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C,tl ine,~cuJtur,~ ' ,ye"fer NeW$te~ter"Fh~C~nter.f~rthe.Ad)larcem~nt9.fCHi"ese~nd'ChineseAmerica~n;~rt.nd Culture .
ByAbby Chen
Thoughts from lead curator Kevin
Chen:
With the interrelated complexity of the
21st century world and increasing
technological advances making us
closer, yet further apart from each
other, it is exciting to see the collec-tive expression of over 31 artists in a
single space and spilling out into the
immediate neighborhood. Coming
from a variety of backgrounds and
artistic practices, the artists in Present
Tense create a foundation for us to
look at the notion of China today, and
what it means to us emotionally, cul-
turally, economically, environmen-
tally, and politically.
Thirty-one contemporary artists from
the Bay Area and beyond interrogate
the phenomenon that is modern Chi- ,
nese culture in the Chinese Culture
Center's (CCC) Present Tense Bi-ennial: Chinese Character exhibi- ,
tion. Presented in collaboration with
Kearny Street Workshop (KSW)
and lead curated by Kevin B. Chen,Program Director for Intersection for
the Arts, the exhibition features awide array of media including: pho-
tography, video, painting, animation,
sculpture and installation art dis-
played at both the Center's gallery
and in a number of satellite store-
front windows throughout China-
town.
To be continued on page 6
May 1, 2009 = August 23, 2009Exhibition: Present Tense Biennial
Location: Gallery
Admission: Free
May 23, 2009
Present Tense Biennial Public Program
Time: 1:00PM
Location: Auditorium
Admission: Free
June 4, 2009
C4 an d Lecture: New Generation, the Chinese
Youth since 1989
Time: 2:00PM
Location: Auditorium
Admission: FreeJune 20,2009
Present Tense.Biennial Public Program
Time: 1:OOPM
Location: Auditorium
Admission: Free
JuJy25,2009
Present Tense Biennial Public Program
Time: 1:00PM
Location: Auditorium
Admission: Free
April 11 - June 25, 2009
Spring Class Session
Saturday
Mandarin for Adults: Levell, 2, 3
Mandarin Learn and Play for Children
BrushPainting
Calligraphy
Tuesday and Thursday
Mandarin for Adults: Levell and Level 3
Monday and Wednesday
Mandarin Class for Adults: Level 2
Ongoing Class
Traditional Chen Taijiquan
T ue sd ay a nd T hu rs da y
5:45pm to 6:45pm
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Inside ~hislssue,
Present Tense Biennial
Message from Executive Director
Uncle Toisan
What's New with Gallery Shop
Corporate Donor Spotlight-UCB
Chinese Translation
Present Tense Biennial (contd.)
Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund
CCC Online Exhibition
Donor List
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Date & Time: 04/18/2009 Saturday 1 pm
Location: Auditorium
Chinese Culture Center is proud to sponsor "Uncle
Toisan." "Uncle Toisan" features the unique ex-
perience of a Chinese American immigrant to the
United States. His eyewitness account bridges the
historical relevance of the Chinese Exclusion Act
of 1882, the modern post-civil rights movement,
and the emergence of present-day Asian American
consciousness.
What's Newat our Gallery Shop
The "In Search of Roots" exhibition ended on
April 11. After closing a few weeks * in order toget ready for our next exhibition, the Gallery Shop
will re-open on May 1st for the opening of
"Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character".
After having discovered -and we hope, enjoyed-
the works of the 31 featured young artists, you
will find in our shop exhibition-related items at
competitive rates as well as the exhibition catalog.Along with these wonderful pieces, we will of
course stil l be carrying our customers' favorites,
such as art books, delicate jewelry or intricate (and
exclusive-to-us) Chinese puzzles. And don't for-
get, as a member of the Chinese Culture Center,
you get 10% off the entire store! This may be a
good time to enjoy it!
For more information about our gallery shop,
please visit our website at: wwww.c-c-c.org/gift-
shopl,or send us an email at the following ad-
dress: [email protected].
* the participants to our Chinese Language classes
will still be able to buy their textbooks and CDs at thegallery shop during these few weeks.
Newsletter Credits
Editor & Layout: Fengyuan Ji, Ruth
Young
Contributors: Abby Chen, Al Cheng,
Melissa Hempel, Catherine Le Pape,
Mabel Teng, Ruth Young
Translation: Xiaomei Li, Fengyuan Ji
Printing: Axon Printing
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Message from Executive Director
A Message to the CCC Family fromthe New Executive Director
I am glad to be back in the community
and overwhelmed by your warm wel-
come.
