Chinese Culture Center
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is a major community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese and Chinese American art, history, and culture in the United States.

What's New

Now Available: Exhibition Tours

Docent Tours for the Chinese Culture Center’s new exhibition, Icons of Presence, led by Janice Hom, are now available from 1 to 2 pm on the following dates:

Friday, November 21
Saturday, December 6
Wednesday, December 10
Wednesday, December 17

If you would like a group tour, please send email to: janice@c-c-c.org.
Individuals can show up promptly on the day of. If you cannot make these dates and would like a tour, please contact Janice.

Icons of Presence Exhibition

Date: 10/23/08 - 1/3/09
Location: CCC Gallery
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10-4
Admission: Free

The Chinese Culture Center is proud to present its new exhibition, Icons of Presence: Asian American Activist Art, organized by guest curator and scholar Margo Machida.
Icons of Presence highlights the substantial role of printmaking and graphics as a powerful means of social expression for Asian American visual culture. Learn more >>

Panel Discussion: Paintings, Posters and Propaganda

When: Nov. 12
Time: 7-9 pm
Where: CCC Gallery
750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor
Cost: Free for CCC members; $5 for KSW members; $15 for non CCC or KSW members

Along with its new exhibition, Icons of Presence, the Chinese Culture Center is organizing a discussion with five Asian American artists. Presented in conjunction with Kearny Street Workshop, this event aims to honor the older generation of artists who struggled for their voices to be heard, and helped change the artistic climate for APA artists today. Learn more >>

Join us for Harmony & Bliss 2008!

Harmony & Bliss 2008

When: Saturday, November 1, 2008

Time: Champagne reception will begin at 6:00 P.M., followed by dinner at 7:00 P.M.

Where: Grand Ballroom,
750 Kearny Street, Third floor, San Francisco, CA 94108

One night every year, the Chinese Culture Foundation board members and our supporters in the community get dressed in their very best.

Behind the scenes, the staff and board of the Chinese Culture Center take out their personal phone books and make calls, have weekly meetings, send e-mails late into the night, and make sure all the details are perfect from the linen to ingredients in each dish because….
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10.25.08 - Culture Lecture: Ming Dynasty Replica Junk

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco presents:

Ming Dynasty Replica Junk: A Conversation with Captain Nelson Liu

Captain Liu will show 50 photos of the Ming Dynasty Replica Junk and share it’s amazing adventure.

Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Cost: FREE

Time: 2-3 pm (in English) and 3:30 to 4:30pm (in Mandarin)

Location: Mason Room, 2nd floor of the Hilton Hotel, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

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Book Signing & Gallery Tour

Date: 9/20/08
Time: 1 - 3pm
Location: CCC Gallery
750 Kearny St, 3rd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Admission: Free

Chinese - 中文網頁

In conjunction with its Chinese Puzzles Exhibition, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will be organizing a special event celebrating the publication of “Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind”. Read more >>

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