Exhibit at Indiana Street Studio Gallery

 

I have like ten pieces up for exhibit at the Indiana Street Studio gallery.  I think it's been up for over two months and I have a feeling it's going to be coming down soon. I sold two pieces… The dragon dance print and the Ikebana poster.

Legion

Really?!  It's been like three years since I made my last entry here?

I haven't been doing much artwork for a couple of years.  Mainly because I'm embroiled in a lawsuit over the family property.  I have to stay level headed to deal with it.  But it's been putting me into a depression which is not good.

So...I've got three pieces up at this tiny gallery on Commercial Alley.  It's an old Chinatown alley that is quickly becoming gentrified.  It's a group show...so there's like six other Asian American artist.  The show is called Social Energies.

It's actually a boutique shop.  About 800 square feet, long and narrow.  It seems like two separate businesses...one side is clothing...the other side is....I dunno.  Our artworks are scattered mostly on the I dunno side along with the merchandise.

I just submitted three brush and ink drawings of Chinatown scenes.  A lot of white and asian hipsters at the opening.  I feel so old amongst them.  They are on sale.  It is only up for a month.

 

Winterblast!

OK... we are having the Winterblast this year with Friends of CCDC at the Francisco Junior High gymnasium on December 13th...5-10pm.  I'll be making my pot stickers and sweet tongyuens.  Jest Jammin' will be there!  See you there.

Reception for my photo exhibit

got a reception coming up this saturday with John Jung speaking at 1pm and then a reception for my photo exhibit at 2:30 pm.  I will be making dumplings.  If you don't like my photography, you'll love my dumplings!

Leway Reunion Poster

Leway Inc. was established in 1967. It was basically a bunch of Kai Doi's that hung around Lee Bok's poolhall in San Francisco's Chinatown whom decided to purchase the poolhall from Lee Bok when he was going to close it down. Leway which was short for Legitimate Ways became a non-profit organization and tried to do good for the youths of Chinatown. They even established a soda fountain in the storefront in front of the pool hall. After about two years it all went to shit. Within the organization came a radical movement which modeled themselves after the Black Panther Party with the exact list of ten demands only geared towards the Chinese American community. With it came raids by the police and the place quickly became a place to avoid for it's bad reputation. But what remains is the community spirit of people getting together to do something in the community for themselves. For that we will celebrate that with a reunion... forty seven years later. Hope to see you there!

Betty Ann Ong Recreation Center

My involvement with We Grew Up In San Francisco Chinatown has gotten me into fundraising for the Betty Ann Ong Recreation Center. They have been rebuilding the recreation center from the ground up. The city feigns weakness by saying they do not have money for the equipment and furnishings. It is up to the community to come up with the monies to purchase those things. The goal at the moment is $100,000.

So I've got our group to try and raise some money. We're having a fundraiser on March 3rd at the Jade Dragon in Daly City.



I slapped together this poster for the event. Using my painting. Now they want me to print up a bunch to sell as a fundraiser. Trouble is, the original was done in low resolution. Now I have to make another layout for it.

I don't expect our group to raise the entire $100,000 that night. If we make $3,000 that would be pretty good! If we do ok and if we work together well, this will only be the first of more to come.

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If anyone wish to donate anything to the silent auction and raffle prizes, please let me know. If you wish to make any cash donation, please write a check directly to the Betty Ann Ong Foundation and specify that it is for the Recreation Center.

neh....i'm not gonna do it

I was asked about three days ago to produce something for the background of Chinese Culture Center's stage. It's for this weekend. Not paying that much neither. I was going to get a long piece of muslin and paint on it. Today I was told to go for a meeting later a CCC to talk about it. Now that's only one day to work on it. Better not mess with it. Though I was a bit up for the challenge. CCC has long mostly emphasized artists from China. And hardly much on local artists.