AAPI ARTS NETWORK

It was a pleasure to host the @aapiartsnetwork end of year potluck last Sunday and have the chance to share my latest installation. This work has become deeply personal, reflecting on the immigrant experience. It means a lot to share it and see it resonate with others. 🫶🏼 The next four years is gonna be challenging and I am so grateful to be part of this community. . . . . . . . . . . #aapi #aapiheritagemonth #playground #immigration #community #identity #asianamerican

Grateful to have attended and connected with @aapiartsnetwork at their end of year potluck. A creative, thoughtful and active local AAPI group engaging art and culture with social, political and historical matters. Ended the gathering with an artist led talk of The Verge of the Playground by @tingying.han who also hosted the afternoon. Thank you @tingying.han and @aapiartsnetwork for an inspiring afternoon and looking forward to connecting further and collaborating in 2025!

This Saturday at @theicala ! I’ll be co-leading a discussion on community building with George Yin. Just one of many rich conversations that will be going on. Hope you can stop by! Join us for “A Potluck of Ideas: Meet the AAPI Arts Network” A gathering event with food and ideas as we host a special open meeting for visitors to ICA LA. The AAPIAN invites you to join us in discussing topical issues that are central to our ongoing dialogue. Schedule: 2pm-3pm: Enjoy a potluck by AAPIAN members and view Scratching at the Moon 3pm-5pm: Join the Conversation Stations moderated by AAPI members See you there! @theicala @asukahisa @instayorkchang @tingying.han @rostenwoo @crsvalentime @smizota @christopheryin @neogeo8888 @alexpaik @exclamationoir @danielleshang @graceuoh @kck47 @soo_kim_studio @rnoguchi @aapiartsnetwork #AAPIArtsNetwork #AAPIAN #PotluckOfIdeas #AAPICommunity #CulturalExchange #losangeles #comtemporaryart

Beautiful conversation yesterday with @charlesgainesstudio , @talamadani , @vincentvaldez77 and @itsgala at the @hammer_museum for the Voices of the Diaspora Symposium. Thx to all the panelists and all the guests who pulled up. Shout out to my collaborators @aapiartsnetwork , @thehereandthereco and the @artnoirco . What an amazing day for conversations. 📸 @wole_bak

⏰🚨⏰⏰⏰🚨⏰🚨⏰🚨⏰🚨 Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday at 2pm for the Voices of Diaspora Symposium at the @hammer_museum . I'm excited to be in conversation with @charlesgainesstudio , @talamadani , @itsgala , @vincentvaldez77 ! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 Panel 2: Artists’ Diasporic Experiences and Identity Expressions Artists Charles Gaines, Tala Madani, Gala Porras-Kim, and Vincent Valdez discuss identity as a dimensional, discursive, and embedded part of their practices and explore how diasporic experiences inform their artistic, pedagogic, and social practices. Moderated by ARTNOIR co-founder Larry Ossei-Mensah. Presented by @aapiartsnetwork , @thehereandthereco , @artnoirco in collaboration with the @hammer_museum . 🙏🏿to all the participants and partners! Hit the link in my bio for more info.....

