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Seattle sculpture honoring 1886 Chinese expulsion hits funding goal

The sculpture, titled “Exclusion, Expulsion, Expunge,” was designed by Seattle artist Stewart Wong.

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May 04, 2026
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Anti-Chinese riots in Seattle, 1886

A public art project more than two decades in the making cleared its final financial hurdle last week, paving the way for the fabrication of a bronze sculpture at the site where Seattle’s Chinese community was violently driven from the city in 1886.

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The Chinese American Legacy Artwork Project (CALAP),…

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