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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;Asian American Portraits of Encounter Between Image &amp;am
 p\; Word&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nSaturday\, April 14\, 2012\n11:15 AM to 5:00 PM\nNan 
 Tucker McEvoy Auditorium\nNational Portrait Gallery\, Smithsonian Institut
 ion\nEight and F Streets\, NW\, Washington\, DC\n\nAsian American art and 
 literature offer a collective portrait of Asian American identity and cult
 ure\, one that reflects on lived experience and its various textures.&amp;nbsp
 \; The&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Asian American Portraits of Encounter: Between Image &amp;amp
 \; Word&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;symposium brings these critical efforts to light by sta
 ging encounters and conversations between acclaimed Asian American writers
  and the National Portrait Gallery&amp;rsquo\;s groundbreaking exhibition &amp;ldq
 uo\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/encounter/index.html&quot;&gt;Portraitu
 re Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;rdquo\;&amp;nbsp\; The&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;em&gt;Image &amp;amp\; Word&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will feature original work that explore
 s the themes and feelings raised by the exhibition.&amp;nbsp\; Come hear readi
 ngs by writers David Henry Hwang\, Garrett Hongo\, Bao Phi\, Marianne Vill
 anueva\, Marie Myung-Ok Lee\, Kazim Ali\, and Anna Kazumi Stahl.&amp;nbsp\; Cu
 rators from the National Portrait Gallery will give a guided tour of an ex
 hibition that includes the work of artists CYJO\, Hye Yeon Nam\, Shizu Sal
 damando\, Roger Shimomura\, Satomi Shirai\, Tam Tran\, and Hong Chun Zhang
 .&amp;nbsp\; The symposium and tour are both free and open to the public.\n\n&lt;
 strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edgar P. Richardson Symposium: Asian American Portraits of Enco
 unter Between Image &amp;amp\; Word&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;is a joint project
  between&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program\, T
 he Asian American Literary Review\, and the National Portrait Gallery.&amp;nbs
 p\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Edgar P. Richardson Symposium was established at th
 e National Portrait Gallery with the generous support of Mr. Richardson&amp;rs
 quo\;s longtime friend and fellow former National Portrait Gallery commiss
 ioner\, Mr. Robert L. McNeil Jr.&amp;nbsp\; Named in honor of Edgar P. Richard
 son (1902 &amp;ndash\; 1985)\, this symposium pays tribute to Mr. Richardson&amp;r
 squo\;s significant contribution as a scholar and National Portrait Galler
 y commissioner.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;Edgar P. Richardson Symposium:&lt;/str
 ong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;Asian American Portraits of Encounter Between Image &amp;amp\; W
 ord&lt;/strong&gt;
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SUMMARY:2012 Symposium: Asian American Portraits of Encounter Between Image
  &amp; Word
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