by Frances Phillips | Feb 26, 2016
Percussionist Wang Wei began his collaboration with the San Francisco Guzheng Music Society (Guzheng Music) along with Door Dog Music Productions (also known as San Francisco World Music) in 2007. When Guzheng Music was unable to continue leading the project, the...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 12, 2016
Choreographer Rudi C. Soriano collaborated with Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) to create “Pilgrim,” a dance theater work influenced by Filipino ethnic dance traditions that explores Asian American history in a manner that reflects and resonates with the experiences...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 23, 2016
Drag artist Mica Sigourney collaborated with other artists and Queer Cultural Center to develop the multidisciplinary production Work More 7! Daughters of a Riot, exploring the important role drag artists play in preserving LGBTQ community traditions and referencing...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 11, 2015
Khankham Phaxayavong, representing the Lao Bantheung Sinh molam troupe, collaborated with Lao American rap artist One Hunned, and the Center for Lao Studies to create a new work titled Molam Tan Smay, (Molam in the Modern Era). Molam is a traditional storytelling and...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 16, 2015
Calligrapher Arash Shirinbab, ceramicist Forrest Lesch-Middelton, and the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California are exploring themes of hospitality, morality, and justice through calligraphy-inscribed ceramics inspired by the Persian Nishapur tradition. The...