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MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA

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Photos Courtesy of Museum of Chinese in America and Maya Lin Studio

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The mission of the Museum of Chinese in America is to celebrate the living history of

Chinese Americans, to inspire our continuing contributions to U.S. civil society and its evolving

cultural narrative, and to empower and bridge our diverse communities across generation, ethnicity

and geography through our dynamic stories and programs.

MOCA is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution that presents the living history,

heritage, culture and diverse experiences of Chinese Americans through exhibitions, educational

services and public programs. It began in 1980 as the community-based New York Chinatown History

Project founded by community and student activists led by historian John Kuo Wei Tchen and Charles

Lai. It has since grown to encompass the stories and journeys of the many communities of Chinese

America, both in the New York Metro area and across the U.S., including new immigrants and

established multi-generation families.

Since late 2009 when MOCAs moved into its beautiful space, designed by Maya Lin, and

located at the crossroads of Soho and Chinatown, its exhibitions, programs and audiences have grown in

size and scope and is visited by thousands of local residents, tourists and schoolchildren. This was made

possible by a unique public/private partnership between collaborative government efforts to rebuild

Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11 and MOCAs growing community of donors led by its Board

of Trustees. Currently, MOCAs family consists not only of its many visitors, members, scholars, artists,

activists, and families with young children, but with a growing base of young professionals, business

leaders and entrepreneurs.

MOCAs Board of Trustees 2012

Thomas C. AhnThe Mount Sinai Medical Center

Anla ChengSino-Century China Private Equity, LLC

Stanley R. ChiuGoldman, Sachs & Co.

Kevin D. EngColumbus Hill Capital Management, LP

June JeeConsultant and Volunteer

Clarence Kwan, Co-Vice ChairDeloitte LLP

Jonathan Lee, TreasurerDeloitte LLP

Carolyn B. LevineMemorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center

Jonathan K. Ligh, M.D., FACSVitreorential Surgeon

Maya Lin, Co-ChairMaya Lin Studio

David Liu, Co-Vice Chair

XO Group Inc.

Wan Ling MartelloNestle SA

Jenny MingCharlotte Russe

Dr. Jason SunThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

Patricia P. Tang, SecretaryE.V. Thaw and Co. Inc.

Mei-Mei Tuan, Co-ChairNotch Partners LLC

Theodore T. WangGoldman, Sachs & Co.

Frank H. WuUniversity of California Hastings College of Law

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FACT SHEET

MOCAs main museum building, located at the edge of New Yorks Soho a nd Chinatown at215 Centre Street, is open to the public five days per week. Our research and archive center is

at 70 Mulberry Street. Phone: 212.619.4785. Website: mocanyc.org.

MOCA is today a beautiful 14,000 square foot space designed by artist/designer Maya Lin andwas inaugurated with the help of Mayor Bloomberg. It is a green building and is expected to

achieve LEED SILVER certification. The space includes multiple exhibition galleries, interactive

visitor kiosks, a public programs space, and a classroom.

The collection includes over 65,000 business, family and community artifacts, documents,newspapers/magazines, photographs, and oral histories relaying the diverse histories of Chinese

Americans.

The core exhibitionWith a Single Steptraces over160 years of Chinese American history isaugmented annually with three rotating exhibitions that explore thematic, historic and artistic

subjects related to the Chinese experience in America.

MOCAs public programs include interactive family festivals celebrating Chinese holidays, aspeaker series, gallery tours, walking tours of Chinatown, workshops, film festivals, and author

talks among many other popular programs.

Featured past speakers and performers included: Chancellor Frank H. Wu, Xu Bing, Dr.

David Ho,David Henry Hwang, Betty Ming Liu, Dana Leong, and Christophe W. Mao. Over 30,000 visitors attend MOCA annually, including local residents and tourists from

around the world.

About 9,000 students from over 200 schools participate in MOCAs educational programs. MOCA has received prestigious grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, National

Endowment for the Arts, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and many others.

The Chinese Heritage Shop exhibit is sponsored by American Express, the Special ExhibitionGallery is supported by Bloomberg LP, and Target sustains Free Admission Thursdays.

MOCAs annual operating budget has grown to about $3 million with a staff of 14 full-time, 7part-timers, 10-15 interns, and 100 volunteers. Almost half of the income comes from

individuals, including contributions from Trustees, members and many donors.

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Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Lee Mingwei: The Travelers and The Quartet Project October 20, 2011 March 26, 2012Two installations by Taiwan-born American conceptual artist Lee Mingwei: The Travelers, a MOCA-

commissioned story-telling piece involving notebooks sent around the world like chain letters, engagingparticipants to contribute stories of leaving home; and The Quartet Project, an interactive sound installationilluminating DvoraksAmerican Quartet.

America through a Chinese Lens (working title) April 25-September 10, 2012

An exhibition of 60 photographs depicting American life taken by 12 Chinese artists, documentary

photographers and non-professionals, identifying the specific ways in which the Chinese have used the camera

to see this country - its beauty, contradictions, and realities.June 4, 1989: Media and Mobilization Beyond Tiananmen Square April 25-September 10, 2012

Drawing from MOCAs extensive collection of Asian-American periodicals, this exhibition reconstructs a

narrative of the coverage of and response to the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre of 1989. Amidst thecurrent renaissance of popular protest,June 4, 1989: Media and Mobilization Beyond Tiananmen Square offers a

chance to reflect critically on the inseparable roles of protester, journalist, and spectator at home.

Marvels and Monsters September 20, 2012 February 2013Marvels and Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986 The William F. Wu Collection atThe NYU Fales Library & Special Collectionsfeaturesover four decades of comic book work that showpersistent stereotyping of Asians. The exhibition is built around science fiction author and cultural studiesscholar William F. Wuspainstakingly gathered archive of comic books featuring images of Asians and AsianAmericans.Contemporary Asian American Underground Comics (w.t.) September 20, 2012 February 2013This special project curated specifically for MOCA by Marvels and Monsters curator, Jeffrey Yang, surveys thebest of contemporary underground comics created by Asian artists, often dealing with issues such as racism,war and economic inequality. The exhibition will feature rarely exhibited original artwork.

Upcoming Public Program Highlights

Theater Programs February 8 & 15, 2012In collaboration with others, MOCA presents evenings of theater, featuring major productions followed bytalks with the authors, directors, and cast members. In February, these include Qui Nugyens The InexplicableRedemption of Agent G, produced by Ma-Yi Theater in association with Vampire Cowboys Theater Company,

and David Henry Hwangs current Broadway comedy, Chinglish.

Target Free Thursday Programs Ongoing

These programs feature community programs, exhibition talks, and MOCAs works-in-progress emerging

artist series. In March, key programs will include an evening celebrating the publication of an oral history of the

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, a talk by Lee Mingwei discussing his current installations, and a

film screening ofCrossing the Canal, a documentary on the Overseas Chinese Mission, one of the largest

Chinese Christian congregations in New York with historical resonance for the community.