Fwd: We are Open! Exhibitions and Programs in October

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Museum of Chinese in America Grand Opening Celebration   EXHIBITIONS With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America Here & Now: Chinese Artists in New York Chinatown Film Project  PROGRAMS  Chinatown Film Project: Meet the Filmmaker at Apple Store, SoHo: Richard Wong & Karin Chien, October 1 Core Exhibit Series: A Brief Flight...Hazel Ying Lee and the Women who Flew Pursuit, October 2 Here & Now Discussion Series: Panel Discussion: Chinese Artists in New York and Chinese Artists in China, October 24  Target Free Thursday Series: Open Mic: Things that Haunt You, October 29  For Children, Youth & Families: Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake Tasting, October 4 Four Seasons of Sizhu: Silk & Bamboo Music, October 4 & 11 Projecting Our Voices: Seven Short Films from MOCA's Youth Advisory Board, October 17 For Educators: Educators Open House, October 19
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Museum of Chinese in America Grand Opening Celebration    During opening week, MOCA welcomed several thousand visitors and guests. View Mayor Bloomberg's speech at the grand opening ceremony, see photographs of the festivities, read the media coverage, including the New York Times article on Tun Funn Hom (pictured center, with his wife and daughter at the opening) whose life story is told in the Musem's Core Exhibition. Thank you all for making it a tremendous success!    Visit our website for more information and purchase tickets online!
EXHIBITIONS With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America   With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America, MOCA's new core exhibit presents the diverse layers of the Chinese American experience while examining America's journey as a nation of immigrants—from an historical overview of Chinese immigration to the United States, to the individual stories that reveal what it has meant to be Chinese in America at different moments in time, to the physical traces and images left behind by past generations for us to consider, reflect and reclaim. View more>>
Here and Now: Chinese Artists in New York   Here & Now is MOCA's first group show of contemporary artists, and features prominent Chinese artists who live and work in New York. Chapter I: Visual Memories with works by Xu Bing, Cui Fei, Yun-Fei Ji and Lin Yan is on view until November 2, 2009. View more>>
Chinatown Film Project: How Do You See Chinatown? The Chinatown Film Project (CFP), MOCA's inaugural film exhibition features ten original short films by ten of New York's most exciting filmmakers. The CFP tackles Chinatown's elusiveness and its stereotyped representations by constructing new images for the viewer.View more>>
PROGRAMS Be sure to check our Calendar of Events page for the latest information on programs this month and beyond.    Chinatown Film Project Series: Meet the CFP Filmmakers @ Apple Store, SoHo Thursday, October 1, 7 pm Apple Store, 103 Prince Street, New York City   Join curator/producer Karin Chien and award-winning filmmaker Richard Wong for a screening and behind-the-scenes look at the Chinatown Film Project. Ten acclaimed New York filmmakers were given the same budget and access to construct new visions of Chinatown. Rich Wong will discuss his musical "Lonely Alone" and his collaboration with Wayne Wang on "Tuesday." This event is free and open to the public.
Core Exhibit Series:   Film Screening: A Brief Flight...Hazel Ying Lee and the Women who Flew Pursuit Friday, October 2, 6:30 pm   A Brief Flight, directed by Alan Rosenberg, is a new, one-hour documentary that tells the inspiring true story of Hazel Ying Lee, Chinese-American aviator of the 1930's and 40's. A pioneer in women's aviation in both the United States and China, Hazel went on to become one pilot among an elite group of women who flew fighter planes for the United States Army. View more>>    Screening followed by Q&A with Frances Tong, Hazel Ying Lee's sister.  Free and open to the public. Limited seating, please rsvp at education@mocanyc.org or call 212.619.4785 x4142.
Here & Now Discussion Series: Chinese Artists in New York and Chinese Artists in China Saturday, October 24, 3 pm   Zhijian Qian, curator of Here & Now moderates a discussion with Lin Yan and Cui Fei, artists of the exhibit's first chapter: Visual Memories, and Richard Vine, senior editor of Art in America on the changing scene of contemporary art in China and its impact on Chinese artists outside China. This program is held in conjunction with the special exhibition, Here and Now: Chinese Artists in New York. Fee (includes museum admission): $15; $10 student and senior; free for members RSVP required at education@mocanyc.org or 212.619.4785 x4142.
