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Programming
Our first round of independent programming began in 2024 and has continued through a mix of open call and commissioned events. These include talks, exhibitions, film screenings and small gatherings, offering an informal, creative space to build relationships and connect across generations. For news about our current program, please check back here and follow announcements on our social media.
Hsu Tsun Hsu in The more we get together
Lynne Yamamoto in The more we get together
Outside the Window, Inside the Tank. Photograph by Shina Peng
to you, 100 years into the future – mending workshop series and soft sculpture exhibition by Helen Lin
Reception for claymation workshop with Apex for Youth, led by Robin Pak. Photograph by Shina Peng
Claymation workshop with Apex for Youth, led by Robin Pak. Photograph by Shina Peng
Progeny – an Asian women imagemaker roundtable
Hyeree Ro – lunares
Hyeree Ro – lunares
Improvised ambient performance by Alex Zhang Hungtai and Lucinda Chua
Imagining Radical Vietnamese Futures, a zine workshop and panel discussion with Superblooom*
Imagining Radical Vietnamese Futures, a zine workshop and panel discussion with Superblooom*
A book launch and film screening for Te Editions and Luka Yang’s project “Dance in Herland,” an archive and visual journey of the lifes of San Francisco Chinatown Burlesque Dancers
The Grant Avenue Follies
Luka Yang, Té Editions and Pian Pian He discussing the book Dance in Herland.
Fashion roundtable hosted by Ying Feng and featuring Fey Fey Worldwide, Zoe Gustavia Anna Whalen, Shame, Gabe Gordon.
Fashion roundtable hosted by Ying Feng and featuring Fey Fey Worldwide, Zoe Gustavia Anna Whalen, Shame, Gabe Gordon.
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Tea workshop and reading around the aesthetics of Asia hosted by Cammie Elizabeth Lee
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Tea workshop and reading around the aesthetics of Asia hosted by Cammie Elizabeth Lee
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Tea workshop and reading around the aesthetics of Asia hosted by Cammie Elizabeth Lee
Upcoming
To be announced
Past
Alisa Berger Mun
Three Borders Screening
Curated by Peter Yoon and Tamara Khasanova, a screening and Q&A of Alisa Berger Mun’s experimental film on family history and Koryo-Saram heritage.
March 28, 2026
Christian Amaya Garcia, Jesse Chun, Sidian Liu, Kenneth Tam
Crafting the Fix: Screening and Lecture Performance
Curated by Dylan Seh-Jin Kim in Partnership with Protocinema
November 20, 2025
Posak Jodian
Misafafahiyan Metamorphosis
Screening and zine workshop on cultural preservation and regeneration in response to the film, curated by Lulu Yao Gioiello
October 04, 2025
Fey Fey Worldwide, Gabe Gordon, SHAME, Zoe Gustavia Whalen
Mentality – Materiality: Fashion as a Language of the Mind Panel Discussion
Hosted by Ying Feng and Lulu Yao Gioiello.
August 23, 2025
Tuerhong Guliniali
Shahrizodah: Conversation on New Media and Central Asia
August 16, 2025
Superblooom
Imagining Radical Vietnamese Futures: A Zine Workshop
Curated by Superblooom.
August 09, 2025
Luka Yang, Té Editions, Info and Updates, Grant Avenue Follies
Dance in Herland Book Launch and Screening
May 26, 2025
Ying Feng
Cat Hat Crochet Workshop
Hosted by Ying Feng.
April 5 and 19, 2025
Gordon Matta-Clark, Hsu Tsun-Hsu, Lotus L. Kang, Kishio Suga, Lynne Yamamoto
The more we get together
Curated by Ariane Fong and Janette Lu
October 18 – November 16, 2024
Yuhan Cheng
Outside the Window, Inside the Tank
Co-curated by Yuhan Cheng and Lulu Yao Gioiello
August 23 – October 13, 2024
Helen Lin
To you, 100 years into the future
Workshop: every Friday in June, 2024
Exhibition: August 2 – August 15, 2024
FAR-NEAR and Anumeha
Progeny
A roundtable for Asian women imagemakers
May 18, 2024
Hyeree Ro
lunares
Curated by Sophia Park
May 7 – May 11, 2024
Robin Pak
Sky of Chinatown and LES – A Claymation Workshop with Apex for Youth
Organized by Lulu Yao Gioiello
May 4, 2024
Lucinda Chua, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Alicia Mersy, Yuhan Cheng, Ariana King, Lin King
Lunar New Year Performance
Organized by Lulu Yao Gioiello
February 10, 2024