Friday, September 22 Panel Discussion

Music Night
Special pre-show panel discussion: Asian Americans in Music
KSW's space180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16th and 17th ), 3rd floor
free (donations accepted)

Asian Americans are increasing in numbers in music and entertainment but often have to fight not only the stereotypes mainstream ideals offer up but the ones from home. A discussion of many who have succeeded in music, on how they've done it.

About the Panelists:
Christina Luna, producer of the Asian American Music Conference and co-founder of Immij Records, a label determined to expand awareness of positive Asian American artists and high quality music to the mainstream public
Pete Mar, Live 105 DJand co-host of Asian American entertainment show Nightshift
Kero One, Bay Area emcee
Patricio Ginelsa (invited), director of Black Eyed Peas artist Apl's videos
Marian Liu, Staff Writer/Music Critic for the San Jose Mercury News

Saturday, September 23 Workshop Schedule

Kathak Workshop, 10-11 am ($5-10 sliding scale)
CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street (at 9 th )

Founded  & directed by internationally renowned Kathak master Pandit Chitresh Das, The Chitresh Das Dance Company's mission is to produce exemplary  traditional, innovative, and collaborative works of North Indian classical  Kathak dance; increase awareness of Kathak dance; to train future generations  and build local, national and international community support for the Kathak  tradition. The Chhandam School of Kathak is committed to maintaining a grassroots,  community-based organization, deeply rooted in and reflective of the Bay Area's  South Asian community, and working constantly to reach a wider and more diverse  audience. The Chhandam School is the largest Indian classical dance  institutions in North America with five branches in the San Francisco Bay Area  and additional affiliated schools in Boston and Kolkata, India  .
      
In this introductory Kathak workshop, learn the following aspects of the  dance:

• Nritta (pure dance, technique): includes movement exercises, basic footwork ( tatkar); turns ( chakkars); rhythmic patterns and timing; recitation of the language of the dance ( bols) .
• Nritya (dance with rhythm and expression): use of interpretive gestures, expression, and rendering of traditional songs and poems.
• Natya (drama): learning the art of storytelling, the nine sentiments ( nava  rasa) , working with masculine/feminine energies (ardhanariswara -shiva/shakti).

About  the Instructor:
Trained by Pandit Chitresh Das for over 10 years, Farah Yasmeen Shaikh has toured with Chitresh Das  Dance Company (CDDC) throughout the U.S and has completed four tours with CDDC  in India  . In July of 2004, Farah joined Pandit Das at the American Dance Festival. As  an instructor at the Chhandam School of Kathak, Farah oversees the Mountain View branch gaining much of her experience  through assisting Pandit Chitresh Das at San Francisco  State University  and Stanford University , and participating in CDDC's  arts education programs and performances. http://www.kathak.org

Guerilla Filmmaking with APAture, 10 am-noon (FREE; donations accepted)
Kearny Street Workshop's space180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16th and 17th), 3rd floor
(final project due Sunday, September 24 by 8pm)

Get ready, get set, make a film! In this exclusive workshop  with two APAture festival filmmakers, budding and experienced filmmakers will  get the chance to brainstorm and work together on writing, shooting, and planning their own film--in 34 hours (the number of years KSW has been around, in case you're wondering)! Nara Denning and Yasmine Gomez will lead participants through the project--emphasizing honing and crafting your vision. Final projects will enjoy a midnight screening at the closing night of APAture, Saturday, Sept. 30.
Participants must provide and use their own cameras, computers, tapes and other equipment.

About the Instructors:
Born in San Francisco 29 years ago. Nara Denning has been making no-budget art films since 2000.

Yasmine Gomez is a first-time filmmaker who produced, directed, wrote, and edited her short film, Look Both Ways. She has since gained experience working locally with director James Espinas on a music video for Goh Nakamura's "Pigeon Toes."   She also worked as a production assistant for Vu T. Thu Ha's feature length film Kieu and a music video for Bantercut's "Mistake." Yasmine currently works full-time in sales and marketing for a rich media technology firm in San Francisco.

Anusara Yoga, 11-12 noon ($5-10 sliding scale)
CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street (at 9th)

Learn to sustain and nourish your creative power through yoga in  this class with Yoga Sangha co-founder Jayne Hillman.

About the Instructor:
Jayne Hillman has been  studying yoga for over 15 years with a passion for creating a empowering,  grounding and inspirational yoga class for students, artists and  activist. Our biggest source of strength and well being is with in us and  has infinite power to express our deepest truths and values.

