Chopsticks Alley Art

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  • 5th Anniversary PartyJoin us for a fun celebration of this big milestone for Chopsticks Alley Art
  • CreativiTEA Open Mica Monthly Event. Come celebrate with us at the opening of our new Art Gallery located at Open San Jose
  • Hidden HeritagesJoin us for an exhibition opening and special performance
  • Asian American Healing ConveningCome share some food, make some art, and build community with us.
  • Open HouseCome celebrate with us at the opening of our new Art and Theater Center located at Olinder Community Center
  • Xanh: Are you feeling Blue?Come celebrate the opening of our new art gallery and new exhibition!
  • Printmaking: Food Stories A Taste of Home SeriesJoin us for a free art workshop at Gardner Community Center.
  • Asian Artists HealingThis small gathering was created by Chopsticks Alley Art to build an Asian artist community.
  • ARTventure Down the Mekong Book LaunchPaddle over to celebrate Chopsticks Alley Arts release of our new Art Book!
  • The Lives of Mixed-Race Children in Colonial VietnamA step back in time author, professor Jack Yeager.
  • How to Build a Thriving Creative Career in TechJoin us as Artist, Designer Emma Linh shares her work and provides real world tips on how to do what you love as an artist.
  • Eastern vs. Western Art PhilosophiesAn in-depth discussion on the differences between Eastern and Western art philosophies with Jenny Do
  • Asian American Healing ConveningJoin us in nature, share some food, make some art, and build community with us.
  • Exhibition Opening ReceptionCome celebrate with us at the opening of our new Art Gallery located at Open San Jose
  • Tales of Ancient Viet NamA Developmental Workshop Play Reading
  • 3D Printing DesignThis program supports San Joses Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Art through 3D Printing Technology.
  • Panel Discussio, Art & PoetryJoin this Art in Solidarity Event to celebrate We ART San Jose and fight against Asian-Hate
  • Season II at Triton Museum of ArtCome celebrate the opening of our in-person Art Exhibit. Weve missed seeing you in person.
  • Asian American Healing CollectiveThis small gathering was created by Chopsticks Alley Art to build an Asian group support community.
  • Art and NatureJoin us for a free workshop taught in Vietnamese.
  • Asian Artistic Reflection on NatureA Sunset meditation at Coyote Creek featuring Asian artistic reflection on our connection to nature and musical performance.
  • Preserving Memories: A Cyanotype WorkshopJoin us for a free art workshop. Art supplies will be mailed to all participants.
  • A Closer Look at 2020 "Year of the Woman"Featuring artist Hadi Aghaee and his powerful paintings and a special performance by EJ Villanueva.
  • Earth DayA Developmental Workshop Play Reading
  • Around Southeast Asia in 80-MinutesA screen printing workshop to express "Love
  • Printmaking: Food StoriesJoin us for a free art workshop at Starting Arts.
  • Printmaking: Food StoriesJoin us for a free art workshop. Participants will pick up art supplies after registration
  • A Boba for Your Thoughts?A Game Show. Join us for a fun game show featuring Cartoonist Angelo Lopez.
  • Hanoi in the Time of CholeraA step back in time as we learn how Hanoi, Vietnam survived Cholera during French colonial rule with author and professor Michael Vann
  • Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month FestivalCome celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with vendors, food trucks, and performances! Special performance by Filipino Poet Jason Bayani! Co-Hosted by Chopsticks Alley Art and LEAD Filipino
  • Hidden Heritages: San Jos s Vietnamese LegacyThe San Jose Public Library California Room is honored to present Hidden Heritages: San Jos s Vietnamese Legacy, an exhibit born from a multi-year partnership with the San Jos Museum of Art, Chopsticks Alley Art, and the City of San Jos Office of Cultural Affairs. The exhibit will be on display in the 5th Floor Special Collections exhibit area from July to October.
  • L nh: The Healing JourneyYou are invited into a vibrant tapestry of personal narratives, each piece reflecting a unique vision of healing. Through diverse methodologies spanning traditional, experimental, and everything in between our artists reveal the varied and winding paths they ve traveled to mend, restore, and transform. May their works inspire you to explore, reflect, and uncover your journey toward healing.
  • Mythological Icons & Fresh InkMyths are part of every culture in the world. These sacred tales encompass beliefs, values, and practices passed down through generations. They are as relevant to us today as they were to our ancestors. Mythological Icons & Fresh Ink is a group exhibition featuring six artists inspired by Southeast Asian mythology. These artists use various media from painting and sculpture to digital drawings and tattoos to honor and instill pride in ones cultural stories.
  • Ăn Chơi | Eat + PlayYou are cordially invited to the Chopsticks Alley Arts opening of "Ăn Chơi | Eat + Play" Exhibit Opening Reception. Đi Ăn Chơi / Let s go eat and play a Vietnamese phrase that encapsulates the audacious spirit of gastronomy and the pulsating undercurrents of leisure. Ăn Chơi brings together 23 artists representing the Bay Area s creative community to explore an eclectic blend of multicultural influences that portray the fun food scene. Embrace the spirit of eating well and playing hard.
