PEEK INSIDE PERKINS
Week of May 17, 2021
5 Questions - Get To Know Board Member
Sharon Xiaoyun Hou
Sharon Xiaoyun Hou, Board Member and her cat, Hobbes. Photographer: Felix Ding.
1.      What would people never guess you do in your role on the Board at Perkins Center?
  • I made amateur pottery bowls for our Empty Bowls campaign! I was very proud when people came and picked mine :)
 
2.      What are three things still left on your bucket list?          
  • I learned but never perfected violin and guitar as a child, and really want to learn guitar again.
  • To spend extended time in Yunnan China, near Shangri-La.
  • To run my own bed and breakfast in Portugal.
 
3.      What one food do you wish had zero calories?  
  • Irish butter.
 
4.      Where is the best place you have traveled to and why?
  • It is very hard to pick just one. I like all places with its own uniqueness, and not too commercial.
 
5.      What inspired you to join the Perkins Center Board?      
  • Artists and art teachers. They work so hard to keep art alive and it is an honor to think that I can assist them a little bit.
Perkins Center for the Arts is the very fortunate recipient of her energy, her talents, and her commitment to arts and culture in southern New Jersey.
- Kahra Buss
Executive Director, Perkins Center
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
Perkins celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Month( AAPI) by recognizing our Board Member Sharon Xiaoyun Hou and by partnering with a community AAPI Heritage Event where faculty member, Jenson Cheng demonstrated Sumi Brush Painting - a visual arts class held at Perkins Center.
Festival-goers fishing for origami fish at the Burlington County AAPI Heritage Festival.
Jenson Cheng, Visual Artist and Perkins Faculty Member at the Burlington County AAPI Heritage Festival.
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