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Jenny Lam
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Self-taught artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Artists on the Lam founder. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @huffpost.com. Voted “Best Arts Blog” in @chicagoreader.com & “Best Art Exhibit” in NewCity. Nerd. http://www.artistsonthelam.com
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For this year's Giving Tuesday, please consider helping those affected by the Wang Fuk Court housing estate fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong.

From South China Morning Post, "How to help Hong Kong’s fire victims, by donating in cash or kind": www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

#大埔 #HongKongFire #Community
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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left my childhood best friend a bunch of voice messages relaying all the gossip from the night, as she'd requested 🤭

(tl;dr even if you're like me (a huge nerd who couldn't wait to leave high school), I'd recommend going to your 20-year reunion)

Thanks for the selfie, Dillian! 💜

#Photography
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Went to my high school 20-year reunion last night. Despite my initial apprehension (Jenna and I had been messaging each other making sure the other was going to go 😆), I'm glad I went. (It's funny talking to people I was cool with and finding

#Millennial #Photography #Photo #Portrait #SelfPortrait
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Oh my heart. Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade posted a video on Instagram of her and her son Elliott Marshall (YES) watching Em perform at the Lions vs. Packers Thanksgiving Thanksgiving halftime show today. 🥹

#Detroit
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Happy heavenly birthday to my maternal #grandma ❤️ She would've been 101 today. (Read my blog post, "Just Us," from when she passed away in August 2024: artistsonthelam.blogspot.com/2024/08/just...) Throwback: Me & my Paw Paw on my birthday in August 2019.

#Grandmother #Portrait #Photo #Photography
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Also, if you're reading this from Hong Kong, here's a list of community resources for the Tai Po public housing estate fire: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Pe1...

#HongKongFire #HongKong #大埔 #TaiPo #Community #Resources #CommunityResources
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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3 - My paternal grandma in the Hong Kong Railway Museum.
4 - Guanyin (the Goddess of Mercy) figures in Lam Tsuen.
5 - Walking along Tai Mei Tuk. The little white dot to the right of the sun is the 76-meter-tall statue of Guanyin in Tsz Shan Monastery, which I'd visited in 2017.

#Photography #Photos
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Love to Hong Kong. Here are some photos I took in Tai Po in 2018 with my paternal grandmother and one of my uncles. Shot on my iPhone 5s.

1 - In Lam Tsuen (once upon a time, everyone in this village had my last name, 林).
2 - My paternal grandma in the Hong Kong Railway Museum.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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As a lil' video on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@artistsonth...

#WheelthrownCeramics #WheelthrownPottery
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Even before #COVID, I've already been doing everything in the second paragraph on planes for literal decades. Glad to see those methods mentioned here!

#Chicago #Flu #Influenza #PublicHealth #Health #Hygiene #Travel
Screenshot of an excerpt from WBEZ's article titled "Chicago expected to experience worse flu season this year, officials say." The excerpt says, 'Landon said that masking up in public spaces, using hand sanitizer if you can’t wash your hands, and washing your hands regularly are the best ways to avoid getting sick — on top of getting vaccinated. She added that those prevention measures are even more crucial if you’re flying. “This is where things like cleaning off that tray table with a disinfectant wipe that they hand you when you walk on the plane is wise and smart,” Landon said. “I would also clean off my seat belt buckle and the little arm rests, and you definitely want to be keeping your hands clean, I would recommend everyone have hand sanitizer around and use it frequently. “You really don’t want to get flu or covid, especially in that really busy time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas,” she said.'
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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trimming, and there was some leftover #porcelain clay, so I decided to give it a try and play around with it ^^) and glazed it in September. Before this, I'd been using reclaimed stoneware, which is Lillstreet #Art Center's default #clay. After this little experiment, in the fall session class, I
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I made this! My very 1st time using #porcelain! 😀 Threw this in August on the last day of my summer session Beginning #Wheelthrowing class (the last day of class is usually a potluck / party where folks finish up work, and I had some time as

#Ceramics #Pottery #Clay #Handmade #Art #Artist #Chicago
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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"In the plurb, we all fam"

(this person's comment in an episode discussion for Pluribus episode 4: www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv...)

Broad City, your impacT

#Pluribus #BroadCity #InTheClerbWeAllFam #InDaClerbWeAllFam
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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<3 // (my tweet: x.com/TheJennyLam/...)

