Join the AAPI Arts Network in a potluck gathering of food and ideas. The network is hosting a special open meeting for visitors to ICA LA around topical issues that are part of the ongoing dialogue of the group. AAPIAN members will collectively supply food and drink to share. Bring an open mind and a desire to learn from and contribute to the conversation.

AAPI Arts Network is an emergent network of self-identified Asian American Pacific Islander visual artists, curators, educators, writers, and patrons working between themselves and a broader public to build open relational platforms that affirm and give agency to the rich complexity of the Asian American Pacific Islander experience, through the collective exploration and sharing of contemporary Asian American Pacific Islander art practices.

Formed in response to the recent (and recurrent) rise in anti-Asian bigotry and violence during the pandemic, AAPIAN seeks to present these art practices in dialogue with past, present and future socio-political contexts, with the overarching goals of increasing visibility for the experiences and works of Asian American Pacific Islander cultural producers, and catalyzing a more sustainable, equitable, and just national discourse on what it means to be Asian American Pacific Islander. The dialogical mission of this network inspired the Scratching at the Moon exhibition.

https://aapi-artsnetwork.org
IG: @aapiartsnetwork

Schedule:

2pm-3pm: Enjoy a potluck by AAPIAN members and view Scratching at the Moon

3pm-5pm: Join the Conversation Stations

Who is AAPI?
York Chang, Anuradha Vikram. Scribe: Rick Noguchi

Activism / Gentrification
Ting Ying Han, Rosten Woo.

Pedagogy / Mentorship /Transmission
Christina Valentine, Pui Tiffany Chow. Scribe: Sharon Mizota

Community Building / Relationships
George Yin, Alex Paik

AAPI visibility and influence in global art world
Anna Sew Hoy, Danielle Shang