Arkipelago (New York City)
cultural organization that, through the arts, encourages critical dialogue and community involvement in issues that concern Filipinos worldwide

Artwallah (Los Angeles)
South Asian diasporic arts festival

Asian American Artists Collective (Chicago)
goals of The Collective include education, advocacy, and organizing using the arts.

Asian American Arts Alliance
a NYC-based non-profit arts organization

Asian American Theatre Company
San Francisco's professional theater company developing and supporting Asian Pacific Islander American actors, playwrights, designers and technicians.

Asian American Women's Artists Association
a Bay Area, intergenerational, pan-Asian network for emerging and established Asian American women artists

Asian American Writers' Workshop
a resource for writers, readers and publishers on literature written by Asians living in America. AAWW is based in New York City.

Asian Arts Initiative
Philadelphia's Asian American community arts center

Asian Crisis
pan-Asian music

Asian Improv aRts
new directions in music, from jazz to hip-hop to blues to experimental

Asians Misbehavin
an East Coast, three person company that blends comedy, spoken word, and performance art.

Bay Area South Asian Artist Resource
Showcase South Asian artists' work(s), and provide a space for announcements of shows, performances, author readings, etc.

Bindlestiff Studio
located in SOMA, Bindlestiff is the epicenter of the Bay Area Filipino American arts community and home to Teatro ng Tanan, Tongue in a Mood and others

Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene (CATS)
Presenting Asian Pacific American theater in the San Jose, California region

Dhaia Tribe
A pan-diasporic spoken word group and writer's collective

dIS*orient
an asian pacific american arts publication

East West Players
founded in Los Angeles in 1965, the nation's first Asian Pacific American theatre

Eth-Noh-Tec
storytellers of ancient Asian folktales, myths and legends as well as contemporary Asian American stories

Foundation For Asian American Independent Media
with a focus on film and music, FAAIM is best known for putting on the Chicago Asian American Showcase

GAPA Community Arts Project
formed in 1999 in order to encourage participation in the arts among gay & bisexual Asians & Pacific Islanders

Hyphen Magazine
a magazine about Asian America for the culturally and politically savvy.

Isangmahal Arts Kollective
Seattle-based Filipino arts collective. Sponsors of the first APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit

I Was Born With Two Tongues
pan-Asian spoken word troupe based in Chicago

Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts
presents the richness and diversity of the Philippine culture through dance and music

Kaya
a publisher of asian/diasporic literature and culture

Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble

Locus Arts
An all-volunteer run arts nonprofit dedicated to building community and consciousness through the arts.

MANJA
MANJA exists to promote the Asian American arts community, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay Area.

Ma-Yi Theatre Company (NYC)
develops and presens new plays and performance works by Asian-American writers

National Asian American Telecommunications Association
among many other things, home of the SF International Asian American Film Festival

Oakland Asian Cultural Center
a non-profit cultural center in downtown Oakland dedicated to promoting community programs that reflect the diversity of Asian heritages, arts and cultures.

Peeling
a NYC-based collective of writers, performers, and directors who create theater exploring their Asian American identities

piNoisepop (San Francisco)
Asian American Music Festival features a wide range of band-driven music from punk to jazz to indie-pop

Pistahan
an annual Filipino American arts exposition

San Diego Asian Film Festival
annual festival showcasing the best Asian and Asian American features, shorts, documentaries, animation, and experimental films

Theater Rice
Asian Pacific American theatre group at UC Berkeley

Third I
A South Asian film series in San Francisco

Visual Communications (Los Angeles)
supports media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. produces LA's Asian American film festival.

18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
The World's Most Psychotic Asian American Comedy Group

8th Wonder
Bay Area Filipino American spoken word group

Artist Resource
supportive online community for creative people in the visual and literary arts.

21 Grand
gallery and live art venue focusing on experimental and multidisciplinary work in Oakland.

Alliance of Emerging Creative Artists
dedicated to the presentation and promotion of emerging artists of all disciplines who represent the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond

Anno Domini
San Jose alternative art gallery

Artist Resource
a Bay Area online art community, entirely supported by volunteers

Artists' Television Access
open to independent artists working in video and film. ATA offers access to editing facilities, low cost media arts education, and a venue for independents

Arts Council Silicon Valley
an independent non-profit regional arts support and planning agency

AXIS Dance Company
a pioneering collaboration between dancers with and without disabilities

Babilonia 1808
International Contemporary Arts at a new gallery space in Berkeley's Fourth St. district

Bay Area Improvisers Network
a forum for Creative Musicians that includes upcoming concert info, reviews, and a database of San Francisco Bay Area improvisers with bios, gigs, recordings, contact info and more

Bay Area Video Coalition
the nation's largest noncommercial media arts center dedicated to providing access to media, education, and technology

Budget Gallery
provides fine art at affordable prices to unsuspecting customers.

cellspace
collectively explorative learning labs is a 10,000 square foot community arts center (workshops, gallery, performance space) conceived, built, maintained, and funded directly by the artists it serves.

