung
garyhong0128.wordpress.com Mark Maza dosu-arch.com
mkmaza@gmail.com
Phung Huynh Yuki Toy
phunghuynh.com Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza yukitoy.com
maryrosecmendoza.com
Bryan Ida Edwin Ushiro
bryanida.com Yong Soon Min mrushiro.com
yongsoonmin.com
131
HERITAGE MONTH
Young-Il Ahn, Water BLBP 16 (Detail), Oil on canvas. 2016
Lyn Watanabe Courtesy of Courtesy of

lynwatanabe.com Japanese American National Norton Simon Museum
Chie Yamayoshi Museum (JANM) nortonsimon.org
chieyamayoshi@gmail.com janm.org
Images of artifacts from
Kanata Yamayoshi Kip Fulbeck In Search of New Markets: Craft
kyamayoshi@gmail.com Traditions in Nineteenth-Century India
Nami Yang Exhibition
Courtesy of
nami.yang@gmail.com
Los Angeles County
Kathy Yoshihara Museum of Art (LACMA) Courtesy of
kyoshiharadesign.com Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM)
lacma.org
Liang Zhang vicentpriceartmuseum.org
zliangzh@gmail.com Afsoon
Young Il Ahn Mimian Hsu
Fereydoun Ave Hung Liu
Courtesy of Siamak Filizadeh Richard Lou
Chinese American Museum (CAM) Kaveh Golestan Ranu Mukherjee
camla.org Ramin Haerizadeh
Gajin Fujita Malekeh Nayiny
Hueman Parviz Tanavoli
Nisha Sembi Newsha Tavakolian
Unknown Artist
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
MAY
Above, Siamak Filizadeh, Anis al-Daula, Digital photography, inkjet print, 59.013” x 39.375” x 1 .25”, 2014
Back cover, Maria Kang, Stay the Night, Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 25”, 2005
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Marqueece Harris-Dawson Daniel Tarica

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PATHWAYS TO PARADISE: MEDIEVAL KODOMO NO HI STORYTIME

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