Target Free Thursday Series: Open Mic: Things that Haunt You Thursday, October 29, 7 pm   Join us for a special Halloween themed open mic night. Share your scary experiences; tell us the things that haunt you... Hosted by Taiyo Na & Featuring Henry Chang and Ed Lin.    This is a poetry/spoken word/storytelling event. Yes, you can also sing. There is a 5 minute time limit on all performances. All participants are welcome, invite your friends! Please register in advance to save a slot as this event will be on a first come, first serve basis. If you arrive without registering, there is no guarantee you will be able to perform. RSVP at education@mocanyc.org This event is free and open to the public, courtesy of Target.
For Children, Youth & Families: Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake Tasting   Saturday, October 4, 11:45 am Join MOCA to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and to sample one of the most popular and delicious Chinese pastries: the mooncake! Traditional mooncakes are prepared with thick lotus seed paste and can include different fillings. Cakes are also symbols for family, unity, prosperity, and a sweet life. Today's mooncakes come in many different forms and MOCA will be sampling them to see which one is the favorite as we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!   Free with Museum admission. Limited quantity. First come, first served.   Four Seasons of Sizhu: Silk and Bamboo Music Sundays, October 4 & 11, November 1, 8, 15 & 22, December 6 & 13, 2 - 3:30 pm   MOCA and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance present a series of eight educational music performances for children and families by New York's finest Chinese musical ensembles: Melody of Dragon; Min Xiao-Fen & Her Blue Pipa Trip; EastRiver Ensemble; Music from China. View more>> All ages welcome. Free with Museum admission. Please RSVP in advance to education@mocanyc.org or 212.619.4785.
Projecting Our Voices: 7 Short Films from MOCA's Youth Advisory Board Saturday, October 17, 6:30 pm This screening will feature short films created by a group of NYC students who explored moments of conflict and their definitions of "Chinatown" & "Chinese American." Featuring the work of:Thalia Bloom, Eric Cheng, Alison Cheu, Katrina Lee, Angeline Lim, Jessica Tan, and Thomas Weng.  Facilitators: Dylan Yeats and Iki Nakagawa. FInd out more about the Youth Advisory Board. This event is free and open to the public.  Please RSVP in advance to education@mocanyc.org or call 212.619.4785.
For Educators: Educators Open House Monday, October 19, 4:30 - 6:30 pm   Join us for a guided tour of the core exhibition followed by Q & A presentation with the Museum's Education Department. There will be free educational resources to take home and use in your own classrooms or workshops. This event is open to K-12 educators. RSVP required, please sign up by emailing education@mocanyc.org
Photo of opening event by Karen Zhou. Photo of Hazel Ying Lee courtesy of Alan Rosenberg.
Support for the Museum's 2008 and 2009 fiscal years is made possible with public funds from: the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; and the Office of the Manhattan Borough President                                            Additional institutional support is provided by: Foundations: Carnegie Corporation of New York; Joseph Tse Foundation; JT Tai Foundation; The Mark and Anla Cheng Foundation; MetLife Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; The Starr Foundation Corporations: American Express; American International Group, Inc.; AT&T; Bloomberg; Con Edison; Colgate-Palmolive Company; Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Cypress Group; Deloitte LLP; Innisfree M & A Incorporated; JM Eagle; Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher; Johnson & Johnson; Liberty Title Agency; Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.; Morningside Group; New York Construction Associates, LLC; News Corporation; Novel Enterprises; Pequot Capital; P.I. Mechanical Corp.; Platinum Maintenance; Prudential Financial, Inc.; Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP; State Farm Insurance; Target; Tishman Speyer; Tupelo Capital Management, LLC; Vera Wang Group; Verizon Partners: Committee of 100; Families with Children from China; Institute for Intercultural Studies; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Capital Expansion lead support is provided by: The September 11th Fund; New York City Council; Office of the Mayor of the City of New York; Office of the Manhattan Borough President; Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Special thanks to the members and individual donors of the Museum of Chinese in America for their continued support.

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