The W.O.W. Project
From Chinatown, with Love
January 11, 2025
Abrons Arts Center, lucky risograph, Midnight Project, and The W.O.W. Project celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake with the sixth edition of From Chinatown, with Love, a project that honors Manhattan’s Chinatown and its beloved small businesses. Artists A Liang Chan, Jia Sung, Stefanie Tam, Rose Wong, and Fiona Ye create custom red envelopes inspired by 25 participating businesses and the transformative energy of the year of the wood snake.
Beginning on January 11 and while supplies last, patrons who spend $35 or more at participating businesses will receive a pack of 5 red envelopes with accompanying stickers.
- Launch: January 11, 3pm
The W.O.W. Project will host a series of street performances in front of Wing on Wo’s 26 Mott St. storefront to launch the 6th edition of From Chinatown, with Love. Line up to be announced.
Image by Marion Aguas
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.
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 Lucky Risograph
Lucky Risograph is a POC-owned print, design studio, and publisher based in DUMBO, NY. Primarily working through the medium of risograph printing, we create a wide variety of printed matter ranging from postcards to art books. Since our establishment in 2018, we have continued to incorporate risograph’s eco-conscious and affordable nature into our everyday practice, working with diverse artist communities. In addition, we also offer in-person and virtual workshops, DIY lessons, and open studio hours.