The Cha Cha Festival was a free, month-long immersive exhibition in February 2025 at WSA, celebrating AAPI tea culture, design, and tradition. Conceived by Karen Wong in collaboration with Curatorial Assistant Ming Chen, it featured five artist-designed tea houses, culinary vendors, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) exhibits, and hands-on workshops related to the theme.
Read more about the project at these select press links:
May 1-23, 2024
Curators: Lora Appleton and Karen Wong
Curatorial Assistant: Ming Chen
CRAFTING SELFHOOD celebrates thirteen female AAPI artists who integrate heritage, identity, and, oftentimes, sly humor in ceramics, textiles and sculptural objects.
Featured Artists: Janny Baek, Julia Chiang, Cecile Chong, Phaan Howng, Lena Imamura, Sonya Yong James, Myung Jin Kim, Antonia Kuo, Eunji Jun and Halin Lee, Eny Lee Parker, Linda Sormin, Steffany Trần
Photography by Angela Hau
September 28 - October 12, 2023
Co-organizer: Ming Chen
The UCLA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition was the first undergraduate curated juried show at UCLA’s New Wight Gallery.
