Posted on May 23, 2023
Asian American artists from the Midwest get a showcase for ‘untold stories’ in Kansas City
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“The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives” includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage.
More than 20 artists from around the Midwest are celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a show this week in Kansas City.
“The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives” includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage.
“We really want to appreciate the diversity of the Asian American experience,” says Andrew de las Alas of the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation, the Webster Groves, Missouri-based organization that's sponsoring the show.
“We saw this as an opportunity to really demonstrate and highlight the kinds of stories that are usually untold through an artistic lens,” says de las Alas, a third-generation Filipino-American.
More than 20 artists from around the Midwest are celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a show this week in Kansas City.
“The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives” includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage.
“We really want to appreciate the diversity of the Asian American experience,” says Andrew de las Alas of the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation, the Webster Groves, Missouri-based organization that's sponsoring the show.
“We saw this as an opportunity to really demonstrate and highlight the kinds of stories that are usually untold through an artistic lens,” says de las Alas, a third-generation Filipino-American.
Asian American artists from the Midwest get a showcase for ‘untold stories’ in Kansas City
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel it couldn't happen in Florida...
..."More than 20 artists from around the Midwest are celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a show this week in Kansas City.
“The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives” includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage.
“We really want to appreciate the diversity of the Asian American experience,” says Andrew de las Alas of the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation, the Webster Groves, Missouri-based organization that's sponsoring the show.
“We saw this as an opportunity to really demonstrate and highlight the kinds of stories that are usually untold through an artistic lens,” says de las Alas, a third-generation Filipino-American.
Annie Le, who is Vietnamese American and works as a communications and event consultant for the foundation, says she thinks that the term Asian American is overly broad."...
..."More than 20 artists from around the Midwest are celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a show this week in Kansas City.
“The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives” includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage.
“We really want to appreciate the diversity of the Asian American experience,” says Andrew de las Alas of the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation, the Webster Groves, Missouri-based organization that's sponsoring the show.
“We saw this as an opportunity to really demonstrate and highlight the kinds of stories that are usually untold through an artistic lens,” says de las Alas, a third-generation Filipino-American.
Annie Le, who is Vietnamese American and works as a communications and event consultant for the foundation, says she thinks that the term Asian American is overly broad."...
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