Lily Xie (she/they) is a Chinese-American artist and educator whose socially-engaged work explores desire, memory, and self-actualization for communities of color.
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RIGHT NOW
01 SHADOW PLAY ✏️
02 CREATIVE WILDFIRE x UJIMA 🌱🎬
03 CHINATOWN CULTURAL PLAN 🌱🏙
04 HACK THE ARCHIVE 🌱📕🏙
05 AT HOME IN CHINATOWN 🌱🏙
IN THE PAST
01 ABOLISHING THE BPDA 🎬🌱🏙
02 WASHING 📕🌱🏙
03 WHAT IS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST? 🎬
04 EVERYTHING LIES IN ALL DIRECTIONS 🎬
05 WE NEVER WANTED HIM HERE 📕🏙
06 CHINATOWN STORY CART 🌱✏️
07 MAPPING CHINATOWN 🌱✏️🏙
08 A HOUSE SHAPED DREAM 🌱🏙
09 SELECTED COMICS AND ZINES
🎬: ANIMATION
📕: ARCHIVES
🌱: BIPOC COMMUNITY POWER
✏️: TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
🏙: URBAN PLANNING

Photo taken by Nohemi Rodriguez