Ping Pong Tables of Chinatown: A Celebration of Diversity and Nature by Jennifer Duan, Stephanie Li, and Katelyn Lipton, Photo Credit: Mel Taing
Celebrations of Perseverance: Public Art in Chinatown, 2024-2025, curated by Lani Asunción showcases temporary public art and performance place-based projects created as part of the 2024-2025 Un-monument initiative. These public art projects create space for joy and community celebration of cultural identity, through uplifting Chinatown as a neighborhood, cultural hub, and monument within the city of Boston.
Gallery hours
Wednesday, Fridays, Saturdays | 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Thursdays | 1:00 - 6:00 PM
Visitors will be able to view all five projects featured inside our gallery space for the first time. Click the titles below to learn more about each public art project:
abundance among us: dragon and friends
By Sheila Novak, Cass Li, and Wen-hao Tien with project support from Maria Fong
Sprouts of Resilience: A Journey from Seed to Tofu
By Ying Ye
Imagine Safety
By Joanna Tam
Ping Pong Tables of Chinatown: A Celebration of Diversity and Nature
By Jennifer Duan, Stephanie Li, and Katelyn Lipton
The Thousand Bloom – A Chrysanthemum Grows in Chinatown 千朵花開:唐人街長出一朵菊花
By Anita Yip
POLINATURE: Chinatown
By Ecosistema Urbana
Related Programming
Opening Reception | March 20, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Sprouts of Resilience: A Journey on the Tofu Tricycle | April 5 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM
abundance among us: puppetry workshop | April 12, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sprouts of Resilience: A Tofu Making Workshop | June 7 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
About the Curator
Lani Asunción (they/she)
Lani Asunción (they/she) is a Filipinx interdisciplinary artist who uses multimedia technologies and research to create socially conscious work that explores aspects of cultural identity and climate change in the form of public art and performance. Asunción’s current project SONG/LAND/SEA: WAI Water Warning is a public sculpture installation commissioned by the Rose Kennedy Greenway on view from 2024 until Fall 2025, supported by a 2024 MOAC Neighborhood Activation Grant and 2024-25 Expanding Massachusetts Stories Climate Track Grant from Mass Humanities.
Photo credit: Sasha Pedro
About the Project
Works featured in the exhibit were created as part of the Un-monument initiative, presented by Pao Arts Center, curated by Lani Asunción, in collaboration with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture brought to you by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
Language: English and Traditional Chinese
Contact for inquiries: Maia Erslev.