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LJP Exhibit & Family Update

Thank you to all who have reached out with support and wonderfully kind words and prayers!! Matthew & Cayden are still looking for a place to live and hopping from 1 Airbnb to another! On the up side, Cayden will be return to classes next week. Unfortunately they couldn’t keep all the kids together, so…

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Please Help Our Family!

Dear Friends, On a sad note, while we were in China my brother Matthew’s family home burnt down in the California Wildfires. His partner was able to evacuate in time with the clothes on her back, but they lost everything, including the car, Cayden’s school and a large percentage of our business. We watched it…

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Liu Jipiao’s First Solo Exhibit

Dear Friends, I can’t believe it’s been over 15 since we started this journey!! I am ecstatic to announce that my grandfather is having his first solo exhibit at the school he worked so hard to create back in the late 1920’s. Back then it was the Hangzhou National Academy of Art. Today it is…

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Our Mother’s Memorial

I woke up today thinking it would be fitting time to post this next story as today is the 3rd year anniversary of my mother, Gayook Wong (Liou)’s passing. Although the grief of her passing has softened, her absence is still keenly felt in our day to day lives. And although her wisdom and compassion…

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We Went to China!!

Part 1: Making Plans Where to begin? We’ve been talking about this China trip for a while now! There’s a lot of information and activity over a short period of time! So I will break up our China Travels into several parts. Many thanks to Mr. Howard Wu! He is the President of the Hakkanese…

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Shanghai Deco – Documentary Screening with Q&A

So this is a follow up to the lecture I gave last year at the China Society of SoCal. They are showing the documentary film that has footage from  the World Congress of Art Deco in Shanghai and some interview footage of my family. (We have not seen it yet) BUT we will be on…

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Thank You China Society!

Last Monday, June 5th, I was honored to speak at the China Society of Southern California. I would like to thank Yvonne and Bob for all their support in my research about my grandfather. Thanks to Eugene for helping on the tech side!! I think I forgot to mention this durning the lecture but we…

In the Main Meeting Room of the China Academy of Art (formerly the Hangzhou National Academy of Art. Founded by Liu and Colleagues)

Jenn’s Triumphant Return!

It’s hard to believe that Jenn’s momentous journey to China is over and she is back home safe and sound. The month just flew by! This past week that she arrived back home has been a whirlwind of activity – unpacking, the excitement of hearing Jenn’s stories of her trip, seeing all the beautiful souvenirs…

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Shanghai Daily News!

We got a write up in the Shanghai Daily News and it’s interesting that that out of all the wonderful lecturers, they only mentioned the Chinese ones (yes, including yours truly) It’s good to be in the majority 😉 It’s been a whirlwind here in China and I promise to post more stories and findings…

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Jenn’s Presentation at the Art Deco World Congress

I apologize to any Chinese readers for being a proud mother. This is my American side surfacing. I finally got a chance to speak to Jenn about her presentation, although one of her friends from the L.A. Art Deco Society had already sent an email home:

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