Prose Erotica Clinic, 12 noon-1:30pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Are you interested in writing erotic fiction or incorporating sexual elements into your work? Joël Barraquiel Tan, award-winning author and editor of three volumes of erotic fiction, offers his approach to sexual storytelling that avoids formulas and clichés.  Participants are encouraged to discuss current projects and/or prose/verse ideas.

About the Instructor:
Joël Barraquiel Tan is the author of two poetry collections, Monster and Type O Negative . He has also edited three volumes of sexual storytelling including Best Gay Asian Erotica (Cleis Press) and Inside Him: New Gay Erotica (Carroll & Graf).  His award winning poems, short fiction, and essays have been translated in several languages and appear in various academic and commercial venues.  He has recently won a San Francisco Arts Commission grant to complete his latest collection of verse, savage i .  In addition to his involvement in the arts, he is a long-time AIDS and cultural activist and a co-founder of Los Angeles' Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team.  Joël is currently the Director of Community Engagement for SF's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA).

Self-Defense, 3-4 pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Learn the basics of self-defense as a way of self-protection. A way of personal growth. A way of building self-esteem, enhancing creativity, cultivating self-awareness, and expanding one's awareness of place and time. All these things....and much, much more.

About the Instructor:
Master Janet Gee has been studying the martial arts since 1971. Her principal martial arts styles are Choy Li Fut Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan. She has also studied other martial arts styles, including Aikido, Tae Kwan Do, Jujitsu, Kempo Karate, Indonesian martial arts, and Judo. She holds the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt. In recent years she has focused on developing a unique approach to teaching martial arts. She combines the Oriental martial arts with her extensive background in other Eastern and Western movement disciplines. She has taught martial arts workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia. She has been an instructor for the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists (PAWMA), the National Women's Martial Arts Association (NWMAF), the American Teachers Association of the Martial Arts (ATAMA), and Pacific Coast Kilohana. She is also an adjunct faculty member at City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University. In 1997 she was voted Best Self-Defense Teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area in a readers' poll conducted by the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Grantwriting Basics, 4:30-6:30 pm ($10-15 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Learn the basics of writing a successful grant in this informative, must-attend workshop with Nancy Hom.

Topics covered include:

1. An overview of fundraising
2. Assessing your readiness for a grant
3. Grant opportunities
4. Proposal writing step by step; tips for writing a good narrative
5. Budgets
6. Preparing support materials
7. What to do after you get the grant: thank-you's, reports, compliance

About the Instructor:
Nancy Hom's experience in the non-profit arts field spans over three decades. In her 30-year involvement with Kearny Street Workshop, she served as its Executive Director from July 1995 through September 2003, and was its main grantwriter. She received a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant as a visual artist. She is a curator, grantwriter, and arts consultant for several small non-profits in the Bay Area, including Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Melody of China, and Euphrat Museum of Art.

Sunday, September 24 Workshop Schedule

Community Art  2.0-Making Critical Mass, 12 noon-1:30 pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Community-based practice has a  long-standing history in the arts, but current funding shortages and socio-political crises pose critical challenges to the field. How do we respond  as a cultural community? How do we innovate new ways to deploy cultural  practices as agents for social change? This workshop is for cultural workers in  all disciplines: visual, literary, theater, performance, media arts, as well as  for community organizations and funders. We will discuss central issues to  community cultural practice, including objectives, logistics, and ethics, and  brainstorm about collaborations and approaches to build critical mass for new  community strategies. Bring notebook and pen, a social issue that you feel is  important to you to address, and your definition of community.

About the Instructor:
Rene Yung is a San Francisco-based artist, writer, and designer. Her cross-disciplinary works span studio and socially-engaged practices to connect community, history, and place. A native of Hong Kong, Yung has exhibited nationally and internationally, including TransCulture, part of the 46th Venice Biennale. Yung has conducted numerous community cultural development works, including collaborations with the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, and On Lok Senior Health, San Francisco. She was part of the pilot ARTS UP Program, Seattle, pairing artists with communities, and received public art commissions from agencies in San Francisco, Oakland, and Seattle. A finalist for the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University, Yung received her B.A. in Art from Stanford University, and is the recipient of a Creative Work Fund award.

Now Hear This: Web Audio for Dummies, 4-5 pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Today, we no longer need to wait for newspapers' headline news. With the help of the Internet and affordable tools, people in the community can make our own headlines in a compelling fashion, enhanced by audio and photos. Produce news stories, promote an event, or present your poetry and other forms of creative expression via multi-media. Please note that this workshop will be geared towards Mac users, although there will be some PC resources available.

