![]() So before lunchbox moments was ever even a thing. And for some reason, all those moments revolved around food and eating foods in front of my peers, and again, having those sorts of reactions. And to make sense of it all and to explore my identity, I started thinking about moments in my life where I felt the most out of place or other. And so I grew up in a household being the first biracial being born into both lines of my family. He grew up on a cattle farm in Western Maryland. So my mom is an immigrant from South Korea. So I guess a little bit of background, most of my art work up until this point, focuses on food. So how did you first come up with the idea of doing an exhibit around these lunchbox moments. And then I collected stories from the AAPI community, and then physically painted those stories onto those surfaces.Īnd AAPI is "Asian American Pacific Islanders." ![]() So it started with just collecting old lunch boxes, donated boxes that I spray painted. WPSU A closeup of some of the "Lunchbox Moments" lunchboxes and bags. But that formative memory can be categorized as a lunchbox moment.Īnd this exhibit actually takes those moments and puts them on to lunchboxes and bags painted on with phrases, sometimes pictures. And there is some sort of reaction from the peers, whether it's positive or negative. But from my research and from my work, I've discovered that a lunchbox moment by definition is a moment when, typically, an Asian American kid brings a traditional Asian meal to school. So a lunchbox moment, I can't take credit for the actual term. So first start with you know, what exactly is a "lunchbox moment"? And she's helping community members and students create their own lunchbox moments in several hands-on workshops. Stop hate." Ninety-one of her painted lunchboxes are on display in Penn State's HUB-Robeson Center. She's visiting Penn State with her interactive art exhibit " Lunchbox Moments: Seek understanding. Amie Bantz is an Asian American artist from Harrisburg.
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