📣📣 CALLING AAPI ARTISTS IN THE BAY AREA! 📣📣 We invite you to submit a proposal to be part of the 2026 United States of Asian America Festival: COMMON GROUND. This year’s festival theme COMMON GROUND invites us to reflect on our relationships with each other and with the spaces we move through together as AAPIs in the diaspora by exploring what it means to take up space and practice placemaking for others. The festival will celebrate modes of thinking about solidarity through shared experiences and histories by underscoring how visibility in public spaces can cultivate belonging. ❤️ Selected submissions can receive up to $5,000 to participate in this year’s festival. Link in bio to learn more about eligibility, award levels, and how to apply! 🌟 ⏰ SUBMIT BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2024 at 12:00PM PST to be considered! ⏰ More Information at: apiculturalcenter.org/usaaf2026 Apply at: https://shorturl.at/wy4NF #USAAF2025 #USAAF2025CRITICALREFUGE #USAAF #AANHPI #AANHPIARTS #BAYAREA #SANFRANCISCO #SANFRANCISCOBAYAREA [Image 1: Still from performance of Portals, choreographed by SanSan Kwan as part of USAAF 2025: Critical Refuge. Overlaid with announcement of applications opening. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.] Image 2: Photo of Meesha Goldberg performing Feral Princess, Sacred Waters during the USAAF 2025: Critical Refuge outdoor showcase at Sunday Streets Tenderloin. Overlaid with description of the theme Common Ground outlined in caption. Photo by Diana Chen.] [Image 3: Photo of Kimberly Acebo Arteche performing at the opening reception for Brown Palms, Yellow Balms: Reinventing Caregivers of Color at SOMArts Cultural Center as part of USAAF 2025: Critical Refuge. Overlaid with details about who should apply including mid-career and emerging artists of all disciplines. Photo by Shantré Pinkney.] [Image 4: Photo of Swetha Prabakaran performing Veera: The Origins of Courage as part of USAAF 2025: Critical Refuge. Overlaid with text outlining eligibility criteria including being part of the AANHPI community, being based in the Bay Area, and planning an event between May - June 2026. Photo by Melanie Elvena.] [Image 5: Repeated image from first slide with details about upcoming informational sessions on Sept. 23 and Oct. 4 on Zoom. Registration details found at apiculturalcenter.org/usaaf2026] (fb)

⏩ This year’s United States of Asian America Festival is in the works ⏩ Applications for USAAF 2026: Common Ground will open on SEPTEMBER 1. Our artists requested an earlier granting cycle, so we’re moving up the timeline 🏃💨 to provide extra time for planning! For now, let’s get those ideas flowing … 💫 How do API communities continue to create spaces for gathering and community care through arts and culture? How do we use these spaces to act in solidarity with other BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ communities and work towards collective liberation? 💫 What does it mean to create and hold space for healing, and how does API cultural expression inform the ways that we are able to expand reflective spaces within ourselves? 💫 How do we continue to create spaces to amplify API narratives in the face of injustice and erasure in the United States? How can the arts help us imagine new ways to tell our stories and steward our histories for future generations? Full application details incoming next week! #USAAF #AANHPI #AANHPIARTS #BAYAREA #SANFRANCISCO #SANFRANCISCOBAYAREA [Image: Johnny Huy Nguyen performing at HOME IS NOW(HERE): Vietnam War x 50 Years x III, a USAAF 2025: Critical Refuge event. Photo by Shantré Pinkney.] (fb)