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Season II: A Group Exhibition With Chopsticks Alley Art and Triton Museum of Art
Season II: A Group Exhibition with Chopsticks Alley Art and Triton Museum of Art opened on Sunday, September 25, 2022. Exhibition will be...
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Joseph Nguyen
- Sep 26
Making Meaning of the Past by Going Back to Vietnam to Live.
When I was 21, I "discovered" Vietnam. Let us ignore that Vietnamese culture had existed for thousands of years before me, that...
De Tran
- Sep 16
America Has Become More Diverse and Inclusive, Yet at Times It’s Gotten More Intolerant and Hateful
Hate crimes against Asian-Americans have skyrocketed since the pandemic. The political theatrics around Covid hasn’t been helpful.
Samantha Tran
- Jul 27
How has Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination Affected Me as a Vietnamese American?
Racism has been a heavy topic for many decades. It is the belief that humans are divided by ethnicity and skin color. Racism can affect...
Crystal Sipin
- Mar 5
Filipino Representation in American Pop Culture
It’s one thing to watch the Filipino channel on your TV but there’s quite a different sentiment to seeing Filipinos represented in...
Crystal Sipin
- Feb 11
Redefining What It Means to Be a: Mestiza
How funny is it to think that one word can be used to define more than one thing? A “block” could describe a piece of material used for...
Crystal Sipin
- Dec 5, 2021
The “Family” in Filipino
What constitutes a family? Some may argue that your family consists solely of your immediate family--your parents, your siblings, and...
Harleen Kaur
- Nov 30, 2021
Vietnamese American Service Center Now Open: Meet Architect Thang Do
On October 23, 2021, Santa Clara County opened the first facility of its kind in the United States, the Vietnamese American Service...
Harleen Kaur
- Oct 13, 2021
Interview with Jumdropz
When doing my research for my interview with artist Eric Bui, I stumbled upon his shop where I saw bright and colorful pieces made by an...
Harleen Kaur
- Sep 7, 2021
The History Behind Son Mai
Sơn Mài, or also known to the west as lacquer painting, is a form of painting that was revived and made a unique form in the 1930’s in...
Harleen Kaur
- Sep 6, 2021
ARTventure Down the Mekong, Chopsticks Alley Art’s First Art Book
The wait is over! Chopsticks Alley Art’s first ever book project, ARTventure Down the Mekong, is releasing today on Labor Day! ARTventure...
Esther Young
- Sep 1, 2021
CreativiTEA Artists in March 2021
Setlist: Asela Lee Kemper - Poetry Twitter: @AselaLeeK Instagram: @thesakuraink EJ Villanueva - Music Instagram: @ejvaleros Ashley Hin -...
Chopsticks Alley
- Sep 1, 2021
Summer Eggplant Tacos
This recipe aired during our finale episode on May 26. For more vegan recipes by Mina Gates, follow her on Instagram at @acurioushelping....
Chopsticks Alley Pinoy Editors
- Aug 28, 2021
Chopsticks Alley Pinoy Editors’ Reading List
In 1974, Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, and Lawson Inada edited and published “Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers,”...
Zachary Anderson
- Aug 15, 2021
Upcoming Event: Chinatown Music Festival
For the first time, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation partnered with the Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco to bring back the...
Dina Klarisse
- Jul 29, 2021
Asian-owned company LOUPN launches Asian-designed jewelry line
In a Los Angeles studio in late June, jewelry designer Benjamin Holtrop, launched and celebrated the release of his “Be Water Summer...
Nathalie De Los Santos
- Jul 19, 2021
Author Interview: Karla Comanda
Karla Comanda (she/they) is a poet, editor, translator, educator, and arts administrator. Her work has appeared in Contemporary Verse 2,...
Harleen Kaur
- Jul 16, 2021
National Youth Poet Laureate: Alexandra Huynh
Chopsticks Alley got to sit down with our nation’s New National Youth Poet Laureate (NYPL) over Zoom to hear her journey of winning the...
Dina Klarisse
- Jul 9, 2021
AAPI Feature: Jhumpa Lahiri
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is a first-generation Bengali American who writes about the spaces in between. Her short...
Zachary Anderson
- Jul 6, 2021
Watching The Debut Twenty Years After its Release
In Gene Cajayon’s 2001 film “The Debut,” second-generation Filipino American Ben Mercado (played by Dante Basco who is best known for his...