member’s newsletter | winter 2009 Discover your palate. Savor the art. A splash of art, a sprinkle of food, and a dash of good company are our main ingredients for the evening. Saturday, April 4, 2009 Bell Harbor International Conference Center | 2211 Alaskan Way in Seattle’s Pier 66 For tickets, call (206) 623.5124 ext. 107 ome celebrate the Wing Luke Asian Museum’s Year of New Beginnings 2009 Annual CDinner and Auction featuring the Art of Cuisine with celebrity emcee Mark Dacascos, Chairman of Iron Chef America. Barry Wong photography Taste your way through a selection of art-inspired appetizers created by local chefs, learn about their inspirations, and vote for your favorite! Culinary creations will be presented by Gerold Castro of Kawali Grill, Gian Jaswal of India Bistro, Alex Nguyen of Saigon Bistro, Alan Quan of Four Seas, Christina Scholz of ATA Farms, and Rachel Yang of Joule. Artists featured in the auction include: James Lawrence Ardeña, Alfredo Arreguin, Arturo Artorez, Barbara Barnes Allen, Sonja Blomdahl, Romson Bustillo, Virginia Causey, MalPina Chan, Diem Chau, Don de Llamas, Janell de Varona, Marita Dingus, Jack Eng, Catherine Foster, Akiko Graham, Aaliyah Gupta, Amy Hara, Mark Horiuchi, late Paul Horiuchi, Etsuko Ichikawa, Mary Ishii, Louise Kikuchi, Fumiko Kimura, Marilyn Kreft, Bobbie Larson, Alan Lau, Gwendolyn Lee, Cheryll Leo-Gwin, Kathy Liao, Lee Sik Lim, Lolan Lo Cheng, Jane Molnar McCormmach, Benjamin Moore, Saya Moriyasu, Benjamin Muchnick, Maureen Murphy Herward, Mira Nakashima, Jennifer Nerad, Thu Nguyen, Corrine Okada Takara, Nori Okamura, Reid Ozaki, Tommer Peterson, Michael Roco, Michael Ryan, Britt Rynearson, June Sekiguchi, Joby Shimomura, Evert Sodergren, Aki Sogabe, late Robert Sperry, Taiko Suzuki, Teresa Tamura, Gerard Tsutakawa, late Windsor Utley, ZZ Wei, Barry Wong, Rick Wong, Stewart Wong, Junko Yamamoto, and Thomas Zalewski. The event starts at 5pm with the VIP reception beginning at 4pm. Don’t miss it! Deporting Cambodians: How Immigration Policy Shapes Our Communities A New Dialogue Initiative Exhibit | ON DISPLAY through October 18, 2009 Sponsored by: 4Culture, Adobe, ArtsFund, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Little Family Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Washington State Arts Commission. Media sponsor: Comcast. The recent deportations of Cambodian refugees are just one point in a long line of immigration policies that have shaped the lives of immigrants to the U.S. This poignant exhibit explores how immigration and refugee policies have formed communities by impacting where people live and work, causing long-lasting effects on families, and influencing sense of identity. The New Dialogue Initiative is a multi-strategy program that address concerns and urgent needs about contemporary social issues and news events affecting the Asian Pacific American community. Protestors from the Cambodian community march through the streets of White Center, June 21, 2002. West Seattle Herald/White Center News. Photo by Matthew E. Durham. See more special exhibits on page 3 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Board of Trustees e are halfway into the Wing Luke Asian Museum’s Year Gloria Lung Wakayama, Co-President Wof New Beginnings, and what a year it has been, on so Ellen Ferguson, Co-President many levels. Casey Bui, Vice President • Many hundreds of you have helped develop and Helen Kay, Secretary Victor Mizumori, Treasurer open twelve new exhibits since our June 2008 Grand Opening, covering a wide range of issues and Asian Pacific Bruce Brundige American ethnic stories, including Ho’omau ka Huaka’i, Sai Chaleunphonh The Voyage Continues: Native Hawaiians in the Pacific Katherine Cheng Northwest and Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the Gemma Valdez Daggatt “ForgottenWar”; Jackie Der Mimi Gan • Museum staff reinvented our business operations, Bruce Hayashi enabling us to welcome 25,000 visitors by 2008 year-end; Judd Lee • Thanks to all for your generous donations and charter memberships, for Patricia Norikane Logerwell taking one of the three kinds of tours we offer: Gallery Tours, Historic Immersion Tours Paul Mar (of the “secret rooms”) and Neighborhood Tours. For your enthusiastic shopping in our JoAnn Mills Marshall Barbara Mizoguchi Marketplace, a popular hybrid of APA trading companies with Asian street markets, Savitha Pathi crammed with a distinctive assortment of products. For locating your group events in our Dolores Sibonga sparkling 100-year old building. For helping respond to popular demand for the reprise Judy Tobin of our signature dinner auction event, this year on Saturday April 4, 2009: Year of Dave C. Williams New Beginnings featuring the Art of Cuisine; Sung Yang • Our new customer levels help boost the economic health of a