2003

Summer

The Skyflakes, Michael Premsrirat, Suz Takeda, and Evanescing Incandescence, were among the performers who entertained the audiences at our APAture fundraisers. Featured DJs included Superugly, Franklin Lee, and Andrew Amorao. Thanks to all the artists who were so generous with their time and helped make the fundraisers successful!

2002

Fall

Our APAture Festival featured many talented performers, including Steven Low's original monologues, belly dancer Charlise Tiee, and performance artists Gennifer Hirano (aka Asian Princess) and Kristina Sheryl Wong

Summer

Our APAture fundraisers featured many exciting performers. Spoken word artist/poet Charity Chi Ramilo, alternapop band The Skyflakes, and dancer Neela Moorty performed at APAture's 7-Eleven Kickass Kickoff event at Locus 1640 Post. Slam poet Rupert Estanislao, belly dancer Charlise Tiee, and indie punk/rock band The Clarendon Hills performed at APAture's Flashback fundraiser at 21 Grand in Oakland.

The Last Ditch Fundraiser at Blind Tiger featured David Maduli & his DJ incarnation: DJ Dmadness, emcee Kiwi, and Michael Cheng/ DJ MercuryBonez.

Spring

KSW teamed up with Locus 1640 Post to present a multi-media event that center around the anthology The Movement and the Moment, published by UCLA. The events took place May 16 and 17, 7:30 - 10 PM at Locus 1640 Post, San Francisco.

There was also a website launch and event on May 23 put on by the Asian American Movement Project in partnership with KQED. Entitled Snapshots of Asian America: A Look at the Movement's Spirit and Legacy, the event took place Thursday, May 23, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM at KQED in San Francisco. Visual Arts

Our showcase exhibition, made in usa: Angel Island Shhh, is back from the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. It is scheduled to go to Ellis Island next Spring.

Young and older KSW artists Hideo Yoshida, Leon Sun, Nancy Hom, Ernest Mark, Patty Wakida, Mark Miyake, Kevin Chen and Leland Wong are exhibiting at the Mission Cultural Center, along with Yeung Ha, Wynne Hayakawa, and Tom Sieu. The exhibit, entitled A Dialogue on Paper: an Exhibition of Posters and Prints, depicts the richness and depth of the printmaking medium and links artists from the African American, Native American, and the Chicano/Latino communities. The exhibit runs through May 17, 2002. The Mission Cultural Center is located on Mission Street, between 24th and 25th Streets.

Winter

KSW will team up with Locus and Bindlestiff to present two multi-media events that center around the anthology The Movement and the Moment, published by UCLA. The events will take place May 16 and 17 at Locus and on May 31 and June 1 at Bindlestiff.

2001

Fall

APAture featured over 18 performing artists, including eE, the featured artist in music, and Bindlestiff Pinay Collective, the featured artist in theater.

Summer

Mark Hellar and dance colleague Molly Barrons performed Butoh at the KSW-Next salon on Tuesday, May 29 at New College of California Theater in San Francisco.

Spring

KSW's multi-media exhibition, atlas(t): A Mapping Expedition/Exhibition Equipped by Latino and Asian Pacific American Artists, produced jointly with the Galer'a de la Raza, featured a performance evening on March 31 at the Galer'a. KSW members Annie Koh and Iraya Robles performed.

Mark Hellar and dance colleague Molly Barrons will perform Butoh at the KSW-Next salon on Tuesday, May 29, at 7 pm, at New College of California theater in San Francisco.

Winter

KSW's multi-media exhibition, atlas(t): A Mapping Expedition/Exhibition Equipped by Latino and Asian Pacific American Artists, produced jointly with the Galería de la Raza, will feature a performance evening on March 31, at 8 PM at the Galería.

2000

Fall

APAture presented roughly 22 performances by artists or arts groups, including 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, Teatro ng Tanan, 8th Wonder, and many others. The expo also featured 10 DJs and bands.

Summer

KSW-Next is busy organizing and developing collaborative interdisciplinary projects in preparation for our second APAture expo, which runs from September 26 through September 30 at SOMArts in San Francisco.

