Guide to the Flo Wong Papers
CEMA 123
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
(805) 893-8563
cema@library.ucsb.edu
Title: Flo Wong papers
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 123
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes
(one document box and one oversize box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1989-2009
Date (inclusive): 1969-2010
Abstract: The Flo Wong Papers contain correspondence related to her artwork and the Asian Heritage Council, promotional materials, photographs
from her exhibits, books, articles and videos. There are photos of Wong's Flag Party in Sunnyvale Studio and her "Made in
USA: Angel Island Shh" exhibit. The bulk of the materials are about her artistic activities from 1989-2009.
General Physical Description note: 1 document box and 1 oversized box
Scope and Contents note
The Flo Wong Papers contain biographical and professional materials from 1969 to 2010. There are four series. Series I primarily
contains incoming correspondence related to her artwork. The series is arranged with correspondence from the Asian Heritage
Council, followed by incoming correspondence and finally incoming post cards and cards given to Flo Wong. Series II has materials
related to her exhibits. Series III contains photos of her Flag Party in Sunnyvale Studio and "Made in USA: Angel Island Shh"
exhibits, and other personal and professional events. Series IV has publication materials for her exhibits and published books.
There also are a number of videos regarding her artwork within this collection. The collection is housed in one document box
and one overisized box.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Flo Wong June 2009.
Biographical/Historical note
Flo Oy Wong, a Sunnyvale, California-based mixed media installation artist, is a visual storyteller who began her art career
at the age of forty. Born and raised in Oakland California’s Chinatown, Wong has received numerous awards for her work, including
a 1992 award from the Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College, a 1995 President’s Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA),
a 2001 Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) Award, a 2002 Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) Award, and the city
of Sunnyvale’s 2007 Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award. The KSW and AIISF Awards were bestowed on Wong for her commitment
and creativity in telling the stories of Angel Island detainees from 1910 – 1950 in the landmark exhibition entitled, "Made
in USA: Angel Island Shhh." In 2002, Wong received a California Civil Liberties Public Education Program Grant, in collaboration
with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, to create the exhibition entitled, "1942: Luggage From Home To Camp", a project
that used the suitcase as a symbol of the internment experience. (From the Flo Wong website at http://www.flo-oy-wongartist.com/about/biography.html)
Related Archival Materials note
Related Collections: Kearny Street Workshop (CEMA 33)
Series Description
Series I Correspondence, 1989-2010
This series is composed of five folders. Folder one contains the Asian Heritage Council correspondence. Folders 2 through
5 contain incoming correspondence and incoming postcards and cards that mainly have to do with art events in the Bay Area.
They are arranged by subject.
Series II Art Gallery Flyers and Announcements, 1992-2008
Series two contains three folders that include exhibition postcards, flyers and announcements. Much of this is promotional
material for Wong's exhibits. It is arranged alphabetically.
Series III Photographs, 1985-2010
This series contains color photographs from exhibitions, award ceremonies, and opening receptions. Photographs are arranged
by date and event. Included are photos from her Flag Party in Sunnyvale Studio, photos from the "Made in USA: Angel Island
Shh" and other exhibits. This series is arranged chronologically.
Series IV Publications, 1969-2008
Publications, pamphlets, calendars, and videos pertaining to her artwork, are placed at the end of the single box of this
series, as well as the second over-sized box. The materials are arranged alphabetically.
Conditions Governing Use note
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder,which also must be obtained.
Conditions Governing Access note
Service copies of audiovisual items may need to be made before viewing or listening. Please consult Special Collections staff
for further information.
