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I'm a visual artist obsessed with optimism. Originally from California, now living in New York. This is a space where I think through and share notes on art, art worlds, transparency, positive psychology, and my process.

Learn more about me and see my work at ChristineWongYap.com.

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I’ve been 🤐 and am so 😅to finally share this news 😃! I am SO honored and pleased to be a public artist-in-residence, working with seniors at @EncoreCommunityServices this spring to develop flags 🏳that commemorate their sources of resilience. Thank you 🙏🏾 @TSQArts and @_jeanie_c for believing in me, and encouraging me to dream big. Art has and always will be my first love, and still getting to walk this road and seeing where it takes me means the world to me. Thanks to @pannyc for creating this beautiful animated design with my calligraphy. 💓
Tomorrow night, I’ll be doing my first online solo exhibition walk-thru (!?) / artist talk. In the spirit of never-not-learning, I took this opportunity to reveal more of the process / making-of / #BTS of these #socialpractice projects. The exhibition features three projects on belonging spanning SF Bay and Albuquerque, New Mexico. I also created a new transmedia ’story-map’ crafting a virtual journey of 12 places of belonging, organized around three fundamental human needs: safety, satisfaction, and connection.
Fist bump 🤜🏽💥🤛🏾 solidarity bandanas just added to my online shop. I hand-carved the basket-weave pattern from a linoleum block. Then I printed that one block #️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣#️⃣ 9 times 🤪 on each bandana on a letterpress. Brown ink on white 100% cotton. Printed at the Center for Book Arts in NoMad (or what I like to call "Little L.A." 🌴for the mashup of immigrant wholesalers next to West Coast vibe-y health food spots next to cool random mom-and-pop shops). Made in ❤️ NYC.
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Jack Hitt on the Dollar Store Economy

August 19, 2011cwongyapdiscount stores, Dollar Store Crafts, dollar stores, Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors), Jack Hitt Leave a comment

Fans of

fear-induced pleasure in selective bargain-hunting

might enjoy “The Dollar Store Economy,” Jack Hitt’s essay in the NY Times Magazine (August 18, 2011).

I was pleased to read about the blog Dollar Store Crafts, a new-found cousin to my Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors) exhibition.

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