About one of Our Members

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LAGSCA congratulates member Sijia Chen on the acquisition of her painting, A Great Disruption, by the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The painting, A Great Disruption, presents a collaborative study of migration in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Chen invited the Asian community to share material related to their experience of the pandemic, which she used to create paper-cut images of architectural and natural scenes. The collage forms an image that both emulates and disrupts the aesthetic of traditional Chinese landscape paintings.

Sijia Chen holds an M.F.A. degree from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and a B.F.A. degree from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions including at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Guangdong Folk Art Museum, Guangzhou, China; and FEI Gallery, Guangzhou, China. Chen’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Guangdong Art Museum, the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Museum of Shantou University, and the Inside-Out Art Museum. Chen’s public artwork is on permanent display in Claremont, CA; North Kansas City, MO; Portsmouth, NH; Shantou, China; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport;  and Jieyang-Chaoshan International Airport.

Sijia Chen lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Our Association Hosts Guangzhou Party Secretary Guo Yonghang and his Delegation

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On the evening of October 23, 2023, the Los Angeles Guangzhou Sister City Association hosted a grand dinner honoring the visit to Los Angeles of the Guangzhou Party Secretary,

the Honorable Guo Yonghang.

This event coincided with the Association’s celebration of the 42nd Anniversary of the establishment of the sister city relations between Los Angeles and Guangzhou. Party Secretary Guo was on an official visit to Los Angeles during which he met with representatives of the city government and the Port of Los Angeles.  During the dinner, Mr. Guo delivered remarks celebrating the long history of friendship and sister-city relations between the two great world cities. Co-President Fred Hong presented a pictorial review of the history of the people-to-people friendship between Guangzhou and Los Angeles and expressed good wishes for future cooperation.

Meeting the World Champion Jump Rope Delegation from GZ

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The Los Angeles-Guangzhou Sister City Association held a very successful and exhilarating reception at LAX on Monday evening, July 24. The purpose was to welcome and congratulate the China National Jump Rope Team Guangzhou Huadu Team on their tremendous success in winning 14 gold, 12 silver, and 4 bronze medals at the International Jump Rope Championship Competitions in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 7/16-23, 2023 competition. Joining us at the reception were two consuls from the PRC Consulate in Los Angeles, and representatives from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles and the Southern California Cantonese Association.

We are glad that our Board members/ officers Fred Hong with his wife and son, K.K. Kwong, Frank Zagar with his wife Rosemary, and Robert Donin were at the reception.

The Huadu Guangzhou team of 9 young jump rope contestants and 3 coaches were all very moved by our warm welcome during their short layover in Los Angeles. The Huadu team won eight gold medals when they participated in the two previous world champion jump rope games in Dubai and Norway. They broke the world record and maintained another world record in the competition this year in Colorado.