Events
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language) for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Mid-Autumn Festival at Set In Stone
This event is brought to you by our partnership with Chicago Park District, Field Museum, and The Nature Conservancy.
Come celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2026!
Join us on Sat, Sat 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM at the beautiful Set in Stone Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.
Get ready for an evening celebrating the Harvest Moon with music, live performances, delicious Chinese mooncakes, archery, a native plant giveaway, fun activities, a lantern procession at 6:45pm, and much more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and join us for this important holiday in Chinese culture celebrating friends and family!
This year we are thrilled to be able to offer Mid-Autumn Festival attendees a free shuttle to and from the festival! Shuttles going to the festival will depart from and return to the Chinatown Branch Chicago Public Library. Shuttle rides will be available on a walk-up basis, first-come first-served. Elders and individuals with limited mobility will be given priority to board. We will update with a shuttle pick-up and drop-off schedule soon!
Please visit our Event Map for help finding the festival, free and paid parking options, and other tips. We'll see you there!
For the last 10 years, the Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC), the Chicago Park District, The Nature Conservancy, and the Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center have partnered together as the Roots & Routes Initiative to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor on the lakefront.
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Opening Reception: A Plot of One’s Own
Join us for the opening reception of the upcoming exhibition A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地 as part of the Chicago Exhibition Week 2026!
The popular image of an American Chinatown is defined by dragons, pagodas, and replicas of a transportative portal to Chinese-ness and the “Far East” of the American imagination.
This show redefines this gaze with a look into a somewhat ubiquitous cultural phenomenon in Chinese American communities–the farm-gardens.
Chicago Exhibition Week
We are excited to be a part of Chicago Exhibition Weekend! Come visit to experience the diversity that art in Chicago has to offer!
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Spotlight Artist Opening Reception - Kun Zhao
Kun Zhao’s Metamorphosis is a collection of digital collages, in which she transforms recognizable symbols and images into breathtaking patterns and textures.
Zhao is a visual artist and educator based in Chicago, whose practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking, and material expression. She has a passion for exploring the intersection of art, culture, and environmental issues.
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Chinese/English Language Corner
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
American Midwest Museums (AMM) Museum Hop
Association of Midwest Museums South Loop Museum Hop event for their summer conference guests. Other stops on this event will include the Field Museum and Glessner House.
Chinatown Summer Fair
Come say hi at our booth during the 46th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair, going from July 25th to July 26th!
About the Event
The 46th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair is one of the most ethnically unique outdoor events in Chicago and the Midwest. Attracting more than 40,000 people from throughout the region, Chinatown Summer Fair is a true celebration of Far East beauty and culture including food, art and music located on Wentworth Avenue from Cermak Avenue to 24th Place in Chicago. Admission is FREE!
Chicago Cultural Alliance Archives Crawl
This is a Private Event for CCA Members taking place at CAMOC
Guardians of the Earth and Sky
Come on an adventure with the Four Celestial Guardians! Explore seasons, elements, and colors through storytelling, music, and dance!
Come on an adventure with the Four Celestial Guardians: the White Tiger of the West, the Black Tortoise of the North, the Azure Dragon of the East, and the Vermilion Bird of the South!
Explore seasons, elements, colors, and constellations through storytelling, music, and dance in this interactive performance by Irene Hsiao in collaboration with tai chi master Peter Wong, dancers Amanda Maraist and Darling Shear, musicians Paige Brown and Hunter Diamond, visual artist Titus Lau, and storyteller Penny Li.
Performances are free, and art supplies will be provided to create headpieces to wear in this all-ages event. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for walking approximately one mile. This performance is bilingual in English and Chinese
Guardians of the Earth and Sky
July 19, 2026, 2-4 PM
Ping Tom Park - meet at Pavilion
1700 S. Wentworth Ave
Free
本活动为中英双语讲解
Chinese/English Language Corner (Copy)
We are excited to be hosting the CSL Chicago (Chinese as a Second Language), who has outgrown their current space, for their Chinese-English Language Corner in the FL4 Reading Room every other Saturday morning! The meetup welcomes learners of varying levels in both Chinese and English. At each session, participants will be paired up to play word games and study selected readings together.
About CSL Chicago
参加我们的活动
This group is for individuals looking to make new friends and improve their Chinese or English speaking skills. We welcome language learners of any level to come out and participate in our events. Whenever possible we will have participants pair up for conversations with native speakers of their target language.
该小组面向希望认识新朋友并提高自己·中文或英文口语能力的人。我们欢迎所有人参加我们的活动，不管语言水平能力。在条件允许的情况下，我们会让参与者与他们的目标语言的母语者进行对话。
Spotlight Artist Opening Reception - Fengzee Yang: “Cross Into Limbo”
CAMOC is pleased to present Fengzee Yang as our fourth Spotlight Artist of 2026.
