Event Listing - Galleries
Thu May 1 - Sat May 24

11th Annual United States of Asian America Festival

East of the West

Co-curated by Taraneh Hemami & Anuradha Vikram


Tel. 415-864-4126
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Location
Date and Time
SomArts Cultural Center (Gallery)
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 map
district: SoMa

Thu May 1 (2:00 - 7:00pm)
Fri May 2 (2:00 - 7:00pm)
Sat May 3 (1:00 -5:00pm)
Tue May 6 (2:00 - 7:00pm)
Wed May 7 (2:00 - 7:00pm)

Description
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center with co-curators Taraneh Hemami & Anuradha Vikram ask 'how can we understand a region as diverse and far-ranging as the Middle East?'

Curators Taraneh Hemami and Anuradha Vikram pose this question to a selection of artists with roots in the Middle Eastern region, and beyond. A wide range of visual art media is used to interpret themes such as religious, ethnic and cultural diversity; the roles and status of women and queer or transgendered persons within traditional cultures; and the changes to self-identification that immigration engenders.

Corresponding with this exhibit is a PANEL DISCUSSION: THE LOCATION OF IDENTITY, moderated by Berin Golonu, Associate Curator of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Wed. May 14 (7-9pm) at SomArts Bay Gallery.