Meditations on the Power of Community is a short film commissioned by the Gardner Museum, featuring choreography by Pao Arts Center 2021 Artist-in-Residence Lenora Lee Dance and filmed by Weiying Olivia Huang. The film features interviews with members of Boston’s Chinatown community, in response to the Museum’s exhibition Shen Wei: Painting in Motion.

This film will be screened in Community Stories, the May installment of Projecting Connections: Chinese American Experiences, a series presented by ArtsEmerson and the Boston Asian American Film Festival:

Please join us for a free watch party and live Q&A with the artistic team behind the film on May 11, 2021. Register on our website:

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To learn more about Lenora Lee Dance, please visit:

Shen Wei: Painting in Motion is on view through June 20, 2021, learn more here:

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