🌿 June Field Trips!

A curated list of Asian American arts events all across New York City.

Hi friends,

This week’s newsletter is our field trips list for June! 🌿🌻☀️

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June is for Field Trips! ⛰🌿🌻☀️☁️

Field Trips are Asian American arts events that are happening all across New York City. I put this list together for us so we can go out and connect with other artists, support them and their incredible work, and be inspired as we continue to create our own art. I’ve been trying to go on at least one field trip every week — this week, I’m going to the Potluck Show + Tell and Echoes of Han. If you plan on going to any of these events, let me know! I’d love to meet up or go together.

Also, congratulations to our very own Art Club Member, David Quang Pham, and the world premiere of his science musical, Chemicals in the Water! Go see it at The Tank on June 27 and 28!

Let’s go out and support all of our Asian American artists, this month and every month.

🌿 Asian American Art Club: Potluck Show + Tell
​Asian American Art Club invites you to our first monthly Potluck Show + Tell in Brooklyn! ​Attendees are invited to bring their favorite dish to share and an art piece to show + tell. Art pieces can be complete or in progress — music, dance, drawing, poetry, theater, film, photography, etc. Each attendee has 5 minutes to share their work with an engaging and supportive audience. After the show & tell, we share a potluck meal together.

Friday, June 6 — 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Address provided upon RSVP

🌿 Slumlord Millionaire: NY Theatrical Film Premiere
In NYC’s most quickly gentrifying neighborhoods a group of fearless residents fight corrupt landlords for the basic human right to a home.

June 6 - June 12 — various screening times
87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013

🌿 Echoes of Han: Fragments of Self, Memory, Identity, and Transformation
Rooted in the Korean concept of Han, a profound emotion intertwining sorrow, longing, endurance, and hope, Echoes of Han brings together artists who explore the intertwined themes of identity, memory, cultural heritage, and personal transformation.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7 — 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Exhibition Dates: June 7–July 3
AHL Foundation Gallery, 605 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY

🌿 Asian American Art Club: Letters to our Fathers
A creative writing workshop for Asian Americans with deceased and living fathers. In preparation for Father’s Day, we will be writing letters to our fathers and reflecting on our changing, varied relationships with them.

Wednesday, June 11 — 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Google Meet, link provided upon RSVP