asian cultural council 2012 ANNUAL REPORT Front and back covers: A stainless steel sculpture, Uhngu-The Phoenix of the Window Railing, by Shih-Pin Hsi, a 2012 grantee from 2012 ANNUAL REPORT

2 Board of Trustees

3 Message from the Executive Director

4 Program Overview and 2012 Grants

14 Alumni News

18 2012 Events

20 Statement of Activities

21 2012 Donors

23 Partners

24 Staff

This page: Dancers Tao Ye and Duan Ni of TAO Theater performing at the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS TRUSTEES Wendy O’Neill Pauline R. Yu Hope Aldrich Lynne Rutkin Chairman Secretary Jane DeBevoise William G. Spears John H. Foster Yuji Tsutsumi Valerie Rockefeller Jonathan Fanton Kenneth H.C. Fung Wayne Treasurer Curtis Greer LIFE TRUSTEES Vice Chairman Elizabeth J. David Halpert Colin G. Campbell Hans Michael Jebsen McCormack Douglas Tong Hsu Abby M. O’Neill Vice Chairman Chairman Emeritus J. Christopher Kojima Russell A. Phillips, Jr. Erh-fei Liu Richard S. Lanier Robert S Pirie Vincent A. Mai President Isaac Shapiro Ken Miller Michael I. Sovern Stephen B. Heintz Josie Cruz Natori Seiji Tsutsumi Vice President Carol Rattray

David Rockefeller, Jr.

as of June 30, 2013

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Echigo Tsumari Triennale in with visual artist Ann Hamilton’s work MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

IN 1963, WITH GREAT FORESIGHT, CONVICTION, AND RESPECT, OUR FOUNDER JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD SET FORTH HIS VISION OF BRINGING TOGETHER ASIANS AND AMERICANS TO LEARN ABOUT AND FROM EACH OTHER.

He believed that meaningful cultural 26 years of passionate and skillful The global landscape has exchange would not only enrich leadership as director of ACC’s changed greatly since JDR 3rd first the lives of individuals, but it would office. envisioned the purpose of ACC. foster international cooperation and While our peaceful future remains mutual understanding, securing a At the conclusion of this year of threatened by conflict and crisis, gentler world for future generations. transitions, we take this moment to we now live with faster and greater salute and thank these extraordinary access to information, accelerated Over the last fifty years, ACC has individuals, and ACC’s inspiring past technological innovation, shifts in grown from a small, private, family- leaders, Trustees, staff, donors, and the global economy, and the wider operated program based in New partners, whose commitment and use of sustainable resources. Much York City to a public non-profit tireless work have made ACC what of the world has caught up with foundation with headquarters in it is today. and embraced JDR 3rd’s vision of New York and representation and connectedness, and many regard support committees in , Hong As we prepared to celebrate cross-cultural travel and exploration Kong, , and Manila. This was in 50 years of ACC’s unparalleled as an essential part of life. However, large part due to the artful guidance programs and extraordinary it is the way in which ACC not only and dedicated service of Elizabeth grantees, the year 2012 also gave facilitates but curates meaningful McCormack, who − following us a chance to consider future connections among cultural chairmen John D. Rockefeller 3rd opportunities. Today, ACC’s vast influencers and great thinkers that and Blanchette H. Rockefeller − network of grantees is made up of sets our work apart. Never before served as chairman of ACC for 22 cultural leaders who represent more in the modern era has Asia played a years. In May of 2012, Elizabeth than 17 different artistic disciplines, greater role in global affairs, and the was elected chairman emeritus from over 25 countries around the importance of ACC’s work has thus and, to continue her legacy, Wendy world. ACC alumni continue to never been greater. O’Neill, widely respected for her create innovative work, educate expertise and experience in Asia and future generations, restore great We hope you will enjoy reading a great-niece of John D. Rockefeller art handed down through the about ACC’s activities in 2012 and 3rd, was enthusiastically elected ages, advance their fields, build will participate in the many activities as chairman. We also gratefully relationships, and transform the planned for 2013 and 2014 as we honored two exceptional women: lives of individuals and countless celebrate our 50th anniversary. Jennifer P. Goodale, who after communities every day. Their As always, we thank our many four transformative years as ACC’s achievements embolden us to do generous donors, who help make executive director stepped down more. Their stories are proof of why our ongoing work possible, and all to assume a major position in cultural exchange is important and of ACC’s wonderful grantees, who corporate philanthropy in Lausanne, why we must advocate for a deeper provide our inspiration. Switzerland, and Michelle Vosper, commitment and investment in who retired in March 2012 after bringing people together. Miho Walsh Executive Director

Message from the Executive Director

3 2012 GRANTS

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

he goal of ACC’s grant-making stems from a philosophy that embraces the essential power of cultural exchange to connect T peoples and promote mutual understanding. The primary TOTAL mechanism for the activity supported by ACC has been through fellowships GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS to individuals, and our grantees have become influential thinkers, artists, and specialists whose work has significantly advanced understanding between $1,333,400 the and Asia, and among the countries of Asia. We have also extended support to organizations, and the goal of this funding activity has always been to maximize transformative impact on the individuals participating in important projects and, ultimately, on communities.

In 2012, ACC made a total of 117 grants to exceptional individuals and TOTAL GRANTS TO organizations from the United States and 11 countries in Asia. These ORGANIZATIONS grants represent a wide range of activity, from documentary filmmaking to intercultural folklore scholarship, from performance art to arts $406,500 administration—all amounting to what we hope are meaningful beginnings for even greater future work from these extraordinary grantees.

BANGLADESH

ASHIT MITRA Printmaker, Dhaka to United States: for a six-month grant to undertake a residency at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in , beginning in spring 2012.

