Arts & Entertainment
Run, Don't Walk, to Euphrat Museum
For two short hours a Chinese-American tribute--bursting with patriotism and symbolism--is on display that tells the story of persecution, perseverance, and resolution.
Blink and you might miss the opportunity to see in person an artistic tribute--on a simple rice sack loaded with symbolism--to Paul Fong, and his roots as the grandson of a “paper person.”
But for two hours only—from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.--on March 11, Sunnyvale artist Flo Oy Wong will unveil her 2010 made in usa: Paul Fong artwork at the Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College. After that, a trip to Seattle Central Community College will be in order because that’s where the made in usa: Paul Fong artwork will be sent.
Fear not, Cupertino Patch got a sneak peek on Thursday, and asked Wong to tell the story behind the art. Watch the video to learn more.
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Fong, Cupertino’s representative in the California Assembly, co-sponsored a bill in the legislature that apologized for and recognized the persecution of Chinese in California, and recently he introduced a bill to .
Wong’s Paul Fong piece is a continuation of her made in usa: Angel Island Shhh, which is “a series that revealed the identity secrets of twenty five former Angel Island detainees.”
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Fong’s grandfather, Chan Share, was a “paper person” who entered the country, as many did at the time, under a false identity because of the passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Law. Share claimed to be the son of his uncle and stayed for more than two months at Angel Island.
A rice sack flag honoring Share’s journey will also be on display at Euphrat Museum for the quickie preview that also kicks off the museum’s Art Faculty/Staff Exhibition, which runs until April 19 (watch for more on that here.)
Wong, a resident of Sunnyvale since 1963, began her art career at 40 when she took classes at both De Anza College and Foothill College.
She is nationally recognized and is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards.
There are 25 pieces to her made in usa: series, some of which are on tour in America now. Her work has been shown locally, nationally and internationally in Beijing, China, Nagoya, Japan, Lusaka, Zambia, and Copenhagen, Denmark.
(Full disclosure: Wong is a member of our Patch family…her son, Brad Wong is the editor of Sammamish.Patch.com)
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