Kearny Street Workshop July Events

Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94103
Wednesday, July 8, 7-9 PM

A public reading by emerging writers in a unique literary workshop with two of SF’s oldest interdisciplinary arts organizations, the IWL thoroughly explores and develops participants’ writing skills and styles. Twelve selected students will participate in workshops led by accomplished writers and artists Jewelle Gomez and Truong Tran, attend special exhibitions and performances, have the opportunity to perform/read work at a public event, and be published in online anthology.

Featuring: Elizabeth Star Bilyck, Drea Brown, Richard Kevin Cartwright IV, Mai Doan, Victoria Gannon, Betty Johnson, Carolyn Kameya, Kenji Liu, Carrie Leilam Love, Karim Scarlata, Vidhu Singh, and Colette Winlock.



Stand Up for APAture

Saturday, July 11, 7 - 9pm
KSW @ PariSoMa
1436 Howard St., SF
Admission: $5-15 sliding scale at the door

We want to hear you laugh! Come to Stand Up for APAture, featuring hoboFish improv, Kamikaze Theory, stand-up comedians Josef Anolin and Edwin Li, plus musical parodies by Alexander Shen. You happy makes us happy! Proceeds benefit Kearny Street Workshop’s 11th annual APAture festival—the Bay Area’s biggest gathering of Asian Pacific American art.





Present Tense Biennial: Panel Discussion 2009

Saturday, July 25, 1 - 3pm
Chinese Culture Center Auditorium
Inside the Hilton Hotel
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

Join Present Tense artists, community partner organizations and exhibition curators for a casual and lively discussion about the goals, inspirations and challenges of the nine Chinatown storefront installations that are part of the exhibition. Among other topics, we will discuss the relationship between contemporary art, community building, and public space as a venue for the arts; the impact on artists, the community audience; and how exhibitions like Present Tense can bring new and provocative energy into the public scene. We invite artists and non-artists alike to participate the discussion in hopes of gauging community response to the Present Tense public art installations, as well as elaborating on the relationship between art, community enrichment and economic development.

A panel discussion with Present Tense artists Julie Chang, Justin Hoover, Ken Lo and representatives from the Chinatown Community Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development

Co-sponsored by: Community Educational Services, Asian American Women Artists Association, Asia Society, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Asian Law Caucus, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Chinatown YMCA, Chinatown Community Development Center and Community Youth Center.