Author: Cynthia Yee

Interview with the Boston Compass Newspaper, May, 2021.

I was interviewed by Stephen Grigelevich in Spring of 2021. I had just been nominated, to my great surprise, to apply for the Brother Thomas Fellowship at the Boston Foundation and was struggling with the intricacies of the online form when he flew into my life . To fit him into my hectic life I … Continue reading Interview with the Boston Compass Newspaper, May, 2021. →

Meditations on the Power of Community: Collaboration with the Gardner Museum and Lenora Lee Dance Company

https://youtu.be/2b3KVb97YFU Meditations on the Power of Community is a short film commissioned by the Gardner Museum, featuring choreography by Pao Arts Center 2021 Artist-in-Residence Lenora Lee Dance and filmed by Weiying Olivia Huang. The film features interviews with members of Boston’s Chinatown community, in response to the Museum's exhibition Shen Wei: Painting in Motion. This … Continue reading Meditations on the Power of Community: Collaboration with the Gardner Museum and Lenora Lee Dance Company →

Duck

Cynthia Yee, Yee Li Hing, 余麗馨 March 2021 1958 Boston Chinatown I had to go to the Kwong Kow Chinese School after American School every afternoon for three hours, and every Saturday morning, too. Three days earlier, I’d quit. I hadn’t told anybody, not my Dad, not my teachers, and certainly not MaMa. I’d just … Continue reading Duck →

Lantern Stories — 116 Hudson Street

My home, 116 Hudson Street, memorialized in the “Lantern Stories” exhibit on the Greenway by artist, Yu Wen Wu. I am 13 years old babysitting my friend Susan’s little brother Ken on Hudson Street. It was the last Easter Sunday before the demolition of my neighborhood. I sewed my own dress of lilac polished cotton … Continue reading Lantern Stories — 116 Hudson Street →

“My MaMa’s Back” — 29 Oak Street Projections

Join us today, September 24, for “Lantern Stories,” a lighting exhibition, featuring the iconic photo of my 13 year old self and my Hudson Street house, by Yu Wen Wu launching at Chinatown Gate, 6–7:30 p.m., and at 8–9 p.m., enjoy a program of text, still, and moving image artwork by local artists projected on … Continue reading “My MaMa’s Back” — 29 Oak Street Projections →

“My MaMa’s Back” Voice Over Archival Photo Video: Local Artist Films Program

Top billing in the Local Artist Films Program organized by the Chinatown Community Land Trust 9/17/2020 part of the 29 Oak Street Wall Projections series. My MaMa’s Back,” an excerpt from a longer story called, “Duck,” is a tribute to the Chinese immigrant women garment workers of my Boston Chinatown childhood. The text and the … Continue reading “My MaMa’s Back” Voice Over Archival Photo Video: Local Artist Films Program →