Lexington’s Chinese Art Treasures & An Evening of Chinese Classical Music

July 7, 2000

In the summer of 2000, to coordinate with the Kentucky Horse Park’s major exhibit, “Imperial China: the art of the horse in Chinese history, the Humanitarium and the Lexington Chinese community created both an exhibit of local Chinese art, an evening of Chinese classical music, a series of lectures about Chinese medicine as well as a series of documentaries.

JUNE, 2000

LECTURE SERIES

SATURDAY, JUNE 10:            LIJAN  CAI – CHINESE HEREBAL MEDICINE

SATURDAY JUNE 24:            CHRISTIANE MULKEARN – PHILOSOPHY OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE

JULY, 2000

“AN EVENING OF CHINESE CLASSICAL MUSIC” and

THE GRAND OPENING OF “LEXINGTON’S CHINESE TREASURES”

(ART EXHIBIT IN THE PRESIDENT’S ROOM)

FRIDAY, JULY 7, 8:00PM – SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

HONG SHAO – PIPA

SHU-XIN ZHANG – ER HU

YIN LIANG – GU ZHENG

CHI WONG – PIANO

HUA CUI- VOCALIST

AUGUST, 2000

FILM DOCUMENTARIES ON THE CHINESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON – TALKING STORY – 1990

(Emmy award winning film)

SEPARATE LIVES, BROKEN DREAMS – 1994

(Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882)

CHINESE ROOTS: THE NEW AMERICAN SERIES – 1994

(young-adult Chinese Americans discovering their roots)

MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION – 1994

(Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary)

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