Phone: (215) 557-0455
FAX: (215) 557-0457

URL: www.asianartsinitiative.org
Email: info@asianartsinitiative.org

Asian Arts Initiative
105 North Watts Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

The Asian Arts Initiative is grounded in the belief that the arts can
provide an important political and cultural voice for the Asian American
community in Philadelphia. We serve as a community arts center where
artists and everyday people are developing means to express our diverse
experiences as Asian Americans.

For our monthly performance series, the Rap Series, we are guided by the
passion, expertise, and vision of a group of volunteer artists and
non-artists who meet monthly to discuss future artists to showcase,
themes to address, and issues within Asian American communities. This
project team helps the Program Assistant and the Executive Director
curate by brainstorming artists, issues, and ideas, sharing their
expertise in the arts or on critical issues and attending an all-day
curatorial session in the late spring and in the fall. The Rap Series
represents all disciplines including, but not limited to, dance,
performance art, spoken word, theater, music, and film. We are primarily
interested in Asian American artists, but are open to all artists who
are willing and able to dialogue in a more sustained way with our
communities. We especially encourage artists who can provide context to
their performances through pre- or post-performance discussions,
workshops, or lecture-demos.