NATIONWIDE Call for Performing Artists and Literary Artists for Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees Event

Mon Jan 24 10:00:45 PST 2005

Nationwide Call for Performing Artists and Literary Artists 
for Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees Event

Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees: A Journey through Identity  
Major Exhibition, Main Gallery
On view now through September 4, 2005
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Seattle, WA

The Wing Luke Asian Museum invites Asian and Pacific Islander adoptees in America to submit demos of their art form in conjunction with the on-site exhibition, Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees: A Journey though Identity.

Background
The Wing Luke Asian Museum is currently convening with our community partners and other individuals to create accompanying programs on the experience of Asian and Pacific Islander adoptees in America. While many adoption trends are tied to specific historic events, forming the necessary context for the exhibition, many of the experiences are incredibly complex and personal and are best captured in the words and expressions of the adoptees themselves. Due to the complex layers surrounding adoption, including trans-racial adoption, many adoptees have expressed themselves through art, including both visual and literary works. The exhibition will be multimedia, including historic and personal artifacts, documents and photographs, audio and video displays, and artistic works by Asian Pacific American adoptees.

An event (tentatively scheduled May 2005) in conjunction with the Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees: A Journey though Identity will be held to provide another venue for other types of art forms not on display at this exhibition. The show is estimated to be two and half hours long, to contain 10 to 15 acts, approximately 3 to 5 minutes long. The venue will be off-site from the Wing Luke Asian Museum and will be announced shortly.

Call for Entries
Asian & Pacific Islander adoptees across the country are eligible to submit work. A small panel will select work varying on type of work and the amount of possible acts submitted for inclusion in the event. A small honorarium will be paid to each selected act. The honorarium may not cover travel costs. Selected acts will be notified by Monday, March 14, 2005. Professional and non-professional performance, dance, vocal, visual and literary work will be considered. Minors will need parental consent.

Application Requirements
Please send us the following postmarked by Monday, February 28, 2005:

Application Materials
- Description of your work, including major themes and/or experiences 
(1 page maximum)
-    Brief biography (1 page maximum)
-     Contact information

Visual Materials
-  A cued video/DVD not exceeding 5 minutes. VHS tapes and DVDs must also be labeled with the artist's name and accompanied by a sheet that explains the artwork represented by the tape including date of creation and title.
-OR -
-   Reproduction of your literary work on plain white 8 Â½" x 11" paper. Materials will be photocopied for the panels. Please do not staple nor bind pages.
-OR -
- a cassette tape of CD, clearly labeled with the track number and the performing artist's name and name of the piece.

Please send the package to: 
Wing Luke Asian Museum - ATTN: Vivian Chan, Program Coordinator
407 7th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104

Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of slides/video/DVD/VHS/literary work.

Questions
For further information, please visit the museum's website at www.wingluke.org, or contact Vivian Chan, Program Coordinator, at (206) 623-5124 x.114, or vchan at wingluke.org.

Postmark Deadline: Monday, February 28, 2005

The Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees: A Journey through Identity exhibition at the Wing Luke Asian Museum is presented by:

Prime Sponsor:  Comcast Cable Communications Inc.

Additional funding provided by:  Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Ford Foundation, PONCHO, Families with Children from China-Seattle Chapter, Vietnamese Adoptee Network, and World Association for Children and Parents.

Community Partners:  Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington, Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network, Mavin Foundation, Vietnamese Adoptee Network, and World Association for Children and Parents.

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ABOUT THE ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER ADOPTEES: A JOURNEY THROUGH IDENTITY EXHIBITION:

News Release

For Immediate Release

Contact: 
Joann Natalia Aquino, Public Relations Manager
(206) 623-5124 ext. 106, jaquino at wingluke.org

MAJOR EXHIBITION
Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees: 
A Journey through Identity
On view now through September 4, 2005

While many adoption trends are tied to specific historic events, such as war and poverty, Americans adopting children from Asia has grown in demand. As thousands of children and babies enter into the United States each year from Asia, many prospective parents face challenges in raising a child of another ethnicity from their own, as well as the general questions of identity adoptees acquire through adolescence. The adoption experience is complex and very personal.

The Wing Luke Asian Museum is proud to present its current major exhibition, Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees:  A Journey through Identity.  This extraordinary exhibition captures the brave journey adoptees make in pursuit of self-identity.  This intimate exhibition is a unique melding of history, personal testimony, culture, and art from adoptees, adoptive parents, family members, and those involved in the adoption process.

Educational, provocative and inspiring, Asian & Pacific Islander Adoptees:  A Journey through Identity is an exhibition for all ages.

