Creatives Rebuild New York

Artists Singha Hon, Juliet Phillips, Denise Zhou, Joy Mao, and Lorraine Lum joined the W.O.W. Project to incubate and pilot a series of art programs that engage the intergenerational Chinatown community in each artist’s medium—visual arts, ceramics, film, and fashion design. These programs centered alternative models of artmaking that prioritize community growth and learning, and built foundations for an arts and culture center that will provide safe spaces for arts and activism to negotiate challenges of identity, culture, and displacement during a critical time of rapid change. By using the arts as a point of connection, the collaboration sought to create and sustain communal practices that bridge generations, honor cultural legacy, and sustain collective ownership over Chinatown’s future.