Art of Storytelling

These stories bring us into the everyday lives of people who have long called Chinatown home and challenge us to reimagine how we collectively remember and honor the stories of our communities. How do we bring our communities into the fold as integral, active participants in the telling of their own stories? How do we engage the larger community in this collective remembering? We are so honored to work with artists Yao Xiao , John Lee, and Jacqueline Tam as well as our featured storytellers, Margaret Yuen, Jan Lee, and Nancy Sing-Bock.

Artist Bios

Jacqueline Tam is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Movement and emotion are consistent themes in her work and she often draws inspiration from the natural world to represent the intangible aspects of our shared, human experiences.

Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Yao Xiao creates artwork depicting a poetic visual world where complex concepts and human emotions are examined, amplified, and given physical form.

John Lee is an illustrator from Memphis, TN currently based in New York City. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and MFA from SVA's Illustration as Visual Essay program.