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r : p _ )c it : p J C \ * fljChinese Culture Center NewsletterThe Center for the Advancement of Chinese and ChineseAmerican Art and Culture

Harmony and Bliss 2009

By Lenora KwokWe are counting on you, our friendsand members, to be present at the 10thcelebration of Harmony and Bliss - anevening of pairing fine food with wine,fun, live and silent auction shoppingand most important, a way to painlesslyassure that the Chinese Culture Centerand its programs evolve and grow andare sustained for our community, ourchildren and ourselves on November 1,2008.Continuing to grow and evolve and pro-viding assurance of preserving the verybest of the past for the future is at thevery core of our Chinese values. TheChinese Culture Foundation owes itsfounding and very existence to thesevalues and our duty is to carry that out.Many have given and continue to givewithout reservation of their time, theirtalents and their resources as a way toassure this.

Photo Courtesy of Frank Jang

Just one example of the Center's pro-grams making differences in preserv-ing our values is the In Search ofRoots Program, now in its 18th year.At least 200 young adults have par-ticipated in the year long guided studyof Chinese American History andtheir personal family history and cul-minated the year with visits to thevillage of their family's origin inChina. With few to no exceptions,participants will testify to the pro-found and pivotal differences it hasmade in their lives - few things canmake this claim. All this happens be-cause you are grateful for your heri-tage and honor your values.Have you made your reservations andmarked your calendar to be present atHarmony and Bliss? Call the Center,E-mail or mail in your reservationright now to be included in our ef-forts.

October 23, 2008 - January 3, 2009Exhibition: Icons of PresenceLocation: GalleryAdmission: FreeNov . 1, 2008Harmony & Bliss 2008Time: 6:00PMLocation: BallroomAdmission: $200 per seatNovember 12, 2008Silk Screen Panel DiscussionTime: 7:OOPMLocation: GalleryAdmission: Free for CCC member, $5 for NonCCCmembetDecember 20, 2008Film: Moment in TimeLocation: AuditoriumTime: 1:00PMAdmission: $3 for CCC member, $5 for Non-CCC member,February 7 &8, 2009Spring Festival CelebrationTime: IO:OOAM-4:00PMLocation: AuditoriumAdmission: FreeOngoing Classes:SaturdayMandarin for Adults: Levell, 2,3Mandarin Learn and Play for ChildrenBrush PaintingCalligraphyTuesday and ThursdayMandarin for Adults: Level I and Level 3Traditional Shen TaijiquanMonday and WednesdayMandarin Class for Adults: Level 2

Inside this IssueHarmony & Bliss 2009Executive Director's Message 2Revamped Gallery Gift Shop 2Four Generations of Giving 3Ways to Support Our Center 3CCC Strategic Plan 3Chinese Translation 4-Icons of Presence 62008 Roots Explore New Frontiers 7Outreach with CCC 7Donor List 8


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2REVAMPED GALLERY GIFT SHOP

By Francisco MattosSince the Year of the Rat began, the shop hasbeen undergoing a makeover. Some older itemsare being gathered together and when they reachcritical mass, an "on.salessection will be set up.A campaign for consignments has resulted inchoice pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries: abronze Buddha head; a rare covered porcelainjar with a white ground, an enameled condimentdish, and a wooden house god, among others.Jewelry continues to be popular purchases, andthe shop is currently carrying exclusive-to-usbracelets by a couple of local designers. Thebook department is slowly taking on a morecohesive identity, with emphasis on the historyand culture of the Chinese American experi-ence in the Bay area as well as throughout Cali-fornia and the West.Please check out these and other holiday giftitems on your next visit .to the Center. The shopis open Tuesday to Saturday, lOam to 4pm.For more information about the Gallery Shop,please send email to [email protected]

Condiment dish, enameledEarly 20th CenturyPhoto Courtesy of CCC

Newsletter CreditsEditor & Layout: Fengyuan Ji, CatherineLe Pape, Sara LongContributors: Al Cheng, Gwen Kuo,Lenora Kwok, Charles Leung, Margo Ma-chida, Francisco Mattos, Charles Tsai,Ruth Young

