APAture
APAture is an annual, month-long multidisciplinary arts festival that showcases emerging Asian American and Pacific Islander 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 Asian American and Pacific Islander art that uplifts those 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 27th year of supporting emerging artists from across the Bay Area! From October 17th to December 12th, we’ll be presenting three showcases in Visual, Literary, and Film arts.
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.
APAture 2026 Festival: GENERATION
October 17
Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception 6:00-9:00pm (PDT) (Doors at 6pm/featured artist talk 7:30pm)
feat. Ruby Chen, Serena Chen, Aamna Dhillon, Jude Paul Dizon, Laura Dudu, Negah Farrokh, Ping Gong, Timo Guan, Caro Huh, Julie Kamlesh Kumar, Jessica Kwong, Diana Li, Susan Lin, Connie Liu, Trisha Mah, Emma Ng, Faustina Ngo, Ngoc Nguyen, Bréana Parks, Momoko Schafer, Norman Sheu, Asha Sudra, Nova Davina Suselo, Rena Tom, Khôi Nguyên Trinh, Jun Yan, and Anastasia Yang
Curated and arranged by Cynthia Salazar, Rebecca Lee, and Winola Hamdan
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
October 21
Literary Arts Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)(Doors at 6pm/reading starts 6:30pm)
Co-presented by LitQuake
feat. Bianca Datta, Mai-Linh Hong, Monica Korde, Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Alyson Sagala, Neha M. Sampat, Vina Vo, Brandon Vu, Rose Wong
Curated by Rebecca Lee, Aaron Occulto, Noelani Piters, and Jocelyn De la Torre
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
October 27
Film Showcase 6:30 - 8:30 PM (PDT) (Doors at 6:30pm/program starts at 6:45pm)
feat. Tianna Mae Andresen, Nathan Aurellano, Elenita Makani O'Malley, Mark Tran, Kerry Wong
Curated by Lisa Jarrett, Aaron Occulto, Jocelyn Ng, and Noelani Piters
Roxie Theater
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
December 12
Closing Reception & Visual Artists Talk 12:00-3:00pm (PDT) (Doors at 12pm/artist talks at 1:30pm)
feat. Ruby Chen, Serena Chen, Aamna Dhillon, Jude Paul Dizon, Laura Dudu, Negah Farrokh, Ping Gong, Tim Guan, Caro Huh, Julie Kamlesh Kumar, Jessica Kwong, Diana Li, Susan Lin, Connie Liu, Trisha Mah, Emma Ng, Faustina Ngo, Ngoc Nguyen, Bréana Parks, Norman Sheu, Asha Sudra, Nova Davina Suselo, Rena Tom, Khôi Nguyên Trinh, Jun Yan, and Anastasia Yang
Curated and arranged by Cynthia Salazar, Rebecca Lee, and Winola Hamdan
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
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