Yao-Fen You Smithsonian Institution

Yao-Fen You is the acting director for the Asian Pacific American Center. The center works to present the history, art and culture of American Pacific Americans through research, exhibitions, outreach and education programs. You has temporarily left her position as senior curator and head of product design and decorative arts at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Since joining Cooper Hewitt in 2019, You has been critical in securing funding for museum for acquisitions and critical collections care.

Before Smithsonian canceled festival, organizers flagged events as 'sensitive' - The Washington Post

Art Industry News: Artists and Writers Call On the Director of the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center to Resign + Other Stories

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Deconstructing Power Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Provenance Research and Circulation: Examples from the Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection - History of Knowledge

Yao-Fen You Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

The Vincent Chin Institute

A Curatorial Roundtable on Expanded and Expanding Narratives in the Museum - Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (@SmithsonianAPA) / X

We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Through the Eyes of Design Students - Simon Pearce

Yao-Fen You New Senior Curator and Head of Department at Cooper Hewitt - CODART

ALEXANDRA CUNNINGHAM CAMERON AND YAO-FEN YOU JOIN COOPER HEWITT CURATORIAL STAFF

Has the Detroit Institute of Arts Lost Touch With Its Home Town? - The New York Times