Fengzee Yang: Cross Into Limbo explores transfiguration as the fundamental condition of the body that hold a suspended identity. She aims to capture the moment when they are neither what they began as nor what they are turning into. All three works hang on the wall, and all three come out of wood carving done by her own hand, which is a long, bodily process. To Fengzee, carving is a nomadic process: subtractive and irreversible. Coming from a nomadic experience, the nomadic process works as a succession of translations, of adaptations to changing conditions. The form emerges from that negotiation, continually becoming something else.
Fengzee’s work explores transfiguration as the fundamental condition of the body. She pushes the body toward the edges of organ, mineral, and myth, suspending it between flesh and symbol, caught, unresolved, between the desire to become other and the cost of doing so.
Fengzee Yang engages with wood, clay, and metal as somatic extensions, interrogating the materiality of the physical form. She earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works have been exhibited at spaces including The Plan, Slow Dance Space, Tala, ARC Gallery, Artruss, and Cochrane Woods Art Center of the University of Chicago, among others. She has participated in artist residencies at Jingdezhen International Studio, Jingdezhen, China; Oxbow School of Art, MI; Vermont Studio Center, VT; and ACRE Residency, WI.
ALA Preservation in Action Workshop
This is a Private Ticketed Event
Join American Library Association’s Preservation in Action for an engaging opportunity to help preserve cultural heritage in Chicago and gain practical experience! Participants will take part in a day-long preservation-focused project at a local cultural heritage institution. The project will be led by preservation experts and participants will gain basic hands-on training in the care and handling of various materials. No experience is required.
At the end of this event, participants will have an understanding of the physical preservation methods of cultural heritage items. They will leave with experience in handling collection items that may be fragile or unique, and with knowledge of different ways to house them with the goal of access and long-term preservation.
The target audience for this program is anyone who works in the field of librarianship and has an interest in preservation of cultural heritage. There is no expectation of prior knowledge or experience for those who are interested in participating.
The event hours are 9am to 3pm. It will begin with an introduction of the organization, the staff at the organization, the PiA committee members, and the participants. There will be 1.5 to 2 hours of instruction on preservation by committee members. Following that, the participants will engage in hands-on preservation activities with the organization’s collections. There will be a break for lunch at noon.
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New Works 2026
You're invited to a mesmerizing weekend of site-specific dance experiments at the historic Berger Park Cultural Center in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Running June 25-28, New Works 2026 features groundbreaking multidisciplinary performances that blend somatic movement, visual art, and thematic exploration to dissolve the boundaries between artists and audiences.
These projects invite you to get up close to the artists, and tickets are limited to ensure enough space for audience members of all bodies and minds. Performances take place in two different spaces in the historic mansions of Berger Park Cultural Center; please see wayfinding for details. Everyone will have access to a quiet area that is air conditioned, an all gender restroom, and ramped entrances/exits.
Queerness in Chinese Erotic Paintings
Explore the rich, complex, and often hidden histories of sexuality in Chinese art through this engaging program led by expert and enthusiast Wendy Chuwen Xiao. Centered on the visual language of traditional Chinese erotic painting and its resonances today, the session invites participants to consider how desire, intimacy, and the body have been represented, imagined, and interpreted across time.
About the Lecturer
Wendy Chuwen Xiao is a researcher and visual artist whose work explores the intersections of art history, material culture, and the history of sexuality in early modern China. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago in History and Art History in 2022, and her M.A. from Harvard University in Regional Studies—East Asia in 2024.
Her research focuses on how objects generate and mediate fantasies of desire, with particular attention to visual, textual, and sensorial forms that challenge normative understandings of gender performativity and sexual morality. In her M.A. thesis, she examined an eighteenth-century Qing dynasty erotic album, arguing that its idiosyncratic visual language suggests it may have been produced for a female audience, offering new perspectives on viewership and agency in historical erotic art.
Alongside her academic work, Xiao maintains an active artistic practice, creating illustrations and paintings that reflect her engagement with image-making, narrative, and the expressive possibilities of form.
Englewood Summer Book Fest
Join us at the 2nd Annual Englewood Summer Book Fest. Bring your loved ones out for an afternoon of books, community, and fun at Wood St. Collective Farm. There will be local authors & book vendors, live performance, a literary showcase, free food, family activities, community resources, giveaways and more!
CAMOC will be tabling at the Book Fest. Make sure to stop by and say hi!
Queer Love in Chinese Opera
In a society governed by patriarchal norms, how did two women in early modern China manage to forge a marriage together?
Join us for a night of storytelling, where we reanimate a 17th queer Chinese opera: The Fragrant Companion 憐香伴.
