Arts and Chinese Heritage

Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis

Grant period

2025 - 2026

Location

Europe

The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, a research institute within the University of Amsterdam, is dedicated to the critical and innovative study of culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. A seed grant from the Foundation supports the development of Voyages of Identity, a multidisciplinary research-based art project—led by Hangfeng Chen, a visual artist and filmmaker based in Shanghai and Amsterdam—exploring the intersections of Chinese heritage, African identity, global trade, and cultural exchange.

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2022 - 2023

US

The Chinese Culture Center San Francisco

Support for a research and community-building project centered on facilitating relationships between multidisciplinary artists and history bearers (descendants, land stewards, family archivists and institutions). The research project will focus on 3 different themes: personal archives, family associations, the history of railroad construction and mining.

2023 - 2024

UK

New Earth Theatre

Initiating research into and creative exploration of the history of forced deportation of  Chinese seamen in Liverpool

2023 - 2025

US

The Houston Asian American Archive

Creating artistic renditions of Chinese diasporic experiences

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