Saturday, May 31, 2025
Alderman Library 2nd floor lobby
To create the piece "Double Happiness", Amy Chan asked the UVA Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian American community to submit greetings, proverbs, and colloquial sayings that are important to their cultural identity. Text left to right reads:
Ganbare, Japanese, to persevere
Double Happiness, Chinese, joy and unity
Hwaiting, Korean, you got this!
Padayon, Visayan dialect / Philippines, to carry on
Kya baat hai, Hindi, how amazing!
All places are ours, and all people are our kin, Tamil
Andamu, Telugu, inner beauty
Sudah makan, Malaysian, have you eaten?