About the Instructor:
Robynn Takayama (aka Nonogirl) is an award winning community audio producer. Her work has shown in Los Angeles, Chicago, and the Bay Area as video, radio, and gallery installation. She is a contributor to Pacific Time, Latino USA, the National Radio Project, and NPR's Day to Day; and she is a segment producer for Crossing East , an eight-part Asian American history series. For more information about Robynn Takayama, please visit www.nonogirl.com .

Voicing a Story, 5:30-7:30 pm ($10-15 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Learn how to confidently project your voice and personal experiences into the world of spoken word and performance with activist and artist Roopa Singh. The workshop includes the following components, among others:

• Taking Up Space: Get Loud Sound Exercise
• Review Basic Science of Producing Sound
• Engage in breathing/sound exercises emphasizing the diaphragm/meditation
• Writing Exercises: My Voice
• Recording exercise (read an excerpt or quote into a recorder, to be played back to the rest of the group)
• Taking Up Space: Get Loud Sound Exercise

About the Instructor:
Roopa Singh is a force for change, and is often responsible for bringing art into activist spaces.   After receiving her law degree in 2003, Roopa toured the Carribbean, performing in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico as a poetess in the Libertad Hip Hop Tour. In 2004 she recorded "Cradle da Sky," for an album dedicated to women in prison called The We That Sets Us Free .   Roopa went on to star in San Francisco's National Queer Arts Festival and held it down for the arts at California Peace and Justice Summits for formerly incarcerated folks in Los Angeles and San Francisco . Most recently, Roopa rocked the mic for San Francisco Women Against Rape's (SFWAR) national Artists Against Rape event, and brought women of color together to speak out against violence at the Incite: Color of Violence Conference in New Orleans .

Saturday, September 30 Workshop Schedule

Get Published! 11 am-12 noon ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Want to get published in a magazine? In this workshop,  the editor-in-chief and director of photography at Hyphen magazine share what they look for in freelance submissions.  Learn how to craft a pitch letter and get noticed by editors.

About the Instructors:
Seng Chen is the  director of photography at Hyphen and  a freelance photographer based in the SF Bay Area. He also works under a number  of other titles including retoucher, printer, location scout and digital  technician in projects ranging from commercial advertising to independent film  to museum services. His work can be found online at iheartbrains.com

Melissa Hung is the editor-in-chief of Hyphen , a pan-Asian American magazine  hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the oracle of Asian American  culture." A journalist with experience covering a wide array of  social and cultural issues, from immigration, to criminal justice, to the  arts, Melissa has written for many newspapers and magazines. She also  curates Slant: Bold Asian American Images, an annual film festival in Houston. Visit Hyphen at hyphenmagazine.com

Print!: An Introduction to Letterpress and Gocco, 1-2:30 pm ($13, class limited to 5 people)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor
This class is full - no drop-in enrollment today

This workshop introduces the most basic basics of using a tabletop Kelsey platen press and a print Gocco silkscreening machine. In our brief time together, participants will learn a little about metal type and typesetting, polymer plates, and linoleum blocks and will have a chance to ink the letterpress and print. They will also have the opportunity to bring in original work to make screens and print multiples on the Gocco. Print Gocco is a miniature silkscreen printing device. The printed area is small (about 3 1/2" x 5") but perfect for cards, postcards or text and image in handmade books. With Gocco you can print several colors at once without a separate screen for each color. It's a great technology for book artists, mail artists and anyone interested in working small or making multiples. Workshoppers will need to bring in a simple image or text no bigger than 3.5 x 5 to print. (CARBON is a major element in making the Gocco work). This workshop is highly recommended for those working on zines or artwork that is ready to go, as we can print multiples right on the spot.

About the Instructor:
Patricia Wakida is the proprietor of wasabi press, a tiny green Chandler and Price platen letterpress stashed away in her garage studio in Oakland. Patricia cut her teeth in the book arts and printing business as an apprentice papermaker in Gifu, Japan, and with letterpress printer and hand bookbinders, the Arts and Crafts Press, in Berkeley. Her whimsical linoleum block prints, letterpress books and other ephemera have appeared in exhibitions at the Mission Cultural Center, SOMArts Gallery, New Langton Arts, the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, the San Francisco Main Public Library, Needles & Pens, Deep Roots Urban teahouse, and Post, Poster, Postest in Tokyo. She currently serves on the board of the San Francisco Center for the Book and is a TA at the Mills College Book Arts program.