. \ \Translation: Xiaomei I1i\\bwen Kuo,Fengyuan Ji

CCC Welcomes New EDMessage from the President, CCF Board ofDirectorsRussell E. Leong, M.D.We are pleased to announce that the Board of Directors unanimously appointed Albert Cheng as extive director while the Board searches for a permanent appointment. Cheng is an educator of 30 yrenown for his involvement in the Chinese American community, and served on the Chinese CuCenter governing board during the past 20 years. He has been elected president and co-chairpersonthree terms each. Cheng is co-founder of the In Search of Roots program, an 18 year old programguides Chinese American youth in genealogy and to their ancestral villages in China's Pearl River Dand other regions of Guangdong Province. In2006, KQED selected and honored Cheng as a local h

Message from Executive DirectorAlbert ChengThere comes a point in our lives when we knowwhat is important and what gives us meaning.To me, the Chinese Culture Center is amongthe most important things in my life. This is anorganization that I love and care about dearly.As such, I accepted this position to ensure thatthe work continues smoothly as the Board seeksa permanent executive director.Why is this place so important? We live in acountry where the majority of Americans aredescendants of immigrants. There are very fewplaces where our American born young peoplecan visit to learn and appreciate about theirheritage. The Chinese Culture Center offers avenue for these individuals ...our children,grandchildren, and the generations to follow.Here we remember where we come from, learnabout who we are, and value our culture. It'sabout having strong roots. It is my belief thatstrong roots build strong character, strong char-acter creates strong communities, and strongcommunities give us a strong country.Currently, we have an awesome hands-on ex-hibit, Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands

and Mind, a glimpse on how the Chineseworks. On October 23, we open a new exhibiIcons of Presence: Asian American Activistshowcasing important works by Leland WJim Dong, and Nancy Hom, whose art andtural activism during the 1970s and 1980spivotal in the burgeoning Asian Americanmovement. Our show is held as a counterparde Young Museum's two major simultaneexhibitions, Asian/American/Modern Art: Sing Currents, 1900-1970 and Maya Lin: Sysatic Landscapes.This special issue pays homage to each onyou who have been long time supportersdonors to the Center. You validate the workwe do. You give meaning to each day thatserve the community. Additionally, I wishthank members of the Board of Directors,staff, interns, and volunteers who bring pridejoy to the Center.Finally the Chinese adage, "when drinking wremember the source (yinshui siyuan)" contito inspire and guide much of what I do. I iyou, your families and friends to come visiCenter often.
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ctivitiesFour Generations of Giving

By Ruth YoungFrom left: Talia , Brian, Tansy, Tyler , Noriko, Alfr ed, Deanna, Cliff , Yvette, Cybele , Stanley

To understand the Chinese Culture Cen-ter's past and celebrate the spirit of giv-ing, we interviewed Stanley Tom, nowover 80 years old and the eldest son ofTom Do Hing. Tom Do Hing was one of

the founding fathers of the Chinese Cul-ture Foundation from its inception in1965 and when the Chinese CultureCenter opened in 1973.

Stanley says, "in those days, my fatJ.K. Choy (a civic leader), and Joe Y(owner of the Imperial Palace Restaurhad meetings at the Imperial Palace Rtaurant." At these meetings, theyplans for building and shaping theture Center. Then, they gathered Chtown supporters and were able tocessfully lobby the city to secure a pfor the Culture Center on its current perty, which was formerly the Hall oftice. The Center was constructedfinancial support from the Hong KShanghai Bank, who loaned themmoney. Clement Chen was the archiof the bridge that connects the CulCenter to Chinatown today.Stanley'S father inspired him and hister, Nellie Tom, to get involved andserve his father's legacy of givthrough continued decades of supporthe Center. Stanley says he becamevolved with the Center because itbeen the only organization that had twith Chinese culture. He wants fugenerations to realize that the Ce"should be something that the localnese should be involved in and be prof."

