Drawn from Memory: The Role of Art in Shaping Identity

General admission registration opens Sept. 2.

Join us at Transformer Station for an afternoon of storytelling, art, and conversation with two groundbreaking creators: Maxine Hong Kingston, a foundational voice in American literature, and Tessa Hulls, artist and author of Feeding Ghosts, the first-ever graphic memoir to win an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award—and the inaugural winner in the memoir category.

Moderated by acclaimed writer Peter Ho Davies, this event explores how memory, family history, and cultural inheritance shape who we become—and how art helps us tell those stories.

Tessa Hulls’ original artwork will be projected onto the walls of Transformer Station, immersing the audience in the visual world of Feeding Ghosts and highlighting her identity as an artist first and foremost. Together, Hulls and Kingston will reflect on the creative process, the stories we inherit, and the ways we use art—both visual and literary—to shape identity and reclaim history.

Topics will include:

• The role of memory in shaping personal and cultural identity

• How art and writing help us process inherited stories

• The power of intergenerational storytelling

• The evolving landscape of memoir and Asian American expression

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Registration is free but required. There will be a standby line at the venue; if there is available space, people will be seated on a first come, first served basis.

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