Today the winners of the International Fashion Showcase were announced in a ceremony at 180 The Strand hosted by the British Council and the British Fashion Council. « more »

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) hosted its first ever Lunar New Year dinner at the Museum. The celebratory evening was instrumental in raising funds to support education, one of the core pillars of MOCA’s mission. MOCA serves over 200 schools within the tri-state area, and more than 10,000 students annually. « more »

For the fourth year in a row, McDonald’s and Chinatown’s P.S. 1, Alfred E. Smith Elementary School celebrated the Lunar New Year with a special show for the school’s 600 students. Hosted by Ronald McDonald, the event featured the special cultural performances, a traditional fan and abacus dance performance by #Project Gen, stunts by acrobat Xia di Yang, and a traditional lion dance ceremony by the Chinese Free Mason Athletic Club. « more »

In the 35 years since Carole Davenport (www.caroledavenport.com) began dealing in Asian art her clients have come to know how well her perspective as a serious student of art history has allowed her to acquire fine quality Japanese, Chinese and Korean works of art whose aesthetic merit is punctuated by an unparalleled maturity of style and form.
This year CAROLE DAVENPORT JAPANESE ART will present a tour de force of mostly Japanese art works in a show titled “BCE TO NOW: MASTERWORKS OF JAPAN AND CHINA” at the 2014 edition of ASIA WEEK NEW YORK March 14 – 23. « more »