CROSSLINES
MAY 28-29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Brought together over 40 artists in a creative convening of artworks, performances and dialogues that explored identities in intersection.
10,000+ in Attendance
Featured 40+ Artists & Scholars
Photo courtesy of Les Talusan
CTRL+ALT
NOV 12-13, 2016
NEW YORK CITY
Brought together over 50 artists & scholars to imagine a better future through artwork, performances and interactive installations.
10,000+ in attendance
Featured 50+ Artists & Scholars
Photo courtesy of Nathan Kawanishi
ʻAE KAI
JULY 7-9, 2017
HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI
Brought together over 50 artists & cultural practitioners to explore the meeting points of humanity and nature in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Islands and beyond through artwork and performances.
9,000+ in Attendance
Featured 50+ Artists & Cultural Practitioners
Photo courtesy of Tara Rock of Adobe Project 1324
PRESS
A Smithsonian Pop-up Show Finds Common Ground in Our Eclectic Stories, Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic
The Smithsonian Gets Experimental and Field-Tests a New Forum for Bringing Artists to the Public, Menachem Wecker, Smithsonian.com
The Public Puts Great Trust in Museums, and Now It’s Time Museums Trust the Public, Adriel Luis, Smithsonian.com
In This Heartfelt Video, American Muslims Connect With World War II Internees, Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian.com
Smithsonian Debuts ‘CrossLines: A Culture Lab,’ Newsdesk: Newsroom of the Smithsonian
With CrossLines, Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building Opens To The Public After 12 Years, Rachel Sadon, Deist
Smithsonian Debuting ‘CrossLines’ Asian Pacific Exhibit on Memorial Day Weekend, Dan Taylor, Patch
This Weekend in Washington, the Smithsonian Explore Cultural Crosslines, Eduardo Diaz, News Taco
Smithsonian Pop-up Features History Research Reimagined Through Dance, Emily Stimmel, News: Carnegie Mellon University
CrossLines: The Only Persian Thing About Me Was My Name,Nahid Ebrahimi, The California Endowment blog
#CrossLines: It’s our lives. It’s our work. It’s who we are, Jeanny Kim, White House blog
Painter and Performance Artist Gregg Deal on Silenced Indigenous Voices, Lois Stavsky, Street Art NYC
Crosslines Culture Lab Blends Visual, Performing Art, nbcwashington.com
WATCH: Muslim Youth Read Japanese-American Internees’ Heartbreaking ‘Letters From Camp,’ Sameer Rao, Colorlines
Muslim Americans Read ‘Letters From Camp’ to WWII-Incarcerated Japanese Americans, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, NBC News
Watch Muslim kids read letters from Japanese internment camp survivors, Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times
Arts groups to host identity-themed pop-up at Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Peggy McGlone, Washington Post
I filmed Japanese-American internees reading letters to Muslim kids. Here’s why, Frank Chi, Washington Post
Muslim Kids Read Heartbreaking Letters From WWII To Show How History Is Repeating Itself, Christopher Mathias, Huffington Post
How a Bunch of Brave New Futurists Zapped the Old Pearl River Mart Back to Life, Nicole Disser, Bedford + Bowery
How a Trump Presidency Changes Our View of the Future, Sulagna Misra, Good
Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center Debuts Culture Lab in New York City Veterans Day Weekend, Smithsonian Newsdesk
PHOTOS: Opening Night of Smithsonian APAC’s CTRL+ALT at Pearl River Mart, Brightest Young Things
Sikh Captain America vows to fight the ‘rise in bigotry’ he sees in Trump’s America, Michael Cavna, Washington Post
CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures, This Weekend in New York City, Keith Chow, Nerds of Color
Notes From An Imagined Future: CTRL+ALT In New York, M.K. Khamchanh, Little Laos on the Prairie
Lao Science Fiction Theater? Ask Saymoukda Vongsay! Sahtu Press
CTRL+ALT: A CULTURE LAB ON IMAGINED FUTURES, Angry Asian Man
The Future is Behind Us: The Work of Jaret Vadera, Diana McClure, Art in America
Smithsonian Exhibits Hawai‘i’s Occupation through the Matrix, Keanu Sai, Hawaiian Kingdom Blog
La Borinqueña, Ayanna Jones-Lightsy, Black Girl Nerds
La Borinqueña’s Best Friend Is A Chinese-Dominican Badass, Carolina Moreno, Huffington Post: Latino Voices
La Borinqueña’s Trip To The Smithsonian, Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool
La Borinqueña: the Necessity of the Unsaid, Noel Quiñones, Black Nerd Problems
Superheroína boricua se une a reclamo contra las cenizas en Peñuelas, Brenda Peña López, Primera Hora
Pearl River Mart returns to New York City at 395 Broadway in Tribeca, Obi Anyanwu, Fashion Network
CTRLALT, adrienne maree brown, adriennemareebrown.net
The Future is Feminine, Nai‘a Lewis, Hanau Creative
Manufactured Noise: The deep structure of music, politics and climate change, Nai‘a Lewis interviews Paul D. Miller, And Still the Waters Rise