DC: Film Screening and Director Q&A, Dora Fugh Lee: A Life in Art

Join us for a screening of Dora Fugh Lee: A Life In Art (2024) (30 minutes), followed by a conversation with documentary film director E. Samantha Cheng as we explore the extrodinary life of a Chinese-American painter who transformed China and America’s contemporary art scene. This is event is led by YCW DC and hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies.

Light beverages will be offered.

Born in 1929 , Dora Fugh Lee began studying classical Chinese painting and caligraphy as a young child in Beijing. Living at a time of enormous societal transformation, Lee was part of a generation of artists defining a new style of contemporary Chinese painting, building on and transforming traditional painting techniques.

In 1957, Lee and her husband moved to Washington, D.C. where she trained in Western classical art. By merging the traditional approaches from her two homes, Lee developed a unique style of her own. She taught painting at George Washington University and at the Smithsonian Institution, and her works are part of the permanent collections at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Asian Art, and the National Cathedral among others.

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E. Samantha Cheng is an American producer, director, writer, documentarian and journalist. She has devoted much of her career to raising the visibility of Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and women in technology and their contributions to United States history. Cheng is the president and co-founder of Heritage Series, LLC, which specializes in educational programs about ethnic minorities in the United States. She owned and operated the multi-media company, Television Production Services (TPS), for 25 years.

Cheng is the writer, producer and director of Dora Fugh Lee: A Life in Art, which was aired on PBS.

Tuesday, June 3, 6:00 – 7:30 | Chung-wen Shih Conference Room, Room 503, George Washington University, 1957 E Street, NW