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Lines: A Theatre Lila Invention ( + Response)

May 18, 2018by Grace Newton Leave a comment

Toward the end of last month, my mother invited me to see a play with her by Theatre Lila called Lines. Theatre Lila is a performing arts group that seeks […]

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Art, Recent Media + Response, Reflections

Wearing my Adoptee Identity

March 24, 2018by Grace Newton 2 Comments

This is a pendant that was gifted to me by a Korean adoptee friend right before I embarked on my four month journey back to my hometown, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. […]

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Art, For Adoptive Parents

Shedding Whiteness

January 24, 2018by Grace Newton 2 Comments

by Jon Straker – Korean adoptee, artist, friend Originally published in Gazillion Voices Magazine, 2015. I’m so excited to promote my friend Jon’s work in this post. We went to […]

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Art, Guest Pieces, Reflections

Ripped From My Roots

December 21, 2015by Grace Newton 1 Comment

I remember being asked on multiple occasions to make a family tree as a school assignment. This subject is broached somewhat in the book, Star of the Week, by Darlene Friedman […]

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Art, Reflections

Miss Saigon Lies; The Theatre Denies

January 24, 2015by Grace Newton 3 Comments

I walked into the restaurant, optimistic that after months of ignoring my letter, M Theatre was finally willing to hear the issues with Miss Saigon and work out the best possible […]

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Art, Events

Miss Saigon Comes to My Hometown

August 24, 2014by Grace Newton 8 Comments

A modified version of a letter I sent to my city’s local theatre company ———————————————————————————————- To Whom it May Concern, I recently enjoyed a wonderful production of A Chorus Line, performed […]

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Art, Recent Media + Response, Reflections

Chinese-ness

June 25, 2014by Grace Newton 8 Comments

Is Chinese identity personal, national, cultural, political? Does it migrate, become malleable or transmuted? When is it authentic, sacred, exotic, kitsch? Wing’s latest project employs various documentary and conceptual photographic […]

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Art, Events, Recent Media + Response, Reflections

Please Support Creating Home, A Storytelling Program For Young People

April 14, 2014by Grace Newton Leave a comment

https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/922366/video-363213-h264_high.mp4 I’m very excited to promote a combined project between Land of Gazillion Adoptees (LGA) and COMPAS. LGA is a multimedia company based out of Minneapolis, MN whose mission is to […]

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Art, Recent Media + Response

Terracotta Daughters

April 1, 2014by Grace Newton 16 Comments

  Most people know about the Terracotta Warriors, located in Xi’an, China. The museum covers an area of 16,300 square meters and contains over 7000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and […]

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