Welcome

After being relocated twice already, the Asian Arts Initiative has
finally moved out of the path of the Pennsylvania Convention Center
expansion. Please note our new mailing address:

      Asian Arts Initiative
      1219-1223 Vine Street
      Philadelphia, PA 19107
      Phone: (215) 557-0455

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The Asian Arts Initiative hosts
in collaboration with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, the Swarthmore College Lang Learning Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, WHYY Learning Lab

The Chinatown Youth Radio Project

LEARN how to produce a radio show and podcast!
TELL your stories of Philadelphia Chinatown!
JOIN the next generation of media makers!

July 28, 2008 to August 15, 2008
Monday-Friday 10:00am-4pm

This workshop is free and open to interested youth ages 13 and up.
Space is limited!  Complete application and send to ChYRP08@gmail.com
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 7TH

If you have questions contact Sabina Neem at 215.557.0455 or sabina@asianartsinitiative.org
www.asianartsinitiative.org :: www.myspace.com/asianartsinitiative

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The Asian Arts Initiative hosts
in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia Big Picture
Mural Arts Program
a summer mural-making workshop for youth

June 30, 2008 to August 8, 2008
Monday-Friday 9:00am-12pm

Asian Arts Initiative Salon Space
1223 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

This workshop is free and open to all interested youth ages 10-18.
Register Now! Contact Chon at 215.557.0455 or chon@asianartsinitiative.org
www.asianartsinitiative.org :: www.myspace.com/asianartsinitiative

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The Asian Arts Initiative Oral History Project is underway!

The Asian Arts Initiative’s Oral History Project celebrates the Initiative’s 15-year-long dedication to promoting social justice and change through the arts. We’re busy gathering testimonies of 15 interviewees to illuminate their experiences as artists, community activists, staff members, and program participants within the orbit of the Asian Arts Initiative. This exciting “look back” is a way to preserve our organizational and local history--sharing visions of social justice and strategies for making change through the arts, while simultaneously highlighting a diverse spectrum of voices from the Philadelphia community.

Many thanks to our committed staff, volunteers, and community members who are participating in this live history of the Asian Arts Initiative; and to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for project funding.

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Congratulations to the cast and crew of Flashpoints/ Unbreakable Objects and the Re:location Video Collage Project in the culminating performance on Saturday May 31, 2008.


Photo of Flashpoints cast by Jen Cleary

Flashpoints Cast: Regie Cabico Lovella Calica, Misia Denea, Jo Louie, J. Mason, Charles Ramirez, Manny Son, Omar Telan, Hannah Utain-Evans, and Tyrell White.

Re:locations Crew: Anula Shetty, Dina Dashiell, Robert Hill, Hakeem Jefferson, Elizabeth Powers, Danny Seng, Amarjeet Singh, Larry Staton, and Arif Zahir.

The "Re:location" workshop with Anula Shetty was made possible in part with a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership. Regie Cabico's residency in Philadelphia and the "Flashpoints" workshop were made possible in part with grants from the Artists & Communities program of the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation; and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts.

Center building with green window trim: the future home of the Asian Arts Initiative at 1219 Vine Street!