Wong/Yee Memorial Gallery

2010-03-23T19:07:00.001-07:00

Save the Date!
This Land Is Our Land:
The Struggle for Parcel C in Boston's Chinatown

Opening Reception: Friday, April 16, 2010, Time 5-8pm
One Nassau St., Unit 2, Boston MA
Contact: wygallery@gmail.com

The Henry Wong and You King Yee Memorial Gallery (W/Y Gallery) and the Chinese Progressive Association invite you to This Land Is Our Land, a historical exhibition honoring the fifteenth anniversary of Boston Chinatown’s victorious Parcel C struggle.

After decades of urban renewal and institutional expansion, the Chinatown community was pushed too far when Tufts New England Medical Center, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and the city of Boston wanted to build a 450-car garage in the middle of its historic community on a piece of land called Parcel C. The struggle for Parcel C represents Chinatown’s ability to rally across the boundaries of power, race and class to preserve its community in the face of increased incursion by the city of Boston and other large institutions. The exhibit commemorates this historic event through the lens of community mobilization, demonstrating how the spirit of resistance that in many ways has defined this country, is still alive today.

Come join us for the exhibit opening 5-8pm on April 16, 2010 at the W/Y Gallery located at One Nassau St., Unit 2.

For more information, contact Thomas Chen at 781-475-9493 or e-mail wygallery@gmail.com.

2010-02-21T10:50:00.000-08:00

Impressions for Change

An historical exhibit of social change posters at the Wong/Yee Gallery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 20, 2010

Contact: Thomas Chen 781-475-9493 or Lydia Lowe 617-259-1503

wygallery@gmail.com

Impressions for Change

An historical exhibit of social change posters at the Wong/Yee Gallery

The Henry Wong and You King Yee Memorial Gallery (W/Y Gallery) and the Chinese Progressive Association welcome Impressions for Change, an exhibition of social change posters printed and curated by Red Sun Press, a printing and design cooperative based in Jamaica Plain. The exhibit also includes several original hand-made posters from a series of political poster-making workshops sponsored by the W/Y Gallery last year and focused on a common theme: Whose Boston? Our Right to the City!

The W/Y Gallery is a 31-foot long exhibit space on the Nassau Street side of the Chinese Progressive Association’s offices. The W/Y Gallery’s mission is to link activism and the arts and to display artistic exhibits that express community struggles. The W/Y Gallery is named after the late Henry Wong and You King Yee, two pioneers of community organizing in Boston Chinatown.

IMPRESSIONS for CHANGE: An anniversary collection of political posters from Red Sun Press, 1974 – 2009

On exhibit March 1 – April 16, 2010

Opening reception, celebrating International Women’s Day,

Saturday, March 6, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

One Nassau Street, Unit 2

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION

An Inter-generational Discussion of Women Activists

Saturday, March 6, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

At the Chinese Progressive Association

One Nassau Street, Unit 2

From immigrant mothers to garment workers to tenant leaders, Boston Chinatown has a long tradition of women-centered grassroots organizing. Come to an inter-generational discussion among women activists in celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8^th).

A History of Red Sun Press

Several months after Nelson Mandela was released from a South African prison in 1990, he made a visit to the US, including a stop in Boston. He was greeted with posters and banners held by crowds all over the city, and bells pealing from the city’s churches in welcome. One of the posters produced for that event was designed and printed by Red Sun Press, using an original woodcut by South African artist Kim Berman. The poster was printed for the Fund for a Free South Africa (FreeSA), an organization that has become the South Africa Development Fund and continues to print with Red Sun today. As has been the case so often over the past three decades, the work of Red Sun Press was an important element of this historic political event.

When they founded Red Sun Press in 1974 with $350 and a small press in a basement, three political activists envisioned a high quality print shop that would support the movement for political and social change. Thirty five years later, the faces have changed, but the mission remains the same.

