detail of Playground III by Mengru Zhou When the team at Gallery B612 suggested I curate and design this year's AAPINH show, I knew I had been offered a truly precious opportunity – a chance to honor and celebrate a beautiful slice of our community in a time when celebrating the diversity shaping our country holds a different kind of weight than it ever has before. I believe every community is made more beautiful by the individuals who shape it, and as a country of immigrants

This Director’s Note introduces two solo exhibitions at Gallery B612—Metamorphosis by Karen Chang in Pioneer Square and Secret Garden by Jiamin Zhu in SoDo—exploring transformation, identity, and the space between process and emergence.