APAture 2025 Festival Announced

All Access Passes are now available! Purchase tickets via individual showcase event pages.

APAture is an annual, month-long multidisciplinary arts festival that showcases 50-60 emerging APA artists to an audience of nearly 1,000 in venues throughout San Francisco. It draws diverse attendees from across the Bay Area, offering critical platforms for APA art that uplifts APA communities and, in today’s political environment, contributes necessary voices to arts & culture. The receptions are free, while all other showcases are affordably priced.

APAture is in its 26th year of supporting emerging artists from across the Bay Area! From October 18th to November 8th, we’ll be presenting four showcases and an art fair in venues across the city, including Arc Gallery, SOMArts, and more!

The theme for this year is (UN)BECOMING. Being human is to be part of a great transformational journey. By shedding outdated identities and practices that no longer serve us, we create space for personal and collective growth, allowing new ideas to emerge. Through reinvention, we reshape how we use art as a tool to heal, connect, and foster positive change. What are you (un)becoming?

APAture 2025 Festival: (UN)BECOMING

October 18

Festival Kickoff: Performing Arts Showcase & Art Fair (PDT) 2:00-6:00PM (PDT)
Co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Asian American Women Artists Association

feat. Coraza and Megan Lowe
with Cristina Edwards, Raychel Hatch, Renuka Garg, Zoe Mueller, Noah Ramos, Esther Young and Art Fair Vendors Eva Agus, godz rising, Isabel Li, New Moon Massage, Slant'd, Stir Fry Stories
SOMArts
934 Brannan St. (between 8th and 9th) San Francisco, CA 94103 

October 22

Literary Arts Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)(Doors at 6pm/reading starts 6:30pm)
Co-presented by LitQuake and Asian American Women Artists Association

feat. Nicola Andrews
with Mahru Elahi, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Linette Kingston, Grace Z. Li, stevie redwood, Danielle Shi, Ashley Sojin Kim
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

October 24

Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception 6:00-9:00pm (PDT) (Doors at 6pm/featured artist talk 7:30pm)
Co-presented by ARTogether, Asian American Women Artists Association, and Decentered Arts

feat. Asma Ghanem
with Eva Agus, Jess Cabaug, Theresa Calpotura, Serena Chen, Diana Yi-Yi Chen, Cristina Edwards, Bushra Gill, Thad Higa, Susan Kitazawa, Cole Lata, Isabel Li, Nicole Shek, Sam Soon, Yuting Wang, Jun Yan, Luochen Zhang
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

November 3

Film Showcase 6:00 - 8:00 PM (PDT) (Doors at 6pm/program starts at 6:20pm)
Co-presented by Chinese Culture Center and Asian American Women Artists Association

feat. Kyle Casey Chu with Lark Chang-Yeh, GingerYifan-Chen, CheyYen, Laura Dudu, JuliaNacario
Roxie Theater
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

November 8

Closing Reception & Visual Artists Talk 12:00-3:00pm (PDT) (Doors at 12pm/artist talks at 2pm)
Co-presented by ARTogether and Asian American Women Artists Association

feat. Asma Ghanem
with Eva Agus, Jess Cabaug, Theresa Calpotura, Serena Chen, Diana Yi-Yi Chen, Cristina Edwards, Bushra Gill, Thad Higa, Susan Kitazawa, Cole Lata, Isabel Li, Nicole Shek, Sam Soon, Yuting Wang, Jun Yan, Luochen Zhang
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA