APAture 2026 Festival Kickoff and Visual Arts Showcase

APAture 2026: GENERATION | Visual Arts Showcase feat. Ruby Chen, Serena Chen, Aamna Dhillon, Jude Paul Dizon, Laura Dudu, Negah Farrokh, Ping Gong, Timothy Guan, Caroline Huh, Julie Kamlesh Kumar, Jessica Kwong, Diana Li, Susan Lin, Connie Liu, Trisha Mah, Emma Ng, Faustina Ngo, Ngoc Nguyen, Breana Parks, Momoko Schafer, Norman Sheu, Asha Sudra, Nova Davina Suselo, Rena Tom, Khôi Nguyen Trinh, Jun Yan, and Anastasia Yang

Curated and arranged by Cynthia Salazar, Rebecca Lee, and Winola Hamdan


October 17, 2026 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)
Arc Gallery & Studios 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

Free/$60 All-Access Pass (entry to all ticketed events with free t-shirt, drink tickets, and more!)

This year’s theme is GENERATION. At this pivotal moment for APAture, we turn our focus toward what we inherit, what we cultivate, and what we pass on. GENERATION asks us to seed growth for the future health of our communities while honoring the artistic lineages that have brought us to this moment. As we consider what the next generation of artists will hold and shape, we also recognize our role in tending the conditions that allow them to thrive. With the health of our communities in mind, we celebrate creative inheritance as an active, collective practice—one that bridges past, present, and future through art. We invite artists to reflect on GENERATION in all its meanings: a place of ancestry, mentorship, responsibility, and renewal.

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