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We invite you to read about CAM’s headline-making events, exhibits and happenings as covered by various mainstream and ethnic media organizations.
2021
October 27
Los Angeles is planning a memorial to commemorate one of the worst attacks on Chinese people in the US – KYMA
October 26
1871 Anti-Asian Hate Incident Compels Apology, $2M – Rafu Shimpo
The 1871 Chinese Massacre and why ‘their lives didn’t matter then’ – Annenberg Media (uscannenbergmedia.com)
October 24
The 1871 Los Angeles Chinese massacre still resonates today – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
October 22
Assemblywomen Carrillo Champions $2 Million for a Chinese American Museum, Unity Garden
L.A. groups commemorate 1871 massacre that killed 10% of city’s Chinese community (nbcnews.com)
October 21
A Mob Killed A Tenth of LA’s Chinese Population. 150 Years Later, There’s A Push To Remember. | LAist
October 15
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Chinese Massacre of 1871 | The Source (metro.net)
October 7
The forgotten history of an 1871 race riot in Los Angeles’ Chinatown | UCLA
June 10
Dr. Gay Yuen Named Human Relations Commissioner (PDF)
May 6
The News with Shepard Smith: Remembering the Chinese Massacre of 1871
2020
2019
February 19
Remapping LA in Guernica
Artists Create Contemporary Take on Ancient Art Form [Lightscapes]
2018
December 14
Circles and Circuits: An Overdue Reckoning with Chinese Contributions to Modern and Contemporary Caribbean Art in American Quarterly
October 5
Revisiting Circles and Circuits in ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America
September 18
Circuits of Culture: Caribbean Art in the Latin American Diaspora in X-TRA
August 31
Hip-Hop as Resistance: Exhibition Explores Contributions by Asian-Americans in KCET Artbound
August 31
New exhibit highlights hip hop’s influence on Asian Americans
June 7
Opening the Doors of Hip-Hop: Chinese American Museum Exhibit Highlights the Role Asian Americans Have Played in the Art Form
March 21
Art imitating life: An exploration of the Chinese Caribbean diaspora
2017
December 22
Pacific Standard Time turns to one overlooked group in Latin America: Asian immigrants
November 21
Chinese American Museum Awarded Eastside Arts Initiative Grant for Exhibition on Asian Pacific Americans in Hip Hop
October 30
Tracing Circles and Circuits | Panorama
October 19
Pacific Standard Time LA/LA: photo essay #03
Pacific Standard Time LA/LA: ensayo fotográfico #03
September 20
Two Museums Tackle the Chinese Caribbean Connection
September 15
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA – the arts festival without borders
August 17
Cuban Art & Artists in “Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA”
July 20
7 Experiences not to Miss during Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
July 1
PST: LA/LA presents Circles and Circuits: Chinese Caribbean Art
January 28
Before Asian Americans could be ‘woke,’ they had to shed the ‘Oriental’ label
January 24
What Today’s Protesters Can Learn From the History of L.A.’s Asian-American Movement
January 5
Getty Foundation Project Weaves U.S. Latino Art with Latin American Art
2016
October 28
New York Times
October 27
Impact of Chinese Massacre Still Felt 145 Years Later
October 25
8sian Media – CommunityNews LA 1027
October 24
Candlelight vigil held to commemorate LA Chinatown Massacre in 1871
October 21
Commemorating LA’s Chinese Massacre, possibly the worst lynching in US history
May 2
Sneak Peek at the Biggest Art Event in Southern California History – Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
March 31
The Getty Foundation is Funding an Unprecedented Number of SoCal Latino & Latin America-themed Art Exhibits for 2017
2009
Jan. 9
For 35 years, photographer Corky Lee has been chronicling the Asian-American Experience
(Ventura County Star)
(PDF)
2008
Dec. 28
Chinese American Museum Nods to Past, Looks to Future (The Los Angeles Times)
(PDF)
Dec. 12
Chinese American Museum Taps News Photographer Corky Lee for Anniversary Show (Downtown News)
(PDF)
Nov. 13
88 Photos from Corky Lee at the Chinese American Museum (Chinese Daily News)
(PDF)
Nov. 13
Celebrating CAM’s Fifth Anniversary (Sing Tao Daily)
(PDF)
Aug. 1
Chinese American Museum Helps San Gabriel High School Students Capture Community (Alhambra Chamber of Commerce)
(PDF)
May 30
Community in Focus (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
(PDF)
May 29
High School Students Reflect their Community Through Lens (Chinese L.A Daily News)
(PDF)
May 29
San Gabriel High School Students Gain Insight Through Photography Classes (The China Press)
(PDF)