NYJPW Founder & President
Penny Cheng-Hua Wang and NYJPW
Oradell, New Jersey, September 27, 2002
The founder and president of NYJPW, Cheng-Hua Wang, is a type of person who has a loving and giving heart to do anything that could help to promote Chinese Arts and Culture to the society. Her husband, John Wang, is a world famous commercial photographer in New York, who provides the full support to her plan of actions. Cheng-Hua and John has founded NYJPW Chinese American Arts & Culture Association in 1997. Their dedication in promoting Chinese traditional artistic arts to the community has been highly recognized and recommended. Their invention of www.nyjpw.org is the first Chinese American web site in the US to report the activities of artistic work has helped many talented artists to obtain their permanent status and live happily and working diligently in the US.

With Cheng-Hua & John's accomplishment, NYJPW has been an active participant in the arts and culture events in New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, Edinburgh, China and been highly recognized by the arts society as one of the most outstanding groups. NYJPW has recruited more than 100th members over the past years and assists professionals and young artists to exhibit their artistic talent. NYJPW web site receives and processes 50 inquires a day. NYJPW has provided free services to the world, and recorded activities in NYJPW repository. Many organizations, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, CBS 60 Minutes, National Weather Research Center, National Maritime Historical Society, Motion Picture Association's Chinese Film Festival, 73rd Oscar Academy Award Chinese Opera dancing performance, Lennon Documentary Group/PBS Channel 13 for Chinese Immigrants, Gotham TV for Metro Cable, Always Entertaining, college/high school students from the U.S., U.K., Italy, Span, Japan, many art gallery and musical company from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, and art enthusiasts have contacted NYJPW through its web site. The growth of NYJPW is very encouraging and the continuing devotion and public support will insure future success.

NYJPW has set up Arts & Cultural Gallery in Oradell, New Jersey, this summer. A few events have been conducted in the Gallery and many to come. With the effort of Art Gallery, more talented artistic work will be illustrated and presented to entertain the public community. Cheng-Hua & John Wang are such a loving people and with giving heart to their work. Anyone who is touring NYJPW site, it is the presentation of John Wang's photography and Cheng-Hua's web pages. It is a alive repository. In next mile stone, John & Cheng-Hua want to add more activities to various categories that they have not been well develop for the past 6 years, i.e. acupuncture, agriculture, antique, architecture, chess, chorus, cooking, exercises, flower arrangement, kung fu, magic, massage, movie, tea ceremony, puppet show, records, spoken language, sports, talk show, etc. They have set up a full yearly schedule for the upcoming 2004 and to be focus on the above subjects.

NYJPW has conducted a historical production in the United States: "The Orphan of Zhao" at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, September 19, 2003. Gathering more then 90 members of professional and amateur artists from the world and the successful performance has brought a great memory to all the audience's lifetime memory. Cheng-Hua Wang has invited Master Ma Cheung Lai and Mr. Tan Xiao Zeng from Beijing to receive the lifetime achievement and most outstanding Asian artist awards before the performance. This award ceremony is host by Chinese American Arts Council and Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. The Commissioner of Department of Cultural Affairs of New York City, Kate Levin has presented the awards to Master Ma Cheung Lai, Tan Xiao Zeng and Cheng-Hua Wang. This is a great honor which equivalent of Oscar Academy Award in Chinese. Cheng-Hua will lead NYJPW artists continuously devote her expertise to entertain the American society.

NYJPW has published a few pages to introduce the President of NYJPW, Cheng-Hua Wang, with her achievement from her family, professional work, amateur opera singing and performances, and the articles that she wrote for alumni magazines as follows.

In the time of recovering from the ovarian cancer, Penny Wang has taken some time to convert all NYJPW production of Chinese Opera and presentation programs in the past nine years from VHS fomate to DVD. This is the valuable documentary of NYJPW's accomplishment in helping to promote the artists and contributed the entertainment to the society. Interested viewer wants to obtain a copy of the DVD, please contact John or Penny Wang at (201) 262-4338 or email penny.wang@nyjpw.org.

