Fine Wine Preview (PDF)
Our Home Turns 100: Celebrating a Century of Stories
Saturday, April 17, 2010
5pm: VIP & Grand Centennial Reception with early Silent Auction bidding
6pm: General Registration and Silent Auction
7pm: Dinner and Live Auction
The Wing Luke Asian Museum's 2010 Auction and Dinner, Our Home Turns 100: Celebrating a Century of Stories, will be held on-site at our beautiful building and in a festive adjacent tent.
Preview the Auction Catalogue (PDF)
Catalogue Addendum (PDF)
Tickets
General: $175
includes
- dinner and wine
- participation in silent and live auctions
(All but $75 is tax deductible)
VIP: $275
includes
- dinner and wine
- access to exclusive VIP Preview and Reception with appetizers and drinks
- early guaranteed Silent Auction bidding
- valet parking
(All but $100 is tax deductible)
Grand Centennial: $325
includes
- dinner and wine
- access to exclusive VIP Preview and Reception with appetizers and drinks
- early guaranteed Silent Auction bidding
- valet parking
- your own limited edition commemorative lapel pin (1/2” x 7/8” finished silver) custom designed by renowned artist Gerard Tsutakawa, celebrated Washingtonian whose recent public works include “The Mitt” at Safeco Field, “Thunderbolt” at the Four Seasons Hotel, “Standing Wave” for Sound Transit, and the Wing Luke Asian Museum’s beautifully crafted door pulls and stunning entrance.
(All but $150 is tax deductible)
We look forward to celebrating with you! This is the museum’s largest fundraising event of the year, with proceeds benefiting our programs and operations.
Due to overwhelming interest in our special event, online ticketing is unavailable. Please call (206) 623-5124 ext. 107 to purchase your tickets.
In Great Appreciation
Our Generous Sponsors:
Recognizing the milestone and in support of education initiatives
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Bank of America
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hudson Group - Seattle Joint Venture Partners
KOMO 4 TV
Marpac Construction, LLC.
Puget Sound Energy
Regal Financial Bank
Target
Uwajimaya, Inc.
Distinguished Hosts: Senator Daniel Inouye and Irene Hirano Inouye
Honorary Co-Chairs: The Moriguchi Family
Auction Co-Chairs: Katherine Cheng, Mimi Gan, Paul Mar, Jan Tanabe
Preview the Auction Art
Stay tuned for more exciting details on the art auction!
Happy 100th Birthday, East Kong Yick!
Rooms with a view of history at the Wing Luke Asian Museum
-- Seattle Times
In 1910, Goon Dip, a prominent businessman in Seattle’s Chinese American community, led a group of Asian American pioneers to form the Kong Yick Investment Company. With no financial backing from a bank, the investment company pooled money from approximately 170 community members to fund the construction of two twin buildings that would serve as the anchor of a new Chinatown. The East Kong Yick Building — Wing Luke Asian Museum’s permanent home — is one of two buildings erected, the other being the West Kong Yick.
Throughout the years, the East Kong Yick served as a social and information hub and housed retail businesses on the first floor. This four-story hotel provided lodging for male Chinese laborers, then also for Japanese and Filipinos as they arrived in Seattle. Some women were here at the time of the building creation and they built family apartments for the second generation along Canton Alley and on the 8th Avenue side. The buildings therefore were always viewed as a place to set down roots, raise families and build a lasting community here in the U.S.
Seattle’s Chinatown-International District is the only place in the continental United States where Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese and others settled together and built one neighborhood. By settling in the East Kong Yick Building, the Wing Luke Asian Museum works to inspire the preservation of other historic buildings in the area and bring thousands of visitors to support the many neighboring shops and restaurants.
100 years marks a century of stories, history, struggle and deep roots of the Asian Pacific American community in Seattle, as well as the hopes, opportunities and future that our visionary pioneers had in mind when they invested in building the East Kong Yick and our neighborhood, Chinatown-International District. Our event will honor the significance of this important symbol for the Museum and the region. As the only pan-Asian Pacific American museum in the nation and the first Smithsonian affiliate in the Pacific Northwest, we have been able to greatly expand our public programming and welcome over 50,000 visitors, students, and educators, through our doors during our first year, an increase of more than fourfold from our previous location.
We invite you to join the celebration on Saturday, April 17 to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of our home, the East Kong Yick. Festivities include an art auction with works by celebrated Asian Pacific American and Northwest artists, authentic family-style dinner, lively entertainment and special guests. Get ready to bid on original works of art, incredible wines and exciting opportunities.
Wing Luke Asian Museum
719 South King Street
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 623-5124 | wingluke.org