The W.O.W. Project
Exhibition: From Chinatown, with Love
January 16–February 5, 2025
This exhibition celebrates the 25 small businesses participating in From Chinatown, with Love. Installations designed by Midnight Project are inspired by the retail culture of Manhattan’s Chinatown and current events shaping the neighborhood. The opening will feature an opening lion dance by Wing on Wo’s very own all-women and queer lion dance team.
Opening Reception
Jan 16 January 16
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About the W.O.W. Project
The W.O.W. Project is a women, non-binary, queer, trans-led, community-based initiative that works to sustain ownership over Chinatown Manhattan’s future by growing, protecting and preserving Chinatown’s creative culture through arts and activism. The W.O.W. Project envisions a future of Chinatown that centers young women and nonbinary youth in building intergenerational bridges of understanding, collective empowerment, and solidarity across Asian American communities and beyond. Their programs include artist residencies, youth programs and internships, public artworks and events, and mutual aid.
About Midnight Project
Midnight Project is a design studio focusing on brand identity design, exhibition design, and print collection. It was founded by Weiyun Chen & Supatida Sutiratana. We bring our cultural background into our design principle which makes us have diverse interactions with design thinking. It allows us to design more inclusive experiences that reach broader audiences.
About From Chinatown, with Love
A collaboration between Abrons Arts Center and Wing on Wo’s The W.O.W. Project, From Chinatown, with Love honors and supports Chinatown businesses at the start of each Lunar New Year. Each business engages in a creative project led by Abrons and W.O.W.’s cohort of social practice artists.