2012 grants

4 WEI DAI CHANGXIN PENG Theater, to United States: Professor of , CHANKETHYA CHEY for a six-month grant to observe Guangzhou to United States: Choreographer, Phnom Penh trends and developments in new for a five-month grant to conduct to United States: to continue in media and to research new media research on an architectural history a program of study leading to curricula in American universities. project in the United States. the M.F.A. degree in dance at the University of California, Los Angeles. NING DING HONG SHAO Professor of Art History, to Professor of Art History, VOLLACK KONG United States: to participate in the Guangzhou to United States: Visual Artist, Phnom Penh to Advanced Workshop in American to participate in the Advanced United States: for a six-month Art History, in New York City, in Workshop in American Art grant to observe contemporary August 2012. History, in New York City, in arts activities and to participate in August 2012. a four-month creative residency HAIBIN DU program at the Lower Manhattan Filmmaker, Beijing to United States: YIYANG SHAO Cultural Council, beginning for a six-month grant to meet Professor of Art History, Beijing to March 2013. with documentary filmmakers and United States: to participate in the to conduct research for his first Advanced Workshop in American SEREYPAGNA PEN feature film. Art History, in New York City, in Architect, Phnom Penh to August 2012. United States: to study architecture SHI JIN and architectural history, and to Professor of Sculpture, Hangzhou JIANPING SHEN undertake an internship at Steven to Taiwan: for a two-month grant Professor of Art History, Hangzhou Harris Architects in New York City, to observe contemporary trends in to United States: to participate in summer 2012. the arts in Taiwan. in the Advanced Workshop in American Art History, in New York CAI LI City, in August 2012. Professor of Art History, Hangzhou ANYING CHEN to United States: to participate CHUNCHEN WANG Professor of Art History, Beijing to in the Advanced Workshop in Professor of Curatorial Research, United States: to participate in the American Art History, in Beijing to United States: to participate Advanced Workshop in American New York City, in August 2012. in the Advanced Workshop in Art History, in New York City, in American Art History, in New York August 2012. PING LIU City, in August 2012. Art Historian, Beijing to United PING CHEN States: to participate in the HONGYUAN WANG Professor of Art History, Shanghai Advanced Workshop in American Professor of Art History, Beijing to to United States: to participate Art History, in New York City, in United States: to participate in the in the Advanced Workshop in August 2012. Advanced Workshop in American American Art History, in New York Art History, in New York City, in City, in August 2012. YAOCHANG PAN August 2012. Professor of Art History, Shanghai to United States: to participate in the Advanced Workshop in American Art History, in New York City, in August 2012.

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5 YOUBO ZHUANG Professor of Architecture, Beijing to United States: to attend the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

HONG KONG

TING YUEN TIMOTHY CHAN Bassoonist, Hong Kong to United States: for a ten-week grant to participate in the Aspen Music Festival and School.

CHI YUEN BOBBY CHENG Oboist, Hong Kong to United States: for a ten-week grant to participate in the Aspen Music Festival and School.

HUNG TAMMY CHEUNG Filmmaker, Hong Kong to United States: for a five-month grant to conduct research on the film CHONG WANG industry in the United States, CHINA explore new skills, and work on her Theater Director, Beijing to United States: for a six-month grant next film. to take part in a theater residency program and observe current trends in American theater. CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY LIMITED Hong Kong to Japan: to support the participation of Yu GAN ZHANG RUI ZHANG Cheng Chieh and Marianne Kim in Professor of Art History, Beijing to Professor of Art History, Beijing to the Jumping Frames International United States: to participate in the United States: to participate in the Dance Video Festival 2012 in Advanced Workshop in American Advanced Workshop in American Japan. Art History, in New York City, in Art History, in New York City, in August 2012. August 2012. MO YIU HUI Dancer, Hong Kong to United JIAN ZHANG QINGSHENG ZHU States: to participate in the summer Professor of Art History, Hangzhou Professor of Art History, Beijing to 2012 American Dance Festival. to United States: to participate United States: to participate in the in the Advanced Workshop in Advanced Workshop in American TUNG PANG LAM American Art History, in New York Art History, in New York City, in Visual Artist, Hong Kong to United City, in August 2012. August 2012. States: for a four-month grant to conduct research on Asian art collections in the United States.

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6 MAN LOK DAVIE LAW JAPAN YUKO HASEGAWA Visual Artist, Hong Kong to United Curator, Tokyo to the , States: to participate in a residency ARTS INITIATIVE TOKYO , and : for a two-week at the International Studio and and India to Tokyo: to journey of research to investigate Curatorial Program in New York. support Syagini Ratnawulan and the contemporary music field in Duto Hardono from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and India. OI YEE HEIDI LEE as well as Pradeep Mishra and Arts Administrator, Hong Kong to Mnam Apang from India, for their TAKESHI IKEDA United States: for a three-month participation in the exhibition Video Artist, Tokyo to United grant to observe arts administration “Home Again” at the Hara Museum States: for a six-month grant to practices in the United States. of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. research contemporary art, meet artists and curators, and create CHIN FUNG JEFF LEUNG ECHIGO TSUMARI TRIENNALE new work while participating in Curator, Hong Kong to United United States and China to Japan: an artist residency program at the States: for a five-month grant to to support the participation of New York Arts Residency & Studios participate in a residency at the visual artists Cai Guo-Qiang and Foundation in Brooklyn, New York. International Studio and Curatorial Ann Hamilton from the United Program in New York. States and Wu Daxin from China in the fifth Echigo Tsumari Triennale BENJAMIN BOON CHI TSANG in fall 2012. Architect, Hong Kong to United States: for a three-week travel grant to conduct research on public architecture in the United States.

YANG YEUNG Curator, Hong Kong to United States: for a five-month grant to participate in a residency program at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York.

INDONESIA

NURI ARYATI Arts Administrator, Yogyakarta to Japan: to participate in the Second Kobe-Asia Contemporary Dance Festival.

TRIYONO BRAMANTYO Professor of , Yogyakarta to United States: for TAIYO KIMURA a one-month grant to carry out JAPAN research in the department of Conceptual Artist, Kanagawa to United States: for a six-month ethnomusicology at Wesleyan grant to research contemporary art, meet artists and curators, University and to participate in the and create new work while participating in an artist residency Society for Ethnomusicology’s program at New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation in annual meeting in New Orleans. Brooklyn, New York (shown above).

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7 RYO KABASAWA RONALD HILARIO Theater Producer, Tokyo to Sculptor, Manila to United States United States: for continued HTEIN LIN and : for a six-month participation in the inaugural Visual Artist, London to United grant to undertake research on year of the Institute for Curatorial States: to collaborate with traditional woodcarving in Malaysia Practice in Performance at artists from India working at the and to participate in a five-month Wesleyan University. International Studio and Curatorial residency at the Lower Manhattan Program in New York City. Cultural Council in 2013. ISSUI MINEGISHI Musician, Tokyo to Taiwan: for THILA MIN DAYANG YRAOLA a two-month grant to research Theater Director, Yangon to Curator, Quezon City to traditional music in Taiwan. Taiwan: to undertake research and Southeast Asia: for a three-month study at the Centre for Applied grant support travel and research YAYOI SHIMIZU in Taipei. on contemporary art in Southeast Playwright, Tokyo to United Asia. States: for a two-month grant to PHILIPPINES participate in a residency program TAIWAN at the New York Theater Workshop. RACQUEL DE LOYOLA CRUZ Visual Artist, City to WEI-LUN CHEN HIROYUKI TAKAHASHI United States: for a six-month grant Arts Administrator, Taipei to Japan: Theater Critic, Tokyo to United to research contemporary art, for a two-month grant to visit States: for a six-month grant to meet with artists and curators, and Japan to observe multi-institution conduct research on current create new work in New York City, biennials and other “wall-less” theater criticism and to examine beginning in January 2013. museums organized by private other art forms in New York City and public museums and arts and other parts of the United institutions. States.

