Still Life: Drawings by Paul Leung Opening Reception

Opening Reception of Still Life: Drawings by Paul Leung

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025

Time: 2-5 PM

Location: ISS Storefront for Ideas, 127 Walker Street, New York, NY

Free; we'd appreciater your RSVP.

Still Life: Drawings by Paul Leung

On View: November 8 – December 7, 2025

Exhibition Hours: Thursday – Sunday｜12:00–5:00 PM (closed 11/27 & 11/28)

Free and open to the public.

This intimate exhibition celebrates the quiet resilience of an artist and a community.

Over the past few years, Chinatown has faced many challenges—from COVID and anti-Asian violence to the closure of beloved local businesses, leaving behind shuttered storefronts. During this time, artist Paul Leung lost his wife. Encouraged by his daughter to visit a local senior center, Paul rediscovered his lifelong passion for drawing with the guidance of a retired art professor.

Through his drawings, Paul reflects on loss, endurance, and the traces of everyday life that define a neighborhood. His work honors not only his personal journey but also the spirit of Chinatown itself.

Curated by Ken Leung.

ABOUT ISS:

Immigrant Social Services (ISS) strives to co-create an environment where underserved immigrants and children of immigrants in Chinatown/Lower East Side can thrive and shape their futures. Through our programs and services, we nurture and empower our community’s children, youth, young adults, families, and older adults to restore their agency, while working to transform systems and cultivate opportunities that enable them to flourish.

ISS' Storefront for Ideas is a space for inquiry, curiosity, and creativity. It is a space to explore community issues that matter and to co-reimagine the possibilities for Chinatown, now and into the future.

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Photo credit: Jen Leung