Taiwanese American Arts Council

The Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil fos­ters aware­ness of Tai­wanese Amer­i­can art and encour­age dia­logue on artis­tic issues with­in the broad­er com­mu­ni­ty in the Unit­ed States by:

• Coor­di­nat­ing, spon­sor­ing, and pre­sent­ing high qual­i­ty pro­grams in all dis­ci­plines of art, and encour­ag­ing cross cul­tur­al exchange between artists from Tai­wan and artists in North Amer­i­ca of var­i­ous eth­nic­i­ties by enabling them to exhib­it, per­form, pub­li­ca­tion, and pro­duce their work in the Unit­ed States.
• Iden­ti­fy­ing and grant­i­ng finan­cial assis­tance to deserv­ing Tai­wanese-Amer­i­can artists and orga­ni­za­tions, and assist­ing them in form­ing a net­work for shar­ing infor­ma­tion, resources and funding.
• Build­ing aware­ness and appre­ci­a­tion of Tai­wanese art in North Amer­i­ca by pro­mot­ing indi­vid­ual artists and by forg­ing alliances with oth­er cul­tur­al and art organizations.
• Encour­ag­ing schol­ar­ship in the arts by com­mis­sion­ing aca­d­e­m­ic essays out­lin­ing artis­tic sig­nif­i­cance, and pub­lish­ing cat­a­logs, books, and adver­tis­ing mate­r­i­al to bring Tai­wanese Amer­i­can art to the atten­tion of the broad­er inter­na­tion­al community.

On View

Lib­er­ty in Dream: Sil­i­con Nir­vana and the Dig­i­tal Bath, June 21-July 27
NY-Inspired paint­ing series by Chia-Wei Chang reflects the reclin­ing Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty in a Bud­dha-like rest pos­ture, sug­gest­ing detach­ment or tran­scen­dence. The inclu­sion of ​“Sil­i­con” alludes to the TSMC (Tai­wan Semi­con­duc­tor Man­u­fac­tur­ing Com­pa­ny) pedestal, sym­bol­iz­ing glob­al tech influ­ence. The Dig­i­tal Bath hints at the Turk­ish bath (ham­mam) while also evok­ing immer­sion in a vir­tu­al or sur­re­al envi­ron­ment, enhanced by the VR headset. 

Col­laps­ing Land­scape: No One Sur­face the Same as Any Oth­er, June 21-July 27
Arc­ti­ca Research Project by Jia-Jen Lin is a three-chan­nel video with major footage and sound of calv­ing glac­i­ers record­ed dur­ing the artist’s field research with The Arc­tic Cir­cle expe­di­tion around the Sval­bard arch­i­pel­ago, Norway. 

In Mem­o­ry of Pen­cil Walk­er – Shi Jin-Hua (1964 – 2024), June 21-July 27
This trib­ute exhi­bi­tion curat­ed by Pao-Yu Cheng hon­ors the poet­ic lega­cy of artist Shi Jin-Hua, known as the ​“Pen­cil Walk­er,” whose prac­tice explored the beau­ty of mea­sure­ment, endurance, and qui­et cre­ativ­i­ty. A spe­cial hands-on inter­ac­tive per­for­mance will take place at 2 PM, invit­ing all vis­i­tors to par­tic­i­pate in a com­mu­nal act of mea­sur­ing House 17 — com­mem­o­rat­ing Shi Jin-Hua’s spir­it through shared move­ment, mem­o­ry, and reflection.

Antarc­ti­ca Native & Select­ed ECO Art on Island, June 21-July 27
Select­ed pieces reflect­ing Native Antarc­ti­cians nature, cli­mate, and coex­is­tence. Selec­tions from ECO Art on Island artist Kyunglim Lee’s Recy­cle card board paintings. 

Spe­cial Pro­gram: A Fiber Art Work­shop, June 21-July 27
Explore hands-on tech­niques and ideas behind con­tem­po­rary fiber prac­tices and view out­door instal­la­tion of of Tai­wan Indige­nous Migra­tion map cre­at­ed by Wen-Jen Deng.

Getting to Nolan Park

3 Minutes from Soissons Landing 7 Minutes from Yankee Pier

1 Minutes from Soissons Landing 5 Minutes from Yankee Pier