Documentary:
  • NYJPW Chinese Opera & Photography on DVD, Oradell, New Jersey, 07/19/2006
    • Achievement:
  • John & Cheng-Hua Wang's Dedicated Support of the Promotion of Chinese Opera - Chinese Opera is on the Major Performing Arts Stages in the United States, World Journal Weekly Magazine Issue 1045, New York, 03/28/2004
  • Cheng-Hua Wang, 2003 Social Art Services Award, Department of Cultural Affairs of New York City, New York, 09/19/2003
  • Cheng-Hua Wang, A Successful Chinese Opera Performer, World Journal Weekly Magazine, 02/20/2000
  • Penny Wang, Born to Perform, Deutsche Bank International FORUM, 11/15/1999
  • Penny Wang, Patron of a Traditional Art, Bankers Trust Times, 03/31/1999
    • Articles:
  • "Our Hearts Fulfilled with the Love of Chinese Opera - NYJPW Magnificent Chinese Opera Productions" by Penny Cheng-Hua Wang, 06/12/2006
  • Cheng-Hua Wang and NYJPW, Chinese Cultural University Alumni Association, 08/18/2002
  • Cheng-Hua Wang and Her Experiences in the United States, Outer Sky Press New York, 12/23/1999
    • Operas:
  • NYJPW Creative Chinese Opera Fashion Show: Plainsboro Festival of The Arts, Plainsboro Public Library, Court Room, Plainsboro, New Jersey, 09/17/2005
  • NYJPW Farewell My Favorite Concubine Performance at ORBIS Saving Sight Worldwide 2004 Global Society Benefit Honoring FedEx Corporation Celebration, The Plaza Hotel, New York, 02/11/2004
  • NYJPW Monkey King Performance at Homecrest Senior Center of Brooklyn for Chinese New Year Celebration, New York, 02/01/2004
  • NYJPW Monkey King Performance at Lisa Lee's Chinese New Year Celebration, New York, 01/23/2004
  • NYJPW Monkey King Performance at Chinese Cultural University Alumni Association of New York, Flushing, New York, 12/24/2003
  • Qi Su Feng Peking Opera Performance at Kate Theater Hunter College, New York, 10/12/2003
  • NYJPW Gold Star Award to Most Outstanding Contribution of Chinese American Arts & Culture-Ma Cheung Lai, Tan Xiao Zeng and Xu Ya Ping, NYJPW Oradell Arts Center, Oradell, New Jersey, 10/07/2003
  • Master Ma Cheung Lai Demonstrates How to Dress Lung Mang, Flushing, New York, 09/30/2003
  • Master Ma Cheung Lai Visiting Great Chinese Opera Association of Washington D.C., Bethesda, MD, 09/28/03
  • "The Orphan of Zhao", Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, 09/19/2003
  • Master Ma Cheung Lai Demonstrates "The Orphan of Zhao", College Point, New York, 09/16/2003
  • "The Orphan of Zhao" Rehearsal at NYJPW College Point Arts Center, College Point, New York, 09/14/2003
  • Directotor Zhang Shu Demonstrates Lao Chen Yin in "The Orphan of Zhao", NYJPW Studio, New York, 07/14/2003
  • Chinese Opera Lao Sheng(Man) Make-Up Techniques, Oradell, New Jersey, 06/08/2003
  • Chinese Language School of Connecticut, Riverside, Connecticut, 02/09/2003
  • Beijing Opera Theatre at Beijing, Beijing, China, 11/21/2002
  • Commemoration of 9-11 WTC, Oradell, New Jersey, 09/08/2002
  • Lao Shea Tea House & Zhen Yi Chi, Beijing, China, 06/13/2002
  • Escape from Tsao Tsao, Beijing, China, 06/08/2002
  • Su San & Lu Bu, Beijing, China, 06/08/2002
  • NYJPW & China's Particiaption of WTO, Beijing, China, 06/08/2002
  • Rehearsal at Beijing Opera Theater, Beijing, China, 06/06/2002
  • Monkey King Demonstration by Li Peng, Oradell, New Jersey, 12/16/2001
  • Commemoration of 9-11 WTC, New York, 09/22/2001
  • NYJPW at Hofei TV, Anhui, China, 07/20/2001
  • Hu Guang Hui Guan, Beijing, China, 07/16/2001
  • NYJPW & Beijing Olympic Game 2008, Beijing, China, 07/15/2001
  • Li Yuan Theater, Beijing, China, 07/15/2001
  • Rehearsal at Beijing Theater, Beijing, China, 07/12/2001
  • Ultimate Sacrifice, New York, 04/08/2001
  • Shanghai Chinese Performing Arts College, Shanghai, China, 10/21/2000
  • Ultimate Sacrifice, Shanghai, China, 10/20/2000
  • Commemoration of Zhang Jun Qiu, Shanghai, China, 10/19/2000
  • Si Lang Visits His Mother, Washington D.C., 07/15/2000
  • Si Lang Visits His Mother, New York, 12/12/1999
  • The Proud Fishman, New York, 12/06/1998
  • The Mustang With the Red Mane, New York, 11/02/1997

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