After three decades of vigorous work in
education, nonprofit management, and
public service, I have decided to return to
my roots where I would help build a vi-
brant cultural legacy for our children and
their children.
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank the Board for their leadership and
commitment and express my appreciation
to the staff, volunteers, and interns for
their hard work and dedication.
To AI: much "xie xie" for doing an ex-
traordinary job in bringing stability and
inspiration during difficult times. We are
happy that you will continue to lead the
Roots program.
The executive transition at the CCC is
taking place while the country enters an
incredible year of change and inclusion. It
is an excellent time for us to engage the
community's indigenous wisdom to
strengthen ongoing alliances and build
new partnerships. I welcome your advice
on how we can do our work better.
Meanwhile, I would like to invite you all
to join us at the "Present Tense" Exhibi-
tion, which is an artistic and diverse ex-
pression of globalization through the eyes
of 31 young artists. The Exhibition is
first of its kind in this country and opens
on May 1st•
The CCC will host a VIP reception at our
gallery on May 1S \ where you can meet
the artists in person and have the first
opportunity to purchase limited editions
of signed prints.
The gallery and shop is undergoing reor-
ganization for next exhibition. Please
come and visit us on May 1st!
We look forward to seeing you.
Mabel Teng
Pic ture f rom lef t to r ight : Mabel Teng, Al C
Letter from Albert Cheng to Mabel Teng
Dear Mabel,
Congratulations on your appointment as
thirteenth Executive Director of the Chin
Culture Foundation of San Francisco (Cen
since its founding in 1965. The Board of Ditors, in its collective wisdom, selected you as
best person to lead the organization at this s
of its growth. I wish you the very best and g
success.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my short six-mo
transitional stay at the Center. It has been
honor and pleasure working with you to ensu
smooth and seamless transit ion. The Center i
good hands with your leadership.
You, just like me, are very blessed with a de
cated hard-working Board of Directors, s
interns, and volunteers. They are an amaz
source of strength, wisdom, and institutio
history. We are equally blessed with an incre
ble cadre of funders, donors and members,
are the financial pillars of the Center. I am
ever grateful to each and everyone of them.
2009 continues to be a very challenging yea
light of the depressed local, national , and glo
economies. You have difficult decisions to m
during these tough times.
Please rest assured that I will continue to
vide the leadership for the In Search of Ro
program as a volunteer, as I have done for
past 19 years. I plan to strengthen the collabo
tion between the Chinese Culture Foundation
San Francisco, Chinese Historical SocietyAmerica, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
China's Guangdong Province, and Cathay
cific Airways, the major co-sponsors of the p
gram.
Finally, I wish you well. May you enjoy
work and make a difference in the lives of m
people. Warmest regards.
Respectfully yours,
Albert Cheng
Immediate Past Executive Director
"When drinking water, remember the source."
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Fundraising
• ~UNITED
CCC's Corporate Donor Spotlight: COMMERCIALBANK~By Ruth Young
In this issue, the Chinese Culture
Center is proud to feature United
Commercial Bank (UCB), a highly
valued corporate partner. UCB hasbeen a long-standing supporter of the
CCC. Senior UCB executives have
served on the Chinese Culture Foun-
dation's Board of Directors and have
provided us with fiscal, strategic, and
visionary leadership and guidance.
UCB has provided financial support
as well. They were the presenting
sponsor of the Shiwan exhibition in
2006 and have consistently supported
CCC's annual Spring Festival Cele-
bration. As sponsors of the annualHarmony & Bliss fundraising dinner,
their support enables the Center's ex-
hibitions and related programming.
Manni Liu, a UCB Vice President and
Customer Communications Manager,
shared with us their sentiments about
giving to the Chinese Culture Center
and UCB's commitment to the com-
munity.
UCB's Community Involvement
UCB has had a history of serving
the Chinese community for over 30
years. "It is important to give backto the people we serve," says Liu.
UCB not only supports arts and cul-
ture, but is also involved in support-
ing education and the immigrant
population. UCB strives to improve
the quality of life in communities,
foster community development, and
bring stability to the organizations
that they sponsor. Liu notes that
sponsoring CCC has benefited
members of the community and the
people who come to CCC events,such as the Spring Festival, by ena-
bling the Center to put on these pro-
grams.
Liu says, "The CCF (the Chinese
Culture Center's Foundation) has
been in the community for many
years and fulfills its mission to pre-
serve and promote Chinese and Chi-
nese American culture." Liu adds,
the CCF's "good presence in the C
nese community proves that it's re
vant in the community. The Cen
has been doing cultural programs aa variety of programs that are imp
tant, such as the In Search of Ro
program."
