Talking Taiwan Felicia Lin

We’ve got some big news for you! Talking Taiwan is taking the show on the road, back to Taiwan. Kaju and I are planning to be back there during the upcoming presidential election on January 13th. We will be doing election coverage and in-person interviews with some of our most popular guests, and new guests who are based in Taiwan. In order to do all that we want to do, we are going to have to do some fundraising and crowdfunding. Hear what we have planned and to learn how you can support the Talking Taiwan Election Tour!
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Help us get the show on the road as we take the Talking Taiwan podcast back to Taiwan just in time for the presidential election on January 13th. There’s never been a better time for us to do this! The presidential election comes around once every 4 years. We want to take this opportunity to showcase Taiwan’s young vibrant democracy and to do some in-person episodes with guests who are based in Taiwan.
 
We’re calling it our “Talking Taiwan Election Tour” campaign. We plan to do several election coverage episodes with Courtney Donovan Smith, who is a seasoned political commentator, Taiwan News columnist, ICRT correspondent, and has frequently appeared on Taiwan Plus News, and on the Taiwan Plus Taiwan Talks show. We’re planning to meet with Courtney in Taichung to do a live in-person episode there. 
 
During this trip we are not only going to be in Taipei and Taichung but we plan to also travel down to Kaohsiung. We’ll be doing coverage and meeting with special guests from northern, central and southern Taiwan. I’m looking forward to meeting some of our past guests in-person for the very first time. Speaking of meeting people in person… 
 
While we are in Taiwan there will be two special in-person gatherings organized for Talking Taiwan, one at the Pic Collage Office, thanks to John Fan, and another gathering will be held at 4SC CrossFit’s Xindian Branch, thanks to T.H. Schee. 
 
PLEASE NOTE: GoFundMe donors will not be eligible to attend these in-person gatherings, due to GoFundMe’s rules and regulations which state that 1) fundraisers that offer perks or rewards to donors aren’t allowed and 2) no raffles, sweepstakes, giveaways, or promotions may be offered in exchange for any donations made to your GoFundMe.
 
If you’d like a special invitation to one of these in-person gatherings with us in Taipei, make sure you make your donation via Paypal: https://tinyurl.com/zn3zm9ux, Zelle, Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingtaiwan, or personal check and provide us with your email address.
 
Our goal is to raise $25,000 to cover all expenses for the “Talking Taiwan Election Tour” like air fare, accommodations, travel within the island, transporting all of our equipment and other incidentals. We are setting a deadline of December 31st to raise money for this trip. 
 
We’re off to a great start because we are starting off with a Matching Donation Pledge of $5,000 offered by Patrick Huang. This means the first $5,000 we raise will be automatically doubled to $10,000 and we’ll be nearly halfway to reaching our fundraising goal. 
 
During this campaign we will be completely transparent in publicly listing the names of donors and the amounts donated, however if you’d like to be kept anonymous, you can indicate this when you donate on GoFundMe or inform us at the time of your donation via email at talkingtaiwanpodcast@gmail.com. The tally for “Talking Taiwan’s Election Tour” will be shown on the Talking Taiwan website and on our GoFundMe page the count will begin after $19,129. So we will need to reach a total of $44,129 on GoFundMe.
 
There are some other ways that you can support us. You can donate/offer housing during our stay, or donate airline tickets, or hook us up with discounted airfares.  

This interview with photographer, filmmaker Gao Yuan was originally part of episode 260 about coincidences connected with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, Building 7B on New York’s Governors Island, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house. The Taiwanese American Arts Council was selected to be an Organization in Residence on Governors Island this year from May to October and was also the only Asian organization on Governors Island this past year. In this episode I’ll be talking with Gao Yuan about her short film Between Us which deals with the conflict between the indigenous and Hakka in southern Taiwan, and also how Gao Yuan uncovered a surprising connection to Taiwan that actually came knocking on the door of TAAC’s house Building 7B.
  
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/gao-yuan-her-occidental-journey-to-becoming-a-photographer-and-filmmaker-ep-262/
 
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
 
·       Gao Yuan’s background
·       How Gao Yuan got into photography
·       Gao Yuan’s short film, Between Us
·       The significance of the river in Gao Yuan’s short film, Between Us
·       Gao Yuan’s approach to photography and filmmaking
·       How Gao Yuan started photographing people with tattoos
·       How many of the tattooed people Gao Yuan photographed in Taiwan were part of the mafia or considered gangsters
·       Gao Yuan’s short film, Ocean, tattoo, and bar
·       How Gao Yuan met Commander Douglas Stevenson who previously lived at the Taiwan house (Building 7B) with his family and his connection to Taiwan
·       The short documentary film the Gao Yuan made about the Douglas Stevenson Family
 
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/gao-yuan-her-occidental-journey-to-becoming-a-photographer-and-filmmaker-ep-262/

Abigail Hing Wen was recently in New York for the launch of her latest YA book Loveboat Forever, the third book in her Loveboat trilogy. We caught up with her at her book launch and she stopped by our podcast studio for a quick visit.
 
If you’re a long-time listener of Talking Taiwan you may remember when we interviewed Abigail (who’d just become a New York Times bestselling author) about her first YA novel of this series, Loveboat Taipei in episode 67.
 
We’ll be having Abigail back on Talking Taiwan at a later date for a more in-depth interview.
 
 
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This is an episode about coincidences connected with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, building 7B on New York’s Governors Island, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house. The Taiwanese American Arts Council was selected to be an organization in residence on Governors Island this year from May to October and was also the only Asian organization on Governors Island this past year. In this episode I’ll be speaking with Andrea Coronil and Gao Yuan two of the many artists in residence at the Taiwan house.
 
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https://talkingtaiwan.com/andrea-coronil-and-gao-yuan-on-riding-waves-tattoos-and-uncanny-connections-to-taiwan-house-7b-ep-260/

 
First, we’ll hear from artist Andrea Coronil about the concept behind her exhibit “To Ride the Waves of Turtle Island” and how she didn’t realize its connection to Taiwan.
 
Next, we’ll hear from photographer, filmmaker Gao Yuan about her short film Between Us which deals with the conflict between the indigenous and Hakka in southern Taiwan, and also how Gao Yuan uncovered a surprising connection to Taiwan that actually came knocking on the door of TAAC house, building 7B.
 
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
·         How Andrea came up with the concept of her solo show at the Taiwan House, To Ride the Waves of Turtle Island
·         The Turtle Island aka La Tortuga of Venezuela
·         Turtle Island the name for North America used by some indigenous peoples and the creation story that the Lenape and Ojibwe have that involves a turtle
·         Taiwan’s Turtle Island
·         Pears and oysters, and their connection to the Caribbean and Governors Island
·         Andrea’s connection to Venezuela
·         What “riding the waves” means to Andrea
·         Andrea’s artwork titled “We Wore Pearls First”
·         Andrea’s painting titled “We Took Refuge in the Mountains” and Berta Cáceres
·         How Gao Yuan got into photography
·         The significance of the river in Gao Yuan’s short film Between Us
·         Gao Yuan’s approach to photography and filmmaking
·         How Gao Yuan started photographing people with tattoos
·         How many of the tattooed people Gao Yuan photographed in Taiwan were part of the mafia or considered gangsters
·          How Gao Yuan met Commander Douglas Stevenson who previously lived at the Taiwan house (Building 7B) with his family and his connection to Taiwan
·         The short documentary film the Gao Yuan made about the Douglas Stevenson Family
 
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/andrea-coronil-and-gao-yuan-on-riding-waves-tattoos-and-uncanny-connections-to-taiwan-house-7b-ep-260/

As Kaju announced that I’d be interviewing Jilliyeah in the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan in New York City’s Union Square Park, he mentioned the memorable acceptance speech that Jilliyeah made at last year’s Grammy awards on behalf of the Taiwanese designers who won the Best Recording Package Grammy award for the album Pakelan. 

Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/jilliyeah-taiwanese-pop-singer-at-passport-to-taiwan-ep-259/
 
A lot has happened for her since then. Now she’s in the U.S. working on her career as a singer and musician.
 
I’m looking forward to having her back on Talking Taiwan for a more in-depth interview.
 
She’s been hard at work releasing her new singles. To learn more about her follow her on Instagram at Jilliyeah. You can also find her music on most streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music or SoundCloud.
 
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
·       Her performance at the Passport to Taiwan
·       Her music career in Taiwan
·       How she used to sing primarily in Hakka in Taiwan and the difference between singing in Hakka vs. English
·       Jilliyeah’s connection to Taiwan
·       What she misses the most about Taiwan
·       What Jilliyeah has been working on lately
·       How Jilliyeah studied opera when she was in university
·       What vocal exercises she does
 
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/jilliyeah-taiwanese-pop-singer-at-passport-to-taiwan-ep-259/

The Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC) and the Yale CHATogether Group have collaborated on the NYC Art Bridge program. Several of the artists in residence at the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house on Governors Island, Building 7B, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house, have participated in the NYC Art Bridge program and created artwork for it. In this episode I will be speaking to Luchia Meihua Lee, the Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Arts Council, Dr. Eunice Yuen, Founder and Director of CHATogether, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center, and LuLu Meng one of the artists in residence at the Taiwan house who participated in the NYC Art Bridge program. We previously had Dr. Eunice Yuen on Talking Taiwan in episode 93 to talk about CHATogether (Compassionate Home Action, Together).

Related Links:

https://talkingtaiwan.com/nyc-art-bridge-how-taac-and-chatogether-are-winning-at-achieving-emotional-wellness-through-art-ep-258/
 
There will be a closing ceremony for the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house on Governors Island this Saturday, October 28 at 2:00pm. As a special treat Talking Taiwan’s very own Executive Producer Kaju will be performing as the artist Rad Jet at the closing ceremony with a special guest, Rico Jones, six time Downbeat Magazine Award Winner,Tenor Saxophonist. If you are in the New York area we hope to see you there at Building 7B located in Governors Island’s Nolan Park.
 

Luchia Meihua Lee, Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Arts Council
 

 
Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD. Founder and Director of CHATogether, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center
 

 
LuLu Meng, one of the artists in residence at the Taiwan house who participated in the NYC Art Bridge program
 
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
·         The concept behind NYC Art Bridge and its connection to CHATogether
·         How NYC Art Bridge connects mental health with the arts
·         How graphic media, illustration and other visual art can be used as tools to discuss mental health
·         Through NYC Art Bridge there have been talks with the community, AAPI artists, a community art exhibition
·         The two community NYC Art Bridge events that have been held on April 29 at the Queens Community College and on September 16 at the Taiwan house (on Governors Island)
·         The CHATogether component of the NYC Art Bridge events and how it facilitated discussion among the audience
·         The three parts of NYC Art Bridge: 1) an art exhibit  2) workshop, artist talks, role play, conversation with mental health professionals 3) artist interviews
·         The purpose of the artist interviews
·         How NYC Art Bridge serves to bridge artistic work with child and family mental health
·         How art can be a powerful form of expression or communication without words
·         How CHATogether use theater as a medium to destigmatize mental health and make people feel more comfortable to talk about mental health
·         How CHATogether has components of drama therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy
·         How CHATogether and NYC Art Bridge will be presented at AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) on October 25 and what will be presented there
·         Pages from the graphic novel, Healing the Whole Family are displayed at the Taiwan house
·         The graphic novel, Healing the Whole Family, that was based on a New York Times article written by CHATogether member Grace Chiang
·         The illustration artwork