Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era Photographs
September 7 to December 29 at the Clarke Historical Museum, Eureka
Chinese Pioneers presents a visual history of the social, political, and judicial disenfranchisement of Chinese Californians—as well as moments of Chinese agency and resilience— in the decades before and after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the California Historical Society’s collections (from website below).
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 6:00 p.m.: Opening of “Chinese Pioneers” exhibit during Arts Alive (Free Event)
Funding from California Humanities through HAPI’s “Recovering Eureka’s Chinatown Past” Grant.
“Chinese Pioneers” Calendar of Events
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 4:00—5:30 p.m., Clarke Historical Museum: Symposium “Chinese Labor Days: Contributions of Local ‘Chinese Pioneers’ to Nineteenth-Century Humboldt County. (Free Event)
Reception and Symposium which included panelists Katie Buesch, Yolanda Latham, Sheila Moon, Dr. Alex Service, and poet Daryl Ngee Chinn.
Wednesday, September 25, 5:00 p.m., Humboldt County Library, Eureka: Film screening, “Two Pioneering Chinese American Stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.” (Free Event)
Two classic detective films, Phantom of Chinatown (1940, starring Keye Luke) and Daughter of Shanghai (1937, starring Anna May Wong) will be screened at the Humboldt County Library beginning at 5 pm. Following the screenings, there will be a discussion on how vintage films like these reflect and shape perceptions of Chinese Americans in the 1930s and 40s. These two films are remarkable for starring Chinese American actors, rather than Euro-American actors in “yellowface” as was common Hollywood practice at the time.
Friday, October 4, 2024, 5:30—7:00 p.m., Clarke Historical Museum: Reception and Symposium on “Nineteenth-Century ‘Chinese Pioneers’ of Humboldt’s Neighboring Counties” (Free Event)
Will include panelists Jessica Chew (Red Bluff/Tehama County), Dero Forslund (Trinity County), Lorraine Hee-Chorley (Mendocino County), and Dr. Alex Service (Del Norte County). An opening reception will take place at 5:00 p.m. Space is limited. Please get your Free Tickets in the link below. This symposium will be a hybrid event.
