I am the faculty organizer who organized the Juried International Travel Exhibition “Across the Divide” and Symposium. The exhibition is sponsored by Chancellor Inclusive Excellence grant, College of Arts & Communication visiting artist fund, Department of Art & design fund, Crossman Gallery exhibition funds.

"Across the Divide" focuses on a shared cultural identity over differing geopolitical convictions under the large frame of Chinese culture with work by twenty-five contemporary Chinese artists who are currently working in academia across the United States. With an emphasis given to artwork that blends cultural influences drawn from both Eastern and Western aesthetics, this exhibition presents both experimental and traditional approaches that artists have applied in their studio practices to explore their personal cross-cultural perspectives in relationship to the changes that have been brought by China’s current social, economic, and cultural development.