unique historic Staff ethnic neighborhood, a tremendous achievement in the face of deep recession and the Ethelyn Abellanosa • snowpocalypse, and provide the singular setting for public exposure and dialogue with Roldy Ablao II • Aimee Aquino • the pan-Asian Pacific American communities. Joann Natalia Aquino • Janet Aviado • Nari Baker • Congratulations and thank you to all for your part in being named among the Russel Bareng • Vivian Chan • Seattle Times’ Best of Puget Sound 2008. At the risk of sounding like a movie ad, here David Chattin McNichols• Cassie Chinn • Claire Hyon Cho • are excerpts from the Times: Cesar Cueva • Monica Day • …(a) cultural triumph deserving recognition Sean Espero • Bob Fisher • …a dazzling arena of clever art installations and art objects paying Miya Forrest • Joshua Heim • homage to the broad umbrella of Asian cultures John Hom • Suzanne Hu • …Wing Luke’s storied presence is a major driver of revitalization of the International District… Ammara Hun • Walton Huynh • Karen Kajiwara • Nam Keo • We’re learning new things every day as our community stories and voices reach unprec- Eli Kim • Howard King • edented new audiences. Thank you for helping us reach new heights in 2009! Michelle Reiko Kumata • Leo Lam • Cindy Manabat Lee • Susan Lee • Jennie Fong Ly • Thank you and Welcome Donna Ma • Charlene Mano Shen • Vi Mar • Jeannette Roden • Welcome to our newest Board of Trustees member Sai Chaleunphonh. Sai is a partner Christina Seong • Elizabeth Shaiken • at Marpac Construction, LLC and has more than 14 years of experience in construction project Amber Strangstalien • Margaret Su • management as well as community involvement work with SCIDPDA, Inter*Im, Nikkei Concerns, Beth Takekawa • Angel Taniguchi • KinOn and the Seattle Library. Troy Tsuchikawa • Lisa Wan Please welcome Nari Baker, our new Grants Associate. Nari is a graduate of Hampshire College with a focus in Race, Identity and Transnational Migration and has studied in Korea on a research grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. She is also a former volunteer at the Wing Luke Asian Museum Museum’s front desk, as a docent and at the auction. 719 South King Street Welcome to Sean Espero, our new Visitor Services Lead/Interpretive Lead and Walton Seattle, WA 98104 Huynh, our new Marketplace Sales Associate. Sean is a graduate of Seattle University with a B.A. Phone: (206) 623–5124 in History, a minor in Asian Studies and experience at the Museum as a former intern and docent. Website: www.wingluke.org Walton is currently a student at the University of Washington and has volunteered with the Chinese Post and the City of Seattle Planning Department. Winter 2009 Newsletter Congratulations to Janet Aviado for stepping up to a new challenge as Librarian and Edited by Joann Natalia Aquino Community Programs Coordinator. Layout Design by Naomi Mittet [02] SPecial Exhibits ON DisPlaY Ho’omau Ka Huaka’i, The Voyage Continues: Native Hawai’ians in the Pacific Northwest Through August 16, 2009 | Safeco Insurance Foundation Special Exhibition Gallery A groundbreaking exhibit for both the Wing Luke Asian Museum and the Asian Pacific Islander American community, Ho’omau ka Huaka’i, The Voyage Continues explores the experiences of Native Hawai’ians in the Pacific Northwest from past to present day. The exhibit highlights the Native Hawai’ians’ pioneer history as the first Asian Pacific Islander group in the Pacific Northwest, the rich contributions of Native Hawai’ians in Washington State for the past 200 years, the community formed to preserve their rich cultural traditions and the legacies they leave for future generations. Sponsored by: Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, 4Culture, Humanities Washington, Women’s Photo courtesy of ‘Iwalani Christian. History Consortium. Media sponsor: Comcast Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the “Forgotten War” a multimedia exhibit about the legacies of war Through May 17, 2009 | George Tsutakawa Art Gallery Still Present Pasts features video, installation and performance art by ten Korean American artists in conversation with the first systematically recorded oral histories of Korean American survivors of the US-Korean War and their families. Featuring artwork by Yul-san Liem, Injoo Whang, Ji- Young Yoo, film by Deann Borshay Liem, artistic contributions from Erica Cho, Sukjong Hong, Koreans fleeing Pyongyang braving the icy waters of the and Yong Soon Min, and oral histories and historical background from Ramsay Liem and Ji-Yeon Taedong River. December 10, 1950. Yuh. Technical assistance provided by Young Sul. Photo: Bettmann Collection / CORBIS Traveling exhibition sponsors: Boston College, Channing and Popai Liem Education Foundation, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Puffin