About the Exhibition
Opening reception First Friday, November 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Inspired by the Asian Arts Initiative’s own recent experience of moving multiple times, Transplants examines the life-changing journeys made by artists and communities ‘transplanted’ from one place whether physical or conceptual to another, revealing the critical and creative roles that culture, immigration, exile, and home play in our ideas of ourselves and our world. Transplants shows the complexities and particularities of communities’ and individuals’ stories and representations of movement through space and time.
Curated by Sean Stoops, the exhibition will be based at the Asian Arts Initiative with a video art installation at the International House Video Lounge, a space programmed by InLiquid Art & Design Network.
About the Gallery The Asian Arts Initiative is made up of artists and performers, youth and parents, poets and writers, directors and actors, and musicians and dancers. They believe that the arts can provide an important political and cultural voice for the Asian American community in Philadelphia. They serve as a community arts center where artists and everyday people are developing means to express their diverse experiences as Asian Americans.
