AARC Fall 2022 Exhibit Reception

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Join the AARC and our featured artists for the opening reception of our fall exhibits, Seeking Community and Visions of Asia. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided.

Seeking Community: Asian American Belonging within the Austin American-Statesman: Photographer Lizzie Chen and Asian Pacific American Community Archivist Ayshea Khan are excited to present Seeking Community: Asian American Belonging within the Austin American-Statesman, a curated selection of photographs from the Austin American-Statesman Photographic Morgue collection housed at the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

Visions of Asia: A Group Photo Exhibit: Depart on a visual journey to three distinct locations in Asia in this exhibit. Join three Central Texas Photographers as they chronicle their personal experience of the picturesque beauty of the scenery in Gulin, China; the vibrant urban energy of Chennai, India, and the religious rituals of devotees at the Ganges in Allahabad, India.

AVAFest 2022: Virtual Exhibit Feat. Jae Kwon: Jae Kwon ( 권재연) was born in 1985 in Ulsan, Korea. He immigrated to the U.S. — the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland — at age 10. Upon graduating high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. Following the end of his service in 2015 Jae found a home and a community in Austin, Texas.

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