HELLA TENDER 友好親切 // SF Chinatown Art Embrace

800 Grant Avenue,San Francisco CA 94108

14 May, 2022

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A day-long embrace of SF Chinatown culture with free pop-up exhibitions & arts activation workshops led by community artists. ABOUT THE EVENT Hella Tender is a day-long embrace of culture featuring people who love Chinatown, activating art throughout the neighborhood. Community based artists will be hosting free exhibitions, art workshops, and film screening, in various small businesses and public spaces in Chinatown. Hella Tender uplifts Chinatown’s active legacy of mutualism and community care. “We think back to those moments in the early parts of the pandemic — how people rose up and took care of one another,” said curators of Hella Tender, Carmen and Vida. “It was unlike anything we’ve ever seen. At the same time, narratives around crime and public safety have cast Asian communities as perpetual victims and pitted communities of color against one another. Hella Tender is a rejection of the blanketed victimhood narration cast upon Chinatown people and instead uplifts how each person is capable of caring for their neighbors and community. That in its essence is Chinatown’s spirit: hella tender.” Hella Tender is: that moment when your neighbor checks up on you, the sound of youth and elders playing at 花園角Faa Yun Gok, 湯水 taang seoi ready for you at the end of the day, embracing a familiar face on the streets, the smell of freshly steamed man tou — knowing you are safe. HELLA TENDER is building and creating community care, knowing the structures of capitalism have failed us. Community continues to prove that collective care is a muscle everyone is capable of when we lean on each other. Please join us on Saturday, 5/14, for a day seeking tenderness through arts at the heart of Chinatown. Please see the full schedule and description of activities here. ART WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITION DATES There will be free art workshops throughout the neighborhood on May 14, from 12:30-5:30PM & pop-up exhibitions throughout Chinatown during the month of May EXHIBITION VENUES 地點 -800 Grant Avenue, Main Location 都板街, 正地點 -Willie Woo Playground 黃顯護遊樂場 -Chinese Culture Center Bridge 舊金山中華文化中心(CCC)天橋 -Sweetheart Cafe 心意甜品 -Jade Chocolates 手工巧克力 and more! 即將發佈更多合作藝術家與商業 CO-CURATORS This event is an extension of Love Letters to Chinatown Bay Area by Carmen Chen陳嘉文 and Vida Kuang 鄺楚瑩 CO-PRESENTED BY Asian American Women Artists Association & Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center FUNDED & SUPPORTED BY This event is part of AAWAA’s Emerging Curators Program and supported by Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, California Arts Council, Chinatown Merchants Association, Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Recreation and Parks, and Zellerbach Family Foundation --- HELLA TENDER「友好親切」是亞裔女性藝術家協會展示的「新興策Hella Tender「友好親切」是一個為期一天的社區體驗活動，邀請所有熱愛華埠的人擁抱華埠文化，並利用藝術激活整個社區。社區藝術家將在華埠各處的小商家和公共場所舉辦免費展覽,藝術工作坊,和電影放映。 Hella Tender「友好親切」希望藉此機會提升華埠的互惠互利和社區關懷的傳統。 Hella Tender「友好親切」的策展人Carmen和Vida道：「我們回想起大流行初期的那些時刻——社區是如何站出來相互照顧彼此。那是我們過去從未見過的事。 同時，很多圍繞著犯罪和公共安全的敘述將亞裔社區形容成永久的受害者，並使有色人種社區被迫相互競爭。 Hella Tender「友好親切」拒絕對華埠居民以偏概全的受害者敘述，反之強調每個平凡人皆有能力照顧關懷鄰居和社區。這本質就是華埠的精神：友好親切。」 「友好親切」想表達的是每個微小但溫暖的時刻：你的鄰居隨意的一句問候「你身體還好嗎」、小孩和老人家在花園角玩耍的聲音、家人在一天結束時為你準備好的湯水、在街上迎接一張張熟悉的臉和剛蒸好的饅頭的味道—那些都是我們深刻體會的溫柔和安全感。 Hella Tender「友好親切」有意共同建立和延續社區關懷，因為我們明白資本主義的機器不會為人民運作。社區也一再證明，大家互相依靠就是對彼此的關懷與照應。 請在五月14日（星期六）加入我們，一起體會華埠的「友好親切」。 本次活動延伸自陳嘉文和鄺楚瑩「寫給華埠的情書」展覽 SCHEDULE & FULL LIST OF MAY 14 ACTIVITIES