Under the Moon: Ft. Artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee
We’re so excited to welcome you on Friday, Feb 6th, 6-8pm for our first Under the Moon in the new year— a gathering of climate art, science & action every full moon, open to anyone 🌕
This moon, we are hosting visual artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee for a discussion about care, collaboration and craft.
Joyce will present about her artwork and studio practice, with special focus on her digital art commission "Manahatta Waterways: a Sanctuary" currently on view at the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Fulton Transit Center. She will overview her research on the "other" and three ways of making: video installation, glass sculpture and social software.
Join us for an evening of art, ecology, and dialogue on Feb 6 at Chan Space New York 🌊
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joyce Yu-Jean Lee is a Taiwanese American visual artist based in New York City who works with digital media and kiln-formed glass. Her artwork examines how mass media, technology and culture shape notions of truth and understanding of the “other.” She has exhibited internationally and domestically, including The Delaware Contemporary and Kreeger Museums, Hong Kong Center for Community Cultural Development - Green Wave Art and the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ). Her art project about Internet censorship, “FIREWALL Cafe” was covered in The Washington Post, Hong Kong Free Press, Huffington Post, Hyperallergic and on BBC Radio. Lee received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She is currently an Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and the 2026-27 Highsmith Distinguished Scholar at UNC Asheville.
ABOUT HERE ON EARTH
Here On Earth is an environmental arts initiative at GFLP in NYC for anyone who cares about the planet. We collaborate with artists, scientists, and activists to host interdisciplinary conversations, film screenings, exhibitions, and other public programming that reconnect urban communities with the nature around and within us.
We also partner with schools and educators to offer filmmaking fellowships and workshops for students of all ages. Our goal is to nurture youth as climate storytellers—using film as a powerful tool to drive imagination and action toward a more resilient future.
ABOUT GLOBAL FAMILY FOR LOVE AND PEACE
Global Family for Love and Peace (GFLP) is a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States dedicated to cultivating a world of mutual understanding, compassion, and nonviolence.
GFLP believes that by embracing our shared humanity and working together, we can overcome division and conflict to build a future of lasting peace and harmony. Through collective efforts, GFLP focuses on environmental education and peace programs engaging youth groups and establishing a university dedicated to sustainability and ecological restoration. GFLP is in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).