Willful Dialects: Asian American x Diaspora x Boston

On view: April 26, 2025  – May 24, 2025

Opening reception: Saturday April 26, 6 – 9 PM

Willful Dialects considers spoken, visual, and felt languages and dialects through the lens of a selection of Asian-American and Asian Diaspora artists working in and around Boston. An anti-survey, this moment in time intends to refuse a monolithic descriptor of what it means to be Asian in America today.

Included artists: Qais Assali, Lani Asunciòn, crystal bi, Yi Cynthia Chen, Ajinka Dekhane, Jen DeLuna, Feda Eid, Sara Elbashir, Lucy Kim, payal kumar, Hamed Noori, Loretta Park, Samnang Riebe, Sopheak Sam  , IMAGINE aka, Sneha Shrestha, Monica Srivastava, Joanna Tam, Vivian Tran, Ravinda D Wibowo, Yu-Wen Wu

Curated by Yi Cynthia Chen

Presented in collaboration with No Call, No Show

Additional programming: Mapping Asian American Workshop w/ Joanna Tam: Saturday May 3, 2 – 4 PM, Curator’s Talk w/ Yi Cynthia Chen: Sunday May 18, 1 – 2 PM, Closing Performance w/ Lani Asunciòn: Saturday May 24, 6 – 8 PM