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Portraits of New York Chinatown
An oral history project addresses the Museum of Chinese in America's (MOCA) role within the communities of Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo.
Portraits of New York Chinatown was initiated as an oral history project by artist Tomie Arai and scholar Lena Sze as MOCA prepared to move into its current home in 2009. The project addressed the vital question of MOCA’s own role within the communities of Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo through interviews with 27 neighborhood residents and community leaders. At the core of these conversations were the ever-present concerns of gentrification and displacement. Out of this material, Arai will develop interpretive ‘portraits’ based on the content of the interviews.
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