Pao Arts Center
Through arts, culture, and education, the Pao Arts Center brings together community members across generations to reclaim a critical piece of Chinatown history and to create healthy families and vibrant communities. In partnership with Bunker Hill Community College, BCNC opened the Pao Arts Center in 2017 to be Chinatown’s first community-based arts center and Boston’s newly dedicated Asian American and Asian immigrant cultural space.
The Pao Arts Center sits on a historically significant piece of land, Parcel 24, where hundreds of Chinatown residents were displaced in the 1960s in order to build a highway on ramp. The reclamation of this land as a place to celebrate and explore Asian culture represents a powerful shift towards community oriented development in the face of rapid change.
PlanTable by Ecosistema Urbano in Collaboration with the Greenway Conversancy
EC24 YC Video Artist Statement (Annie, Vivian, Jiaying)
EC 2024 YC Video Artist Statement (Sarah, Elaine, Sareen)
EC 2024 YC Video Artist Statement (Felix, Elly, Yeqing, Brian)
BCNC Youth Center x Experience Chinatown - Dragon Mural
BCNC Youth Center x Experience Chinatown - Culture Mural
Found in Translation Season 1 Lookback
Found in Translation Season II Launch
Pao Arts Center - Bridging Creative Connections 2022
Chinese Brushpainting Demo With Mr. Liu
Lion Dance Drumming and Movement Basics by Nüwa Athletic Club and Pao Arts Center
DIY Hong-bao/Li Xi/Red Envelope Craft with Lily Xie
Nurturing Our Voices - Residents Lab Presentation
Nurturing our Voices - Lenora Lee Dance
Nurturing Our Voices - Micah Rose Performance
We Are More Campaign - Alison Qu Interview
In The Kitchen (At Home) - Shanghai-Style Wonton Soup Recipe by Valerie Li
We Are More Campaign - Bren Bataclan Interview
Ava Dudani - Love is Love (BCNC Lantern Festival Gala Performance)
aznjujube ft Jeff La - Maze (BCNC Lantern Festival Gala Performance)
Continuum Dance Company (BCNC Lantern Festival Gala Perfomance)
In The Kitchen (At Home) - Dan Dan Noodle Recipe by Valerie Li
In The Kitchen Special - Homemade Dumpling Recipe with Valerie Li
DIY Lion Head Tutorial by Nüwa Athletic Club and Pao Arts Center
In The Kitchen (At Home) - Tang Yuan (glutinous rice ball dessert) Recipe with Valerie Li
Chinatown Presents: Finding Home with Chen Chen - Interview with Chen Chen
Finding Home with Chen Chen - Poem in Noisy Mouthfuls, Flora Kim dance
Finding Home with Chen Chen-When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List of Further Possibilities,Chavi Bansal
Finding Home with Chen Chen - First Light - IJ Chan dance