Ways to Support Our CenterThe great thing about giving to the ChineseCulture Foundation is that your donationdoesn't simply disappear, never to be seenagain. You will see that money again everytime you visit one of our exciting exhibitions.You will see your gift whenever someoneattends a Mandarin Class, or learns Tai Chi.You will also see your donation when thetime comes for a friend, or perhaps a familymember, to take a life altering trip to China todiscover their ancestral village through theRoots program. We rely on community sup-port to keep our programs running, so take atip from the Toms' and donate today!1. Online Donation Via Credit Card orPayPal on our website at: www.c-c-c.org/support/donation/2. Cash Gift / Matching Gifts3.MemoriaVHonorary/Congratulatory Do-nations - Make a donation in memory orhonor of a loved one or a loved one's specialachievement. The family of those you remem-ber or the person you honor will receive noti-fication of your gift.

4. Gifts of Stocks and Bonds - You canmake outright gifts and pledges in the formof appreciated securities and benefit fromextra tax advantages.5. Gifts of Closely Held Stock - If youown stock in a closely held corporation, youcan use stock to make a gift to the ChineseCulture Foundation.6. Gifts of Personal Property - By donat-ing valuable collections, works of art, andother forms of tangible personal propertyduring your lifetime rather than at yourdeath, you reduce your taxable estate andyour taxable income in the year of the gift.Other ways of donation:Gifts That Provide IncomeGifts of Real EstateGifts Through Life Insurance PoliciesGifts Through BequestGifts Through Car DonationIf you have any questions, please call us at(415) 986-1822 or email us at [email protected]

CCC Strategic Plan (2008-2012)The mission of the Chinese Culture Centerpreserve, promote, and influence the courChinese and ChineseAmerican culture.The Center is a bridge for people to shareperience, and learn about how Chinese cultpracticed and experienced, adapted and aslated throughout the world. The Bay Area,its diverse ethnic and strong Asian and AAmerican presence, highly educated, profesally aspiring population within easy reacmetropolitan San Francisco, offers strong otunities. There are fivepriorities:1. To focus programming in ways that telries, generate excitement, and create synefor audiences and resource development.2. To strengthen the Chinese Culture Ceplace and ties in the community,with a focSan Francisco Chinatown and Chinese specommunity.3. Toprovide a focus on families and youth4. To create and integrate technology.5. To develop institutional support to implethe mission and strategic priorities of thenese Culture Center.
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6Board of Directors

ChairpersonsRichard Lee, M.D.

Colin C.Wong, D.D.S.President

Russell E. Leong, M.D.

Executive Vice PresidentHelen Hui

Vice PresidentsDarlene ChiuLenora KwokMichael Lee

SecretaryBrianYee

TreasurerGinHo

Board of DirectorsKerwin Chan

Patricia HoudenKenneth LamY. MeiLam

Wai-Hon Lee, Ph.D.Rolland C. Lowe, M.D.

Doroteo NgIrene Vee Riley

Kimberley A. WongRonaldWu

Art Advisory CommitteeTerese Tse BartholomewTsung Woo Han, B.F.A.Tatwina Chinn Lee

Manni LiuGang SituPat Tseng

Executive DirectorAlbert Cheng

Exhibition Upda- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - ~Icons of Presence

Title: Struggle for Low Income HousingBy Margo MachidaThe fall season got off to a dynamic starton October 23rd with Icons of Presence:Asian American Activist Art. Tills newexhibition features three Chinese Ameri-can artists - Nancy Hom, Jim Dong, andLeland Wong - who played prominentroles in the San Francisco Bay area'semerging Asian American arts move-ment. Organized by East Coast-basedguest curator and scholar, Dr. Margo Ma-chida, Icons of Presence highlights therole of printmaking and graphics as apowerful means of social expression forAsian American visual culture.Icons of Presence is part of the broadrange of Asian American-related exhibi-tions and arts programming in the SanFrancisco Bay area that have been organ-ized to coincide with the de Young Mu-seum's current historical survey exhibi-tion, Asian! American/ Modern Art: Shift-ing Currents, 1900-1970.Icons of Presence grew out of interviewsDr. Machida conducted with artists on theemergence of socially-oriented AsianAmerican art and activism in San Fran-cisco between 1965 and 1980, for an es-say included in Asian American Art: AHistory, 1850-1970. Tills 2008 book, intum, gave rise to Shifting Currents, anexhibition which brings together 95 majorworks by Asian American artists from the

