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2004
Winter
This program is part of the MVP Series, which is made up of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The American Indian Center, the Arab American Action Network, the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and the Center for Asian Arts and Media of Columbia College.
Spring
Summer
Fall
Crowning Glory: Multicultural Hats, Headwear, and Ornamentation
In collaboration with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Multicultural Voices and Perspectives Series (MVP), the Center participated in this unique fashion event, which presented
more than 75 traditional and contemporary hats and headwear worn by men and women of various international cultures.
In collaboration with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Multicultural Voices and Perspectives Series (MVP), the Center participated in this unique fashion event, which presented
more than 75 traditional and contemporary hats and headwear worn by men and women of various international cultures.
This program is part of the MVP Series, which is made up of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The American Indian Center, the Arab American Action Network, the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and the Center for Asian Arts and Media of Columbia College.
Spring
Double Happiness: Asian/American Wedding Stories
Every culture has its own wedding traditions. For some Asian Americans, the western custom of exchanging vows is replaced with pouring tea or rice wine for your parents in front of family altar or by walking around the Agni, a sacred fire believed to be the sustainer of life, which acts as a witness of the marriage.
Every culture has its own wedding traditions. For some Asian Americans, the western custom of exchanging vows is replaced with pouring tea or rice wine for your parents in front of family altar or by walking around the Agni, a sacred fire believed to be the sustainer of life, which acts as a witness of the marriage.
Through wedding photographs, garments and objects from the 1920s to the present, "Double Happiness: Asian/American Wedding Stories" explored the origin and transformation of Asian wedding culture in America.
From China to the Philippines to Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and India, the content spans and explores the pan-ethnic/multi-ethnic/multicultural identity of Asian America. Falling under categories of ethnicity, time/generation, and place, these memory forms allow us to reflect upon personal stories of love and life and the inevitable changes, cultural fusions and flipsides of tradition.
Summer
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce Dragon Boat Race
In our first year competing in the Dragon Boat races, the Center's team, led by coxswain Nancy Tom, and consisting of Columbia College Chicago international students, staff and friends, made it to the quarterfinals!
In our first year competing in the Dragon Boat races, the Center's team, led by coxswain Nancy Tom, and consisting of Columbia College Chicago international students, staff and friends, made it to the quarterfinals!
Fall
Dongnae Yaryu: The Masked Dance-Play
Along with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs the Center presented Dongnae Yaryu at the Claudia Cassidy Theatre at the Chicago Cultural Center. Dongnae Yaryu is believed to have originated around the tenth century in Korea and became established as a distinctive form of
Along with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs the Center presented Dongnae Yaryu at the Claudia Cassidy Theatre at the Chicago Cultural Center. Dongnae Yaryu is believed to have originated around the tenth century in Korea and became established as a distinctive form of
entertainment in the middle of the 18th century.
It is an art form in which dance, words and movement come together as a fully developed drama. It does not follow one continuous story line from beginning to end. Rather, it is an omnibus presentation of the elements of a drama. As various styles of masked drama developed with their own distinctive features in many areas of Korea, plots have shared common themes: the resistance of the common people to the ruling class who hoard power and money; and the confrontation between the old man, the tyrannical head of a traditional patriarchal family, and his suffering wife.