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Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
On Display from August 12, 2011 — October 14, 2012
Open 11:30 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. daily
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001
Through the work of seven artists from across the country, Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter offers provocative artistic responses to the Asian experience in America and the meaning of being Asian American. Their visual stories offer representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have long obscured the complexity of being Asian in America. Their approaches to identity and portraiture elicit mixed feelings of ambivalence, individuality, nostalgia, pride and pain. The disparate threads of race, ethnicity, gender, diaspora, hybridity and transnationalism are laid bare in these rich and exciting portraits of encounter.
Now On Display
Sweet & Sour: A Look at the History of Chinese Food in the United States
Currently on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the Sweet & Sour showcase represents a milestone within an ongoing initiative by the museum to focus on its Chinese American history and culture through collections. The project called for collecting a variety of Chinese restaurant-related objects ranging from menus, restaurant signs, and cooking tools.
Now On Tour
Filipinos in America: From Colonial Subjects to Citizens
This exhibition captures the challenges and issues that confronted Filipinos following the annexation of the Philippines as a U.S. territory in 1898. Singgalot explores the Filipino experience initially as colonial subjects and nationals, and further examines their struggles to acquire full citizenship status as immigrants in this country throughout the last century.
Previous Exhibits:
- Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon
- Creating Hawaii
- Barriers to Bridges
- Gliding to Golden Vistory—Apolo Ohno's skates
- Japanese American Pioneers of the Jet Age
- Through my Father's Eyes
- Miracle under the Waves
- Do-Ho Suh's Staircase IV
- Dreams and Reality
- A More Perfection Union
- Kaho'olawe: Ke Aloha Kupa'a I Ka'Aina
- On Gold Mountiain
- Gateway to Gold Mountain
- Fly to Freedom
- From Bento to Mixed Plate
Latest Happenings
Read about the experiences of Indian Americans from the perspective of different bloggers covering topics such as culture, identity, family, recent events, and more.
Read blog articles from staff and interns at the National Museum of American History about Sweet & Sour related artifacts and stories. The Sweet & Sour showcase represents a milestone within an ongoing initiative by the museum to focus on its Chinese American history and culture through collections.
Part of the "Welcome to Smithsonian" video series, this short video explores the APA heritage within the Smithsonian Institution.
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