he fourth annual Umbrella Arts Festival at downtown Evanston’s Fountain Square on May 11 brought out more than 1,000 people to the free event under sunny skies with temperatures nearing 70 degrees.…
In front, Inah Jeong of Wicker Park Chicago and of HANA Center’s IGNR drum group at the Umbrella Arts Festival on May 11, 2024 in Evanston. The fourth annual Umbrella Arts Festival at downtown Evanston’s Fountain Square on May 11 brought more than 1,000 people to the free event.
“It might sound cliché but the umbrella kind of is the multitude of what it means to be Asian American in this country,” Young-Ghee Kim said. “It’s not just like Korean, Chinese, Japanese, like people typically would think but consists of a lot, like South Asian. The Umbrella Arts Festival was launched in response to increased hate towards Asian Americans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Raman Molitor said.
Center, Alec and Kristin Bernstein and daughter Amelia, 4, of Evanston, collaborate on the making of a bamboo peace post as part of a community art project at the Umbrella Arts Festival on May 11, 2024 in Evanston. Alec and Kristin Bernstein and daughter Amelia, 4, collaborated as an Evanston family so Amelia could attach her creation featuring white fringe yarn to the community installation.
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