KYOCO TANIYAMA Visual Artist, Tokyo to United States: for a six-month grant to research contemporary art, meet artists and curators, and create new work while participating in an artist residency program at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York.

LAOS

ANOUZA PHOTHISANE Dancer, Vientiane to United States: to observe contemporary performing arts activities in the United States and to participate in ALEXANDER CORTEZ the International Choreographers PHILIPPINES Residency Program at the Theater Specialist, Quezon City to United States: for a three-month American Dance Festival in grant to research contemporary theater activities in the United summer 2012. States.

2012 grants

8 HSIU-CHIH LO Curator and Filmmaker, Hsin-chu County to Burma and Cambodia: for a three-month grant to research contemporary art activities and explore the work of women artists in Burma and Cambodia.

RAHIC TALIF Visual Art, Hualien County to China: to participate in the 2012 Shanghai Biennial.

TSUNG-LUNG TSAI Ceramic Artist, Taipei to Japan: for a three-month grant to take part in a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. EDNA VIDA FROILAN PHILIPPINES Choreographer, Manila to United States: for a six-month grant to research contemporary dance and theater activities, observe THE ART CENTRE, rehearsals, and attend classes and workshops in choreography SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY and improvisation in New York and California. Edna Vida Froilan Thailand to Taiwan: to support (left) is shown above with American Ballet Theater’s Artistic the participation of artists from Administrator Cristina Escoda. Thailand in “Unfolding Mystery,” a contemporary art exhibition to be held in Taiwan.

MENG-CHUAN HO YEN YING HUANG RONNARONG KHAMPHA Mixed-media Artist, Taipei to Sound Artist, Tainan to Indonesia: Dancer and Choreographer, United States: for a five-month to support a creative residency at Bangkok to United States: to grant to observe contemporary art Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta, participate in the summer 2013 activities, to undertake a creative Indonesia. International Choreographers residency at the International Residency Program at the Studio and Curatorial Program, and YI HUANG American Dance Festival and to to sit in on classes at Parsons The Dancer and Choreographer, spend two months in New York New School of Design in New York Chiayi City to United States: for a City taking classes, attending City. six-month grant to participate in performances, and meeting with dance workshops and to observe dancers and choreographers. SHIH-PIN HSI contemporary performing arts Sculptor, Taipei to United States: activities in the United States. SASITHORN PANICHNOK for a five-month grant to carry Actress and Director, Bangkok out a residency at the Headlands I-CHEN KUO to United States: to complete a Center for the Arts in Sausalito, Mixed-media Artist, Taipei to program of study in theater California, and to observe United States: for a three-month leading to the M.F.A. degree at the contemporary art activities in grant to observe contemporary art Actors Studio Drama School in New York. activities and to participate in an New York City. artist residency program at PointB Worklodge in Brooklyn, New York.

2012 grants

9 NIKORN SAE TANG THE CATHEDRAL OF KARLA DIAZ & MARIO YBARRA, JR. Playwright and Theater Director, ST. JOHN THE DIVINE New Media Artists, Wilmington, Bangkok to United States: to Japan to United States: to support California, to Japan: for a two- participate in theater workshops, the Voices from Japan program at week residency to research bird- observe performing arts the Cathedral for summer 2012. watching subculture in Japan. activities, and meet with theater professionals in the United States. SEOUNGHO CHO BERNARD ELLORIN Video Artist, Elmhurst, New York, Ethnomusicology Student, San UNITED STATES to Cambodia: to carry out research Diego, California, to Malaysia: to and shoot video at Angkor Wat in conduct research on the evolving AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY June 2012. musical practices of the BajauLaut, China to United States: to an ethnolinguistic group from the provide support for the inaugural SONJA DAHL Southern Philippines, in Semporna, year of the China-U.S. Forum Graduate Student, Pontiac, Malaysia. on Intangible Cultural Heritage Michigan, to Indonesia: for a Professional Exchange Program. six-month grant to research BILLY FOX Javanese batik and indigo use in Musician and Writer, New York CALIFORNIA COLLEGE Indonesia in 2012. City to Japan: to research the OF THE ARTS performance and religious rituals Vietnam to United States: to enable DANCEWORKS, INC. (FOR of Omoto kagura, a rare form of Zoe Butt, Executive Director of Sàn AMERICAN DANCE ABROAD) shamanic dance, music, and theater, Art in Ho Chi Minh City, to serve United States to China: to in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. as a guest faculty member in the support the attendance of Asian California College of Art’s M.A. programmers at the Guangdong FRACTURED ATLAS (FOR NATURE Program in Curatorial Practice. Modern Dance Festival, THEATER OF OKLAHOMA) Guangzhou, China, and to support United States to Japan: to support a symposium and performances performances by Nature Theater related to the festival. of Oklahoma of Life and Times – Episode 1, the first installment of a planned ten-episode saga, at Shizuoka Performing Arts Center in 2012.

GLOBAL HERITAGE FUND India and the Philippines to United States: to support the participation of five Asian speakers in activities in conjunction with the Global Heritage Fund’s Forum on Cultural Heritage in a Developing World – Focus on Asia.

GOH PRODUCTIONS WALLY CARDONA Thailand and Myanmar to UNITED STATES Indonesia: to support a Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York, to Indonesia, Myanmar, and collaborative theater workshop Cambodia: to travel to Asia for the first stage of the development organized by Empty Space of a choreography research project. Wally Cardona (right) shown Chiangmai in Yogyakarta, performing A Set Up: MR13 with Proeung Chhieng (left) at Judson Indonesia, involving performing Church, New York. artists from Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia in summer 2012.

2012 grants

10 THE LUGGAGE STORE (FOR 509 CULTURAL CENTER) UNITED STATES Vietnam and China to United States: to support the participation of artists from Vietnam and China in the “Hinterlands” exhibition in San Francisco, September 7–29. Works by Nguyen Phuong Linh, Nguyen Nam Tran, Lu Yang, and Gabby Miller are shown at right.

