Creative Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora (Oakland)

Join artists and writers at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center for Creative Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora. Artist Katherina Nguyen will discuss her works in the “Textures of Remembrance” exhibition, as well as her work with the DVAN – Texas Tech publishing imprint and upcoming Mapping the Diaspora project. She’ll be joined by panelists Lan Duong and Kathy L. Nguyen, the editors of Troubling Borders and contributors to Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose, as well as Isabelle Pelaud, Founder and Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN).

The panel discussion will draw on the creative outlets and collections found, created, or published to share interwoven cross-generational Vietnamese voices and perspectives of war, refuge, and identity.