This exhibit would not be possible without the support of the following:  Prime Sponsor:  Comcast Cable Communications Inc.   Additional funding provided by:  Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Ford Foundation, PONCHO, Families with Children from China-Seattle Chapter, Vietnamese Adoptee Network, and World Association for Children and Parents.   Community Partners:  Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington, Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network, Mavin Foundation, Vietnamese Adoptee Network, and World Association for Children and Parents.

All exhibitions at the Wing Luke Asian Museum are based on first-hand interviews with community members who are the history-makers themselves, honoring and reflecting the insight and experience of our elders, youth, and active participants of the multigenerational Asian Pacific American community.  Our permanent exhibitions include One Song, Many Voices: The Asian Pacific American Experience, Camp Harmony D-4-44, and International District: Portrait of a Community.  Our centerpiece exhibition, One Song, Many Voices: The Asian Pacific American Experience, depicts the 200-year story of the immigration and settlement of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Washington State, from the first Hawaiian settlers to more recent refugees from Southeast Asia. This exhibition includes 10 Asian Pacific American groups - Cambodians, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, Laotians, Pacific Islanders, South Asians, 
Southeast Asian hill tribes and Vietnamese. The exhibition is the only one of its kind in the nation to integrate their many different experiences into a cohesive story of courage, determination and success.  Camp Harmony D-4-44 is a permanent exhibition featuring a replica of a portion of the assembly center in Puyallup, Washington where thousands of Seattle's American-born Japanese were incarcerated without justification during World War II. The Installation incorporates sound dramatizations of the desperate hours before families were forced to abandon their homes. The International District: Portrait of a Community is an outdoor exhibition introducing visitors to the International District neighborhood, capturing the history of the area from its origins in the early 1900s to the present-day.

The Wing Luke Asian Museum is located at the heart of Seattle's historic Chinatown/ International District at 407-7th Avenue South.  Founded in 1967, the Museum has a regional and national significance, and celebrates its namesake of the first Asian American elected to public office in the Pacific Northwest, Wing Luke.  The Wing Luke Asian Museum- an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the 1995 recipient of the National Award for Museum Service, and the 2004 recipient of the City of Seattle Distinguished Human Rights Award- is dedicated to engaging the public in exploring issues related to the culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans.

A museum like no other- The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Washington is the only pan-Asian Pacific American museum in the country.  It is nationally recognized for its award-winning exhibitions and community-based model of exhibition and program development.  The Museum has embarked upon a remarkable journey to transform a building and a community by raising $24.7 million to rehabilitate the Kong Yick Building as its new permanent home in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown-International District.

GENERAL MUSEUM INFORMATION:

Museum Hours:  
Tuesday-Friday     11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday    12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CLOSED Mondays and Holidays

General Admission:
Adults             $ 4.00 per person
Students/ Seniors  $ 3.00
Children           $ 2.00
Children under 5 years old     FREE
Admission is FREE every First Thursday of the month to all.

For scheduling School Tours and Group Tours, please call (206) 623-5124 ext. 116 or e-mail tours at wingluke.org .

For more information about the Wing Luke Asian Museum and our award-winning exhibitions and program development, contact Joann Natalia Aquino, Public Relations Manager, at jaquino at wingluke.org or call (206) 623-5124 ext. 106 or visit us online at www.wingluke.org.

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Joann Natalia Aquino
Public Relations Manager
Wing Luke Asian Museum
407-7th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
phone: 206.623.5124 ext. 106
fax: 206.652.4963
www.wingluke.org
e-mail: jaquino at wingluke.org
joannnatalia_aquino at publicist.com

About the Wing Luke Asian Museum:
The Wing Luke Asian Museum is located at the heart of Seattle's historic Chinatown/ International District at 407-7th Avenue South.  Founded in 1967, the Museum has a regional and national significance, and celebrates its namesake of the first Asian American elected to public office in the Pacific Northwest, Wing Luke.  The Wing Luke Asian Museum- an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the 1995 recipient of the National Award for Museum Service, and the 2004 recipient of the City of Seattle Distinguished Human Rights Award- is dedicated to engaging the public in exploring issues related to the culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans.

A museum like no other- The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Washington is the only pan-Asian Pacific American museum in the country.  It is nationally recognized for its award-winning exhibitions and community-based model of exhibition and program development.  The Museum has embarked upon a remarkable journey to transform a building and a community by raising $24.7 million to rehabilitate the Kong Yick Building as its new permanent home in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown-International District.

To learn more about current exhibitions and exciting programs and events at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, please visit www.wingluke.org.

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Joann Natalia G. Aquino
Graduate Student, Department of Communication
University of Washington
E-mail: jnaquino at u.washington.edu, herstory at joannnataliaaquino.com

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answers." -Rilke