CCC Design Store After Dark Presents: "Born Of Fire" Exhibition Opening
- Chinese Culture Center
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CCC Design Store After Dark Presents:
"Born of Fire" A Leland Wong Exhibition
CCC 設計商店夜間系列
展覽開幕: “浴火重生”
Date and Time:
Friday, September 12, 2025, 5- 9 pm
Location:
日期：2025年12月9日（星期五）
時間：下午5點至晚上9點
地點：CCC 設計商店 ｜舊呂宋巷41號
This event is free but capacity is limited; RSVP to secure your spot today!
Program Overview 項目詳情
CCC Design Store After Dark: "Born Of Fire" A Leland Wong Exhibition
Swing by the Chinatown Night Market and step into the world of legendary artist Leland Wong.
Join us for the September edition of CCC Design Store After Dark series, featuring a special solo exhibition by beloved legendary artist and cultural icon Leland Wong. With a vibrant career spanning photography, design, printmaking, and mural art, Leland’s works have helped shape the visual identity of San Francisco Chinatown and beyond for generations.
This exhibition centers on Leland’s dynamic and evolving dragon imagery, a signature element of his practice that captures the energy, irreverence, and layered symbolism. The dragon, ever in motion, embodies change, resistance, and boundless imagination, qualities that resonate deeply in both his art and the communities it represents.
Featuring a rare presentation of Leland Wong’s original, one-of-a-kind paintings, the exhibition spotlights his distinctive artistic voice, rooted in cultural symbolism yet unmistakably his own.
This evening program includes:
• A meet-and-greet with Leland Wong
• Live drawing demonstration by the artist
• Shop during CCC Design Store’s extended hours
Join us to celebrate an artist whose work continues to inspire, provoke, and uplift across generations. Don’t miss this special opportunity to encounter the powerful originality of Leland Wong’s works in an intimate setting!
About Leland Wong
Leland Wong is a legendary printmaker, photographer, and community artist born and raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Deeply shaped by the Civil Rights and Asian American movements of the 1970s, he has spent over four decades creating posters, illustrations, and photographs that honor Asian American identity, activism, and history. From Kearny Street Workshop to the iconic Nihonmachi Street Fair posters, Wong’s legacy is woven into the visual culture of San Francisco’s Asian American community.
英偉是成長於舊金山華埠的版畫家、攝影師與資深社區藝術工作者。他的藝術啟蒙受 1970 年代民權與亞裔美術運動深深影響，四十多年來持續創作海報、插畫與紀實攝影，呈現亞裔美籍社群的身份、行動與歷史記憶。從 Kearny Street Workshop 到持續近三十年的日本町街頭藝術節（Nihonmachi Street Fair）海報設計，Leland 的創作已成為灣區亞裔文化視覺的重要組成。
CCC Design Store is a dynamic, multidisciplinary space showcasing contemporary work from artists, designers, makers, and craftspeople. As part of the Chinese Culture Center’s (CCC) arts programming, the store offers a curated collection of one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces, many of which are exclusive to CCC Design Store.
CCC Design Store plays a vital role in amplifying the voices of both emerging and established artists, with a strong focus on those from Asian American, immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Each purchase offers more than a unique, high-quality item—it directly supports the artists and furthers the Chinese Culture Center’s mission to uplift and empower these communities. Created for collectors, art enthusiasts, and anyone seeking meaningful, one-of-a-kind gifts, the store invites shoppers to be part of a larger movement—one that champions creativity, equity, and community strength.
41 Ross is a dynamic community art studio in San Francisco’s historic Ross Alley, led by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (CCC). Originally founded in 2014 through a collaboration between CCC and the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), 41 Ross amplifies the voices of LGBTQ2S+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities through creative experimentation and cultural engagement.
More than just an art studio, 41 Ross is a hub for makers, entrepreneurs, educators, and community members. It offers a wide range of programming—including film screenings, pop-up events, workshops, panel discussions, and interactive creative sessions—that encourage collaboration, learning, and cultural exchange. Over the years, 41 Ross has hosted iconic programs such as "Keyword School" (2014), "Chinatown Homecooking" (2018), and the "Womxn, Omen, Wǒmén in Chinatown Exhibit" (2018), and most recently incubated OUT Museum, the world’s first queer Chinese museum, in 2024.
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