Under his leadership, the Asian Pacific American program supported the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program “Asian Pacific Americans: Local Lives, Global Ties” developed an Asian American portrait exhibition in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery began public program collaborations with the Freer and Sackler Galleries and launched the exhibition phase of “HomeSpun: Smithsonian Indian American Heritage Project.” Ng served as acting director of the Asian Pacific American Program from May to August 2010 when he became a senior advisor to the program. I look forward to pursuing creative initiatives that highlight the rich contributions, experiences and history of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans at the Smithsonian Institution,” said Ng. “It is an honor to serve as director of this important program.
He will energize the Smithsonian’s engagement with Asian American communities, among Americans and people of Asia and the Pacific, especially through the use of digital and social media.” “With his fine record as a scholar, academic and curator, Konrad will bring an innovative spirit to the program. “We are very pleased that Konrad will be leading the Asian Pacific American Program,” said Kurin. His scholarship examines how minority and diaspora communities use cinema and digital media to engage in artistic and cultural representation and preservation, and community mobilization. Ng has been an assistant professor in the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Academy for Creative Media since 2007. The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program provides vision, leadership and support for Asian and Pacific Islander American initiatives at the Smithsonian.
(April 21, 2011) – Konrad Ng, a scholar of Asian American cinema and digital media, has been named director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, effective May 22. Ng will report to the Smithsonian’s Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture Richard Kurin.
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