BNHA Hands on History Series: Elevating Baltimore's Asian Community Stories
Elevating Baltimore’s Asian Community Stories
Baltimore National Heritage Area continues their Hands on History online lecture series this April celebrating Asian Americans in Baltimore.
Some of the least known and understood communities across the Baltimore region are those with roots in Asia. They are also some of the most diverse and complex communities in greater Baltimore in terms of history, culture, and art. Dr. Joanna Pecore, Director of the Asian Arts & Culture Center (AA&CC) at Towson Univserity introduces some of these communities and the intersecting initiative that AA&CC leads and participates in to promote, document, and share knowledge about them with a broader public.
Meet the Lecturer: Joanna Pecore is an educator, ethnomusicologist, and musician with a passion for cultural equity and sustainability. She has served as the Director of the Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University since 2014, where she plans, curates, and produces exhibitions, programs, and outreach activities in collaboration with unviersity staff and faculty, and with communities, artists, and specialists. Pecore previously planned and implemented educational programs at the Smithsonian’s Freer & Sackler Galleries for 13 years. She holds a PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii. Pecore has extensive experience producing, leading, and performing in programs for schools, museums, libraries, festivals, and performing arts centers. She has conducted fieldwork on Cambodian and Japanese performing arts communities in both the United State4s and Asia and regularly performs with and supports the work of Cambodian performing arts groups in the Washington, DC area.
