The Asian Arts Initiative Store: Buy Stuff!

Chinatown Live(s)
The Asian Arts Initiative presents Chinatown Live(s), a landmark book that explores Philadelphia's Chinatown through the oral histories of twenty-two diverse workers and residents of Pennsylvania's oldest established Asian neighborhood. Their interviews are enlivened with photo portraits by documentary photographer Rodney Atienza. The book is one of the first published histories of Philadelphia’s Chinatown.

Spanning multiple generations and many nations of origin, the stories shared in Chinatown Live(s) challenge the perceptions of Chinatown as a monolithic ethnic enclave or a superficial tourist destination, and allude to the complexity of relationships and perspectives that comprise this growing, living neighborhood.

Click here for more information on how to purchase Chinatown Live(s).

Youth Produced Videos!
Through our Youth Arts Workshop teens write, edit, shoot, and act in films and documentaries. These videos tell compelling stories about the Asian American experience, covering such topics as gang violence, war, dating, gender, drugs, and break-dancing. All of our youth produced videos are available for rent or purchase.

Click here for video listings, descriptions, video clips, and information on how to purchase or rent these videos!

Asian Arts Initiative memorabilia!

T-shirt ($10)

Designed by Jenny San Angel, with a detail of the “Girl” mural by Omar Ramirez. Light purple ink on black or cream shirt. Sizes M, L, XL.

Poster ($10)

20” x 24” color poster featuring the “Colors of Light” mural in Chinatown by artist Josh Sarantitis and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.

Mug ($5)

Block lettering in lavender on black ceramic mug. Anita’s favorite!

Chinatown Influx Exhibition memorabilia!
visit chinatowninflux.org for more information on the exhibition

Exhibition Catalog ($15 / $12 members)

This exhibition catalog documented the three-year process of curating the Chinatown In/flux exhibition, highlighted the artists' visions of their respective artworks, and included essays about the In/flux of the Chinatown community.

Postcards ($1 each or $5 set of all 9)

Postcards of the Chinatown In/flux artworks: (from left to right) Chinatown In/flux catalog/general, Hirokazu Kosaka's Ruin Map, Jean Shin's Chinatown 20/20, Jihyun Park's Chicken Broccoli, Jihyun Park's Chinatown Map, Mei-ling Hom's Chinatown Eyes, Skowmon Hastanan's Tell Me a Story, Steve Wong's The China Project, and Tomie Arai's Swirl.

Chicken Broccoli T-shirt ($20)

Jihyun Park's Chicken Broccoli image on a black shirt.
(Click on image for front and back details.)

The China Project plates ($20 each or $100 set of all 8)

Steve Wong's The China Project's original plates from the exhibition - get yours today!