Longtime Chinatown-based sculptor and painter Wen-ti Tsen is among three Boston artists recently awarded the Wagner Arts Fellowship. The new arts fellowship – also awarded to L’Merchie Frazier and Daniela Rivera – was created by the Wagner Foundation for artists who incorporate elements of social impact or social change in their work. Each winner is given $75,000 in unrestricted funding that they can use however they want and can access to specialized services. Tsen is currently working on two large-scale […]

“Learning How to Read by Moonlight,” written by Gaven D. Trinidad, is a touching and imaginative play running through June 8. The story follows six-year-old Eddie and his Nanay (mother) as they seek a new beginning in the U.S. after escaping danger in the Philippines. As Eddie navigates the challenges of growing up undocumented, learning English, and discovering his queer identity, he and his imaginary friend create vibrant worlds to make sense of it all. Blending storytelling, dance, music, and […]

Artist Jaeok Lee immigrated from her home in Nak Won Dong, in the heart of Seoul, to the United States in 1974. Now based in Sudbury, 71-year-old Lee has a home and studio atop a hill — a pocket of enchantment. The land bursts with rare flowers and is populated with chipmunks living among deer; punctuating the property are ceramic beoksu — guardian posts — and sotdae — poles topped with birds — rising like guardians. The garden perpetually invites […]