  • Memories" Students Art ExhibitionYou are cordially invited to the Chopsticks Alley Arts opening of "Out of the Box" Exhibit Opening Reception. What does it mean to be Asian in today s America? Out of the Box features perspectives about the Asian community s lived experiences. We face challenges living in a country where the label Asian brings expectations about our origins, behavior, and physical self. The majority of Asian Americans in the United States are immigrants who understand what they have left behind to build their lives here. Now there is a fast growing American-born generation who are navigating their own connections to familial heritage and their own experiences growing up Asian in America.
  • Out of the BoxYou are cordially invited to the Chopsticks Alley Arts opening of "Out of the Box" Exhibit Opening Reception. What does it mean to be Asian in today s America? Out of the Box features perspectives about the Asian community s lived experiences. We face challenges living in a country where the label Asian brings expectations about our origins, behavior, and physical self. The majority of Asian Americans in the United States are immigrants who understand what they have left behind to build their lives here. Now there is a fast growing American-born generation who are navigating their own connections to familial heritage and their own experiences growing up Asian in America.
  • Mẹ Earth: Past, Present, FutureYou are cordially invited to the Chopsticks Alley Arts opening of "Mẹ Earth" Exhibit Opening Reception. Tuan Tran is a Vietnamese American artist based in the Bay Area whose work breathes new life into old objects that were once fated for the landfill. As an eco-friendly artist, he transforms materials that can be recycled or repurposed into contemporary, eclectic, and interactive art. The event is located at Open San Jose which will host Content Magazines release of issue 15.2, Sight and Sound.
  • Xanh: Are you feeling Blue?In the US, we think of sadness when we think of blue. Blue evokes different feelings in different parts of the world and other cultures. For example, in Austria, it is a happy-go-lucky color. In Chinese culture, blue represents growth and optimism. In Korea, the color of mourning is "blue," yet the word blue does not exist in the Korean language. Calmness and hope are how the Vietnamese feel about the color blue or Xanh Dương. Xanh Dương (blue, like the ocean) is used to describe blue as there is not a single word in the Vietnamese language to represent blue. We wonder how blue feels for those who are sightless or color-blind. Immersing ourselves in other cultures, perspectives, and stories beyond our own, we can learn about each other where we came from, our traditions, and our struggles as a community. It also forces us to criticize assumptions about our daily lives, beliefs, and practices to encourage personal growth. What does blue mean to you?
  • Season IISeason II is a group exhibition by a partnership between Chopsticks Alley Art and the Triton Museum of Art. The exhibit will feature four exemplary Asian American artists practicing different art forms. The artists showcased represent a new wave and generation of artists who explore the interconnectedness between their identity and art practice. This is their season two (ii) and a sequel to the stories that were sparked and told by those who were before them. As we see a change in shifts from those from an older perspective to newer views which face different challenges yet still recall the former since it is written in our personal histories. Anh Bui s series of hauntingly tender oil paintings find liberation from social constructs using the metaphor of space which is inherently unknown and undefinable. Charlene Tan s large-scale weaving is born through research, remembering, and celebrating the cultural threads that bring us closer to our roots. Trương Thị Thịnhs nostalgia comes through in her traditional oils on canvas as she carries on with the second life she built for her immigration journey to the US. Sound artist Sarbpreet Buttar s composition of Natures Song, tuned to 425 Hertz, provides an immersive soothing, and healing experience. Season II, at its core, is a contemporary collaboration and personification of self expression -- each of these works of art are truly personal and with their own complexities, yet we see overlap and similar themes woven through each of their creations. This group exhibition seeks to amplify Asian American voices, celebrate their stories, and support the seasons of change forevermore.
  • FragmentsHidden under layers of assimilation, tradition, the longing to belong, and the ache of change when society shuts down and old philosophies break into gray space...fragments of us wait to be gathered and restored to wholeness. The artists in this exhibit share two traits: their awareness of juxtaposed truths about themselves, and the courage to lean into what seems to be broken yet ultimately brings peace. As members of one human race, our own psyches contain pieces of a whole; we are multitudes. Each of us on a journey, we have yet to meet all versions of ourselves. At crucial points of growth, we look within to discover rich tunnels of expression. May you find, within each artist s story, an encouragement to your own.
  • Ấp Ủ: Identity | Journey | Legacyis an exhibit rooted in stories of place, family, journey, identity and ultimately home. The multi-layered works on view as part of this special exhibition were created by elders from San Joses large and vibrant Vietnamese community in December 2019 as part of a creative learning workshop led by artists Trinh Mai, Binh Danh, and Cynthia Cao at the Vietnamese American Cultural Center. Elders participating in Chopsticks Alley Art s Adventures in Contemporary Art program hand wrote their memories, then painted images of native flowers and birds to layer over the top of them. The workshop was the first in a series of three that are being conducted as part of Hidden Heritages: San Jos s Vietnamese Legacy, a two-year partnership between the San Jos Museum of Art and Chopsticks Alley. The program brings Vietnamese artists and community members together to amplify, and artistically present stories that share the life experiences of Vietnamese Americans in San Jos .
