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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 22 Artist Talk at Riverside Arts Center
Join Laura Kina for an artist talk and gallery tour on Saturday, April 22nd at 2pm. Her exhibition “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” in Riverside Arts Center’s Freeark Gallery continues through May 6th. Viewing hours Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1-5pm. Exhibition catalogues are available online and at the gallery.
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Nov 16, 2022 NIU Lecture – “A Life in Between: Asian American Art & Identity”
Watch Laura Kina’s Nov 16, 2023 NIU lecture in which she shared reflections on her interdisciplinary practice as an artist/scholar/teacher and her evolving intersectional identities as a queer mixed-race Uchinanchu American breast cancer survivor.
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Oct 30th lecture – Tracing Uchinanchu Roots
Watch Laura Kina’s Oct 30, 2023 artist talk “Tracing Uchinanchu Roots” ) at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum.