This is Kearny Street Workshop’s annual multidisciplinary arts festival celebrating emerging Asian and Pacific American (APA) artists of the San Francisco Bay Area.
For 20 years, APAture has been a site of dialogue, collaboration, and political action between artists and community members around contemporary issues affecting the Asian and Pacific Islander community.
This year, in honor of the 20th anniversary of APAture, our theme is DECLARE. DECLARE is an acknowledgement of both the legacies of our past and the legacies we'll establish in the future. We invite you to submit work related to legacies, families (chosen, biological, or beyond), communities, decolonization, representation, futurism, agency, and more. We also welcome work across all themes.
Single event tickets and festival passes are currently available. Visual Arts Opening Reception (Boundless) and Book Arts (Embody) are free events. All others are ticketed.
BOUNDLESS
a visual arts showcase (free)
Oct 4 // 6-10pm
Arc Gallery & Studios
Featured Artist: Anh Bui
LIFE IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT
a music showcase (ticketed)
Oct 5 // 9-1am
Hotel Utah
Featured Artist: Versoul
EMBODY
a book arts showcase (free)
Oct 13 // 1-4pm
American Bookbinders Museum
Featured Artist: Anand Vedewala
PROCLAIM
a literary arts showcase (ticketed)
Oct 18 // 7-10pm
Arc Gallery & Studios
Featured Artist: Jennifer S. Cheng
OPEN DOORS
a film showcase (ticketed)
OCT 20 // 3-5:30 PM
Roxie Theater
Featured Artist: Alle Hsu
NEVER STOP MOVING
a performing arts showcase (ticketed)
Oct 25 // 8-10pm
SOMarts
Featured Artist: Hien Huynh
APAture 2019 Closing Reception + Boundless Artist Talk
Oct 27 // 1-4pm
Arc Gallery & Studios
Congratulations to our 2019 APAture Focus Award Honorees
The original APAture 1999 General Planning Committee
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