Processing Information note
Processed by Callie Bowdish and Janeth Aleman Tovar February 2010. Updated by Danely Segoviano in May 2011.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian American Artists -- California
Series I Correspondence
1989-2009
Box 1, Folder 1
Asian Heritage Council
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 2-3
Incoming correspondence
1980-2010
Box 1, Folder 4-5
Incoming postcards and cards
1990-2009
Series II Art Gallery Materials
1992-2008
Box 1, Folder 6-7
Flyers and announcements
1992-2008
Box 1, Folder 8-9
Exhibition postcards
1995-2009
Box 1, Folder 10
Miscellaneous plane ticket to Smithsonian Institute
October 2000
Box 1, Folder 16
Artist Exhibition Agreement
4/28/2010
Series III Photographs
1985-2007
Box 1, Folder 11
Bob Gerbrach drawing class photo
1985
Box 1, Folder 11
"723 Webster Street: Oakland Chinatown" gallery reception
June 24- August 2, 1985
Box 1, Folder 11
"723 Webster Street: Oakland Chinatown Drawings" drawings
1985
Box 1, Folder 19
Vermont Studio Center
1999
Box 1, Folder 19
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Residency
1999
Box 1, Folder 19
Artist in Studio
3/28/2000
Box 1, Folder 12
Flag Party Sunnyvale studio
April 30, 2000
Box 1, Folder 12
"Made in USA: Angel Island Shh" opening reception
June 17, 2000
Box 1, Folder 17
"Made in the USA"
June 17, 2000
Box 1, Folder 18
San Francisco Quilt Show
2003
Box 1, Folder 12
"1942: Luggage From Home to Camp" exhibition opening
August 7, 2003
Box 1, Folder 12
State of the Art Award event
July 4, 2007
Series IV Publications and videos
Box 1
1942: Luggage From Home To Camp
Oversize-Box 2
The 2nd Asian Dance Festival
April 5, 1987
Oversize-Box 2
A case for art calendar Richmond Art Center
January-December 1997
Box 1
Art in Action Program Level 1 American Artists by Judith M. Sleeth
2005
Oversize-Box 2
Art in America
December 2005
Oversize-Box 2
Asian community Mental Health Services
undated
Oversize-Box 2
The Californian Magazine
March 1997
Oversize-Box 2
Celebrating American family life
July 2000
Oversize-Box 2
Chinese women of America, past and present schedule and calendar
January-December 1985
Box 1, Folder 13
Commerce Newspaper Article "Step up to fame"
March 21, 2008
Oversize-Box 2
Crossings: 14 Asian and Asian American artists from the Bay Area
1998
Oversize-Box 2
The East Bay Monthly Magazine
March 2003
Oversize-Box 2
Flo Wong:
Essences
undated
Box 1
Forkroads: A journal of Ethnic-American literature
Spring 1996
Oversize-Box 2
Gallerie: Women's Art
December 1989
Oversize-Box 2
Her Story: Narrative Art By Contemporary California Artists
January 12-March 24, 1991
Oversize-Box 2
Horses schedule and calendar
January-December 2007
Oversize-Box 2
Imagining families: images and voices
1994
Oversize 2
Islands
September/October 2000
Box 1
Kaleidoscope: An exhibition of ink painting and drawings by Flo Oy Wong, Antonio Prieto Gallery
September 15-October 11, 1992
Box 1, Folder 13
KSW news article "The Angel Island Project Premieres"
Spring 2000
Box 1, Folder 13
KSW news article "Made in USA: Angel Island Shhh"
Summer 2000
Box 1, Folder 14
Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
1994-2008
Box 1, Folder 15
Object As Identity
undated
Box 1
Our history, our rituals
1991
Oversize-Box 2
Passing
November 23, 1999 - January 27, 2000
Oversize-Box 2
Pigs on parade schedule and calendar
January-December 1999
Oversize-Box 2
Prairie Schooner non fiction and poetry issue
Spring 2002
Oversize-Box 2
Profiles in excellence Peninsula Chinese Americans
Box 1
Pure Vision: American Bead Artists
August 1997
Disk Digital Preservation Repository
Raising the Voices of Chinese American Women Viewing Flo Oy Wong’s Art through a Feminist Lens by Justin Lam
Location note: DPR, Manuscripts/CEMA/cema123_wong/TermPaper_RaisingVoices.pdf
Box 1
Redefining self six Asian American artists
October 5-29, 1993
Oversize-Box 2
The San Antonio Marquise
February 1995
Oversize-Box 2
Seventy Years of Living, Thirty Years of Art
2008
Oversize-Box 2
Silhouette Magazine
May/June 1988
Oversize-Box 2
Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants
2010
Oversize-Box 2
Whispers of the Past
January 30- March 24, 2007
Oversize-Box 2
Women's Caucus for Art 1996 Honor Awards
February 21, 1996
Oversize-Box 2
Works and artists
June 2006
Oversize-Box 2
"Your New Baby"
Parents' magazine
January 1969
Tape V4393
I can fly: part V kids and women artists in their studios
2006
Tape V4392
Mixed media masters
1997-2008