Spring

KSW-Next is busy organizing and developing collaborative interdisciplinary projects in preparation for our second APAture expo, which runs from September 25 through September 30 at SomArts in San Francisco.

Winter

KSW-Next hosted a workshop by People's Artists' Anita de Asis at Bindlestiff Studio. Fourteen participants discussed "People's Art" (as opposed to "Bourgeois Art") and created a street performance piece on the subject of gentrification using spoken word, singing and movement, which was then performed at the entrance of the Metreon. KSW-Next members are also developing collaborative interdisciplinary projects in preparation for our second annual APAture event on October 1st.

1999

Fall

Performers featured at APAture included music by Doug Hirai, Ernest Mark, Jeff Chan, Leon Lee, Teri Untalan and Scott Looney, Asian Crisis, Koream Youth Cultural Center. Tico Tico Puppet Theater performed a surrealistic puppet show. Other performances included dance by the GAPA dance troupe; classical Indian dance by Neela Moorty; short plays by Wei Ming Dariotis and Kim Compoc; stand-up comedy by Kevin Camia; and a variety of bands from underground hip-hop to Asian-influenced electronica.

Winter

Writers Francisco Alarcon, Chiori Santiago. Giulio Sorro, and Charlie Chin, along with Asian Crisis, an Asian American percussion group, performed at the Holiday Open House, which was held on Friday, December 4, 6-9 pm at Children's Book Press, 246 1st Street (between Howard and Folsom), San Francisco. We co-hosted this successful event with Children's Book Press, which has published several KSW artists. Our guests enjoyed the delicious food and entertainment. Lucky winners received T-shirts by Leland Wong.

1998

Fall

Writers Francisco Alarcon and Guilio Sorro join Samoan dancers and an Asian percussion group at our Holiday Open House, which will be on Friday, December 4, 6-9 pm at Children's Book Press, 246 1st Street (between Howard and Folsom), San Francisco. This is the first year we will be co-hosting the event with Children's Book Press, which has published several KSW artists. This free event will offer delicious food, books for sale, and door prizes. Come and celebrate the holidays with us.

Summer

Thanks to a grant from the NEA, we commissioned Horace Tapscott to compose a new piece for the Jon Jang Quintet for the 17th Asian American Jazz Festival, which was held at the Asian Art Museum on May 23 and 24. The original piece, entitled Two Shades of Soul, drew a standing ovation on both nights of the Festival. This special event marked KSW's last involvement with the Asian American Jazz Festival, which is co-sponsored by the Asian Art Museum.

Spring

Thanks to a grant from the NEA Creating and Presenting Program, KSW is commissioning Horace Tapscott to compose a new piece for the Jon Jang Quintet (with special guest Lenon Honor) for the 17th Asian American Jazz Festival, which will be held at the Asian Art Museum on May 23 and 24 at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices are: $12 members of KSW and AAM; $15 non-members, $13 advance. For information and tickets call (415) 379-8879. The Festival is presented with the Asian Art Museum. Mark Izu is the artistic director.

Winter

Thanks to a grant from the NEA Creating and Presenting Program, we are commissioning Horace Tapscott to compose a new piece for Jon Jang's Pan Asian Arkestra for the 17th Asian American Jazz Festival, which will be held at the Asian Art Museum on May 23 and 24. The Festival is presented with the Asian Art Museum. First Voice's Mark Izu is the artistic director.

We are collaborating with Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians and Children's Book Press on a children's dance theater and educational project involving the Hmong folktale Nine-in-One Grr! Grr! The book was illustrated by KSW director Nancy Hom for Children's Book Press. The project is now in the early planning stages.

1997

Fall

KSW presented a 3-day performance with Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians at the I-Hotel site on August 8, 9, 10. The production was part of a week-long series of events commemorating of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the I-Hotel. The multi-media dance theater piece, choreographed and performed by Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians, involved many sectors of the Asian American community and attracted large audiences.

Thanks to a grant from the NEA Creating and Presenting Program, we are commissioning Horace Tapscott to compose a new piece for Jon Jang's Pan Asian Arkestra for the 17th Asian American Jazz Festival, which will be held at the Asian Art Museum next May.