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL PAUL JETT & JANE NORMAN HADRIAN MENDOZA FILM FESTIVAL Conservators, Washington, Ceramics Artist, Lorton, Virginia, Thailand to United States: to DC, to Cambodia: to support a to Asia: to support travel and support a 2012 film program three-week research trip to research in Southeast Asia to plan a honoring Thai filmmaker Pen-Ek assess collections needs for five Southeast Asian ceramics festival. Ratanaruang. provincial museums in Cambodia. MICHIGAN STATE MIN-SUN HWANG THE JOYCE THEATER UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Conservator, New York City France and India to United States: China to United States; United to Japan: to research hemp and to support the presentation of States to China: to support ramie cultivation, traditional and Shantala Shivalingappa’s Namasya professional exchanges between contemporary cloth production, at the Joyce Theater in June 2012. the Yunnan Nationalities Museum yarn processing, and uses of native and the Michigan State University fibers in Japan. LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE Museum, focusing on building the PERFORMING ARTS digital capacity to foster ongoing INDEPENDENT CURATORS China to United States: to support sharing between ethnographic INTERNATIONAL performances by TAO Dance museums in China and the U.S. Indonesia to China: to support Theater at the Lincoln Center the participation of Martha Festival in summer 2012. NEW YORK CITY CENTER Soemantri in the ICI Curatorial Asia to United States: to support Intensive training program in LOCATION ONE the participation of individual Beijing in summer 2012. Japan to United States: to support artists and ensembles from various residencies by Japanese artists countries in Asia in New York ISSUE PROJECT ROOM Hiraku Suzuki and Motohiko City Center’s annual Fall for Japan to United States: to support Odani in spring 2012. Dance festival. performances by Japanese artists Akio Suzuki, Gozo Yoshimasu, and MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP Ami Yoshida in the 15-day Voices United States to China: to support from Japan tour. performances by the Mark Morris Dance Group in Guangzhou and in summer 2012.

2012 grants

11 NEW YORK FOUNDATION NORTHERN ILLINOIS RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE ARTS UNIVERSITY India to United States: to support Cambodia to United States: Cambodia to United States: to a symposium, April 28–29, 2012, in to support the development support the participation of seven association with the exhibition The of Cambodian artists and Cambodian artists and scholars in Tenth Karmapa: Tibet’s Eccentric administrators participating the Cambodia Studies Conference, Master Revealed, held at the Rubin in Season of Cambodia, an in fall 2012. Museum in New York. interdisciplinary arts and culture festival held in New York City in ORPHEUS CHAMBER WEI SHEN the spring of 2013. ORCHESTRA Photographer, New York City to United States to Japan: to support Thailand: to travel to Chiang Mai NEW YORK UNIVERSITY the 2012 Japan Tour of Orpheus for one month in late fall 2012, in CENTER FOR RELIGION Chamber Orchestra, comprising order to explore and document AND MEDIA four performances, three facilitated Buddhist temple life in Thailand. China to United States: to discussions, and a public forum. enable filmmaker Yang Lina to DANCE ARTS participate in the Reel China PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY United States to China: to support @NYU 6th Biennial Film Festival. United States to Japan: to support the company’s three-city tour to collaboration with Japanese China in fall 2012. JODEE NIMERICHTER theater director Toshiki Okada in Dance Festival Director, Durham, July 2012, leading to the creation ZOE SHERINIAN North Carolina, to Indonesia: of an original theater work. Ethnomusicologist, Oklahoma City, to visit Indonesia in the fall of Oklahoma, to India: to support 2012 to observe contemporary SHELLEY RICE travel and research in India for a dance activities. Art Historian, New York City to film on the Sakthi Folk Arts Centre China: to research the work of in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, and the THE NOGUCHI MUSEUM Chinese photographer and ACC role of music in the Dalit equality Japan to United States: to grantee (1998–2000) Xing Danwen movement. continue support of the partnership in preparation for an exhibition at between the New York-based the Grey Art Gallery at New York and Japanese-based Noguchi University. Museums.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART UNITED STATES Japan to United States: to support travel costs for museum professionals and monks from Japan who participated in the opening events in Washington, DC, for the exhibition Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800), on view in spring 2012. The monks, from Shokokuji Monastery, are seen here performing a blessing ceremony at the Gallery.

2012 grants

12 SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA UNITED STATES China to United States: to support the 2012 production at Spoleto Festival USA of Guo Wenjing’s chamber opera Fengyiting, directed by acclaimed film director Atom Egoyan. Shen Tiemei (far right) is shown here performing at the Festival.

SIGNATURE THEATRE THE TEXTILE MUSEUM CHINARY & SUSAN UNG COMPANY, INC. Indonesia to United States: to and Musician, San China to United States: to support support the participation of Diego, California, to Cambodia: a symposium and reading series Indonesian-based artists Agus for a two-month grant to lay the with artists from Greater China Ismoyo and Nia Fliam in the groundwork for the establishment and the Chinese Diaspora as part museum’s exhibition Textiles of a Institute in of a 2012–13 celebration of David of Southeast Asia: Source and Cambodia for the purpose of Henry Hwang. Resource, on view in Washington, training the next generation of DC, from April to October 2013. Cambodian composers. AMANDA STINCHECUM Independent Scholar, Brooklyn, TOPAZ ARTS, INC. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF New York, to Japan: for a two- Philippines to United States: AMERICAN ART month grant to undertake a needs- to support Bastards of Japan to United States: to support assessment survey of five private Misrepresentation II, a series of Ms. Megumi Takasugi to travel from ethnological museums in the group shows and exhibitions Japan to New York to assist in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa curated by Filipino artist installation of Ms. Kusama’s work at in fall 2012. Manuel Ocampo. the Whitney for the presentation of the exhibition, Yayoi Kusama.

HUI ZOU Professor of Architecture, Gainesville, Florida, to China: for a two-month fellowship to complete research on the historical labyrinthine enclaves within the urban fabrics of Beijing and Macau.

PHILIP YAMPOLSKY TOTAL UNITED STATES 2012 Musicologist, Champaign, Illinois, to Timor-Leste: to carry out research for a long-term project to document the traditional music GRANTS of Timor-Leste (). A Vaihoho singer is shown above $1,739,900 listening to playback in Tutuala, Timor-Leste.

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13 ALUMNI NEWS

MAKOTO AIDA Visual Artist (1999) Eiko & Koma Makoto Aida had his first solo exhibition,Monument for Nothing, at the Mori Art Museum in Japan. The show included approximately 100 of his works and covered the two decades since his arrival on the international art scene.

CAI GUO-QIANG Visual Artist (1995) Cai Guo-Qiang received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Award, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association recognizing artists for their achievements, for the impact they have had internationally on the arts, and for their role in enriching the global community.

