When Asian-American Artists Are Unburdened by Identity

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STANFORD, Calif. — Currently on view at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is the exhibition East of the Pacific: Making Histories of Asian American Art , curated by Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander. The exhibition is one of several inaugurating the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) at the Cantor. Co-directed by curator Alexander and art historian Marci Kwon, the initiative launched in 2021. Its mission is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit work by Asian-American artists and to foster scholarship and research through education, digital documentation, and public programming. A major par

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