The event opens with a vivid oral retelling of the story, with its original arias reimagined in new poetic translations in English. From there, we turn to the visual world of the play, exploring woodblock prints and other historical materials while discussing the rich performance culture of early modern China that brought such stories to life. We will also reflect on the opera’s themes and legacy, tracing how this remarkable tale has been reinterpreted across time and media. The evening culminates in a live demonstration, featuring selected scenes and excerpts that bring the emotional and theatrical power of the opera into the present.
Synopsis:
The opera takes place between two witty and pretty women: a newly-wed wife named Cui Jianyun and a girl called Cao Yuhua. These two female protagonists exhibit incredible agency throughout the story: drawn to each other at first sight, the two women immediately express their admiration for each other through an exchange of poetry; by the end of their second encounter, they have already performed a secret wedding ceremony and pledged to be together forever––in this life and all future lives, as their vows say; then, in the rest of the play, the lovers successfully plot a marriage between Cui’s husband and Cao so that the two could accompany each other forever under the façade of being wife and concubine.
About the lecturer:
Yiwen Wu is an artist-scholar, who’s currently a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, in the joint program between Theater & Performance Studies and East Asian Languages & Civilizations. Her research centers on early modern East Asian performance culture, with a special interest on translations and adaptations of classical works on modern stages. As a theater practitioner, her credits of original puppet plays include Sattva (Special Recognition Award at the 2024 Wuzhen Theater Festival), The Story of Lady Li (Recipient of Jim Henson Foundation’s Artist Grant), and Living Rock (Nasty, Brutish, & Short at the 2024 Chicago International Puppet.
Pride March in Chinatown: Learn about APIDA LGBTQ+ organization Invisible to Invincible (i2i)
Join us for Pride March in Chinatown: Learning about APIDA LGBTQ+ Organization Invisible to Invincible (i2i), a special conversation on the history, visibility, and future of queer Asian American community organizing in Chicago. This program brings together current Core member Liz Haas (they/she) and former Core member Nebula Li (he/him or they/them) to share the story of Invisible to Invincible (i2i), a grassroots APIDA LGBTQ+ organization dedicated to advocacy, visibility, cultural presence, and community care.
The discussion will trace the founding of i2i and reflect on the social and cultural conditions that made the organization necessary. Speakers will share memories and experiences from organizing and marching in Chicago’s Chinatown and Argyle Lunar New Year parades, moments that created visible queer APIDA presence within community and cultural spaces. The conversation will also look toward the present and future of i2i, discussing ongoing challenges, evolving community needs, and visions for future organizing, collaboration, and support networks. This event offers an opportunity to learn more about the intersections of Asian American identity, LGBTQ+ advocacy, public celebration, and community-building in Chicago.
Invisible to Invincible (i2i) is a community-based organization that celebrates and affirms Asian, Pacific Islander, & Desi Americans (APIDA) who identify as LGBTQ+ in the Chicago area. i2i’s work since 2005 has included working toward making Asian spaces more affirming of LGBTQ+ folks, immigrant and refugee justice, reproductive justice, racial justice solidarity work, family acceptance of LGBTQ+ Asians, visibility, and wellness. Currently, i2i organizes progressive educational programming, support spaces, and social events, both virtual and in person. We focus on community activism, primarily around queer, trans, racial, and immigrant justice.
About the Panelists
Liz Haas (they/she) is a Core member of Invisible 2 Invincible (i2i) (2025-present, 2018-2021). Liz has nine years of experience in nonprofit development working with organizations involved in immigrant rights, worker rights, voting rights, reproductive justice, and gender justice; they are currently the Development Director at Arise Chicago. Liz is also a playwright and theater maker who enjoys bringing their Asian American and queer identity into their work. Liz loves speculative fiction and deckbuilding games.
Nebula Li (he/him or they/them) is a former Core member (2012-2014) of Invisible 2 Invincible: Asian/Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago (i2i) and current volunteer leader organizing with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago. He has over a decade of experience working as an immigration lawyer and has been active in the immigrant rights movement since 2011, which includes working with the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) and National Asian National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) to fight for comprehensive immigration reform in 2014. He also helped bring i2i into the campaign against the opening of a paramilitary law enforcement training facility (the #NoCopAcademy Campaign) in 2018. Nebula loves cats, cooking, and being outside.
This event is part of a Pride Month event series presented in collaboration with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, and Invisible to Invincible (i2i).
Yellow Peril Drag Show
Show your Pride in Chicago's queer Asian community here in the heart of Chinatown ✨
Presenting the second annual ✨👲💕Yellow Peril Drag Show 👯🌈✨
Saturday, May 30 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | FL4
Join our Pride Kick-off Party to celebrate and show love to our queer Asian community right in the heart of Chicago’s Chinatown.