UCB as a Banking Leader
UCB (a subsidiary of UCBH Ho
ings, Inc.) is one of the leading ban
in the United States serving Chin
communities and American comp
nies doing business in Greater Chi
While UCB began as "a savings aloan association in the 1970s ...
Bank has grown a lot by having
roots in the community," says Liu.
San Francisco, UCB branches h
the community, especially those w
do not speak English, with dive
banking needs. As a whole, Liu sa
"UCB is like a lot of regular folk
we value hard work and sav
money."
UCB (table pictured in front) at CCC's Harmony &
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Chinese Culture CenterFamily
Board of Directors
Chairperson
Colin C. Wong, D.D.S.
President
Russell E. Leong, M.D.
Executive Vice President
Helen Hui
Vice Presidents
Darlene Chiu
Irene Yee Riley
Kimberley A. Wong
Secretary
Brian Yee
Treasurer
Gin Ho
Board of Directors
Kerwin Chan
Y. Mei Lam
Rolland C. Lowe, M.D.
Jonas Mil ler
Doroteo Ng
Eric Tong
RonaldWu
Art Advisory Committee
Terese Tse Bartholomew
Tsung Woo Han, B.FA
Tatwina Chinn Lee
Manni Liu
Gang Situ
Pat Tseng
Executive Director
Mabel Teng
Staff and Interns
Abby Chen
Onilda Cheung
Melissa Hempel
Fengyuan Ji
Gwen Kuo
Catherine Le Pape
Richard Leung
Mengxuan Liu
Kwai Mei Manor
Audrey Kim Ngeow
Ruth Young
YongceZhou
Exhibition Upda
Present Tense Biennial 2009
Bn Hna, Oneness, Media: Animation, 2005.2
Continued from page J
That diversity of perspectives is reflective
of the overall impression left by the exhibi-
tion. "What we see in these works is that wecan no longer generalize Chinese culture,"
says Abby Chen, Program Director at CCC
and co-curator of the exhibition. "There is
really a complexity to what Chinese-ness is
these days. It's dispersed everywhere and I
think it takes young people to establish that.
They are less burdened by historical con-
texts."
The work of Sean Marc Lee exemplifies
this. Lee, a photographer in his mid-20s
who grew up in San Bruno and has amassed
an international following primarily through
the Internet, contributes a series of exquisiteportraits of his father that challenge notions
of rigidly conservative Chinese American
families. Lee's father, born here in the
United States, is seen partying with Lee's
young friends, posing with his classic Ford
pick up truck, covered in tattoos as he
swims at a local community pool, and step-
ping out in his finest for a night on the
town.
Mexican-American artist Sergio de la
Torre contributes a video piece entitled
"Nuevo Dragon City." De la Torre, born in
Tijuana, shines a light on the substantial,but little-known community of Chinese that
have made that city home for multiple gen-
erations. For the video, he returned to Ti-
juana to work with Chinese-Mexican teen-
agers to reenact a supposedly true incident
from the 1920s in which Chinese residents,
fearing an angry mob, barricaded them-
selves inside a furniture store. As the teens
quietly pile furniture against the windows,
the space grows darker and darker, mirror-
ing their feelings of isolation and cultural
separation as an invisible minority.
Guangzhou-based painter Liting Liang
Liting Liang, Woman Eating Po
charts new territory in mainland Ch
openly exploring the very contemporary
sues of gender and feminism there, throu
series of highly personal calligraphy-insp
paintings that often mix text and images.
In addition to these works on view in the C
gallery, a number of pieces will be displa
in satellite storefront windows around
Francisco's Chinatown. "These urban in
ventions straddle the line between comm
and art," says Chen, "and will be fascina
to observe as the local community inter
with them. I think it's going to be very in
esting as people puzzle over whether so
thing is for sale or not."
Conceptual artist Ken Lo, for example
developing a display about a fictional bof shoes called K Lo geared towards yo
Asians. Lo's work evolves from a thoroug
conceived alter ego in which he is a legen
street basketball player who taught the
of Kobe Bryant. The shoe line is an exten
of his ongoing narrative that investigates
ceptions about Asian males in sports.
