Join us for an evening of heartfelt connection and creative exchange as Shunyu Huang, former Story Parlor Artist-in-Residence, invites a guest from Asheville’s BIPOC community—who, in turn, brings a friend of their own—to the table.
The first half of the evening is a relaxed roundtable conversation where the trio, over a shared pot of tea, explores the “five flavors of life”—sourness, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, and spiciness. Through curious and thoughtful questions, they uncover the common threads that connect us all.
In the second half, the guests take the stage for a meaningful and interactive creative performance, weaving their stories into collaborative pieces with both one another, and the Story Parlor audience.
This intimate and dynamic event continues the work of Shunyu’s residency, Memory Quilt, celebrating connection, creativity, and the rich tapestry of our shared humanity.
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Shunyu Huang was born in 1989 in a Southern China city Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. Before getting her Bachelor’s degree in Ecology, She travelled to Tibet, southwest China and southeast Asia with her film cameras in search of a connection of different peoples and their homeland.
She had found that, as different peoples, we sometimes forget how much more common we have than we are different. The Chinese Proverb 求同存異 (Qiu Tong Cun Yi) sums it up: Seek Common, Exist Difference; While she mingles in the local communities in Asheville, she finds herself marveled by how close our hearts can get by sharing our memories.