The San Francisco Center for the Book
an educational community center for anyone interested in the arts of the book

Culture Cache Gallery
a net gallery for emerging artists with a physical space in San Francisco

Den
a Mission District art space

Digital Arts Coalition
provide a network of support for artists working with digital media

Film Arts Foundation
a member-based, non-profit resource for film and video makers, FAF offers classes, equipment rental, funding, an annual film festival and more

Galeria de la Raza
promotes public knowledge and appreciation of Chicano/Latino art and the indigenous cultures from which they arise through visual arts exhibitions, education programs, multi-media presentations, and publications.

The Grotto
a cooperative writing space

Hosfelt Gallery

Independent Arts & Media
a nonprofit public media and community arts collective working to develop common support services and facilities, produces RadioSegue, Expo for the Artist/Musician

Intersection for the Arts
San Francisco's oldest alternative non-profit art space

Kala Art Institute
multicultural printmaking workshop for local and international artists, especially those from Pacific Rim countries

LaughingSquid.org
independent art and underground culture from the San Francisco Bay Area, home of the Squid List (daily events announcement list) and the Tentacle List (listings for artists, performers and producers)

New Langton Arts
cultivating experimental and innovative contemporary artworks for nearly 25 years

Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
a gallery and artist exchange program located in Oakland founded to make contemporary art of Southeast Asia accessible to an American audience.

p o n d
a new gallery/community space located in the Mission district - operated by big & lil marsh productions, an educational non-profit org dedicated to providing a forum for experimental artists

Poetry Center
presents readings by poets, novelists, and other writers. Also runs the American Poetry Archives.

QBOX
supports the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation of mechanical, kinetic and electronic art in the Bay Area.

San Francisco Arts Organizations on the WWW
directory provided by the San Francisco Arts Commission

SF Camerawork
a 25 year-old non-profit, artists' organization dedicated to contemporary photography and related technologies through a variety of artistic and educational programs.

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
founded in 2000, an annual festival highlighting new electronic music and sound art

SomArts
a city-owned cultural center with two exhibition spaces, a 250 seat flexible theater, rehearsal spaces, printmaking, pottery and design studios.

Southern Exposure
a non-profit artists' organization and gallery space committed to new, diverse and risk-taking art.

The Field SF
an artist support and service organization that provides workshops, performances, and other programs for independent performing artists

The LAB
an interdisciplinary artists' organization with a performance/gallery space located at 16th and Capp in SF's Mission District

The Luggage Store
alternative gallery space located on Market Street

Theater Rhubarb
a fringe theater company located in San Francisco, specializing in original and obscure works.

Venue 9
a SOMA performance space for new works in theatre, dance, music, comedy, performance poetry, and women's performances

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
mission is to present arts and entertainment reflecting the Bay Area's diverse cultural populations to the widest possible audiences.

848 Community Space
a community access, do-it-yourself space available to artists, activists, and art-based community-makers for meetings, performances, public discussions, etc.

Americans for the Arts
a national organization for groups and individuals dedicated to advancing the arts and culture in communities across the country

Art in the Public Interest
a publication of the Community Arts Network

ArtScope.net
an interactive community for the visual and performing arts that includes a database of links and resources on the internet related to the visual and performing arts, show schedules

California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (CALAA)
a non-profit, membership organization representing the state's 250 local arts agencies

Cultural Funding
A National Endowment for the Arts online resource of Federal funding available for arts initiatives through national, state and local funding programs.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
full-fledged residency program in the Bay Area available to national and international artists in all media.

Grantmakers in the Arts

Great Leap, Inc.
a Santa Monica-based cross cultural performing arts organization

Northern California Slams
calendar of local poetry slams and slam related events

Open Studio
a national initiative that funds organizations to train the arts community to use the internet for gathering resources, sharing information, and building new audiences

Pen Center USA West
professional organizaion for writers in the western US, also runs the Emerging Voices mentorship project for writers from underserved communities

Poets & Writers
resources for creative writers

San Francisco Arts Commission
directory provided by the San Francisco Arts Commission

Serpent Source Foundation for Women Artists
a Bay Area based foundation supporting individual artists, with a focus on working class women, women of color, disabled women and political/social change work

Media Access Guide For Non-Profit Organizations
courtesy KRON TV

New Pages
New & information about independent bookstores, independent publishers, alternative periodicals, independent record labels and more.

