Artist Showcase
Inspired by Nature Art Exhibit
Co-hosted by Ascending Aesthetics and the AACC
Artist Meet-and-Greet and Reception - Meet our guest artists and hear about their art pieces on display!
Thursday, December 9th, 2021 - 3:30pm-4:30pm
Asian American Cultural Center Lounge (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801)
Light refreshments to be served.
Asian American Cultural Center & Spirit of India Presents
"VAIGYANIK BHARAT/SCIENTIFIC INDIA"
Celebrating Indian Independence Day 2020
Guest Bio
Dr. Chandramallika Basak, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Vital Longevity
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Lab link: https://bbs.utdallas.edu/linc/
Twitter handle is @ChandramallikaB
Aadya Joshi is a Grade 11 student at the American School of Bombay. Aadya is passionate about restoring native biodiversity and natural ecosystems in urban environments.
In 2018, she founded The Right Green, an organization whose mission is to spread awareness about the ecological importance of native plants in restoring urban ecosystems. She has developed a database of plant-insect relationships for over 2,000 plants (and growing) in the Indian subcontinent and ranked them according to their ability to support biodiversity. This will now enable gardeners and landscapers to choose such plants that are not only beautiful, but will also support the most biodiversity for their eco-regions. She regularly conducts workshops for school children, adults and municipal authorities, highlighting the vital ecological links between native plants, insects, and birds that are essential for maintaining healthy ecosystems.
In addition to her work with The Right Green, Aadya is also a budding researcher, a classically trained musician and enjoys the outdoors.
https://www.therightgreen.org/
Mrs. Juhi Gupta MS, RD-N, CDE.
Masters in organic Chemistry , India, Masters in Dietetics From Wayne State University ,Michigan, 2003 .Internship from Various Hospitals in Detroit area. Over 16 years of work experience at Saint Francis Hospital as outpatient Registered Dietitian ( RD-N) and over 7 years as Certified Diabetes educator at Saint Francis Hospital. Working as consultant at Manchester Memorial Hospital for over 3 years . Also have participated in community events like health fairs, health screening at temple , speaker at lighthouse mission centers in Manchester.
Tanmay Takle is the Co-Founder of Degrees of Change, a youth-led community working to demystify climate change and sustainability.
He graduated from UIUC with a B.S. in Techincal Systems Management in August 2019, focusing on renewable energy and sustainable development. Tanmay has worked on the iCAP2020 and on research aiding community solar development in Illinois. This Fall, Tanmay will pursue an M.S. in Sustainability Management from the Earth Institue at Columbia University. Tanmay is a Student Energy Leaders Fellow.
https://www.degreesofchange.org
Previous Showcases
Living History: Our Stories from 1970s to Now
August 24, 2015 - December, 1, 2015
November 3, 2014 – January 30, 2015
"A Community of Immigrants" Group Art Exhibit
July 2014-October 2014
#WeAreIllinois by the Intercultural Horizons Intens
January 2014-March 2014
"this voice of mine" by Puja Patel
November 2013- February 2014"Child of the World" by Jessica Lee Rojas
August - November 2013"What Do You Care About?" Art Exhibit by University of Illinois Student Leaders
August - November 2012Spirit of the Brush and Ink by Jason Xing
March - July 2012Art Blank Activism: 10 Years of Project A
Hua NianDecember 2011- March 2012Drama of Black & White
Kate AgathonJanuary - April 2011ImaginAsian
Lena Domyung ChoeOctober - December 2010Halmoni's Hanboks
Jason TranJune - October 2010Bridging
Champaign-Urbana Asian and Asian American ArtistApril - June 2010Celebrating Asian American Heritage Through Artas part of the Boneyard Arts Festival
Annie Rong, Wynee Bao, Andrea Bajcsy and Sergio JuanFebruary - April 2010Sharing with the World
Photographer Kate Agathon & William SnyderNovember 2009 - February 2010commUNITY
Yunnan Art Institute, UIUC, and Parkland CollegeSeptember - October 2009Not Between But from the East and the West
Rajni ShinghalMay - September 2009Infusion
Community and StudentsApril - May 2009"Through an Asian American Lens of Identity and Culture" featuring mixed media works
Sarah Seyoung Kim, BFA candidateApril - May 2009"Vague" featuring mixed media works
Hyon Joo KimDecember 2008 - March 2009"Knotted Passion Box" feat. mixed media works
Lei Zhang ShanbhagAugust - November 2008"To the East" featuring mixed media works
Hermia SooMay - July 2008"My Recollections of the Joy of Art Creation" featuring mixed media works
Saemi Yi, BFA candidateApril 2008Art Exhibit featuring mixed media works
Asian American Women (Community and Students)February - April 2008Asian American Women Art Show: "Reflections of Who I Am…” featuring mixed media works
Intercultural Friendship FoundationStudent OrganizationNovember 2007 - February 2008"Devotion and Love in Islamic Art" featuring mixed media works
Sujata Dey-KoontzChampaign residentApril - June 2007"Om. A Creative Goddess Vision's The Mother Essence" featuring watercolors, colored pencil, mixed media works and photography
Umeeta SadaranganiChampaign residentJanuary - March 2007"Journeys" featuring watercolors, mixed media works and photography
Hua NianUrbana residentMarch - May 2006"Paper Tearing Art" featured twelve pieces
Dan MaUIUC MFA 2006January - March 2006"Displace" featured eleven photographs
Other Exhibits
Areujana Sim, BFA candidateApril 16-27, 2007"Reconstructing Korean Memory"
"Rice, Chopsticks, and the Melting Pot: Asian American Restaurants in Chicago"presented as part of the Filipino American Coming Together Conference by the Philippine Student Association and the Columbia College of ChicagoOctober 2006
Jeannie Chang, Jessica Rubenacker, and Eunji Rhimall UIUC BFA candidatesMay 2006"Constructing the Middle Ground"