Excited and humbled to be a part of this event. DM me for RSVP link! See you in LA! 🌊 AAPI Arts Network, ARTNOIR, and The Here And There Collective are thrilled to invite you all to join us at the Hammer Museum for an afternoon of conversations among artists, art historians, and curators. Voices of the Diaspora 📍 Hammer Museum: Billy Wilde Theater 🗓 Saturday, March 2, 2024 ⏰ 2-5 PM Across two panel talks, we aim to explore how collectives can catalyze cultural innovation, how individual artists can bring nuance to identity expressions through their studio practice, and how systems can shift towards providing more visibility for marginalized artists in the mainstream art world. Panel 1: Diasporic Artists in Community Moderator and REDCAT Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Programs, Daniela Lieja Quintanar is joined by artist Harry Gamboa Jr. (ASCO), Marvella Muro (Self Help Graphics), Claire Kim (The Here And There Collective), and independent curator Kris Kuramitsu to examine the relationship between artists and their communities and how diasporic artists create networks, initiatives, and interventions to lift up the marginalized status of their communities. Panel 2: Artists’ Diasporic Experiences and Identity Expressions Artists Charles Gaines, Tala Madani, Gala Porras-Kim, and Vincent Valdez discuss identity as a dimensional, discursive, and embedded part of their practices and explore how diasporic experiences inform their artistic, pedagogic, and social practices. Moderated by ARTNOIR co-founder Larry Ossei-Mensah.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 AAPI Arts Network (@aapiartsnetwork ), ARTNOIR (@artnoirco ), and The Here And There Collective (@thehereandthereco )are thrilled to invite you all to join us at the Hammer Museum (@hammer_museum ) for an afternoon of conversations among artists, art historians, and curators. RSVP through the link in the bio. Voices of the Diaspora 📍 Hammer Museum: Billy Wilde Theater 🗓 Saturday, March 2, 2024 ⏰ 2-5 PM Across two panel talks, we aim to explore how collectives can catalyze cultural innovation, how individual artists can bring nuance to identity expressions through their studio practice, and how systems can shift towards providing more visibility for marginalized artists in the mainstream art world. Panel 1: Diasporic Artists in Community Moderator and REDCAT Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Programs, Daniela Lieja Quintanar is joined by artist Harry Gamboa Jr. (ASCO), Marvella Muro (Self Help Graphics), Claire Kim (The Here And There Collective), and independent curator Kris Kuramitsu to examine the relationship between artists and their communities and how diasporic artists create networks, initiatives, and interventions to lift up the marginalized status of their communities. Panel 2: Artists’ Diasporic Experiences and Identity Expressions Artists Charles Gaines, Tala Madani, Gala Porras-Kim, and Vincent Valdez discuss identity as a dimensional, discursive, and embedded part of their practices and explore how diasporic experiences inform their artistic, pedagogic, and social practices. Moderated by ARTNOIR co-founder Larry Ossei-Mensah. RSVP through the link in the bio.

We acknowledge the vital role postdocs and graduate student workers play in the functioning of the UC system and support their demands for a living wage and fair labor practices. The organizing committee consulted with striking students as well as union organizers to ensure we respect strike sanctions. We are very much in solidarity with the historic strike by UC academic workers. ———————- Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our first panel! Join us for Karin Higa: Reverberations @hammer_museum on Sunday, November 20 at 2pm. This is the second of two panels exploring the many legacies of the influential curator, organizer, and art historian, coinciding with the publication of a new book of her collected writings, edited by Julie Ault. The conversation will center the reverberations of Higa’s work in the present Kelly Akashi, Anna Sew Hoy, Karen Ishizuka, Marci Kwon, Sonia Mak, and Mika Yoshitake. The event is free and open to the public.

Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight highlights the legacy of the late curator, writer, and cultural activist Karin Higa. This program will explore and celebrate the intersections of art, community and organizing in Higa’s work and coincides with the publication of her selected works.⁠ ⁠ Panelists include Howie Chen, Bruce Yonemoto, and Julie Ault. The panel will be introduced by Higa’s niece and recent JANM Getty intern, Rose Keiko Higa, and moderated by writer, curator, and organizer Ana Iwataki, who worked under Karin Higa as a JANM Getty intern.⁠ ⁠ Saturday, Nov 5 at 2pm PDT⁠ RSVP at the link in bio

This has been such a special project for me to work on; Karin was the first curator I ever worked for and her influence on my work continues to reveal itself. I’ll be moderating the first of two panels co-organized by myself and a lovely group of @aapiartsnetwork folks who all have so much to share about Karin and her impact. Please join us for Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight on November 5 @jamuseum for the first of two panels that honor Higa's work and the brand new book of her collected writings, edited by Julie Ault. Higa is a beloved curator, organizer and art historian. The panel includes Julie Ault, Howie Chen, and Bruce Yonemoto. Her niece, Rose Keiko Higa, will give the introduction. There will be a public reception after the panel. The event is free and open to the public, rsvp required. Link in bio.