History & Highlights A review of a number of our TV porgram, Visual Arts program, Performing Arts program in the 1980s and 1990s is given here. Our art gallery was located at 272 Tremont Street. It was called China Showcase before 1985. And the name was changed to CCI Gallelry when we moved to 276 Tremont Street. The new name, Tremont Gallery, was adopted in 1998. Seven to ten exhibits have been mounted at the gallery each year. The Chinese Artists Associated was formed in 1983. In 1998 the New England International Artists Association was founded. In 1988 our exhibition featuring Asian American artists was the first show of its kind in Boston. In 1990 the program expanded again to include another annual show, New England Today, featuring New England's award winning contemporary non Asian artists. In 1996 our gallery was opened to all artists of excellence. In 1997 we formed CC-New-England Artists Association. In 2000 the name of the Association was changed to New England International Artists Association In 1998 we formally announced to the artists communities and in the newspapers our exhibition policy of showcasing African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, European American artists as well as artists from Europe and Asia in the Tremont Gallery. Education Outreach to Public Schools was started in 1983. It provided art, music, dance workshops and slide lectures to 25 public schools each year without charge. In 1990 cellist Yo Yo Ma, a Trustee of ours then gave a fundraising concert to benefit the program. Humanities program was started in 1982. It presented annual lecture series on Chinese art, history and contemporary issues. Renowned scholars such as Merle Goldman, Ross Terrille, Liu Bing-yan, Tu Wei Ming, Joan Cohen, I.M. Pei and others were invited lecturers. In 1982 a major research was done for a historical documentary exhibition, Chinese in Massachusetts, Their Experiences and Contributions funded by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and mounted in 1983. In 1987 a book of the same title was published. Forums, panel discussions, poetry readings, became regular activities since 1996. Theatre program was started in 1985 to introduced Chinese masterpiece plays to Massachusetts. The first production was Yao Ke's Malice of An Empire translation by Jeremy Ingaalls. It was staged at the Mass College of Art's Tower Auditorium in 1985. In 1991 we spun off this program and formed Asia On Stage Repertory Theatre (AOS). AOS has been a collaborator of ours annual theatre production since. All our productions have received wide media coverage, good critical reviews and warm audience feedback. In 1998 our facility was totally transformed into a theatre/gallery. Our Theatre Program has since a permanent home which offers residency to theatre groups and produces quality stage drama every year. In 1999 our Theatre-Company-In-Residence program was established. Arts Education Program was established in 1992 in response to the Chinese community requesting us to offer music and dance classes to children and youth. We invited highly qualified dancer/choreographer and musician of Chinese instrument from China to leas the program. They are also under our arts exchange activities with China. We have also sent talents from Massachusetts to work in China. A TV program, Culture Talk, a weekly half hour show hosted by Doris Chu and aired from Boston Neighborhood Network Channel 24 on Wednesdays at 8:30-9:00pm it covered a wide range of cultural and artistic topics. See Highlight Please support our program by Joining our membership. Attending the events (watch What's New) Making donations -- Send your tax deductible donation to International Society 276 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116)