  • NO BARRIERS: ARTIST ALLY SPRAYKayang kaya, you can do it! This Tagalog phrase proclaims that you can overcome anything. Like Allys artwork, it s a reminder to all that barriers are everywhere but they dont need to limit us. We believe art is one of the world s most effective tools for both expression and communication. Regardless of age or ability, art can help us transcend life s adversities. Our imaginations are boundless so, too, is art. Chopsticks Alley Art seeks to build bridges and open doors to artists with all abilities. Ally Spray is a 15-year-old, third-generation Filipina American visual artist. Her artwork is composed of layers of line and color, forming exuberant shapes that reflect her sense of the world. Ally s works on paper are largely created with Sharpie markers and pens, used with varying degrees of pressure and intensity. Her creations vibrate with color and energy while her use of lines provides both foundation and texture. A keen observer of her environment, she finds inspiration in everything she sees. Although Ally is autistic, it does not impede her talent. She has, in some ways, allowed it to enhance her work it is the lens through which she sees the world.
  • SALT STAINED: HomeIn Vietnamese, the word nước translates to water, nh translates to home, and both words translate to country. When you remove nước from the Southeast Asian body, what s left is our salt stained skin a reminder that we ve crossed oceans to leave the nước that nourished us, the nước that was our livelihood, and the nước nh we once called home. Home is the place we come back to, the place we miss when we leave, and the place we return to for comfort. Salt Stained: HOME is a showcase for communal storytelling through works of art by four Southeast Asian artists whose stories challenge dominant narratives, whose salt-stained bodies stayed afloat as we cast out our ropes and held onto one another, leaving behind a legacy of ripples. Salt Stained: HOME is presented by Chopsticks Alley Art, in cooperation with the San Jos Museum of Art s Vietnamese Community Outreach Initiative, and is an expansion of Salt Stained, an exhibition that premiered in September 2018 at Art Object Gallery, San Jos . It is also a partner project of New Terrains: Mobility and Migration.
  • SALT STAINEDIn Vietnamese, the word nước translates to both water and country. When you remove nước from the Southeast Asian body, what s left is our salt stained skin a bitter reminder that we ve crossed oceans to leave the nước that nourished us, the nước that was our livelihood, and the nước we once called home. Salt Stained showcases communal storytelling through works of art by Southeast Asian artists whose stories challenge dominant narratives. These works demonstrate our resiliency as people whose salt stained bodies stayed afloat as we cast out our ropes and hold onto one another, leaving a legacy of ripples behind.
  • CreativiTEA Open Mic Event for Asian Artists!Welcome to our First In-person CreativiTea Open Mic Event for Asian Artists! It is a monthly event open to Asian artists of all genres. As you may know, Open Mics (or Open Mic Nights) are open performance spaces generally held at bars, caf s, and music venues. The beauty of the Open Mic is that anyone can come, sign up, and perform original or non-original music, poetry, performance art and prose. In September Coffee, tea & Moon Cakes will be served. Live raffle for attendees.
  • Luncheon and Musical PerformanceFREEYou are cordially invited to a free luncheon and musical performance! As part of the Knight Foundations Speak Up San Jos , a yearlong initiative that invites all residents for conversation and action to advance our city s future, Chopsticks Alley Art is hosting a FREE luncheon for San Jose residents. Join our efforts to learn how to keep our local creek beds clean for future generations. Enjoy a complimentary community lunch catered by Rong Bien Restaurant. Engage in a panel discussion on San Joses creek and water ways with experts from the City of San Jose Environmental Services, Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, and Santa Clara Valley Water District. Listen to a Live performance from Emmy-winning artist and composer Van-Anh Vanessa Vo. Learn how we can make music together.
  • ASIAN ROLES IN MOVIESFREEJoin Chopsticks Alley for the Closing of Salt Stained Exhibit. We will open the event with beats from Vietnamese Lasallian Youth Troupe. View the world premiere of films from "The No Friends Club" and discuss Asian roles in movies. Art Object Gallery has many artists studios, you will be able to see where our community artists work! Ken Matsumoto Sculptures. Max DeHart Visual Art. Cocktail attire suggested. PARKING ON 6TH AND JACKSON STREET PARKING IS FREE AFTER 6PM.
  • Spoken Words Night$7Spoken words night featuring Southeast Asian poets, musician, and American author. Hear different perspectives on long-term effects of Colonialism. Author: Dr. Michael G. Vann The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam. Poets: Brian Adrias, Keana Labra, Brandon Luu, Kristina Robertson. Keyboard: Glenn Cea.

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Chopsticks Alley Art
38 S Second St, San Jose, CA 95113, USA
San Jose, CA 95113

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13:00 – 18:00
saturday
12:00 – 16:00

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