Coordinating, sponsoring, and presenting high quality programs in all disciplines of art, and encouraging cross cultural exchange between artists from Taiwan and artists in North America of various ethnicities by enabling them to exhibit, perform, publication, and produce their work in the United States.

Identifying and granting financial assistance to deserving Taiwanese-American artists and organizations, and assisting them in forming a network for sharing information, resources and funding.
Building awareness and appreciation of Taiwanese art in North America by promoting individual artists and by forging alliances with other cultural and art organizations.

Encouraging scholarship in the arts by commissioning academic essays outlining artistic significance, and publishing catalogs, books, and advertising material to bring Taiwanese American art to the attention of the broader international community.

Background

The Taiwanese American Arts Council was established in 2014 to carry forward the mission of the Taiwanese Art Endowment Fund which spurred the creation of a named Taiwan Gallery, by the Queens Museum of Art. Taiwanese community leaders Dr. Lung Fong Chen, Patrick Huang and Thomas Chen, to realize the vision with Professional curator Luchia Meihua Lee, and the pioneer of Taiwan modern printmaking artist, Prof. Liao Shiou Ping, provided the expertise and art resources. TAAC aims to provide assistance to Taiwanese artists, scholars, and specialists in the arts. TAAC will support cultural and art leaders in different fields and in all states in the US and all counties in Taiwan; it is expected to expand annually.

Herewith a few examples of how TAAC has fulfilled the mission outlined above.
2019: TAAC organized an exhibition of contemporary art entitled Urban Tribes-Urban Caravan involving 20 artists and taking place at New York Foundation for the Arts, E. Tay Gallery, and El Taller Latino Americano, and in Light Year on the Manhattan Bridge anchorage (July 4 and September 5).
2017: TAAC arranged a major exhibition of visual art entitled Rewoven at Queens College, Queensborough Community College, and Williamsburg's El Museo de los Sures. Rewoven included artists from Taiwan and artists from New York City, and considered how contemporary artists are reworking the definition of fabric art by using innovative methods, unusual materials, and recycled resources. TAAC facilitated an exchange between New York artists affiliated with COPE-NYC and the Soulangh Cultural Center in Tainan, Taiwan. Artists from Tainan visited New York and their residency culminated in a public exhibition entitled Fully Loaded at the former Pfizer building in Brooklyn. Conversely, artists from New York City undertook a residency in Tainan.
2015-16: TAAC mounted The Moment, an exhibition at 5 venues (Queens Botanical Garden, Queens Museum, New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadow/Corona Park, and Tenri Gallery in Manhattan)

Goals and Objectives

Help artists and art organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists from Taiwan and friends of Taiwan of different ethnicities to exhibit, perform, and produce their work here.
Work cooperatively with colleagues around the US to broaden our collective audiences and to form a network for sharing information, resources, and funding.
Supports all artistic disciplines in classical, fusion, folk, and innovative forms influenced by the arts of Taiwan.
Build awareness of Taiwanese art in North America. Promote and build alliances with other organizations.

Founding Members

Dr. Lung Fong Chen, Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen, Luchia Meihua Lee-Howell

Founding President Dr. Lung Fong Chen (陳隆豐）
Founding members: Patrick Huang （黄再添）
Founding members: Thomas Chen (陳秋貴）
Founding Executive Director Luchia Meihua Lee （李美華）
Honorary Chairman Prof. Liao Shiou Ping （廖修平）
May 2014 -now TAAC Board trustee
2014 May Board members: Dr. Lung Fong Chen, Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen
2015 Board members: Dr. Lung Fong Chen, Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen
2016 Board members: Dr. Lung Fong Chen, Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen
2017 Patrick Huang
2018 Patrick Huang
2019 Patrick Huang
2020 Patrick Huang, Ming Chiang, Thomas Chen
2021 Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen
2022 Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen, Patsy Chen, Ming Chiang
2023 June-May 2024 Patrick Huang, Thomas Chen, Patsy Chen, Ming Chiang