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[jamesleech]

Layover

Charcoal on paper, 20"x25", 2017

For Fierce Tidings, a group show hosted by the Foundation For Asian American Independent Media in Chicago. Come stop by if you’re around; there’s gonna be some incredible work on display.

[pzilla]

hi! I organized this art show “Fierce Tidings: On Rage and Hope”  It features a bunch of really cool angry asians as well as some others from the Asian American and Asian Diasporic communities locally and abroad. Come check out the show, it’ll be at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago. March 31 - May 1, 2017 Featured artists include: Jenny Chan ( http://gooseberry-studio.com ) Nomi Chi ( @nomicheese ) Maggie Chiang ( @mcmintea ) Ana Cho (@anacho.made ) David T. Cho ( @davidtcho ) Sally Deng ( @sa.deng ) Grace Michiko Hamann ( @michiko_design ) Handa ( @handahanda ) Kyu Hwang ( @kyuhwang_ ) James Chia Han Lee ( @jameschleeart ) Tae Lee ( @taelien ) Trevor Shin ( @trevorshin ) Aram Han Sifuentes Katie So ( @katieso ) Waldia & Co. (Manuja Waldia) ( @manujawaldia ) Terry Yang ( @bafiayang ) For more info visit: http://faaim.org Stay tuned for more info about the artists and the pop up market event where we’ll be selling prints and other wares by the artists in the show and other awesome peeps! <3

[pzilla]

Excited to announce that the show I curated “Fierce Tidings: On Rage and Hope” has been extended at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago due to popular request. It features a bunch of really cool angry asians as well as some others from the Asian American and Asian Diasporic communities locally and abroad. Come check out the show, it’ll be up til July 15, 2017! Featured artists include: Jenny Chan ( http://gooseberry-studio.com ) Nomi Chi ( @nomicheese ) Maggie Chiang ( @mcmintea ) Ana Cho (@anacho.made ) David T. Cho ( @davidtcho ) Sally Deng ( @sa.deng ) Grace Michiko Hamann ( @michiko_design ) Handa ( @handahanda ) Kyu Hwang ( @kyuhwang_ ) James Chia Han Lee ( @jameschleeart ) Tae Lee ( @taelien ) Trevor Shin ( @trevorshin ) Aram Han Sifuentes Katie So ( @katieso ) Waldia & Co. (Manuja Waldia) ( @manujawaldia ) Terry Yang ( @bafiayang ) For more info visit: http://faaim.org

[lovepeaceandjellybeans]

Thursday 4/17 at 8:15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- A Picture of You - Directed by: J.P. Chan - A death in the family reunites estranged siblings for a cathartic adventure that is part melodrama and part dark comedy. Hyper-critical Jen and glumly placating Kyle begin the job of dissembling their mother’s lake house with the help of two friends when a discovery among mom’s things sends them reeling with shock and sets off a hastily-conceived search for clues to the missing chapter in her life and the missing sense of family in their own lives. DCP digital. (BS) #film #faaim #chicago #art #genesiskelfilmcenter #asianamerican #media

[lovepeaceandjellybeans]

Monday, 4/14 at 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- To Be Takei -- Directed by: Jennifer Kroot -- Since coming out in 2005, actor George Takei, beloved as Star Trek’s Hikaru Sulu, has developed a parallel career as an activist against homophobia and for marriage equality. Director Kroot taps Takei’s sharp intelligence and wicked sense of humor in telling the story of a man who spent his childhood in a Japanese internment camp and battled racism and stereotyping throughout his long career. Interviews include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Howard Stern, and Dan Savage. DCP digital. (BS) #tobetakei #georgetakei #faaim #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter #film #art

[lovepeaceandjellybeans]

Sunday 4/13 5:15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- Documented - Directed by Jose Antonio Vargas -- In 2011, successful, admired and at the top of his game in his profession, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas did the unthinkable: he revealed himself as an illegal immigrant in The New York Times Magazine. DOCUMENTED questions the meaning of citizenship in a saga that charts Vargas’s efforts on behalf of other Americans like himself, brought to the U.S. as children, his passionate lobbying on behalf of the Dream Act, and his emotional journey to reconcile with his past history and his Filipino family. In English, Tagalog, and Spanish with English subtitles. Co-presented by the Filipino American Network of Chicago. DCP digital. (BS) #faaim #film #art #filipino #asianamerican #documented #genesiskelfilmcenter #chicago

[lovepeaceandjellybeans]

Saturday 4/12 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center - AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS - Directed by: Grace Lee - Filmmaker Lee (THE GRACE LEE PROJECT) and Grace Lee Boggs first met because they share a name. Lee went on to follow the now 98-year-old activist Boggs for more than ten years, creating this inspiring chronicle of a woman utterly dedicated to the cause of social justice for African Americans. Feisty, brilliantly articulate, and often controversial, Boggs is front and center in her own story encompassing the Civil Rights era, the Black Power Movement, friendship with Malcolm X, marriage to a black auto worker, and decades of activism in Detroit. DCP digital. (BS) #film #chicago #faaim #festival #genesiskelfilmcenter #asianamerican #media #art

[lovepeaceandjellybeans]

Monday 4/7 at 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- The Haumana - Directed by: Goh Nakamura --A deathbed commission from a revered teacher propels Waikiki lounge singer Jonny (Asau) into an awkward new role as keeper of Hawaii’s sacred tradition of the hula. Woozy and boozy, he must revive his own long-abandoned commitment to the ancient art to win over a skeptical clutch of young male dancers in time for the Royal Hula Festival. Director Woolford provides an eye-filling look at the real thing as his performers rapidly progress from the neophyte stage to full-fledged hip-swiveling wonders. The tropical setting doesn’t hurt a bit. In English and Hawaiian with English subtitles. DCP digital. #faaim #film #asianamerican #hawaii #media #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter