The wing luke museum of the asian pacific american experience will partner with community service organizations and a neighborhood community advisory committee to provide arts and cultural programs…

The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience received a $598,916 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The two-year grant supports the museum's partnership with community organizations and a neighborhood advisory committee to provide arts and cultural programs focused on health and well-being for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, as well as the general public and youth audiences. Key activities include summer arts and music festival events, two year-long artist residencies to support 20 community clinic-based cultural programs, and an arts training program pairing paid interns with professional artists to work with youth participants on an art installation project. As a result, the project aims to better connect community members with opportunities to develop cultural knowledge, competence, and healing.

The wing luke museum of the asian pacific american experience will partner with community service organizations and a neighborhood community advisory committee to provide arts and cultural programs centered on health and well-being for its diverse asian american, native hawaiian, and pacific islander communities, the general public, and youth audiences. Informed by recent community surveys, the museum will develop summer arts and music festival events, as well as host two year-long artist residencies to support twenty community clinic-based cultural programs. The museum will also implement an arts training program in which two paid interns are paired with professional artists to work with youth participants to create an art installation. As a result of the project, community members will be better connected with ways to develop cultural knowledge, competence, and healing.