Red Sun Press is a printing and design cooperative with eleven full time members. Set up as a not-for-profit business with a worker cooperative structure, we are proud of the leadership and business skills this model fosters. Over the years, our coop members have represented the diversity of the community we serve—we have been Latino and African American, Asian and Caucasian, women and men, gay and straight. Our members have come from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jamaica, Vietnam, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the USA. Regardless of our backgrounds, we have been able to share equally in the running of the business and achieve personal development in an industry that has not always provided growth opportunities for women and minorities.

The posters you see here today provide a glimpse into the history of social change in Boston over the past 35 years, and a taste of the printing provided by Red Sun Press. We have printed a wide variety of materials for progressive organizations—brochures and newsletters, annual reports and booklets. But the posters provide a colorful documentary of the struggles and rallies, protests and political campaigns, victory celebrations and cultural events that have reflected the political organizing of the past 35 years.

Red Sun Press looks forward to continue to change and grow with a new generation of political activists, the evolving technology of the printing industry, and the developing communication needs of a 21^st century movement for peace, justice, and a sustainable world.

Red Sun Press, 94 Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 . www.redsunpress.com . 617.524.6822

Come to the Exhibit Opening of Insert: Collaborations

2009-12-10T09:22:00.000-08:00

Come to the Exhibit Opening of Insert: Collaborations
Thursday, December 17th
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Wong/Yee Gallery at CPA
One Nassau Street, Unit 2

Insert: Collaborations
Runs December 17, 2009 through February 26, 2010
W/Y Gallery at Chinese Progressive Association
One Nassau Street, Unit 2
Boston, MA 02111
T. 617.357.4499
E. wygallery@gmail.com

This series of photographs documents the collaborative process between art, design and community. The Storefront Library is a temporary library for a community in Boston which has been without its own branch of the Boston Public Library since it was closed and demolished as part of the Central Artery construction in 1956. The Department of Micro-Urbanism co-produced this project with Boston Street Lab, in collaboration with the Friends of the Chinatown Library.

Department of Micro-Urbanism 
INSERT! Chinatown Library 
Chinatown Storefront Library 
Chinese Progressive Association

Current Exhibit on Display - Aug 21- Nov 3, 2009

2009-07-03T12:03:00.000-07:00

Youth Voices: We Are America
New England Chinese Youth Summer Camp's (NECYSC)ExplorAsian Program

Asian, Asian American, Chinese, Chinese American - what's the difference? How does the history of Chinese people in America affect who I am today? What responsibility do I have in making society a better place? These are questions that today's youth are asking and ones that high school artists explore in this exhibition.

The exhibition highlights the different voices of Chinese American youth finding their sense of belonging in America. Artists' works encompass emotion that range from grief and isolation, to hope, empowerment, humor, and self-pride. The most prevalent themes address stereotypes encountered in daily life and at school.

View the artists' experiences through:

photo collages that represent the artists' various communities
comic strips that portray experiences growing up
self-portraits

All artists attended the NECYSC ExplorAsian Program during the last week of July 2009. The program is an overnight summer camp held at Regis College for high school youth from the Greater Boston area. For more information or to get involved, visit www.necysc.org/explorasian

Gallery Hours: Mon-Wed, 9AM-5PM, Sat 10AM-12noon, and by appointment. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Youth Artists: Elena Avis, Zoe Beggelman, Molly Canyes, May Chang, Emily Chen, Kyle Chen, Ryan Chen, Eric Chew, Ian Chin, Lynn Chou, Cameron Chung, Katharine Dalton, Emily Eldridge-Ingram, Carolyn Gee, Julianna Goldring, Alexander Hau, Jason Ho, Christopher Ho, Danielle Hom, Terrence Huang, Charles Huang, Maya Ingram, Candace Ju, Christine Liao, Naomi Lin, Caitlin Ludke, Iona Xiaolu McClellan, Michael Jay Mendelsohn, Sidney Ng, Emily Liying Rockwood, Rose Rodgers-Dryfoos, Eric Su, William Su, Julie Sun, Tiffany Sze, Brendan Wang, Chloe Wong, Katherine Wong, Ileana Wu, Jason Wu, Natasha Yeung. Staff Artists: Sandra Lee, Frances Liu, Roger Yeh. Arts Coordinator: Sarah Chang

Click on the thumbnails below to view the additional 11 exhibits: