Submitted on April 3, 2019 - 3:42pm
With the 150th anniversary of the golden spike and the creation of the transcontinental railroad taking place in May 2019, Painting + Drawing Professor Zhi Lin's research on Chinese railroad workers is being shared in multiple locations.
In addition to the exhibitions listed below, he gives a lecture titled "Retrieving Memories and Confronting History" at Odegaard Library, room 220, at 5:30pm on Tuesday, April 23.
An article that features Lin's work was published by NBC News on April 29. Learn more about the research behind some of this work in a 2018 CityArts article.
Utah
ZHI LIN: Tracing Chinese Workers' Footsteps to Promontory Summit
- March 23 – June 15, 2019
- Brigham City Museum of Art and History
Zhi Lin: "Chinaman's Chance" on Promontory Summit
- April 19 – June 2, 2019
- Kimball Art Center
Nevada
Zhi Lin: Chinese Railroad Workers of the Sierra Nevada
- May 4 – November 10, 2019
- Nevada Museum of Art
UW Libraries
Zhi Lin: Invisible and Unwelcome Chinese Railway Workers
- April 5–30, 2019
- Odegaard Library, 2nd and 3rd floors
Behind the Golden Spike: the Story of the Invisible and Unwelcome Chinese Railway Workers in Tacoma
- April 10 – July 14, 2019
- East Asia Library, Gowen Hall, 3rd floor