EIKO & KOMA Dancers (2003) Eiko & Koma performed The Caravan Project as part of the exhibit: Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde at the in New York. The Caravan Project (1999, 2011, 2012) is a “museum by delivery” installation and durational performance work created and performed by Eiko & Koma in a specially modified mobile trailer which allowed viewers to experience the work from all perspectives. Photo by Anna Lee Campbell

KATE FOWLE Curator (2004) Kate Fowle has been appointed Chief Curator of the Kate Fowle Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. Ms. Fowle, based in both Moscow and New York, is responsible for fostering connections with major art institutions and expanding Garage’s engagement with international art practice. She will remain Director at Large at Independent Curators International, in New York. Photo: Courtesy Lee O’Connor

JOSH FOX Director (1999) Josh Fox had his documentary filmGASLAND screened at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse, New York. The panel discussion following the screening was moderated by actor Alec Baldwin. Photo by Lauren Long

Panel discussion with Alec Baldwin and Josh Fox (right)

Alumni News

14 Ya-Chu Kang at Taipei International Expo of Art

Ho Siu-Kee

Yayoi Kusama Ramli Ibrahim

RIEL HILARIO Visual Artist (2012) and YA-CHU KANG Visual Artist (2008) WAWI NAVARROZA Visual Artist (2008) Ya-Chu Kang was featured in the 2012 Very Fun Park Riel Hilario and Wawi Navarroza are among the 13 event, a series of urban art exhibitions sponsored artists who received the “13 Artists Award” from the and curated by Fubon Art Foundation and the Taipei Cultural Center of the Philippines on October 18, 2012. International Expo of Art. Photo courtesy of artist The award is given in recognition of the Philippines’ 13 Moderns and its intent is to identify a “new generation KOICHIRO KURITA Photographer (1990) of artists that promise to dominate Philippine art.” Koichiro Kurita had a solo photographic exhibition, Beyond Spheres / Meditations on Thoreau, at the HO SIU-KEE Visual Artist (2000) Usdan Gallery at Bennington College in Vermont. The Ho Siu-kee was selected as an Associate Member Beyond Spheres project is inspired by the literature of of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, UK, in Henry David Thoreau and attempts to visually explore recognition of the outstanding quality of his work. Thoreau’s philosophy regarding the relationship Application for membership is open to all sculptors between nature and humanity. and artists worldwide and is only offered to a few exceptional applicants each year. Photo by Cheung Chi Wai YAYOI KUSAMA Artist (1964, 1996) Yayoi Kusama was the feature of the Whitney RAMLI IBRAHIM Dancer (1996, 1998) Museum’s retrospective showcasing the artists’ Ramli Ibrahim was one of nine distinguished impressive 60-year career. In addition, LOUIS individuals in Malaysia who received the prestigious VUITTON unveiled its Yayoi Kusama collection, which National Heritage certificate for nurturing national offered the artist’s signature bold spots, covering every heritage values. Photo courtesy of artist item in the collection, from bags to dresses. Photo by Joe Schildhorn/BFANYC.com

Alumni News

15 RALPH LEMON, DEAN MOSS, AND STEVE PAXTON Dance Artists Dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon (1998, 1999) curated Some Sweet Day, a three-week program of dance performances by contemporary choreographers in the Museum of Modern Art. Steve Paxton (1970, 2009) and Dean Moss (2003, 2008) were two of the choreographers who presented their work. Photo: Performance of Dean Moss’s Voluntaries (2012) at The Some Sweet Day Museum of Modern Art, October 2012. Part of Some Sweet Day. ©2012 Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Julieta Cervantes

Geneology: The Dutch Connection by Mary Lucier MARY LUCIER Multi-media Artist (2009) Mary Lucier participated in the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Playing House, the first in a series of installations that aim to engage visitors with the Brooklyn Museum’s period rooms. Mary Lucier was one of four artists invited to place site-specific artwork in eight of the Museum’s historic rooms, which have been interpreted by curators over the years to illustrate how Americans of various times, economic levels, and locations lived. Genealogy: The Dutch Connection, 2012. Video and mixed media. Courtesy of the artist, in the Jan Martense Schenck House, Brooklyn, NY Pak Sheung Chuen

KOHEI NAWA Visual Artist (2004) Kohei Nawa had his PixCell-Deer#24 recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on display in the Sackler Wing Galleries.

PAK SHEUNG CHUEN Visual Artist (2006) Pak Sheung Chuen received the “Best Artist” award from the 2012 Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA). CCAA was established by Swiss art collector Uli Sigg in 1997 as an independent non-profit entity to give awards to Chinese artists and art critics who show outstanding achievement in artistic creation and The Empty Room its analysis and critique. Photo by Cheung Chi Wai

MICHAEL SAKAMOTO Dancer (2008) Michael Sakamoto, Chey Chankethya (2009), Waewdao Sirisook (2006), Tetsuro Koyano (2005), and Cedar-Bough Saeji (2010) all participated in the performance piece The Empty Room, a dance and music journey into the crisis of consciousness in contemporary society, addressing themes of desire, identity, self-awareness, the environment, and the hope of democracy. Photo courtesy of artists.

Alumni News

16 Papermoon Theater

Tokio ConfidentiaI ERIC SCHORR Composer (2005) Erich Schorr wrote the music and lyrics for Tokio Confidential, an original music-theater piece about an American Civil War widow who journeys to Japan in 1879. Tokio Confidentialpremiered in New York at the Atlantic Stage 2 theater.

MARIA TRI SULISTYANI Artistic Co-director and Founder, Papermoon Puppet Theatre (2008) Maria Tri Sulistyani with Papermoon Puppet Theatre toured the United States in September and October of 2012 as part of Center StageSM, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, with funding from the . Photo by Indra Wicaksono

CHAW EI THEIN Visual Artist (2008, 2009) Chaw Ei Thein participated in a group exhibition, To Be or Not To Be, at Gallery35 in New York. This exhibition was a showcase of works by five artists from Myanmar.

RATAN THIYAM Theater Director (2008) Ratan Thiyam from Manipur was elected in the field of performing arts as one of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellows for the year 2012. Photo by Ben Asen

Ratan Thiyam

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17 2012 EVENTS

JANUARY 18: Guests mingled with cast and crew of MARCH 29: ACC grantee Terra (2010), a star Broadway comedy Chinglish, by playwright and ACC performer of the kayagum, the twelve-string of grantee (2011). , performed a concert for grantees and guests.

JANUARY 24: ACC Chairman Emeritus, Elizabeth APRIL 17: ACC grantee Oscar Oiwa (2001) donated J. McCormack, hosted a private event at her home his painting Sky River for the benefit of ACC’sArts in with a performance by ACC grantee Peni Candra Rini Action • Japan program. The event featured an artists’ (2010), one of the few young artists in Indonesia who talk and a shakuhachi performance by ACC grantee performs sidhen. Akihito Obama (2011).

FEBRUARY 2–5: ACC grantee Jin Xing (1988) APRIL 21: Group 33 South, a committee organized to presented Shanghai Tango at the Joyce Theater with support the activities of ACC in Taiwan, celebrated its post-performance discussion. 4th anniversary in BB Art Gallery with grantee Ke Shi-hong (2006), who performed traditional FEBRUARY 4: ACC Philippines held its third annual Taiwanese puppet show “Carnival” for the celebration. art auction to benefit the ACC Philippines Fellowship Program. MAY 7–31: ACC Hong Kong and Grotto Fine Art co-presented “Intersections – Selected Asian Cultural FEBRUARY 8: US debut of Cloud Gate 2 featuring Council Fellows,” which featured the works of ACC ACC grantees Bulareyaung Pagarlava (1997, 2007) fellows Wucius Wong (1971), Fiona Wong (1998), and and Cheng Tsung-lung (2011), and Cloud Gate Dance Hung Keung (2005), with an opening reception hosted Company founder and grantee Lin Hwai-min (1978- by ACC Trustee Hans Michael Jebsen. 2007). MAY 18: ACC Hong Kong hosted a gathering of NOVEMBER 3, 2011–FEBRUARY 23, 2012: Exhibition ACC grantees and key supporters in a meeting with of ACC grantee John Fung’s (1988) photographic ACC grantee and contemporary visual artist works at ACC Hong Kong. Cai Guo-Qiang (1995).

