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SUMMARY:Opening reception for anida yoeu ali: the buddhist bug
DESCRIPTION:Museum on haunted hill: a celebration of vincent price\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali\, Live Performance Still of The Buddhist Bug\, Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 2024. Photo by Art Kuniyuki. Image courtesy of the artist.\n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the opening reception and performance of Anida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug! \n\n\n\nMarking the first major solo exhibition of the series in the U.S.\, The Buddhist Bug is an internationally-acclaimed and expansive performance project that brings together myth\, humor\, spiritual inquiry\, and the lived experience of displacement. At its center is a monumental saffron-colored creature\, nearly 328 feet in length\, with a human face tightly framed in cloth at one end and a pair of feet at the other. \n\n\n\nDuring the afternoon\, artist Anida Yoeu Ali will offer two live performances as the Bug\, a creature who —using humor and absurdity—seeks to initiate conversations about topics regarding otherness\, foreignness\, and religious identity. The constructed garment is rooted in Ali’s own diasporic identity and responds to her spiritual turmoil between Islam and Buddhism. Its bright orange color is the same one worn by Buddhist monks\, and represents Cambodia’s profound Buddhist culture\, while the cloth that tightly encircles the Bug’s stoic face represents both the hijab worn by some Muslim women\, and the ethnic minority of Cham Muslims to which Ali and her family belong. \n\n\n\nThe event will open with a blessing ceremony led by Buddhist monks\, a traditional Cambodian dance performance\, and Ali’s anticipated performance as The Buddhist Bug. \n\n\n\nEvent Schedule2:00pm: Program starts2:30pm: Blessing Ceremony by Wat Khemara Buddhikarama Temple (Wat Willow) and Modern Apsara Dance Company3:00pm – 4:45pm The Buddhist Bug live performance \n\n\n\nGuests are encouraged to wear orange in solidarity with the artwork and themes of The Buddhist Bug. Viewers are also welcome to actively witness\, interact\, and engage with the Bug within their own comfort level. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. RSVPs encouraged. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali. Photo by Alborz Kamalizad.Image courtesy of the Seattle Art Museum.\n\n\n\n\n\nANIDA YOEu ALI\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali (b. 1974\, Battambang\, Cambodia) is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance\, installation\, video\, new media\, public encounters\, and social practice. Born in Cambodia and raised in Chicago\, Ali is a first-generation American of Malay\, Cham\, Khmer\, and Thai ancestry. Her work examines faith\, migration\, race\, gender\, and political history through larger-than-life personas that challenge inherited narratives and restrictive representations. \n\n\n\nAli received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a recipient of the 2020 Art Matters Fellowship and the 2015 Sovereign Asian Art Prize in Hong Kong\, and is the co-founder of Studio Revolt\, an independent artist-run media lab. She currently lives and works in Tacoma\, Washington. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nacknowledgements\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Sonia Mak\, executive director\, Asian Arts Initiative\, with support from Steven Wong\, director\, Vincent Price Art Museum. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is made possible with lead support from The Mike Kelley Foundation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support for the exhibition is provided by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA\, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan. Additional support also provided by Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.
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SUMMARY:Museum on haunted hill: a celebration of vincent price
DESCRIPTION:Museum on haunted hill: a celebration of vincent price\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage caption placeholder\n\n\n\nJoin us at the spookiest museum in East L.A.! You’re invited  to a special after-hours celebration in honor of our first and greatest patron\, Museum on Haunted Hill: A Celebration of Vincent Price. \n\n\n\nHorror icon Vincent Price was not only an actor\, he was an art collector\, advocate\, and historian. In 1957\, at the height of his career\, he donated 90 pieces from his art collection to East Los Angeles College (ELAC)\, helping to establish the Vincent Price Art Gallery. \n\n\n\nToday\, that ‘teaching collection’ has grown to over 7\,000 artworks\, and that classroom gallery is now the three-story\, six-gallery Vincent Price Art Museum\, right here at ELAC. In the intervening years\, VPAM has presented hundreds of exhibitions that spotlight the work of historically underrepresented artists from our surrounding communities in East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. \n\n\n\nSo\, kick off the spooky season at VPAM! During the evening\, enjoy casual screenings of classic Vincent Price films\, a costume party\, food and drinks\, music\, a photobooth\, and nighttime access to our current exhibitions. \n\n\n\nDress as your favorite classic horror character or in a Vincent Price-inspired look! \n\n\n\nTickets are only $50 per guest\, but FREE for VPAM members. Learn more about VPAM’s new membership program here. \n\n\n\nEvery ticket purchased directly supports the Vincent Price Art Museum. By attending this event\, you are directly supporting the preservation and expansion of the collection and ensuring VPAM remains a free educational resource for the students and communities of ELAC and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\nGet tickets
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