ImaginAsian: Identity and Experience in Contemporary Asian Pacific America
Fundraising Exhibition April 2- May 9, 2010
Help add to the visual libraries of university Asian American Studies programs!
Get your work displayed at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation in West Lafayette, IN in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Kate Agathon of Purdue University is holding a fundraising exhibition of 8.5×11 visual pieces from Asian American artists all over the country and wants YOU to join big names like Parry Shen, Far East Movement, and Bao Phi in support of the cause!
Here’s the announcement below:
Calling anyone who is interested in creating art in celebration of
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2010! Here is an opportunity for
you to create art celebrating the history and contributions of Asian
Pacific Americans, donate to a good cause, and have your artwork
publicly displayed at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation in West
Lafayette, IN this spring (details below).
The exhibition is intended to raise awareness and understanding of the
Asian American community as articulated through a
variety of art including photography, visual, and literary. As an
Asian American Studies instructor, it is frustrating to want to show a
video or use a book for class and to have to ILL it because we simply
do not have enough Asian American Studies materials in our library! It
is my hope that this fundraiser will help address this crucial need.
Please consider participating in this endeavor and join writer Maxine
Hong Kingston, Congressman Mike Honda, director Michael Kang, Senator
Dan Inouye, activist Yuri Kochiyama, spoken word poets Giles Li, Bao
Phi, Beau Sia, author Lac Su, Kip Fulbeck, and other stakeholders in
the Asian American community. If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me at kate.agathon@gmail.com.
