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apature 2008
September 18 - 27, 2008
Kearny Street Workshop presents the 10th annual APAture:
A Window on the
Art of Asian Pacific Americans
New for the 10th annual APAture:
APAture Live Blog!
Click here to visit and read the latest updates from writer/blogger Claire Light.
Kearny Street Workshop, the nation's oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization, presents its 10th annual APAture September 18-27. The 10-day festival will showcase over 90 emerging Asian Pacific American artists working in visual art, film, music, comedy, literature, spoken word, and performance. Events, presentations, workshops and
performances will take place at venues throughout San Francisco. APAture 2008 "Featured Artists" are Weston Takeshi Teruya (visual art), The Invisible Cities (music), Richard Wong and H.P. Mendoza (film), Samantha Chanse (theater), Pireeni Sundaralingam (literary), and Hellen Jo (comics and zines).
About APAture
Kearny Street Workshop's APAture is an annual multidisciplinary arts festival presenting the work of emerging Asian Pacific American artists living and/or working in the San Francisco Bay Area. APAture's mission is to provide artists with an early experience presenting their work at a large event; to build audiences for emerging APA artists; to strengthen the sense of community among artists; and to raise awareness of the existence of and diversity within the APA arts community. APAture values community-building, ethnic and artistic diversity and collaboration across ethnic and disciplinary lines.
About Kearny Street Workshop
Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) is the nation's oldest multidisciplinary arts organization based in San Francisco's Mission District. For the past 35 years, KSW has produced, presented and promoted art that empowers Asian Pacific American artists and communities. We envision a more just society that fully incorporates Asian Pacific American voices informed by our cultural values, historical roots, and contemporary issues. KSW serves the community as an information resource and through four areas of arts programming: adult arts education, next generation arts support and training, multidisciplinary arts presentations, and publications.
volunteer for APAture!
Interested in helping out at APAture? We will need tons of volunteers for this event, in all kinds of areas (box office, set up, bar, clean up, tech, stage managing, merchandise, membership, publicity, etc), so there is lots of room to help out. You can get into events and earn an APAture t-shirt. Contact Kearny Street Workshop at 415 503.0520 or email apature at kearnystreet.org.
support APAture
APAture depends on the support of individual donors and other supporters in addition to ticket and t-shirt sales. Help support APAture and Kearny Street Workshop by making a financial contribution or becoming a member. Members receive discounts on APAture tickets and KSW workshops and merchandise.
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