THE 2012 BLANCHETTE HOOKER ROCKEFELLER (BHR) AWARD GIVEN TO MR. SEIJI TSUTSUMI This award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution APRIL 6: ACC Trustee Hope OCTOBER 12: The Blanchette to international cultural Aldrich (right) and Michael Jeffers H. Rockefeller Award ceremony exchange and to the programs hosted a lunch at International and dinner at Hotel Seiyo Ginza of the ACC. The Award was House of Japan where the recognized ACC Life Trustee established in honor of ACC announcement was made of the Seiji Tsutsumi (right) for his founder John D. Rockefeller 2012 BHR Award nomination to outstanding contribution to 3rd’s wife, who served as the ACC Life Trustee Seiji Tsutsumi international cultural exchange ACC’s first chair and who (left), President of the Saison and to ACC’s mission. He shared her husband’s passion Foundation. They are shown here is shown here with ACC for the arts and cultures of Asia. with Setsu Asakura (middle). Chairman Emeritus Elizabeth J. McCormack (left).

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18 Jan 24 Mar 29 Jun 13 Sep 10–22

Apr 21 Nov 5

Feb 2 Jul 28–29

MAY 26: With support from the ACC, Mark Morris OCTOBER 10: ACC Trustee Erh-fei Liu and Chairman Dance Group (2012) performed in China for the first Wendy O’Neill hosted an exclusive dinner event for time. Guests attending the performance also went on RBF Trustees and new friends from Beijing, featuring a special backstage visit and tour of cultural projects a pipa performance and speeches by seven ACC by ACC grantees in Guangzhou. grantees who spoke about their ACC fellowship experience. JUNE 13: ACC New York hosted grantees, Trustees, and guests to a rooftop soiree at its New York office. OCTOBER 17–20: With support from Trustee Josie Cruz Natori and ACC Philippines Foundation’s JULY 28–29: ACC supported grantees Cai Guo- Chairman Ernest Escaler, ACC was showcased at Qiang (1995) and Ann Hamilton’s (2012) travel to Japan MANILA FAME, the design and lifestyle event. ACC to partake in the Echigo Tsumari Triennale, which grantees Anton del Castillo (2006), Irma Lacorte (2003), focused on connection between Japan and the other Noel Cuizon (1998), Gerry Leonardo (2010), and Don countries of East Asia, as well as between the U.S. and Salubayba (2004) were part of the main exhibition. East Asia. OCTOBER 18: Held at a private residence, the 2012 SEPTEMBER 10: Hosted by Wendy O’Neill and David ACC Hong Kong Annual Awards Ceremony featured and Susan Rockefeller in collaboration with Sotheby’s, a video presentation of the 2012 ACC Hong Kong guests were invited to Cai Guo-Qiang’s Studio to fellows, and a special oboe and piano duet performed preview his gunpowder drawing, Marx’s Moustache, by 2012 grantees Bobby Cheng and Timothy Chan. later sold to establish the ACC Cai Fellowship. NOVEMBER 1: Taiwan’s Group 33 North attended the SEPTEMBER 10–22: As a continuation of 2011’s 20th anniversary celebration of Ku & Dancers, founded iDance event, Deutsche Bank sponsored the Paint A by ACC grantee Ku Ming-Shen (2008). The celebration Picture of Love project. ACC grantee Tseng Yong-Ning included an improvisation at Ku’s old house in a rural (2008) hosted a series of painting workshops to those area of Taoyuan. diagnosed with severe and multiple disabilities at the Taoyuan Special Education Facility. NOVEMBER 1: ACC hosted a lunch gathering for the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Manhattan OCTOBER 1: Group 33 Taichung, ACC’s third School of Music in honor of the Manhattan Hong committee of supporters in Taiwan, was officially Kong Music Festival. established. Based in central Taiwan, Group 33 Taichung celebrated this occasion and welcomed NOVEMBER 5: ACC Trustee David Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman Wendy O’Neill and Miho Walsh, who were and Susan Rockefeller hosted a private evening of visiting from New York. music featuring cellist Sophie Shao, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and violinist Daniel Phillips.

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19 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2012

anagement is responsible for the preparation ACC’s financial statements have been audited of Asian Cultural Council’s financial by Condon O’Meara McGinty & Donnelly LLP, Mstatement in accordance with accounting independent certified public accountants. A principles accepted in the United States of America, complete audited financial statement from which and for the financial information presented in this this information is excerpted can be requested by report. This responsibility includes maintaining the writing the Asian Cultural Council or New York State integrity and objectivity of financial records, protection Department of Law, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, of ACC’s assets, and compliance with funder New York, NY 10271. restrictions.

INCOME TOTAL: $5,607,120

INDIVIDUALS ENDOWMENT DRAW $1,254,788 22% $3,604,489 65% FOUNDATIONS

$747,843 13%

EXPENSES CAPACITY BUILDING TOTAL: $5,607,120 & DEVELOPMENT

$1,227,512 22% PROGRAM SERVICES

MANAGEMENT $3,797,279 AND GENERAL 68% ADMINISTRATION

$582,329 10%

Statement of Activities

20 2012 DONORS

he Asian Cultural Council acknowledges gifts received in 2012. We extend our thanks to all of with deep appreciation the many individuals, our friends whose generosity ensures ACC’s mission T organizations, and corporations who made to support international dialogue, understanding, and generous contributions in support of our work in 2012. respect through cultural exchange across Asia and the Beginning with the generous leadership gifts made by United States. the ACC Board of Trustees, the following list reflects