first seven decades of the z o " century.As the de Young show does not go beythe 1970s - the period that witnessedbirth of the Asian American movementcultural politics - Machida organizedexhibition at Chinese Culture Center,wrote a companion catalogue essay, to fground the significance of the activistin Asian American art during the landmdecades of the 1970s and '80s. In recoging the achievements of Nancy Hom,Dong, and Leland Wong, Icons of Presepays respect to the shared histories, stgles, and vibrant cultural heritages ofAsian communities from which theseists' creative visions arose, whilebringing forward both their more rework and the diverse visual influenceshave informed each of these individuals.This exhibition will be on view to the plic from October 23, 2008 to January2009. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturd10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free. Anlustrated catalog will be available forchase in the gift shop.This exhibition isfunded by Zellerbach FaFoundation, Vincent Woo Foundation,San Francisco Foundation, Union BankCalifornia, Portsmouth Plaza Parkingporation and Grantsfor the Arts.


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rogram Updates2008 Roots Interns Explore New Frontiers

Outreach with CCC : Multi-sphere of Interests

Albert Cheng008 marks the 18th year of the Chineselture Center's In Search of Roots pro-

ram, that is sponsored by Cathay Pacificirways. The twelve interns journeyedhrough the Pearl River Delta regions ofaiping, Taishan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan,anshui, Huadu, Guangzhou, and Nanhai.hey then went to the Chaoshan regions ofhantou, Chaozhou, and Jieyang. Each in-ern successfully found his or her ancestralllage. All were emotionally overwhelmedthe experience.

his year, they also traveled to thehaoguan region where Meiling and Zhu-ixiang are located. Meiling and its gateeiguan links the provinces of Jiangxi anduangdong which is separated by the mas-ive Lingnan mountain range. During theang Dynasty (ACE 618-907), a majorityf Cantonese speaking people migratedhrough this passage way from the northnd settled in the town of Zhujixiang. Thisxplains why Cantonese speaking peopleefer to themselves as tangren in Pinyin or

in Cantonese, which means "Tang

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Donations through September 2008General DonationsEmmy DereSchwab Charitable Fund,through the generosity ofJoanne Hom and StephenDisenhof

Chinese Puzzles ExhibitionTides Foundation, on therecommendation of the He-Shan World FundIcons of Presence Exhibi-tionIrene Poon AndersenSabina ChenHenry and Priscilla DerTim DrescherRoderick HongHim Mark &Laura LaiTatwina & Richard LeeFelicia LoweDr. Rolland & Mrs. KathrynLowe

Stephanie Lowe & DaveMuraiMoira RothAislinn C. ScofieldCarol and Sam ShamaRobynn TakayamaJudyYung

Harmony & Bliss 2008AAA Northern California,Nevada & UtahBank of the OrientKerwin ChanGeorge and Angeli ChengRichard G. HeggieHim Mark & Laura LaiRandall LowFrancisco MattosCarol P. PeckhamPausang WongLillian and Ronald WuBrian YeeWei Zhang and Peter Ras-mussen

In Search of Roots Pro-gramDr. Rolland LoweSpring Festival Celebra-tionPacific Gas and ElectricCompanyMajor Donor CampaignMichael Y.S. LeeCampaign for a New Be-ginningCharles BushAlbert ChengGloria TaiTiger WongC4 "Farming the Seas"Sustainability EventByron Ho

Alan Liu and Kok T. LiuAnnie LyColleen Lum WongIn Honor of Eva Lowe'sBirthdayChris and Rowena ChowMarina Lew and VirstanChoy, Stanton and KimChoy, Clinton Choy,Walton and Reiko Choy,Carlton and Carla ChoySarah and Phil ChoyHelen Y. H. HuiAnna KwockPhyllis LeeKay-Lee H. LeungWilliam LoweCarol P. PeckhamJudith QuanEileen P. TongMarian Won

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