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Linh Bui
Mar 2, 2023
Artist and Designer Tuan Tran - "Mẹ Earth: Past, Present, Future" Recycled Art Exhibition
Tuan Tran is an artist and fashion designer born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 at 13 and resided in San

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 -...


Asela Lee Kemper
Feb 5, 2021
Meet The Artist: Interview With Cynthia Cao
From taking portrait photos to painting with watercolor to printmaking, Cynthia Cao brings life through her work. Cao uses her work in...

Chopsticks Alley Interns
Jan 22, 2021
Fragments Art Exhibition Opening Ceremony
On January 15, 2021, Chopstick Alley Art and Evergreen Valley College, both located in San Jose, partnered up to present Fragments, an...


Asela Lee Kemper
Jan 15, 2021
Meet The Artists of Chopsticks Alley Art's Upcoming "Fragments" Exhibit: Doan Thoi
As a photographer, Doan Thoi brings new life through his black-and-white photos. His first introduction to photography started when his...


Asela Lee Kemper
Dec 30, 2020
Meet The Artists of Chopsticks Alley Art's upcoming "Fragments" Exhibit: Mark F. Erickson
When it comes to capturing life moments, Mark F. Erickson (Đỗ Văn Hùng) explores his identity with a camera. Although he did not...


Admin
Jul 21, 2020
Art Tongue Lecture Series: How to Build a Thriving Creative Career in Tech with Designer Emma Linh
Learn how Artist & Designer Emma Linh turned her love for art into a career. This lecture will help both parents and students. Join...

Chopsticks Alley
Jun 3, 2020
"Contesting" (For my Black Brothers and Sisters) by Danny Thien Le
When you say, “Asian Lives Matter”
Your words dangle like a wooden
EAT PRAY LOVE sign from the comforts of your social comments


Chopsticks Alley
Jan 25, 2019
Chopsticks Alley Art to Feature Underserved Southeast Asian Artists at San Jose City Hall January 25
Chopsticks Alley Art, our non-profit organization to promote Southeast Asian art and artists, will be opening our Salt Stained: HOME...

Keana A. Labra
Nov 20, 2018
Vietnamese American Poets: Identity as the Core of Their Poetry
The success of blockbuster movies, such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” with its accurate and holistic representation of...


Rachel Egoian
Oct 17, 2018
America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and Manhood
In our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that...


Christina Ayson
Sep 25, 2018
Salt Stained - the First Southeast Asian Artists Exhibit in Japantown, San Jose, CA
Taiko drums reverberated through the neighborhood. The smell of fish sauce wafted through the streets of Japantown. The scent and sound...


Rachel Egoian
Mar 11, 2018
Chữ Nôm and Hồ Xuân Hương: Unraveling the Complexity of the Former Vietnamese Written Language and t
When we think of language and its written form, it goes through many changes and processes over time due to societal pressures of...


Rachel Egoian
Mar 9, 2018
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui: The Gap Between First and Second Generations of Vietnamese American
Thi Bùi’s graphic novel, The Best We Could Do, offers an illustrative perspective that reflects on the gap between first and second...


Keana A. Labra
Feb 13, 2018
Vietgone is Here! A Play by Vietnamese Playwright Qui Nguyen Will Be Featured at the San Francisco A
The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, or ACT, is featuring a play that is the first of its kind: it is a boy-meets-girl...


Rachel Egoian
Nov 10, 2017
A Bestiary by Lily Hoang: Exploring Gender and Race Identity Through Fairy Tales
With intense and raw emotions, Lily Hoang transforms her work, A Bestiary, through the contemporary form of writing, using non-fictional...


Trami Nguyen Cron
Jan 25, 2017
DIY How to Setup Bàn Thờ, Shrine to Give Offerings During Tết Lunar New Year
Setting up a Bàn Thờ or Shrine for Tết Lunar New Year is an easy yet complex task. Watch our Chopsticks Alley Talk - Live Tet Edition -...


Carolyn Lê
Jan 24, 2017
DIY Mini Lanterns For Your Tết Tree
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Happy Lunar New Year! With Lunar New Year coming up, people are getting ready to clean their homes and decorate....


Viviane Nguyen
Jan 4, 2017
New York Times Photographer Nguyễn Ngọc Lương Dies at 79
For the second generation Vietnamese-Americans, the remnants of the Vietnam War can be seen through documented pictures, ones that were capt
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