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At the Table
Summer 2022 | New York
“Food is a universal necessity that is intertwined in one’s journey in life, working as an archive of memory.”

(p.8, At the Table Cookbook, 2022)



 

At the Table was a charitable program, built on the foundations of creativity, community, and education. With prominent API visual artists, culinary artists, scholars, and designers, their voices are featured in various forms of exhibitions, publications, and public events. This project was sponsored by East West Bank. Proceeds from the exhibition and the cookbook will benefit Heart of Dinner.
AN AAPI AWARENESS FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION 

At the Table

30 prominent API artists presented at Christie’s flagship gallery providing opportunities for participants to have their stories and ideas reach a larger audience. We asked our guests to join us “At the Table” as we built awareness, shared stories, and strengthened our community.

100% of Christie’s proceeds were donated to Heart of Dinner.


Artists & Artworks
 Installation View

SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAM

At the Table: Cookbook




“Coinciding with a private exhibition at Christie’s, composed of works from more than thirty AAPI artists, the NGO Civil Art has published a cookbook aimed at supporting and empowering the community being a voice to their culture through food. Born in the midst of the pandemic —an especially troubling time for Asian Americans— the cookbook features 46 family recipes of artists, writers, chefs and creatives.”

—Purple Fashion Magainze


Read Cookbook  Here

* Heart of Dinner played a significant role in helping collect family recipes from professional chefs; At the Table Cookbook was generously funded by East West Bank.
CELEBRATORY EVENTS

Private Dinner, Book Lunch, Afterparty, & More!






Exhibition Reception - Christie’s NY
Private Dinner & Book Launch - PalPal by HAND Hospitality
Afterparty - Split Eightrs NYC
VIP Walkthrough
VIP Lunch - Lodi

Exhibition Reception June 20, 2022 | Christie’s NY



Impressions

122K
Estimated views


129M
Audiences of readers 
globally


~4K
Likes, comments, 
shares on social


6+
International / national 
publication features





Outcomes  

~235K
Gross funds raised


50+
Participating artists, chefs, 
scholars, designers, etc


~120K
Raised for charity 
Heart of Dinner


~115K
Raised for artists






Heart of Dinner

Founded at the onset of COVID-19, Heart of Dinner works to fight food insecurity and isolation experienced by Asian American seniors—two long-standing community issues heightened by the pandemic.

Heart of Dinner serves elders throughout NYC, delivering weekly care packages filled to the brim with culturally thoughtful hot lunches, fresh groceries, pantry essentials, and bulk ingredients while supporting local small businesses during their COVID-related recovery process. Our carefully curated foods are bundled inside uniquely decorated bags with handwritten notes of love attached.






Our Collaborators









Civil Art is a fiscally sponsored (Player Philanthropy Fund) 501(c)(3) non-profit organization & principal exhibitor. All contributions to Civil Art are tax-deductible to the fullest extent under law.   

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