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Resist, Recycle, Regenerate (RRR) 2024–2025

RRR fellows in 2024–2025 focused on the theme of Speculative Futures to guide their program year. This year’s cohort included 5 high school students and 1 college student.

Red Chinese dragon with long body, scales, claws, and whiskers on a black background.
Group of people in red uniforms collecting confetti on a city street with a red banner that reads 'Collect Confetti With Us!'

RRR 2024–2025 Leadership Team

  • Alicia Kwok

    Coordinator

  • Bridget Li

    Co-leader

  • Sasa Yung

    Co-leader

RRR 2024–2025 Fellows

  • Cal Chen

    Fellow

  • Bingjie Dong

    Fellow

  • Maddie Woo

    Fellow

  • Jacklyn Chuang

    Fellow

  • Andy Zong

    Fellow

  • Hoi Lam

    Fellow

Notes from RRR Year 2024–2025

Using the guiding theme of speculative futures, fellows explored topics including the ongoing Borough Based Jail plans, bell hooks' education as a practice of freedom, artwashing and gentrification, and Asian American history. Guest teaching artists facilitated workshops on papermaking, countermapping, illustration, poetry, and linocut.

Neighborhood engagement: The fellows held a community papermaking workshop at Seward Park Library, led artmaking activities at W.O.W.'s Lunar New Year Arts Afternoon at Abrons Arts Center, collected confetti with the community during Super Saturday, and held a final showcase and panel at Chatham Square Library.

Children participating in a craft activity, holding a wooden frame with a mesh surface, with colorful materials on it. Adults supervise in a library or classroom setting with bookshelves.
Group of people joyfully dancing and waving hands in a room with wooden floors, large windows, and potted plants, some holding bouquets of flowers.
A young boy wearing a gray knit hat, a red jacket, and camouflage pants holding a large bag of colorful confetti on his shoulder, standing outside a store decorated for a celebration.
Three individuals observing an art display on a wall, which includes blue-toned images and handwritten notes surrounding the artwork.
Group of people celebrating during a festival, holding red and gold confetti cannons, with a storefront with Chinese characters and a bubble tea graphic in the background.
A group of nine young women standing outside Seward Park Branch with brick sidewalk, building entrance, trees, bicycles, and street lamps.

RRR Year 2024–2025 Final Projects

Display on a wall with blue fabric arranged in a collage, surrounded by small framed notes and artwork, in a room with wooden trim, a large window, and acoustic panels on the wall.

mapping reciprocity by Jacklyn Chuang

Hand-painted flower pot with a pagoda-style building, trees, and decorative borders, placed on a table with other similar painted pots in the background.

growth by Maddy Woo

Black and white sketch of a comic strip with multiple panels depicting scenes from Chinatown, a dumpling restaurant, and a humorous chase scene with cartoon characters.

The Dumpling Rebellion: No to the Megajail! by Andy Zong

Artistic sketches of women with various expressions on a table covered with white cloth, alongside printed notes, a building sketch, and some colored markers. There is also a roll of blue tape and a book or magazine visible.

Untitled by Cal Chen

Two dioramas on a table. The left diorama depicts a miniature scene with a red cloth, small toys, and hanging decorations. The right diorama shows a miniature outdoor scene with small toys and rocks. Pens and sticky notes are scattered on the table in front.

me when I speculate by Hoi Lam

Close-up of a Christmas ornament featuring three miniature figures of monkeys hanging from a tree branch, inside a transparent box with a wooden surface underneath.

Change in Winter Days by Bingjie Dong

Collage of people participating in a protest and community event, with signs, masks, and a speaker, all in red tone.

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