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What is Seen & Unseen Symposium at South Asia Institute Oct 26, 2024
Save the Date What is Seen and Unseen Symposium October 26, 2024 11am-6pm South Asia Insitute 1925 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60616 As part of the SAI exhibition “What is Seen and Unseen: Mapping South Asian American Art in Chicago” on view May 18-October 26, 2024. Curated by Shelly Bahl. https://www.saichicago.org/exhibition/seen-and-unseen-south-asian-american-art-in-chicago I will be…
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Mana Contemporary Open House Chicago Oct 19, 2024
Come visit my art studio #818 at Mana Contemporary Sat, Oct 19, 2024 10am-5pm OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO 2233 N. Throop St. Studio 818 Chicago, IL 60608 This event is free and open to the public.
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Mingei International Museum acquires Laura Kina’s work for “Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo”
The Mingei International Museum commissioned and acquired Laura Kina’s “Hajichi Quilt” 2023, 28.25″x29.5″ for their exhibition Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo on view Sep 14, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025. Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indig Mingei International Museum Located in Balboa Park at 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101…
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Grand Rapids Library – Artist Talk with Jeffrey Songco, Chien-An Yuan, & Kim Thái Nguyễn
Join regional artists, Jeffrey Songco, Chien-An Yuan, & Kim Thái Nguyễn for a panel discussion moderated by Laura Kina. Learn how these multidisciplinary artists’ AAPI heritage has influenced their work and what it’s like being an artist working in the Midwest. Panelists will be presenting a selection of their work. Special thanks to the Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation and the Wege…
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April 13, 2024 12-4pm Mana Contemporary Spring Open Studio & Group show “Presently” On view through May 27
Saturday, April 14th from 12-4pm come visit my art studio in Mana Contemporary as part of the Open Studio event in conjunction with EXPO Chicago. Mana Contemporary 2233 S. Throop Street – Laura Kina studio #818 Chicago, IL On the 2nd floor, I have three works in a group show “Presently” on view through May…
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UW Press Blog – The role of the arts and artists in social justice movements: Editor Laura Kina on the Critical Ethnic Studies and Visual Culture Series
The Critical Ethnic Studies and Visual Culture series encourages innovative interdisciplinary antiracist work that challenges and transforms our understandings of race, ethnicity, and the visual. As we prepare for the College Art Association (CAA) annual conference, taking place in Chicago from February 14 to 17, we are pleased to announce the inaugural series publications: Resisting the Nuclear: Art and…
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Artwork Featured in Feminist Formations Winter 2023
Kina’s painting “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” Is featured on the cover of the Winter 2023 Feminist Formations.
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DePaul Newsline – “Faculty member recognized for commitment to diversity, inclusion”
DePaul Newsline article featuring Laura Kina By Rachel Wojnicki / December 4, 2023 / Posted in DePaul’s Newsline: CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY https://resources.depaul.edu/newsline/sections/campus-and-community/Pages/kina-deiawards-2023.aspx?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsline+Weekly%2c+Dec.+4%2c+2023
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Sixty Inches From center Exhibition review: “Tracing Imperial Threads: Shelly Jyoti, Indigo, and Collectivity”
The mid-career retrospective I curated of Shelly Jyoti’s artwork at the South Asia Institute was reviewed in Sixty Inches from Center. Mrittika Ghosh. “Tracing Imperial Threads: Shelly Jyoti, Indigo, and Collectivity,” Sixty Inches From Center, November 20, 2023, https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tracing-imperial-threads-shelly-jyoti-indigo-and-collectivity/
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Artwork featured in Summer/Fall 2023 Bluestem Magazine
Works from my 2022-2023 “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” series are featured in the Summer/Fall 2023 issue of Bluestem Magazine – a publication through Eastern Illinois University. View here: https://bluestemmagazine.com/fs2023/laura-kina
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Laura Kina’s painting was featured in Awich – The Union concert
Okinawan hip-hop musician Awich commissioned me to create a painting for her song Ryukyu Love Song Remix. The painting was featured on an LED screen on stage on Nov 5, 2023, as part of her The Union concert at the K-Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
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Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within – Yale University Press/The Noguchi Museum. Preorders now available
We are excited to announce an expansive monograph titled, Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, by The Noguchi Museum, in association with Yale University Press, is available for preorders! https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300267402/toshiko-takaezu/ Edited by Glenn Adamson, Dakin Hart and Kate Wiener Contributions by Ai Fukunaga, Nonie Gadsden, Diana Jocelyn Greenwold, Laura Kina, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Margo Machida, Laura Mott and…
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Illinois Treasurer Frerichs Honors LGBTQ+ Leaders – Laura Kina awarded Outstanding Achievement in Education
Illinois State Treasurer Frerichs Honors LGBTQ+ Leaders Gay Men’s Chorus, Bar Association president, DePaul art professor honored during LGBTQ+ History Month celebration. Laura Kina was recognized for “Outstanding Achievement in Education”
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Exhibition review – Diasporic Distillations: “We Are Here Because You Were There” at A2AC Explores Works by Asian American/Asian Artists
A2Pulp.org Exhibition review by Marley Boon – “Diasporic Distillations: ‘We Are Here Because You Were There’ at A2AC Explores Works by Asian American/Asian Artists’ curated by Chien-An Yuan.
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Provost’s Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I am pleased to announce that I was awarded the DePaul University Provost’s Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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Laura Kina on Rediscovering Family “Ghost Stories” Through Art
Published on August 4, 2023, by the newly launched Japanese Canadian Arts and Activism Project, this interview with Laura Kina was conducted by Shō Tanaka on July 25th, 2018. ““Can I think beyond my body? Can I feel beyond my city? Can I see beyond islands? Can I dream beyond nation states? And still be…
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Shelly Jyoti–Indigo: The Blue Gold curated by Laura Kina at the South Asia Institute
“Shelly Jyoti-Indigo: The Blue Gold,” curated by Laura Kina, opens July 22-December 16, 2023 at The South Asia Institute in Chicago. Join us for the public opening on July 22 11am-6pm at 1925 S. Michigan Ave.
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Exhibition Catalog “Over the Rainbow, One More Time”
Now available – exhibition catalog for Laura Kina’s solo show “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” at the Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery March 26-May 6, 2023 curated by director Joanne Aono. Thank you to Young Sun Choi for photographing the work and RAC board member Dan Streeting for designing the catalog. 32 pages, full…
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Verge Spring 2023 cover artwork and Featured article
Laura Kina’s 2019 painting “Ufushu Gajumaru (Giant Banyon Tree), Valley of Gangala, Okinawa, Japan” is on the front cover and her “Holding On” series is featured in an article by Ryan Buyco “Finding New Routes”: Visualizing an Oceanic Okinawa in Laura Kina’s Holding On (2019) in the Spring 2023 issue of Verge: Studies in Global Asias.
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Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes
The Virtual Asian American Art Museum launches “Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes” curated and illustrated by Laura Kina and Jave Yoshimoto. This online exhibition/cookbook began during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and in response to the increased attention to anti-Asian violence.
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