TCFA New York Chapter: Chinese New Year Celebration

Dear TCFA Members and Friends:

The Chinese Finance Association New York Chapter would like to invite you to join us in a multi-course Chinese banquet to welcome the Year of the Dragon. For this joyful occasion and the most important Chinese holiday of the year, we want to celebrate Chinese culture. We are very honored to have renowned Chinese art expert Dr. Jason Sun, Curator of the Asian Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to be our guest speaker. It is a rare opportunity to have Dr. Sun to speak to us exclusively in such an intimate setting accompanied by beautiful slides. During dinner, you will also have an opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new connections.

- Registration and Appetizers: 6:00pm - 6:45pm
- Mr. Sun's Presentation: 6:45pm - 7:30pm
- Dinner: 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Fee:
- Members: $25.00
- Non-Members: $40.00

Dr. Sun is the Curator of the Asian Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He is also a member of the Board of Trustee for the Museum of Chinese America (MOCA). Dr. Sun earned his doctorate at Princeton University, and was the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of East Asian Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, where he reinstalled the permanent collection of Chinese art and curated the exhibition, “The Actor’s Image: the Japan-Virginia Society's C. Coleman McGehee Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints," which drew an unprecedentedly large audience.

Since joining the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Sun has focused on strengthening its collection of ancient Chinese art and overseeing the installation of various exhibits, including Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan, The Bishop Jades, and Excellence and Elegance: Chinese Decorative Art in the 18th Century. More recently, he has worked with his colleagues at the Department of Asian Art on a magnificent new exhibition, The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, which opened in September 2010. Dr. Sun has lectured and published widely in his area of expertise, which includes jade carving, metalwork, calligraphy, and Chinese archaeology. His many publications include Dadu: the Great Capital of Khubilai Khan (2010), The Four Vessels of the Marquis of Qi: Their Authenticity and Their Date (2009), Learning and Thinking about China (2007), and contributions to Providing for the After Life: Ancient Chinese Art from Shandong (2005), China: Dawn of a Golden Age (2004), Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes: the Eugene V. Thaw and Other New York Collections (2002), and The Golden Age of Chinese Archeology (1999).

Wish everyone a Healthy and Prosperous New Year! We look forward to seeing you.

TCFA New York Chapter Management