Other artists participating in the exhibi
include: Tamara Albaitis, Nancy Chan, A
Wen-Shin Chang, Julie Chang, Cui Fei, Ju
Hoover, Bu Hua, Arthur Huang, Suza
Husky, Larry Lee, Ma Liang, Lucy Kal
Lin, Elizabeth Moy, Ming Mur-Ray, TuNichols, Xia Han Qiang, Nadim Sab
Zachary Royer Scholz, Indigo Som, Char
Tan, Patrick Tsai, David and Michelle Yun
The Present Tense Biennial is on view T
days - Sundays 11 a.m. - 4 p.m, at the
nese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St.
Floor (inside the Hilton Hotel). Admis
to the gallery is free and maps to storefr
installation locations are available at
gallery and online. For more informat
the public should visit www.c-c-c.org or
415-986-1822.
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Program Updates
Announcing the Chinese Culture Foundation's
Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund
CCC Online Exhibition Making Another Milestone
The Chinese Culture Center is proud to
announce the establishment of our Founda-
tion's Him Mark Lai Heritage Fund.
This new Fund, named in honor of Him
Mark Lai, reflects the Center's gratitude
towards Lai's hard work and commitment
to sharing his knowledge of Chinese
American history with current and future
generations. Him Mark Lai has preserved,
uncovered, and catalogued many historical
sources in Chinese and English, which have
been vital to Chinese American history.
His thorough research has also filled the
gaps in Chinese American history. Some
products of his findings are the numerous
books and essays he has authored and ed-
ited.
A particularly meaningful product of his
commitment to passing on his understand-
ing Chinese American history is the Chi-
nese Culture Center's In Search of Roots
program. Lai co-founded the In Search of
Roots program with Albert Cheng in 1991.
In an interview with the Chinese Historical
Society of America, Lai says, "I've tried to
be a bridge between the Chinese Americans
and the immigrants." In the same aspect,
the In Search of Roots program has served
as a bridge between Chinese Americans and
By Melissa Hempel
The first in a series of online exhibitions
for cccGallery.org, Afterlife celebrates
diverse views on spirituality and mortal-
ity. Images submitted from several dif-
ferent countries explore life transitions
and can currently be viewed on the Chi-
nese Culture Center homepage: www.c-c-
c.org.
While arranging the online display as a
guest curator, my intention was to show-
case cccGallery.org artists' work relating
to the Afterlife theme. The online exhibi-
tions are created around universal
themes, which reflect the access cccGal-
lery.org grants artists and viewers alike.
The Chinese Culture Center provides its
interns with many rewarding opportuni-
ties and Afterlife, my latest project, has
allowed me to interact with artists from
their ancestors.
Recently, the Center also expanded the In
Search of Roots program to enable adults
27 years of age or older to explore theirhistory and genealogy and to travel to
their ancestral villages in Guangdong,
China. This positions the program to
reach out to people of all ages in the com-
munity.
Putting together the In Search of Roots
program each year requires a strong num-
ber of staff, team leaders, research con-
sultants, and advisors. The Fund will
cover these overhead costs and ensure
that the In Search of Roots program con-
tinually progresses in providing an in-depth, meaningful experience for all par-
ticipants. Just as history is about reflect-
ing and reconnecting with the past, Him
Mark Lai has continued to reconnect new
generations with their past through his
work and the In Search of Roots program.
For this we honor him.
Ifyou would like to contribute to the Him
Mark Lai Heritage Fund, you may do
so through check (payable to the Chinese
Culture Foundation), cash, credit card, or
Smoke, Colin Jones
around the world. I have had the privi-
lege to use my art history and museum
studies background while working with
the CCC over the past year, and I hope
that the Afterlife exhibition brings more
regular visitors to cccGallery.org.
Photo of Him Mark
by going to our website at: www.c-c-c.org
support/donation. Please make sure to speify that you are donating to the Him Ma
Lai Heritage Fund. Donations to the H
Mark Lai Heritage Fund are fully ta
deductible and any amount is greatly appr
ciated.
Donating to the Fund is not only a gr
way to earmark your donation for the
Search of Roots program, but it will a
help ensure the program continues for ma
years and that future generations will
ways be able to find their Chinese roots.
This exhibition is a sign of an expande
presence for CCC both virtually and
the San Francisco community. Our c
for artists attracted new members to jo
the CCC Online Gallery and, partnerin
with Artsource Consulting, CCC h
translated Afterlife into a physical sho
exhibited at the Mills Building in SFrancisco's Financial District. Both ve
ues work to expand viewership a
strengthen community partnership
through an audience driven project.
We invite you to share thoughts and
views of Afterlife by joining cccG
lery.org to post member comments. Afte
life runs from March through April
2009 on www.c-c-c.org and March 21
June 21, 2009 at the Mills Building (2
Montgomery Street).
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