APAture 2024: Return | Literary Arts Showcase

Co-presented by Litquake and Oakland Asian Cultural Center

October 25, 2024 6:00pm (Doors), 6:30 (Program)

$12 (pre-sale)/$15 (door)/ $60 all access (comes with free t-shirt, drink tickets, and more!)

Curated by Diana Fu, Matthew Choi, and Isalina Chow

Featuring Maw Shein Win with Sam Javellana Hill, Christine Huang, Jennifer Ng, Megan Jade Mock Noble, Noelani Piters, Danielle Shi, and Eden Julia Sugay

APAture and Litquake are both celebrating 25 years! So we’re teaming up to present the Literary Arts showcase featuring former El Cerrito poet laureate, Maw Shein Win, and we’ll be commemorating the release of her upcoming collection, Percussing the Thinking Jar (2024 Omnidawn Publishing). Co-presented with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

The theme for this year is RETURN. From the Palestinian right to return, the call for Indigenous Land Back, and the various migrant histories and struggle for justice in our Pacific Islander and Asian communities, artists consider what the idea of return means to them.

*showcase artist Sam Javellana Hill will be giving away woodblock prints at the showcase in exchange for donations to Operation Olive Branch

Artist Bios

APAture 2024: Return Festival Schedule:

(Multiple Locations in SF) Arc Gallery & Studios 1246 Folsom St. 94103 | Joe Goode Annex 401 Alabama St. 94110 | DNA Lounge 375 Eleventh St. 94103 | Roxie Theater 967 Mission St. 94103

**VISUAL ARTS OPENING RECEPTION, COMICS, ZINES, & ILLUSTRATION SHOWCASE, AND VISUAL ARTS CLOSING RECEPTION ARE FREE. ALL OTHER SHOWCASES ARE TICKETED EVENTS.

$60 FESTIVAL PASSES INCLUDE ENTRANCE TO MUSIC, LITERARY ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, AND FILM SHOWCASES AND INCLUDE A FREE T-SHIRT, DRINK TICKETS, AND MORE.

October 13

Music Showcase Opening Reception 7:00-10:00pm (PDT)
feat. Ian Santillano
DNA Lounge
375 Eleventh St, San Francisco, CA

October 18

Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception 6:00-9:00pm (PDT)
feat. Houyee Chow-Jiménez
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

October 22

Film Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Jalena Keane Lee
Roxie Theater
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

October 25

Literary Arts Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Maw Shein Win
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

October 27

Comics, Zines, & Illustration Showcase 2:00 - 5:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Minnie Phan
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

November 3

Performing Arts Showcase 7:00-9:00pm (PDT)
feat. Kim Requesto
Joe Goode Annex
401 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA