Taiwanese American Arts Council

The Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil fos­ters aware­ness of Tai­wanese Amer­i­can art and encour­age dia­logue on artis­tic issues with­in the broad­er com­mu­ni­ty in the Unit­ed States by:

• Coor­di­nat­ing, spon­sor­ing, and pre­sent­ing high qual­i­ty pro­grams in all dis­ci­plines of art, and encour­ag­ing cross cul­tur­al exchange between artists from Tai­wan and artists in North Amer­i­ca of var­i­ous eth­nic­i­ties by enabling them to exhib­it, per­form, pub­li­ca­tion, and pro­duce their work in the Unit­ed States.
• Iden­ti­fy­ing and grant­i­ng finan­cial assis­tance to deserv­ing Tai­wanese-Amer­i­can artists and orga­ni­za­tions, and assist­ing them in form­ing a net­work for shar­ing infor­ma­tion, resources and funding.
• Build­ing aware­ness and appre­ci­a­tion of Tai­wanese art in North Amer­i­ca by pro­mot­ing indi­vid­ual artists and by forg­ing alliances with oth­er cul­tur­al and art organizations.
• Encour­ag­ing schol­ar­ship in the arts by com­mis­sion­ing aca­d­e­m­ic essays out­lin­ing artis­tic sig­nif­i­cance, and pub­lish­ing cat­a­logs, books, and adver­tis­ing mate­r­i­al to bring Tai­wanese Amer­i­can art to the atten­tion of the broad­er inter­na­tion­al community.

On Gov­er­nors Island, they will present exhi­bi­tions, host artist res­i­den­cies, and hold sev­er­al out­door per­for­mances and pub­lic pro­grams under the umbrel­la of Island Sun­rise. This theme will look at com­mon­al­i­ties between islands, espe­cial­ly Tai­wan and its var­i­ous island ter­ri­to­ries and Gov­er­nors Island. The first exhi­bi­tion, titled Peo­ples’ Move­ment, is open through June and aims to raise aware­ness of the 2014 Tai­wan Sun­flower Movement. 

Par­tic­i­pat­ing artists include: Enbion Mic­ah Aan, Tsung Jung Liu, Hsin Yi Liu, Chia H. Kuo, Wen-jen Deng, Wei­Ta Chen, and the Island Sun­rise Team. Oth­er par­tic­i­pat­ing artists are Kacey Wong, Olek­sii Koval, Shih-Pao Lin, María Veróni­ca San Martín, and Kevork Mourad. 

From June to Octo­ber, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil will fea­ture var­i­ous exhi­bi­tions and events from a broad range of artists in stu­dio res­i­den­cy each month. Pro­grams will come from artists Huey-Min Chuang, Eun­Y­oung Choi, Car­le Shi, Ping-Hsin Chu, Tzu-an Ko+Yin-chen Chen, Pey-chwen Lin, Jacky Chuang, Chun-Kai Yang, Chiao-han Chueh, Tzu-Huan Huang; out­door projects will be pre­pared by Chin-Chih Yang, Atu Rum, Ching-Ke Lin, Ching-Hsiang Hu, and oth­ers. Events will fea­ture Shu-wei Tseng, Yuan-Chi Lung, and more.

On View

Indoor exhi­bi­tions:

• Pey-Chwen Lin: Eva Clone Babel I
• Ching-Yi Chuang & Chun-Kai Yang: Gigan­tic Tai­wan Mobile Plat­form: Toward the Path of Freedom
• Yu-Jie Yen: Sit­ting on the Unsettling
• Select­ed works reflect­ing Tai­wan’s Sun­flower Move­ment, and oth­er world peo­ples’ move­ments around 2014 — name­ly Hong Kong’s Umbrel­la Move­ment, the Arab Spring, the Chilean Win­ter and Ukraine’s Rev­o­lu­tion of Dignity

Out­door exhibitions:

• Chin-Chih Yang: Gor­dian Knot and Jade Moun­tain instal­la­tion
• Atu Ram: How we are grow­ing up, a plant­i­ng sculp­tur­al project

Upcom­ing Events

• Octo­ber 26: Open House