Join us for an intimate conversation between Bob Eng Lee, of the Asian American Arts Centre, and Alison Kuo and Sophia Ma, the artist and the curator behind “We’ll Meet Again.” We will also celebrate this year’s opening of “MOONSquare”, an open call group show inspired by the place of mooncake tins in our memories, and the online exhibit, “HEARTMIND: Exhibitions from the Bob Eng Lee and Asian American Arts Centre Collections”.

“We’ll Meet Again” is an exhibition of new sculptures by Alison Kuo exploring themes of memory, family, loss, safety, and belonging, curated by Sophia Ma. Objects sourced from Chinatown shops and the artist’s own family archive serve as the medium and subject matter of her work. Community art workshops and other events accompany this exhibit.

“MOONSquare” is an open call group show inspired by the place of mooncake tins in our memories. We all know what happens to mooncake tins after the mooncakes are eaten. They become treasure boxes of small things, memories, and preserver of wishes. In the space of a mooncake tin… lid on, lid off, using the box as a frame for an illustration, using the box as a space for sculpture, a space for ceramics… we invite artists to express the spirit of the mooncake tin.

“HEARTMIND: Exhibitions from the Bob Eng Lee and Asian American Arts Centre Collections”, co-curated by Lisa Yin Zhang, Simon Wu, and Jayne Cole, highlights the history of the Asian American Arts Centre, one of the earliest Asian American community arts organizations in the country, with select works from both the Bob Eng Lee and the AAAC collections.

The digital presentation of “Heartmind: Exhibitions from the Bob Eng Lee and Asian American Arts Centre Collections” is made possible by the National Trust’s “Telling the Full History Preservation Fund”.

Thank you to Brooklyn Brewery for being our drinks sponsor for this event.