Cordially Invites You to Join Us for an Exhibition of
The Book Of Perceptions
A collaborative project by Truong Tran & Chung Hoang Chuong.
The Book of Perceptions explores issues surrounding the hypehnated identity through the use of fragments in both the literary and visual arts. Combining the visions of two generations of Vietnamese Americans working in two different artistic mediums, the project attempts to further address the complexities of the immigrant identity, that of those at the crossing of two cultures.
Chung
Hoang Chuong is currently the director of the Vietnamese American Studies
Center at San Francisco State University. As a photographer and videographer,
Chuong received his Master of Fine Arts from The University of San Francisco.
His work has been exhibited at the Focus Gallery in San Francisco, The
Asian Resource Gallery in Oakland and the Phoenix Art Gallery in Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Truong
Tran was born in 1969 in Saigon, Vietnam. He received his education at
The University Of California, Santa Cruz and San Francisco State University
where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. His accomplishments
as a poet include fellowships from the Arts Council of Santa Clara, The
California Arts Council and The Creative Work Fund Grant.. His poems have
been published in numerous literary journals including ZYZZYVA, The American
Voice, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, Poetry East, and ACM (Another Chicago
Magazine.). Truong lives in San Francisco where he currently works as
a copywriter.
The Book Of Perceptions is made possible by a major grant from Creative Work Fund and is published by Kearny Street Workshop. A portion of the proceeds from the book will go towards Huong Viet Community Center's Youth Programming.....................................