Family Story
LJP Exhibit Video Walkthrough
We hope you all had a wonderful Chinese New Year Celebration!! Our family had time to stop and celebrate this past week. And we had cause to celebrate! Matthew and Cayden finally found an new place to call home after over a month of searching. Now the rebuilding begins! It’s amazing how much work is…
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…
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…
Liu Jipiao’s First Solo Exhibit
Dear Friends, I can’t believe it’s been over 15 years 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…
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…
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…
16th World Congress on Art Deco: Miami
Yes I am heading back to Miami!!! I am honored to be asked back to lecture for this prestigious event! I’m also looking forward to reconnecting with some of the lovely people I met on my last trip in January. The Miami Design Preservation League, Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches and The International…
In Her Footsteps…
Last summer I took my usual trip to NYC and NJ to visit family. During that visit I took 1 day to visit Mom’s (Gayook’s) favorite places. I started out visiting her apartment on the Upper Eastside (85th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave, 1st floor) I was able to talk to someone who lived in the building but not the people who lived in her apartment.
Miami Art Deco Weekend
Thank you so much to the Miami Design Preservation League and the Wolfsonian Museum-FIU! I was honored to be invited to lecture for the 46th Annual Art Deco Weekend on January 13-15, 2023. The theme was “Art Deco Worldwide”.
With Gratitude…
Dear Friends and Family, Thank you to all of those who made it to Gayook’s Memorial. We really appreciate you attending! It was so exciting to see all the people she spoke about gathered together and for some, finally meeting one another! And for those who couldn’t make it, we know you carry her in…