Space is limited. Ticket includes food, beer, and one specialty cocktail. While you're here, you can explore Language of Abstraction after-hours on FL1.
Dress code: 💃🌈🪩✨
This event is 18+
Conversation on World-Building: Artist Talk w/ Jingqi Wang Steinhiser & Josiah Ellner
CAMOC is pleased to host a very special artist talk with our current Spotlight Artist, Jingqi Wang Steinhiser, on her exhibition Hanging Bird, Moving Castle and the art of world-building!
This artist talk will explore imagined inner worlds through painting, symbolism, and cross-cultural research. Through dreamlike houses and symbolic animals, Jingqi’s recent works investigate “home” as a psychological space shaped by memory, displacement and imagination.
This talk will also introduce The Symbolic Bestiary & Herbarium, an ongoing cross-cultural dictionary researching the symbolic meanings of animals and plants across folklore, literature, religion, cinema, and lived experience. Together, these two projects examine how storytelling, symbolism, and personal mythology can construct emotional and psychological spaces beyond physical geography.
Jingqi Wang Steinhiser is a multi-media painter born in China and raised in Mongolia. Jingqi received her MFA in painting at Rhode Island School of Design(RISD) and BFA in painting at School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC).
Hallucinating Hieroglyphs: The Visual Languages of Martin Wong
Language was a central component of the Chinese American painter and poet Martin Wong from his first self-published book in 1968 until his death from HIV/AIDS in 1999. Across his poetry scripts, ASL scrolls, sky-poetry, and graffiti collections, Wong’s use of language was shaped by his family, friends, and the city around him—mutating from letters into characters and mudra-like gestures.
Join us for an in-depth panel discussion on Wong’s promiscuous relationship to language through hybridity and abstraction with scholar and curator Vivian Li, poet and novelist Lisa Hsiao Chen, and artist and curator Larry Lee, moderated by Caroline K. Ng. Then visit Wrightwood 659 on May 22, where the three speakers will discuss Wong’s hieroglyphic components in the galleries.
This program is organized in collaboration with Wrightwood 659.
Shared Earth Flowing Water: Seed
Celebrate spring with music, dance, and native prairie planting at the Set in Stone Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.
🌷🍃🌸🌱🌳🌻
Join us for a free, all-ages performance and stewardship event led by Irene Hsiao and collaborators, in partnership with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, Chinese Fine Arts Society, the Field Museum, and Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks. Come together as a community to welcome spring awakening and new growth through music, dance, and hands-on native prairie planting.
🪴 Dress comfortably for the outdoors. Gloves, native prairie plants, and planting tools will be provided.
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Artists:
‘Shared Earth Flowing Water: SEED’ Performance Video
Video Credits
Irene Hsiao, Shared Earth Flowing Water: Seed
Created in collaboration with Antonius Bui, Hunter Diamond, Amanda Maraist, Kedgrick Pullums, Jr., and Darling "Shear" Squire
Presented in partnership with Chinese American Museum of Chicago, Chinese Fine Arts Society, Chicago Park District, Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center
Video by Tanner Gloystein
The 25th Benefit Dinner
You’re Invited! Enjoy festivities, food, and prizes to support CAMOC at our 25th Benefit Dinner.
🎉 🥢 🎊 🎶 💝 🥂
🗓️ Saturday, April 18th, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Doors open 5:00 PM)
📍New Furama Restaurant
The night’s offerings include:
🥢 A traditional Chinese full-course meal
🪭 Live performances
🎟️ Raffle prizes
🌟 Silent auction
🍾 Cash bar
🪩 Live DJ and dancing
Tickets on sale now! Become a CAMOC Partner by purchasing a Sponsorships Package or Ad.
Spotlight Opening - Li Yao: Maldives
CAMOC is pleased to present Li Yao as our second Spotlight Artist of 2026, with Maldives.
Rooted in Li’s experience as an international student, Maldives is a coming-of-age tale exploring the surrogacy of love and desire, and the journey of reclaiming one’s identity. Rather than submit to these forms of erasure, Ma’er embraces the work of repairing himself on his own terms. The graphic novel frames this personal repair as a radical act of resistance against systems that demand assimilation, perfection, and silence.
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Li Yao is a visual artist based in Chicago. Born in China and educated in the US, Li trained as an illustrator before venturing into fine art and technologies.
Li has exhibited in various online and offline venues including TingDAO, Altered Festival, The Wrong Biennale, Ars Electronica, and Mykonos Multimedia Festival. Li has presented work at SIGGRAPH Asia 2021, and been interviewed by the Chicago Reader. Li has designed and taught several virtual reality design curricula in various organizations including the University of Chicago and OF Course Shanghai. He received his MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018, and his BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 2016.
Curated by Larry Lee.
