CAAMFest’s Children’s Books & Graphic Novels Panel at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Join us for a family-friendly afternoon in Oakland with the top creators of new children’s books and graphic novels.
Join us for a family-friendly afternoon in Oakland with the top creators of new children’s books and graphic novels.
Ramsey is one of only two Pacific Islander leading actors in the world to be in a Disney stage production.
Who gets to tell Asian American stories? Why are Asian American stories not seen as central to the American narrative?
You will not see any carefully guarded still life paintings or sculptures that demand protection by velvet ropes at Take This Hammer.
“When She Rises” draws on the experiences of women who are forced to navigate racism informed by gender-based oppression.
“I was showing him a little drawing I did of what my dad did every morning. I did a drawing of him praying at a shrine, and in the same drawing there is little Sanjay, you know, worshipping his Gods that were on the TV. John saw that and was like: ‘That’s great! Let’s make that. Just tell your story, tell the truth of you and your father.'” – Sanjay Patel
K-12 students: Enter the Growing Up Asian in America contest and tell us who in your life you would nominate for a gold medal. Submit video, art, essays or poems for a chance to win $1,000 in cash and prizes.
The grant will support CAAM’s work to build a more diverse and strategic Board of Directors and to create a National Advisory Council that will help the organization to enhance and secure its sustainability as an innovative, public-serving Asian American arts organization.
“‘Your Piece’ is inspired by Korean wrapping cloths, or bojagi, which women pieced together out of scraps of spare material, creating an heirloom full of beauty and utility from what would otherwise be waste.”