StoryBoards NorthWest is a Washington State 501(C)(3) whose mission is to “Preserve and Promote Oral Histories through the Arts.

Our work today is three fold:

• Lost Underground: an 8-episode podcast will be released in released in September 2025. Stories from the underground salons during China’s Cultural Revolution have been buried by fear and fading memory. We present these true stories to preserve a history that also reflects the similar struggles continuing in America and around the globe. 

• Oral Histories: From a bi-weekly series of stories from or about Chinese and Chinese American women, we will expand to stories from and about women in other cultural communities; women’s stories which otherwise might be forgotten.

• BackStory: An educational program will feature oral histories recorded by K-12 children and young adults, along with a free curriculum for teachers.

Since 2010 we have been collecting oral histories from Chinese nationals and Chinese Americans and presenting them in in art exhibitions, lectures, and videos in local galleries, museums, and online in podcasts. Watch us for future art, literature, and performance offerings.