“Eating Cultures” Asian Food Art Reception & Potluck | SoMa

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Celebrate the final day of Eating Cultures and Asian Heritage Month with a community potluck and art show closing. Bring a special dish to share and a personal recipe for the community recipe wall.

Eating Cultures is a deliciously provocative multi-disciplinary arts exhibition of artworks inspired by Asian American food and foodways. Using food as a lens, artist share stories of global migration, adaptation, entrepreneurship, and the central importance of food in Asian communities around the world. In addition to over fifty art, film, and literary works, Eating Cultures will feature Asian American oral histories provided by Southern Foodways Alliance via Guide by Cell, dynamic programming co-presented by Asia Society and the Culinary Historians of Northern California, a pop-up shop, and a recipe wall for audiences to share their favorite family recipes.

Performances

• Genevieve Erin O’Brien with “Sausage Homage”
• Margaret Rhee with “Kimchi Poetry”
• Rene Yañez with “The Great Tortilla Conspiracy”

Featured Artists: Susan Almazol • Sigi Arnejo • Jung Ran Bae • Mitsuko Brooks • Ka Yan Cheung • Karen Chew • Flora Choi • Melissa Chow • Samantha Chundur • Kay Cuajunco • Alison Ho • Grace Jahng Lee • Zilka Joseph • Juliana Kang Robinson • Larry Lee & Jason Dunda • Theresa Loong • Alana Lowe • **Cathy Lu • Mieko Meguro • Michiko Murakami • Chee Wang Ng • **Genevieve Erin O’Brien with Aaron Henderson & Grace Umali • Jessica Redmond • Margaret Rhee • **kate hers RHEE • Yoshie Sakai • Shizue Seigel • Pallavi Sharma • Jessica Tang • Cynthia Tom • Christine Toy Johnson • Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Michael Watson • Maggie Wong • Leslie Zeitler • Sara Zin

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