Academic Projects
The JAVCA Foundation is a dedicated patron of global cultural heritage and academic excellence. We take immense pride in supporting prestigious universities and museums in their pursuit of groundbreaking research and curatorial innovation. By sponsoring international exhibitions, funding scholarly publications, and facilitating cross-disciplinary academic projects, we aim to bridge the gap between historical preservation and modern interpretation. At JAVCA, our mission is to ensure that the profound legacies of art and history continue to inspire and inform future generations through rigorous scholarship and public engagement.
National Museum
of Asian Pacific American History and Culture
In 2025, JAVCA Foundation is proudly supporting The Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture — a place dedicated to honoring the achievements, progress, and lasting impact of Asian Pacific Americans across the centuries.
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies
JAVCA Foundation has proudly supported the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies since 2026.
Founded in 1986, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) promotes cutting-edge scholarship in all disciplines, fosters a research and teaching environment free from political and financial pressures, and makes the results of scholarly investigations available for use beyond academic circles. CCS aims to become the strongest institution for China scholarship in the Western hemisphere and to serve as an independent forum for dialogue on China’s past, present, and future.
DENVER ART MUSEUM
Exhibition Untelling Time
JAVCA Foundation will support the publication and exhibition of the Denver Art Museum's exhibition in 2028.
Untelling Time: Art of Lacquer brings traditional masterpieces of East Asian lacquer into dialogue with contemporary and medium-defying lacquer art. It breaks away from all past exhibitions that limit their frame of reference to technique, chronology, or region. It is the first exhibition in the US to reframe the subject thematically—through the notion of time and temporality.