“Civil Dis(place)ment”: 2016 U.S. of Asian America Festival | SF
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) is proud to present 20 multidisciplinary arts programs and events throughout San Francisco from April 29-June 30, 2016, showcasing the dynamic experiences of the contemporary Pacific Islander and Asian American arts community as part of the annual United States of Asian America Festival (USAAF).
The 2016 thme, Civil Dis(place)ment, references a recently published study by the San Francisco Arts Commission that alarmingly found more than 70% of surveyed artists in San Francisco are experiencing displacement.
Events will:
- Investigate themes of gentrification, displacement, placemaking, and the artist’s role in the community via installation, performance, video, sculpture, painting and drawings with Resistance.
- Preview how filmmakers will tell untold stories from San Francisco’s underprivileged neighborhoods most affected by displacement in Cinematic SF.
- With performance, art, and storytelling, find the connections between the struggles of working class Filipinos and people of color in San Francisco to that of indigenous people in the southern Philippines in San Francisco to Salupongan and URBAN x INDIGENOUS.
- Uncover Fillmore and Japantown’s neighborhood history of evictions through art, poetry, and music with Still Standing
Free Events include:
Aesthetic Blitz
An art exhibition, curated by Emerging Curators Program fellow Kelsay Meyers, that uses identity construction as a means to engage the audience in a 3-D collage of several artworks.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 03:30 PM
The Sequoias Rotunda Gallery in San Francisco, CA
RSVP
Waves of the Past
This exhibit is created and designed by students from Asian American Studies 516: Asian American Photographic Explorations, which is taught at San Francisco State University.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 07:00 PM
518 Valencia: Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics in San Francisco, CA
Legions of Boom – Panel
Celebrating the Fil-Am mobile DJ crews of the Bay Area, co-presented by Bindlestiff Studio. Featuring a panel moderated by author Oliver Wang with live demos from DJ luminaries.
Friday, May 13, 2016 at 08:00 PM
Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco, CA
RSVP
Standing Strong! Fillmore and Japantown Then and Now
Celebrating the enduring spirit of the African American and Japanese American communities in the face of racial discrimination, segregation, redevelopment and gentrification.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 01:00 PM
Latino Room, San Francisco Main Library in San Francisco, CA
12th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Film screenings created through QWOCMAP’s programs in addition to films by independent filmmakers from around the world.
Friday, June 10, 2016 at 06:00 PM through June 13, 2016
BRAVA Theater Center in San Francisco, CA
QUEER as FUCK
A variety show series, kicked off by a night featuring queer API artists, as part of the National Queer Arts Festival 2016 and co-presented by Bindlestiff Studio.
Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 08:00 PM through June 14, 2016
Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco, CA
Roots in Resilience Film Festival: You Matter Most
We are all future ancestors. What will you want to preserve? The queer dimensions of San Francisco—a city culturally unique and multigenerational—holds wisdom. Gentrification is affecting people’s sense of place and belonging and pulls away cultures of rootedness. $3 suggested donation
*The film festival will be held the Bayview Opera House’s temporary gallery space while the venue is under renovation.
Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 06:30 PM
Bayview Opera House – Gallery in San Francisco, CA
