IMA alumna Betty Yu will be presenting her work: Chinatown Art Brigade Art Exhibit, “Resilience/Resistance”.
Saturday, January 7th from 1-4pm at Pearl River Mart’s Gallery at 395 Broadway, NYC. The show will be up from Jan. 7-22.
Betty helped co-found the Chinatown Art Brigade with Tomie Arai and ManSee Kong last year and it’s exciting that this show will feature the works of 11 members and supporters of the Brigade.
The “Resilience/Resistance: Chinatown Art Brigade” exhibit puts a more diverse human face on gentrification by celebrating resilience and resistance, and by giving local residents a way to tell their own stories of displacement.
Betty will also be showing a work in progress piece called “An Unknown Home”, a short film about my visit back to her dad’s village in Toisan, China.
There will also be some artists talks at the Gallery on Jan. 14th & 15th from 1 to 4pm.
About the Show:
The “Resilience/Resistance: Chinatown Art Brigade” exhibit puts a more diverse human face on gentrification by celebrating resilience and resistance, and by giving local residents a way to tell their own stories of displacement. As artists and as activists, we recognize the urgency to act now to protect this community from an uncertain future.
The Brigade believes that collaborations with community residents, artists and activists in spaces like the Pearl River Mart will bring us a step closer to understanding the ways in which artists and community can work together in movements for social change.
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