Board of Trustees Blanchette Hooker Bill & Maria Spears William W. Flanz & Janet Hope Aldrich/Millstream Rockefeller Fund Hsiu-Cheng Shen Tsai Nathanail Fund Cai Guo-Qiang • Su-Hwa Chou Yang Carl Fung & Yvette Yeh Fung Jane DeBevoise En Shui and Lan Chan Tai Ernest Escaler Jonathan Fanton Trust $5,000–$9,999 Galleria Duemilla John Foster/John H. Foster Henry Luce Foundation Arturo Luz Lyra Garcellano • Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund Newman’s Own Foundation Eileen Ho Kenneth H.C. & Nelly Fung J. David Officer & Marcia J. George Ho Curtis Greer & Pamela $50,000–$99,999 Wade Jean Ho Kohlberg Karen T. Lee Steven C. Rockefeller & Ying-Chao Ho David C. Halpert The Saison Foundation Barbara B. Rockefeller Yvonne Yi-Yun Ho Stephen B. Heintz &Lise Terra Foundation for Margaret Hsiao Stone American Art $1,000–$4,999 Ya-Wen Hsu Douglas Tong Hsu Leonardo Aguinaldo Belle Hu Hans Michael & Désirée $25,000–$49,999 American Women’s Club Chih-Chueh Huang Jebsen The Incorporated Trustees Alfredo Juan Aquilizan Hui-Mei Huang J. Christopher Kojima of the Hsin Chong – K.N. Norberto Carating Mei-Huey Lin Huang Richard & Mary Lanier Godfrey Yeh Education Anson Chan Shiou-Ching Huang Erh-fei Liu & Danchi Wang Fund Pi-Lien Liu Chang Sophia Huang Vincent A. Mai/The Mai Jackie Chan Charitable Stephanie Chang David Hung Family Foundation Foundation Judy Chen Susan Hung Elizabeth J. McCormack Japan Society Kuei-Ming Lee Chen Yun-Ya Hung Ken Miller & Lybess Sweezy Mandarin Oriental Li-Jen Chen Yoshiko Kamo Josie & Ken Natori Foundation Lily Chen Felisa Kao Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill United States-Japan Maggi Chen Joyce & Bradley F. Kerr Wendy O’Neill Foundation Mary Chen Alice King Carol Rattray/Rattray Kimura Mei-Yun Chen Rachel Ku Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Mindy Chen Chia-Fang Lai David & Susan Rockefeller The Atlantic Philanthropies Shu-Hui Lin Chen Echo Lai Lynne Rutkin Director/Employee Vivian Chen Mei-Chih Lai Isaac & Jacqueline Shapiro* Designated Gift Fund Michelle Cheng Tasha & Anish Lalvani Michael I. & Patricia Sovern* Rita Chang Shuo-Yi Chiang Isabelle Lee Seiji Tsutsumi* Deutsche Bank, Taiwan Carroll Chien Man-Ping Lee Yuji Tsutsumi Suzie Ho Jonathan Ching Joan Leung Valerie & Steven Wayne Pao-Lin Hsu Hsiu-Fang Chou Jaye Li Pauline R. Yu Chen-Mei Lin Yi-Fen Chow Mei-Lien Liu Li *denotes Life Trustee Oscar Oiwa Chen-Hsiang Chu Paul Li Shirley S.P. Peng Ping Chu Pei-Fen Liang $100,000+ Thierry Porté Ching-Fen Chuang Tzu-Chen Liao Asian Cultural Council Robert Posner & Yumiko Ching Cruz Jean Lin Philippines Foundation Honda Marina Cruz Mei-Chen Lin Asian Cultural Council Sir Kenneth Fung Ping Fan Jaime de Guzman Chen-Mei Lin Taiwan Foundation Foundation Trust I Rock Drilon Patience Lin Tina Chia-Chi Lin

2012 Donors

21 $500-$999 Patricia & Anthony Smith Melba Arribas Wig Tysmans Benjie Cabangis Nancy Umanoff Xander Calceta Camille Ver Carol Cassidy Liv Vinluan Julius Anton del Castillo • Paulo Vinluan Jomar Delluba Amy Wilson & David Fukuoka AJET Charity Flannery Committee Albrecht von Wuthenau Jennifer P. Goodale MM Yu Winnie Kwan Gerardo Leonardo • Donations In-Kind Aba Lluch Dalena Art Verité Gallery Marissa Lopa Artis Corpus Gallery Enrico Manlapaz Cai Guo-Qiang • John Marin Crucible Gallery Pakistani band noori performing at New England Marcia A. McLean Ching Cruz Foundation for the Art’s launch of Center Stage at the Lynyrd Paras Joven R. Cuanang, M.D. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC Ian Quirante DLA Piper Hong Kong Popo San Pascual Ernest Escaler Simon Saulog Finale Art File Su-Mei Liu Yi-Chen Tsai Katrina Tuazon Galerie Joaquin Mei-Ling Lo Sheree Tsao Miho Walsh Galleria Duemila Ma. Lourdes Locsin Mei-Ying Gina Tseng Gallery Big Chung-Lin Lue Isao Tsujimoto $499 and Under Ma. Lourdes Gamboa Kuei-Lan Ma Jamie Tu Eugenia Alcaide Grotto Fine Art Limited Tina Ma Pi-Tao Tu Anton Barretto Heidrick & Struggles Norlie Meimban Ming-Chiu Tung Robert Cane & Alison Nowak The Joyce Theater New York Community Trust Faye Wang Lauren Cherubini Sining Kamalig Ma. Isabel Ongpin Janet Wang Eileen Connor & George Rajo Laurel Jim Orencio Pao-Ching Chang Wang Koeltl Liongoren Gallery Jui-Yun Ou Pei-Jiu Wang Ninel Constantino Mabel M. Lui Michael G. Palin Yvette Wang Anna Ranelle Dial Magnet Gallery Sam Penaso Cissy and Shin Watari Anne T. Dowling Mandarin Oriental Hotel Hsiu-O Peng Li-Wen Wei Emmanuel Garibay Group David Pong Chun-Yee Anne and John R. Witt Gina Gee Sotheby’s Shoe-Fun Roe Li-Jing Wong Andrew & Tina Goodale Stepworks Don Salubayba • Huei-Jen Wu Thomas Goodale Professor Wei Qingji Ralph & Andrea Samuelson Jorie Wu Lynn Gumpert WestBridge Media Marissa Fung Shaw Kelly Wu Karen Hershey Chang-Ming Shen Phyllis Wu Geraldine Javier Matching Gifts Ming-Yu Chen Shen Shu-Chen Chiang Wu Susan Jang & Kenneth E. Rockefeller Brothers Fund Pi-Hui Shieh Sir Gordon & Lady Ivy Wu Lee Rockefeller Financial Robert Shum Yi-Hsuan Wu Jay A. Levenson Services Matching Gift Chiao-Yu Su Yue-Yun Wu Mary Kay Judy • Program Margaret Su Alice Yang Allisson & Keyes Hill-Edgar The Teagle Foundation Silvia Su James Yang and Ada K.H. Kaoru Motomiya Chen-Chen Tang Tse Redd Nacpil Shizuko Tani Jing-Fen Yang Anthony Palo Rodel Tapaya Shu-Mei Yang Anne Pasternak Iris Teng Tsui-Chan Yeh Tupe Peralta • denotes donation made by Hsiu-Cheng Shen Tsai Yen-Ling Yeh Ling Quisumbing ACC alumni Hsiu-Yuen Tsai Catherine Yen Loreto Racuya Jean Tsai Chin-Ying Yen Eddie Santillan Sally Tsai Lisa and John J. Ying Diane S. Shamas Shu-Ling Tsai Martha Sherman

2012 Donors

22 ACC PARTNERS

y establishing meaningful relationships with It is also through the generous support of our partners the leading arts, cultural, and educational in Asia, whose commitment to meaningful cultural Binstitutions and organizations in the United exchange is expressed in their generous contributions, States and Asia, the Asian Cultural Council can help that the Asian Cultural Council can continue to grow secure the greatest of resources for our grantees. in its reach and scope.

