Angel Island Insight
“Angel Island Insight” explores the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station by offering a suite of virtual and in-person programs, as part of “The Angel Island Project” and the premiere of composer Huang Ruo’s “Angel Island: Oratorio” in October 2021.
“As an Asian American artist, this opportunity to showcase a history that has both a direct connection to my ethnicity as well as a global connection is incredibly empowering.”
- Charlton Lee, Del Sol’s founder & Artistic Director
The May 22 “Angel Island Insight” program for the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center’s United States of Asian American Festival 2021 will be available for viewing for a limited time. Thank you to everyone who has already supported this project. Please consider donating in support of this work if you haven’t already.
For those who have viewed the program, please fill out a 5 minute survey to give feedback and help us with our foundation sponsors. You will receive a PDF of the final poem of the program as a token of our gratitude!
LIVE WITH THE POETS & QUARTET
Did you miss it? Join us outdoors in person on October 6 with the Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol Quartet as part of SF Wednesdays at Union Square!
Chinese poetry carved into walls of Angel Island Immigration Station. photo credit: Andi Wong
OLLI Mini-Course
a mini-course of Angel Island’s poetic history in collaboration with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University.
Violist Charlton Lee plays inside Angel Island Immigration Station.
photo credit: Andi Wong
“Angel Island Insight” Performance with Last Hoisan Poets.
Presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center’s “United States of Asian America Festival” (2021: Forging our Future - SoMa & Chinatown)
Zoom performance on May 22, 2021 featuring the Last Hoisan Poets
Composer Huang Ruo and violist Charlton Lee look at Chinese poem carved into the wall.
photo credit: Andi Wong
Community Photography
a community online art exhibit, “Angel Island: In Sight 2021”
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org
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