#AmberHeard #ZackSnyder #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague #ZSJL #JusticeLeague #Mera #SuckerPunch #TheLastPhotograph #Filmmaking #Director #Movies #Film #Photography
Tweet by Chicago artist Jenny Lam (Twitter handle @TheJennyLam) quote retweeting Sammie (Twitter handle @SnyderQueen_). Jenny's tweet says, "Zack Snyder [finally] joined Instagram recently and he's been posting so many beautiful photos from his films, both past (including Sucker Punch!) and upcoming (The Last Photograph). Go show him some love!: http://instagram.com/zacksnyder #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague #Art #Photographer". Sammie's tweet says "Zack Snyder posts the beautiful Amber Heard as Queen Mera, blue heart emoji." Her tweet has a screenshot of Zack's Instagram post, and Zack's post says, "@amberheard 50mm Leica monochrome"
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#Dinner with my cousin Phil et al. at Perry’s (sooo good as always!) 🍷🍮

#Food #Foodie #Restaurant #Chicagoland #Illinois #Midwest
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Zaozilanya Footpath 时光里 · 枣子岚垭步道, a #staircase hidden in the heart of #Chongqing, #China, with #mosaic tiles and painted steps! 🎨 Love that there's #publicart like this in a residential neighborhood.

#Art #Architecture #Design #City #Street #Trees #Buildings #Travel #Photography #ShotoniPhone
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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At the newly opened Chongqing East Railway Station a few weeks ago! 🚄 This is the largest passenger station in the world.

#China #Architecture #Interiors #InteriorDesign #Design #CityLife #UrbanPlanning #ChinaTravel #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Really liked Predator: Badlands. And I think part of it may be because I love Star Trek: The Next Generation and this felt like a #film with Worf (Yautja are totally like Klingons in #PredatorBadlands) and Data. There's even an evil twin / Lore equivalent!

#Predator #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Xiahaoli / Longmenhao Old Street, #Chongqing, #China! ✨

#Architecture #Buildings #City #Cityscape #CityLife #UrbanLandscape #UrbanPlanning #Urban #Landscape #Design #ChinaTravel #Travel #TravelPhotography #ShotoniPhone #MobilePhotography #Photography #Photo
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Woke up thinking of Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii.bsky.social).

Link to the quoted tweet (where you can see the outpouring of love from all the people he touched in the replies and quote retweets): x.com/leslieleeiii...

#LongCOVID #COVID #PublicHealth #Health
The first tweet is by Jenny Lam (Twitter user @TheJennyLam) replying "I’m so sorry. 😢" to Leslie Lee III's spouse, JB, who tweeted from his Twitter account (@leslieleeiii) on Friday announcing that he passed away on Monday. The second tweet is by Jenny and says "This is terrible. I'd long admired Leslie from afar. He 1st came onto my radar for his great political *and* film takes, & then I also learned a lot from his unwavering advocacy for the #LongCOVID community. My deepest condolences to his loved ones. Rest in power, @leslieleeiii." and is a quote retweet of @leslieleeiii. The caption from that tweet says, "Please read. -YB. All proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to cover funeral costs and as temporary replacement of loss of income." and then there's a picture with text, which says, "This is YB, @stuffhedoes Leslie’s spouse. I am sad to share with you the tragic news of his passing on Monday, November 10th, aged 43. Leslie Lee III was a beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, and friend. He left us much too soon. I appreciate your kindness at this time, while we process our grief. If you wish, you can donate directly to his gofundme linked in his profile, any later news I will post from this account. A private service for family is being held this week with a memorial service to be held at a later date in NYC. He was to me, my everything. He was an advocate for others with Long COVID. He was an amazing writer and  passionate podcaster."
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Me a couple weeks ago 🌄 At the Three Natural Bridges in Wulong Karst National Geology Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, China. This is at the Tianlong (Sky Dragon) limestone bridge, with Tianfu Posthouse in the background.

#Chinese #ChineseAmerican #AsianAmerican #AAPI #Building #Buildings
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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raid shelter that's been transformed into a teahouse, & next to that is a former air raid shelter that's been turned into a weekly farmers market. I love how these structures from a time of fear and sorrow have been repurposed into hubs of joy & community.

(More about their history:)

#Architecture
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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#Dinner at #Underground City #HotPot 地下之城火锅 a couple weeks ago! 🍻 This is another one of Chongqing's old air raid shelters, and it's *huge*; the #restaurant has 208 tables and is >500 meters long (a football field is about 100 meters)! And it's an underground #city indeed; next door is a former air
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Accompanying my parents (who got comp tix because they’re a part of #Chicago ’s Yelp Elite #community ^^) to the opening night of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at Marriott #Theatre, and now we’re spontaneously at the after-party with the cast (who were great! so talented) 🍷🧁

#Musical #Theater
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Throwback to when this happened!: www.instagram.com/p/C621wDbAkkl & www.facebook.com/share/p/16v5...

Shot on my iPhone 12 Pro at 11:32pm, Saturday, May 11, 2024.

#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Aurora #GeomagneticStorm #SolarStorm #SolarFlare #Weather #ILwx #Illinois #Chicago #Midwest #Space
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM