When: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 12:00 – 1:45 PM
Where: Chinese Culture Center Gallery (3rd Floor)
Price: Free
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On Saturday, November 14th, 2009, Chinese-French artist and author Chen Jiang Hong will honor us with his presence, to give a lecture and painting demonstration. This event will be held at the Chinese Culture Center’s gallery, from 12:00 to 1:45pm.
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陳江洪繪畫講座

與藝術家陳江洪面對面！

2009年11月14日星期六，法籍華裔藝術家、作家陳江洪將為我們奉獻一場以水墨畫及水彩畫為主題的現場示范講座。活動時間為中午12點至下午1點45，地點在中華文化中心畫廊。

本講座免費對公眾開放！

關于藝術家：
陳江洪，水墨及水彩畫家、插圖畫家、作家，出生於中國天津，成長在文化大革命的年代。他畢業于北京中央美術學院，之后旅法繼續深造，現居巴黎，是一名自由藝術家。多年來，陳江洪發表了多部著作，獲得全世界各地藝術評論家的一致稱贊。他受童年生活和中國傳說啟發的創作在許多國家出版，包括美國、西班牙、丹麥、墨西哥以及韓國。
陳江洪同時是一名水墨及水彩畫家，巴黎的一家日本畫廊正在展出他的作品。

本活動與舊金山法國領事館合辦。

In partnership with San Francisco State University, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is proud to host a lecture by Gordon H. Chang with opening remarks by Mark Johnson. The lecture is given in conjunction with the exhibition, Chromatic Constructions: Contemporary Fiber Art by Dora Hsiung. Hsiung, a contemporary Asian-American artist, has been adapting traditional yarn wrapping techniques of China and other countries for more than 30 years. The lecture is free to the public and will focus on Chinese-American Art.

In addition, Professors Gordon H. Chang, Mark Johnson, and Paul J. Karlstrom are editors of the ground-breaking book: Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. This book is the first comprehensive study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian ancestry active in the United States before 1970. An introduction of the book will be included. After the lecture, there will be a short Q&A session for the audience.

The lecture is given in conjunction with the exhibition, Chromatic Constructions: Contemporary Fiber Art by Dora Hsiung. Hsiung, a contemporary Asian-American artist, has been adapting traditional yarn wrapping techniques of China and other countries for more than 30 years. Her works of art are a hybrid of traditional weaving, contemporary aesthetics, innovative off-loom weaving techniques, and striking choice of colors. On view now to January 10, 2009 are fifty of Hsiung’s wall hangings, installations and sculptures, many large-scale, will be at the Chinese Culture Center (CCC) in San Francisco as the second exhibit in its Xian Rui (Fresh and Sharp) exhibition series. The Xian Rui series is designed to bring visibility to the work of exceptional, but under-recognized Chinese artists in the US and to give viewers a renewed appreciation and fresh perspective on contemporary Chinese culture. This exhibition series is funded by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, which provides 3-year funding for 2008-2010 Xian Rui series. This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Hilton Hotel S.F. Financial District.

Abby Chen, CCC’s Program Director, will give attendees a specially curated tour of the exhibition. Following the tour, there will be an optional hands-on crafts workshop.

cost:free
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Date: June 6th, 2009 Saturday
Time: 1:00-3:00PM
Location: Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (Inside the Hilton Hotel)
舊金山中華文化中心三樓會議廳 （花園角廣場對面，希爾頓酒店內）
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: （415） 986-1822
Refreshment will be provided 作者現場簽售，免費茶點供應
The book is available for purchase at the Chinese Culture Center Bookstore.

Gold Mountain Wives is the first Chinese novel ever written about the history of the Taishan people who immigrated to America. The book focuses on the lives of the women who were left behind by their husbands who traveled thousands of miles away to work in Gold Mountain (America). This novel unveils the untold stories of loyalty, betrayal, the separations and struggles, and the eternal hopes and dreams of the Taishanese women. Please join us to celebrate literary history and meet the author at the book preview and signing.

舊金山”美華文協”會員，女作家伍可娉潛心醞釀多年完成的長篇小說《金山伯的女人》，最近由美國強磊出版社隆重推出，全書近三十萬字。據中國新華社、中國僑網報導，這是迄今為止海內外第一部真實反映”中國第一僑鄉”廣東省台山女性命運的長卷，填補了華僑文學史上一個長久空白。題材沉重而新穎,時間與空間的跨度漫長，人性在時代風雲中的變形，東西文化在女性移民心中的衝撞，均以蕩氣迴腸的悲歡離合表現。人物形象與語言充滿鄉土氣息。國內專家指出，此書不僅具有文學品位，在台山風土人情與華僑史研究上也富有價值。此書甫出版，在中國新浪網、中國新聞社和香港中國通訊社等媒體即好評如潮。

Chinese Culture Center is proud to sponsor “Uncle Toisan.”

“Uncle Toisan” features the unique experience 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.

Uncle Toisan enters the country as a 17 year old “paper son” (immigrants who purchased legal immigration status as a “paper son” of an American citizen), then perseveres through a two-month detention at Angel Island Immigration Station on the eve of its closing in 1939.

He is then drafted in 1942 to serve in Europe during World War II, returning from the battlefield to face discrimination at home as a laborer in the restaurants and laundries of SF Chinatown. However witnesses and experiences the tremendous changes in Chinatown stemming from the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the final lifting of Exclusion, the growth of Asian American political empowerment and the changing demographics of California due to post Vietnam war rounds of immigration.

“Uncle Toisan” is a new performance by CHSA’s Artist-in-Residence Charlie Chin in the History Alive! storytelling series. It is generously supported by the Creative Connections Fund of the Jame Irvine Foundation, the California Story Fund of California Council for the Humanities, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

Date/日期: Saturday, April 11/星期六，4月11号
Time/时间：2:30pm
Location/地点: Auditorium/多功能厅

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Exhibition Opening/展覽開幕
Time/時間: 6:30pm to 8:00pm on January 16, 2009
Location/地點: Chinese Culture Center Gallery
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

Here in this exhibit 2008’s twelve interns present to you their journey throughout San Francisco’s Chinatown, the National Archives, and the homes of their ancestral villages. Each brought to the program their own personal history – their own life experiences, and their own identities. Each was searching for something different and of course found distinctive answers. More often, however, they found more questions. You will see in this exhibit their journeys through the Pearl River Delta region of the Guangdong Province of China, and through the counties and municipalities of Guangzhou, Foshan, Doumen, Xinhui, Kaiping, and Taishan. Through this exhibit they attempt to express all that they have learned and so far understand through symbols, photographs, artifacts, and writing. To grasp their complex findings it is essential that you do as they have done this past year – stay flexible, suspend judgment, and keep an open mind.

此次展出將爲您呈現2008年12位學員們從舊金山唐人街，直至國家檔案館，以及重返祖先故土的一路旅程。每一位學員通過自己的個人歷史、生活經歷和身世起源構築起了整個尋根計劃。每一位學員不同的追尋目標，勢必將帶來各不相同的答案和視角。然而在許多時候，他們發現了更多未解的疑團。您會發現這些經歷將如何凝聚每一位學員獨特的追根之夢，並幫助他們近距離瞭解自己、家庭以及家族的歷史。此次展出旨在通過各種符號、照片、手工製品以及文字，表達所有學員迄今爲止的所感所想。爲了分享他們曲折的研究成果，您也必須走進他們的世界並感悟他們在過去幾年內所付出的努力——滿懷隨遇而安的心態，保有開放進取的思想。