EXHIBIT CLOSING EVENT: SPEAKERS PANEL

Sunday, May 7, 2023
11 AM - 12:30 PM

FREE

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Last week to view the exhibit, Reorient: Journeys Through Art & Healing. This closing event will feature a speakers panel to raise awareness on the importance of our emotional and mental health and how art and expression can be used as tools for nurturing our sense of identity and overall well-being.

Our panel of presenters share insights validating wellness from the fields of education, social work and the arts.

Lourdez Velasco is a queer CHamoru artist and cultural worker with the neighborhood queer and trans Pasifika & Asian artist collective “Flower Flower” who explores how art, movement and creativity can mitigate the impacts of colonization.

Linda Ando and Dr. Natacha Foo Kune are co-teaching a course at the UW entitled “Community, Identity and Wellness: Asian American and Diasporic Perspectives.”

Wynne Pei is a multidisciplinary artist with Path with Art who believes art and culture, together with play and share time, is a powerful way to create a sense of belonging, collectivism, and community.

Ammara Touch is a neurodivergent queer Khmer plant witch-poet-organizer-artist dedicated to collective healing and liberation.

Matthew Echohawk-Hayashi, with Headwater People, will moderate the event.

Registration for this event includes admittance to Museum exhibits and a Meet and Greet with Reorient Exhibit Curator Lele Barnett and Wing Luke Museum Exhibit Developer Blake Nakatsu in the Reorient exhibit from 12:30-1:30pm.

Please note that there is also an art workshop with Tuan Nguyen from 1:30-2:30pm. (RSVP required as registration is limited)