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The Asian American Artists Collective was founded by Anida Yoeu Ali (formerly Anida Yoeu Esguerra) and Marlon Esguerra.. Anida and Marlon (then husband and wife collaborators), founded the group because of their positive experiences in the early 1990s with collectivist action through their undergraduate literary magazine, Monsoon, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published by the ...
East Coast Asian American Art Project (ECAAAP) is part of New York University's Asian/Pacific/American Institute (A/P/A). As a project for NYU's A/P/A, the Virtual Asian American Arts Museum (VAAM), a digital museum, brings together interactive images, videos, audio files, and peer-reviewed texts to create an accessible platform for learning ...
Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network was a New York-based Asian American arts collective and support network established in 1990. Founding members Ken Chu, Bing Lee, Margo Machida, and others established Godzilla in order to facilitate inter-generational and interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration for Asian American artists and art professionals.
Boyd Vance (July 9, 1957 – April 9, 2005) was an American stage actor, director and producer in Austin, Texas. [1] Vance was particularly known for supporting and advancing African-American performing arts in Austin. [2] In 1993 he co-founded ProArts Collective, which he directed until his death following unexpected heart surgery in 2005.
1957: Dalip Singh Saund becomes the first Asian-American elected to the United States Congress, as a Representative for California's 29th district. 1962 Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American woman elected to a state legislative body in the United States, in the Hawaii State Senate [48] 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American U.S ...
The story is headlined, "Why SF’s Asian American voters are walking away from the Democratic party." San Francisco Crime Problems Leave Asian Americans Frustrated, Angry With Mayor Breed: Report.
Gidra covered a wide range of issues affecting the Asian American community, including those having to do with racism within the university and greater Los Angeles; U.S. imperialism and militarism in the midst of the Vietnam War; and Asian American, African American, Native American, and Latino social justice movements and "third world ...
Basement Workshop emerged as the first Asian-American [1] political and arts organization in New York City, in existence from 1970 [1] to 1986. [2] Created during the Asian American Movement, it became an umbrella organization for a diverse group of young Asian-Americans seeking creative and new ways of intersecting artistic expression with political and community activism.