Hong Kong Friends’ Blanchette H. Miho Walsh Shu-Ling Tsai Jamie Tu Committee Rockefeller Isabel Caro Wilson Sheree Tsao Pi-Tao Tu Hans Michael Jebsen, Fellowship Fund Faye Wang Ming-Chiu Tung Chairman Committee, Japan Asian Cultural Paula Wang Lisa Wang Marissa Fung Shaw, Setsu Asakura, Council Yvette Wang Michelle Wang Co-Vice Chairman Chairman Taiwan Foundation Li-Wen Wei Pei-Jiu Wang Lady Ivy Wu, Kozo Yoshida, Douglas Tong Hsu, Li-Jing Wong Huei-Jen Wu Co-Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Chairman Jorie Wu Shu-Chen Chiang Wu Kenneth H.C. Fung, Mikio Kato, Suzie Ho Kelly Wu Jing-Fen Yang Honorary Chairman Vice Chairman Pao-Lin Hsu Yue-Yun Wu Anson Chan Yuko Hasegawa Chen-Mei Lin Alice Yang Group 33 Taichung William W. Flanz & Toshi Ichiyanagi Shirley S.P. Peng Tina Chia-Chi Lin, Janet Nathanail Masako Koyano Hsiu-Cheng Shen Tsia Group 33 South, Chair Carl Fung & Yvette Fumihiko Maki Su-Hwa Chou Yang Taiwan Maggi Chen Yeh Fung Kimpei Nakamura Shu-Mei Yang, Chair Mindy Chen Nelly & Kenneth H.C. Keiko Nishigaki Group 33 North, Catherine Yen, Shu-Hui Lin Chen Fung Yu Serizawa Taiwan Art Director Vivian Chen Jean Ho Tetsuji Shibayama Yvonne Yu-Yen Ho, Judy Chen Shuo-Yi Chiang Désirée & Hans Makiko Sugiyama Chair Kuei-Ming Lee Chen Hsiu-Fang Chou Michael Jebsen Shuji Takashina Rita Chang Lily Chen Chen-Hsiang Shu Joyce & Bradley F. Hideo Tomiyama Shirley Chang Mary Chen Ya-Wen Hsu Kerr Tadanori Yokoo Stephanie Chang Mei-Yun Chen Belle Hu Alice King Shinichi Yuize Amy Chao Carroll Chien Chih-Chueh Huang Tasha & Anish Lalvani Li-Jen Chen Yi-Fen Chow David Hung Joan Leung Asian Cultural Michelle Cheng Eileen Ho Susan Hung Paul Li Council Philippines Pi-Lien Liu Chang Yun-Ya Hung Man-Ping Lee Mabel M. Lui Foundation Ping Chu Felisa Kao Pei-Fan Liang Michael G. Palin Ernest L. Escaler, Ching-Fen Chuang Rachel Ku Tzu-Chen Liao David Pong Chun-Yee Chairman George Ho Chia-Fang Lai Jean Lin Marissa Fung Shaw Ma. Isabel B. Ongpin, Ying-Chao Ho Echo Lai Mei-Ling Lo Robert Shum President Margaret Hsiao Mei-Chih Lai Kuei-Lan Ma Michelle Vosper Ma. Lourdes B. Locsin, Mar-Lin Hsu Isabelle Lee Hsiu-O Peng Cissy & Shin Watari Treasurer Hui-Mei Huang Chen-Mei Lin Shoe-Fun Roe Anne & John R. Witt Alan Jose A. Reyes, Shiou-Ching Huang Mei-Chen Lin Chiao Yu Su Sir Gordon and Lady Corporate Secretary Sohpia Huang Patience Lin Chen-Chen Tang Ivy Wu Ching C. Cruz Jaye Li Su-Mei Liu Jean Tsai James Yang & Ada Joven R. Cuanang, Mei-Lien Liu Li Chung-Lin Lue Sally Tsai K.H. Tse M.D. Tina Ma Chang-Ming Shen Yi-Chen Tsai Lisa & John J. Ying Ma. Lourdes A. Jui-Yun Ou Ming-Yu Chen Shen Phyllis Wu Gamboa Margaret Su Pi-Hui Shieh Yi-Hsuan Wu Honorary Legal Rajo T. Laurel Chuan-Chuan Tai Silvia Su Tsui-Chan Yeh Advisers: Josie Cruz Natori Iris Teng Hsiu-Cheng Shen Tsai Yen-Ling Yeh DLA Piper Hong Kong Deanna Ongpin Recto Jaclyn Tsai Hsiu-Yuen Tsai Juan Vicente Rufino Maggie Tsai Mei-Ying Gina Tseng

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23 STAFF

NEW YORK HONG KONG

Miho Walsh Josephine Wai Executive Director Director

Stanford Makishi Christina Chung Deputy Director & Program Associate Director of Programs Lisa So Dawn Byrnes Office Manager Manager of ACC staff at their annual convening in New York. Communications MANILA Lauren Cherubini Director of Development Teresa Rances Director Eileen Connor PHOTO CREDITS Director, Finance and Cover and back: Shih-Pin Hsi, Uhngu-The Phoenix of the Window Operations TAIPEI Railing, Material: Stainless steel, Dimensions: 84(H)x63(D)x24(W)cm, Year: 2012 (Taiwan), Photo courtesy of the artist. Page 1: Photo by Cecily D. Cook Rita Chang Stephanie Berger; Page 7: Photo by ©Julie Lemberger; Page 8: Photo Senior Program Officer Director by ©Jojit Lorenzo; Page 10: Photo by Ian Douglas; Page 11: Photo courtesy of The Luggage Store Gallery SF, Photo by Jay Jones; Page Jeremy Gleason Yuwei Violet Tsai 12: Photo by AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Page 13: Spoleto Festival Program Associate Program Associate photo by Julia Lynn; Philip Yampolsky photo by Tinuk Yampolsky; Page 18 April 6 photo by Atsushi Kumagai; October 12 photo by MaryJo Kelly Leona Yu Masaya Yoshimura; Page 19: March 29 photo by ©2012 Juileta Accounting Manager Office Manager Cervantes; June 13 photo by Dido Ozcan; Page 22: Photo by Daniel Schwartz; Page 24: Photo by Ralph Mendoza Sonia E. Kwiatkowski Development Officer TOKYO

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