Starting Your Own Clothing Line, 1-2 pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Distilled Spirits Clothing, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Have you ever wanted to start a clothing line?   This panel will discuss what's involved.   It will cover the basics of the apparel business from design to marketing & production.   The two panelists will share their unique perspectives of being a fashion designer in San Francisco.

About the Panelists:
Matty Merrill, President, Distilled Spirit, A graduate of Stanford University, Matty (Distilled Spirit - Premium Men's Garments) worked for five years in New York as a designer of clothing, footwear, costumes, props and puppets. In 2005 he returned to the Bay to start his own menswear line called Distilled Spirit. Distilled makes premium hand-finished men's garments right here in Northern California. Find them in stores such as Fred Segal in LA, Prohibit in NYC and Villains Vault in SF.

Marilyn Yu-Li, Plutonium Clothing, Voted Best APA Designer in the Bay Area by Asian Week readers, Marilyn is an artist and clothing designer based in San Francisco. She launched her clothing line, plutonium, in 1999 specializing in custom clothes and costumes. She strives to make clothing that is not only full of flavor and comfort, but is also environmentally friendly, made of natural fibers (mainly hemp). When not designing, Marilyn makes other three-dimensional things and is an active member of the San Francisco arts community.

Inside the Actors Studio: An Introduction to Method Acting, 2-4 pm ($25)
The Actors Center of San Francisco, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

The 'Method' originated around 1900 with techniques pioneered by Russian actor/director Constantine Stanislavsky. It was subsequently developed in America in the Group Theater of the 1930's and at the Actors Studio, both under the direction of Lee Strasberg , one of the most influential acting teachers of the 20th century.

It was made famous during the 1950's with the films of Elia Kazan and the revolutionary acting styles of Marlon Brando, Shelley Winters, Paul Newman, Eva Maria Saint, James Dean and of course, Marilyn Monroe. The 'Method' later became associated with the work of Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Sally Field, Estelle Parsons, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda and Ellen Burstyn. Over 200 Academy award winners and nominees have been members of the Actors Studio under the direction of Lee Strasberg.

The 'Method' is an excellent way to learn about acting, however we believe there is no paint-by-numbers approach to becoming a performing artist. In this class, renowned instructor Shelley Mitchell will introduce Method acting exercises and perspectives.

About the Instructor:
Shelley Mitchell is the founder and artistic director of the Actors Center of San Francisco. An award-winning performer, she was nominated as Best solo performer by the BATCC in 1999. She has performed her award winning adaptation of Talking With Angels over 100 times on both the East and West Coast. Her students are aggressively encouraged to train with the highest level of professional film and theater work in mind. Shelley trained in New York City with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and in his private classes. She is also a graduate of the Circle in the Square Theater School. She has worked with Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Estelle Parsons, Irene Papas, and many other incredible but lesser known NYC stage actors. Shelley Mitchell is also an alumna of Emerson College and New York University.

Make Your Own Tote Bag!, 3-4:30 pm ($5-10 sliding scale)
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16 th and 17 th ), 3rd floor

Design and make your own tote bag from old APAture  tee-shirts in this fun workshop (an APAture classic, in fact)!

About the Instructor:
Jane Chen, creator of The Chinese Clown Cabaret, is a Chinese-American physical theater artist and singer. A graduate of Yale University and the Dell'Arte International  School of Physical Theater, Jane has created and performed original theater which combines such varied forms as theatrical clowning, opera, and puppetry.  She performed the opera aria and shadow puppet play La Mamma Morta, in collaboration with puppeteers Janaki Ranpura and Lily Tsai at the APAture (a Window on the Art of Young Asian Pacific Americans) Festival and PuppetLOVE! Festival of Radical Puppetry in 2001. In 2002 she toured the San Francisco Fringe and Seattle Fringe Festivals as well as APAture 2002 with Beneath Sita's Belly, an original physical theater, musical, and shadow puppet retelling of the Hindu epic The Ramayana, with Patty Gallagher and Janaki Ranpura. In 2003 Jane was chosen as Featured Artist at the APAture Festival, performing Sea Life Symphony, an original clown piece. Last year, she debuted her newest show The Chinese Clown Cabaret with her mother Tair Chen, at the Dell'Arte Edgefest and 2004 San Francisco Fringe Festival, where the show won Best Clown Show. Jane and her mother return to the SF Fringe this September, presenting their newest incarnation of The Chinese Clown Cabaret.