AANHPI Affinity Workshop: Story Mapping through Collage: Ways of Belonging

Members of the AANHPI community are invited to gather at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover to reflect on and be inspired by our own lives in relation to places, real or imagined. Our time together will include an introduction to the exhibition Tommy Kha: Other Things Uttered with museum educator Christine Jee and a facilitated session on creating story maps to explore narrative ways of being and belonging, led by artist and cultural organizer Mindy Tsonas Choi. 

Participants are invited to bring their own favorite collage materials and ephemera (photos, stickers, papers etc.) All other materials and light refreshments will be provided.

This workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Open to adults as well as participants in middle school and up.

This program is presented in collaboration with Lucky Knot Arts, a collaborative community centering Asian Americans through creative programming on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Their vision is to sustain a homebase where AANHPIs (including multigenerational, multiracial, and transracially adopted folks) can take up space, create together, and celebrate authentically. Learn more at luckyknotarts.org.

image (right): Tommy Kha, Flatlands (Addison Gallery variation), Andover, Massachusetts, 2024-25. Dye sublimation on fleece, dye sublimation on aluminum, pigment prints, found paper, cardboard, foam core, cotton twine, adhesive, and tape, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Higher Pictures