CAS Newsletter

March 2023

As Spring comes into full swing, join us for these upcoming events!

April 1 | Taiwan Autism Artists Celebration

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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the JSOM Building, Davidson Auditorium (JSOM 1.118)

800 W Campbell Rd

JSOM 1.118

Richardson, TX 75080

A celebration of Taiwanese artists on the autism spectrum will be hosted on Saturday, April 1 in the Davidson Auditorium (JSOM 1.118) at the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM) of UTD!

In addition to an exhibition of 25 paintings from eight artists, Grace Chen will speak on working with artists on the spectrum. She will discuss using hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell to enhance creativity as well as present a brief workshop on using hand massage to improve brain function and prevent brain shrinkage.

This program is free to the public.

Sponsors for this event are the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM), UTD Center for Asian Studies (CAS), Taiwan Autistic Arts Association (TAAA), ECLAT Foundation, and BonBon USA Story Town.

For free UTD parking permits, please email shinystar88usa@gmail.com. For additional information, text (214) 202-6478.

May 18 | DMA Arts & Letters Live with R.F. Kuang

7:30 - 9:00 PM at the Dallas Museum of Art, Horchow Auditorium

1717 North Harwood St

Dallas, TX 75201

All tickets include a hardcover copy of Yellowface.

Yellowface, the chilling new novel from wunderkind R.F. Kuang, features New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song, who is decidedly not who she says she is—she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American. With an immersive first-person voice, this timely novel takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only within the publishing industry but in the persistent erasure of Asian American voices and history by Western white society.

Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel: An Arcane History. A Marshall Scholar, she has a Master of Philosophy in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and a Master of Science in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford, and she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

The CAS is the promotional partner of this event. Arts & Letters Live is a literary and performing arts series for that features award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. The series is recognized for its creative multidisciplinary programming—combining literature with visual arts, music, and film—and for commissioning new work from musicians, dancers, and poets, inspired by works of art in the Museum's collection and special exhibitions. The series is celebrating its 32nd season in 2023.

Visit the DMA event page for tickets and more information:

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Gong Fu Panda Now Open!

The 2023 Gong Fu Panda Summer Camp in partnership with the NiHao – Food Bank Initiative is now open for official registration! Register now to secure the spot for your child(ren). Spots are very limited and on a first come, first served basis.

If you need assistance navigating the registration system, please use this Camp Registration Guide. For additional assistance/questions with the system, please contact Carla Garner, the Director of the UTD Programs for Minors, at carla.garner@utdallas.edu.

Register Now!

Visit the camp page on our website for more information:

Visit the Gong Fu Panda Camp Page