Creative Capital
a national organization that provides funding to individual artists

The Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource
over 10,000 organized links to helpful resources for writers, artists, performers, and researchers

Asian American Artistry
comprehensive database of Asian Pacific Americans in film and music, as well as other articles

Asian American Village
forum devoted to the discussion of ideas and concerns of particular (not exclusive) interest to the diverse Asian American communities

Bamboo Girl
a zine that challenges racism, sexism, & homophobia

GenerationRice
an online magazine striving to celebrate the Asian and Asian American experience

Hardboiled
the asian pacific american issues newsmagazine at uc berkeley

Hyphen Magazine
"Asian America Unabridged." Non-profit Asian American news and culture magazine.

JADE Magazine
for professional Asian and Asian American women in their 20's and 30's.

JivanOnline.com
The first newsmagazine and website devoted to Indian youth growing up in America

manja
online guide to San Francisco Asian American Arts

www.mavinmag.com
The mixed race experience

Model Minority
a guide to Asian American Empowerment

monolid
a monthly zine tackling asian american topics (like eyelid surgery)

PoliticalCircus.com
national, non-partisan political news in the Asian Pacific American community

www.stirmag.com
Asian American general interest webzine. "Inform, Identify, Inspire, Improve."

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

API Circles
a network of Asian/Pacific Islander groups in the Bay Area organized to build the progressive community through social, political, and artistic/cultural events.

Aquanet
Asian Pacific Islander, Queer & Questioning, 25 & Under, Altogether

Asian American Net

Asian Americans for Community Outreach
a Bay Area organization that organizes community service and social events

Asian Law Caucus

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
created from the two leading Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS organizations in San Francisco

Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute
Addressing the challenges facing Asian American and Pacific Islander women and to nurture trusteeship within our communities.

Asian Pacific Fund
a Bay Area community foundation for Asian Americans

Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition
Bay Area organization that includes several ethnic or age specific support groups

BayAsians
a social organization dedicated to serving Asians in the Bay Area.

CelebrAsian
an L.A. based online store "Celebrating Asian America!"

Chinese for Affirmative Action
San Francisco based civil rights and social services nonprofit

Chineseroots.com
online Chinese genealogy

Ekta
a South Asian progessive network, based in San Francisco, that organizes spoken word, film festival, benefits, educational events.

EurasianNation
online community for people of mixed European and Asian descent.

Hapa Issues Forum
a national non-profit organization that celebrates the mixed race Asian American experience.

Korean American Mentorship Program

Korean Community Center of the East Bay
a resource for the Korean American and other communities of the Bay Area focusing on education, advocacy, service, and the development of community based resources.

Manilatown Community Links
resources and organizations listings from the Manilatown Heritage Foundation (Bay Area)

Media Action Network for Asian Americans
Dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive and positive coverage and portrayals of Asian Americans

Nihonmachi Street Fair
Annual festival in San Francisco's Japantown

NOSEI Network
socially conscious Japanese American and Japanese National youth and adults dedicated to a community building process - Bay Area based

Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association
to develop and perpetuate through education, the histories, cultures, traditional and contemporary folk arts of the Pacific Islanders

SAWNET
South Asian Women's Network - a forum and a resource for those interested in South Asian women's issues

Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force

South Asian Journalists Association
Stylebook for covering South Asiana, bios of hundreds of members and more

South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow

Trikone
the oldest support group for queer people of South Asian heritage

Viet Nam Women's Forum (VWF)
a discussion list and a virtual space for academic, professional, and socially conscious women to exchange ideas and resources on Vietnamese women living in Viet Nam and abroad

Vietnamese Youth Development Center
In San Francisco's Tenderloin district, provides neighborhood youth with support and practical assistance and empowers them to become active community leaders

UCLA Asian American Studies Center

United Territories Of Polynesian Islanders' Alliance
located in San Francisco, provides support to the Polynesian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community.

Annotated Catalog to Productions and Scripts in the Asian American Theater Company Archives

eddie.com
our generous webhost!

Fence
a New York City based literary journal

Idealist
a community of volunteering & nonprofit resources on the Web, with information provided by 20,000 nonprofit organizations in 140 countries

Rohan Lounge
a new soju bar with pan-Asian eats located in SF's Richmond district, and host of the 2001 APAture fundraiser