Author: Cynthia Yee

Momentum Greenway Dance Program, Presented by Amazon, 2023 – The Rose Kennedy Greenway

So happy that my essays and stories are a primary source for the performance of "Becoming Water, " by the Continuum Dance Project, choreographed by co-directors, Fernadina Chan and Adriane Brayton as part of the Momentum Greenway Dance Program, presented by Amazon, 2023. I recorded a bilingual Taishanese and English voiceover of 12 quotes from … Continue reading Momentum Greenway Dance Program, Presented by Amazon, 2023 – The Rose Kennedy Greenway →

“Sky” : a resource for “Joyful Stitch”

In creating Joyful Stitch, visual artist and landscape designer Ponnapa Prakkamakul read my essay, “Sky” and my poem, “ My MaMa’s Back” and conducted interviews of myself and other children of garment workers, revealing a thoughtful research process. Thank you very much , Ponnapa Prakkamakul, for your respect for primary sources and your sensitivity to … Continue reading “Sky” : a resource for “Joyful Stitch” →

“Joyful Stitch”

“Joyful Stitch”: a beautiful new public art installation by Thai visual artist and landscape architect, Ponnapa Prakkamakul, will have an Opening Reception Saturday, July 1, 2023 , from 2-5:00 pm at Boston’s Leather District Park . My poem, “My MaMa’s Back”, will run through and over the new installation, in English , Chinese, and Braille. … Continue reading “Joyful Stitch” →

Elegant Words from Elegance Herself

I received these words in a text message recently on a day when I really needed them. “You have a deeply personal connection to Chinatown and the people from the community. I don’t know it firsthand, but I imagine it’s very frustrating to see someone else misrepresent Chinatown.” “It’s why I really admire your work.” … Continue reading Elegant Words from Elegance Herself →

Beyond the Black / White Paradigm : Let’s Talk Busing/Desegregation Order’s (1974-1988) Effect on a Boston Chinatown School where Children were neither Black nor White

This film, conceived and produced by Yvonne Ng, co-directed and filmed by Alan Kwan, Director of Production for the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) started as a casual idea among the 3 of us. Yet it has had 1K views in 9 years and is still relevant today as we revisit questions about race … Continue reading Beyond the Black / White Paradigm : Let’s Talk Busing/Desegregation Order’s (1974-1988) Effect on a Boston Chinatown School where Children were neither Black nor White →

The Pao Arts Center: Holding Each Other Close

I wrote this letter in 2019 in support of the new Pao Art Center founded in 2017. I designed a homage to my immigrant heritage in Yu Wen Wu’s Pao artist-in-residence Bundlings project : Leavings/ Belongings. Asian American artists: musicians writers dancers choreographers filmmakers gather under Yu Wen Wu’s “Lantern Stories,” a project supported by … Continue reading The Pao Arts Center: Holding Each Other Close →

Experience Chinatown: The On-Going Festival Celebrating Boston’s Chinatown | Arts | The Harvard Crimson

Experience Chinatown 2022, a wonderful 3 month arts festival organized by the talented staff at the Pao Arts Center under the leadership of Cynthia Woo, included window mural art. To my surprise and delight, my face painted on the window of the Happy Lamb faced Washington Street, the former site of the adult entertainment district … Continue reading Experience Chinatown: The On-Going Festival Celebrating Boston’s Chinatown | Arts | The Harvard Crimson →