christine thomas yoon

Christine Thomas Yoon is a Brooklyn-based community storyteller, educator, and activist with an MA in Documentary Film, Activism, & Education from NYU. Her artistic practice continues to remain the same as when she worked in public health– an approach seeking to center the history and dignity of people, to listen more than speak, and to move towards a place of healing.

Her award-winning films Ralph & Bug and Stoop Chat with Sweat & Maani, as well as the ongoing digital archival project “As Quiet as It's Kept", center the themes of community identity  and resistance to erasure. Her community impact work with the documentary Emergent City continues to connect New Yorkers with their agency to fight back against displacement and gentrification. In her upcoming projects, she hopes to explore creative ways to storytell around these themes of cultural preservation in relation to her own South Asian identity. 

As a full time arts educator, Christine views art as education, and education as art. She draws her educational philosophy from Reggio Emilia, rooted in a practice of encouraging curiosity, empathy, and the open ended exploration of one's environment. Creating alongside students across different backgrounds and ages, she finds visual storytelling to be a space holding the potential for people to connect with the potential for beauty and change within themselves, as well as in the world around them.

Other practices that remind her to pursue wonder include long walks on the Brooklyn Promenade, writing love notes on substack, and picking up new forms of art making she’s not very good at, like pottery.