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SAN FRANCISCO (May 18, 2012) - The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center.
The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a scrumptious collection of pan Asian delights and sweets, along with the Bay Area’s favorite food trucks. The public will also have a chance to learn how to cook delicious Asian dishes at the festival’s cooking demonstration stage located at Ellis and Larkin Streets! Appearing throughout the day will be celebrity chef Martin Yan, The Slanted Door’s owner and executive chef Charles Phan, co-owner of Nombe Restaurant Mari Takahashi, cookbook author Andrew Nguyen, chef Steve Cortez, and BBC America’s Chef Kayne Raymond.
As part of the nation’s first National Hepatitis Testing Day (Saturday, May 19, 2012), San Francisco Hep B Free and the San Francisco Hepatitis C Task Force are collaborating to provide free hepatitis B and C testing and education at the festival. The CDC’s Director of Viral Hepatitis, Dr. John Ward, Mayor Ed Lee, elected officials, and community leaders will discuss the viral hepatitis epidemic on the Celebration’s Fulton St. Stage at 2:30 p.m. and tour the testing and education services.
The free one day festival is co-presented by CPMC-Sutter Health and Subaru. In conjunction with the festival, admission to the Asian Art Museum will be free all day, courtesy of Target.
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VISUALS/HIGHLIGHTS:
- 10 a.m. - Thai monks from the Wat Buddhapradeep Temple to perform a blessing at Fulton St. Stage
- 10:50 p.m. - Cooking demonstrations begin with BBC America’s Chef Kayne Raymond
- 11 a.m. - Faces of Asia Cultural Procession (beginning at the Asian Art Museum)
- 11 a.m. - AHSC School Awards Ceremony honoring Bay Area Educators for promoting diversity inside the Asian Art Museum’s Samsung Hall.
- 2 p.m. - Media meet and greet with Celebrity Chefs – Marin Yan, Charles Phan, Andrea Nguyen (Larkin and Ellis)
- 2:30 p.m. - Special National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day presentation with San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Dr. John Ward – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Director of Viral Hepatitis, Supervisor Scott Wiener, Supervisor Eric Mar, Other elected and administrative officials, and Community leaders.
- ALL DAY: Free hepatitis B and C screenings at Larkin and McAllister, live entertainment, arts and crafts, children’s area, and more!
About the Asian Heritage Street Celebration
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. We promote Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity. AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. It is produced by the AsianWeek Foundation. The festival is co-presented by CPMC-Sutter Health and Subaru. Other sponsors include Target, Brown & Toland Physicians, Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Gilead, Xfinity, Cova Hotel, Genentech, | Bristol-Myers Squibb, Recology-Sunset Scavenger-Golden Gate, North of Market Tenderloin Community Benefit District, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Northern California Regional Council, Grants for the Arts, Sterling Bank & Trust, SFMTA Municipal Transportation Agency, ClearChannel Outdoor, Titan, and Bart.
About the AsianWeek Foundation
AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and develop Asian Pacific American identity, community and diversity. AWF encourages the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity, working to strengthen relations between all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures, newer and older generations of Asian Pacific Americans, and Asians and non-Asians. AsianWeekFoundation.org
May 16, 2012
U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Kicks Off Historic 1st National Hepatitis Testing Day in San Francisco
What: As part of the nation’s first National Hepatitis Testing Day (Saturday, May 19, 2012), San Francisco Hep B Free and the San Francisco Hepatitis C Task Forceare collaborating to provide free hepatitis B and C testing and education at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration. The CDC’s Director of Viral Hepatitis, Dr. John Ward, elected officials, and community leaders will discuss the viral hepatitis epidemic on the Celebration’s stage and tour the testing and education services. The CDC has declared May as Hepatitis Awareness Month and the U.S. Department of Health and Services has established May 19thas National Hepatitis Testing Day as a key component of its National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan. The San Francisco Hepatitis C Task Force and San Francisco Hep B Free are partnering to increase awareness about viral hepatitis in San Francisco and to make hepatitis B and C screening the standard of care for at-risk populations.
When: 2:30 pm, Saturday, May 19, 2012
Where: Asian Heritage Street Celebration Stage at Fulton and Larkin Streets
Who:
Dr. John Ward – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Director of Viral Hepatitis
Supervisor Scott Wiener
Other elected and administrative officials
Community leaders
Why:
Up to 5.3 million Americans are estimated to have either hepatitis B or hepatitis C. The overwhelming majority are not aware of their status, leading to advanced liver disease, liver transplantations, and liver cancer. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer in the United States. Because of the severity of the viral hepatitis epidemic, the San Francisco Bay Area has the highest rate of liver cancer in the country. 1 in 12 Asian Americans has chronic hepatitis B. African Americans, Latinos, people with HIV/AIDS, and the Baby Boomer generation are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C. Hepatitis B can be prevented with a vaccine and there are treatments to help prevent liver cancer for those already infected with either hepatitis B or hepatitis C. San Franciscans must be educated about viral hepatitis and have access to screening and testing services.
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SAN FRANCISCO (May 15, 2012) - Learn how to cook delicious pan Asian dishes at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration‘s cooking demonstration stage located at Ellis and Larkin Streets! Appearing throughout the day will be celebrity chef Martin Yan, The Slanted Door’s owner and executive chef Charles Phan, co-owner of Nombe Restaurant Mari Takahashi, cookbook author Andrew Nguyen, chef Steve Cortez, and BBC America’s Chef Kayne Raymond.
Martin Yan is “no different from any other chef”
Having hosted more than 3,600 episodes, Martin Yan has become one of the most famous Asian Americans in the world, but he’s more than just a TV personality.
“I don’t think of myself as a TV chef,” he says. ‘I’m no different from any other chef. You just have to be passionate and have a love of cooking.”
Yan formally began cooking at the age of 13, when he left his native Guangzhou for a cooking apprenticeship in Hong Kong. He eventually moved to California and graduated from UC Davis with a master’s degree in food science.
Today, most people know him as the enthusiastic chef with lightning-quick hands who starred on Yan Can Cook, but Yan’s life as a TV chef started by accident.
“I was helping out a friend on a cooking show in Alberta,” said Yan. “The radio station called me and said that the scheduled chef was sick. So I showed up, and they liked me.”
At the festival, Yan will not only be demonstrating his culinary skills. He will also be showing his intense pride of his heritage, a sense he wants to instill in every visitor.
“I hope that young people today are proud of their Asian heritage,” he said. “It’s important to understand your heritage. To know where you are going, you have to know where you came from.”
Charles Phan, inventor of modern Vietnamese cuisine
- Born in Da Lat, Vietnam, in 1962, the Phan family relocated just before the fall of Saigon, they spent two years in Guam before settling in San Francisco in 1977.Charles Phan is Executive Chef and Owner of The Slanted Door Group of restaurants located in San Francisco, California, which includes: The Slanted Door, Heaven’s Dog, Wo Hing General Store and three locations of Out The Door as well as the California Academy of Sciences’ Academy Café and The Moss Room.
Phan opened his first restaurant, The Slanted Door, on Valencia Street in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1995. The restaurant moved to its current location in the historic Ferry Building in 2004.
Winner of the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: California in 2004, The Slanted Door was also nominated in the Outstanding Restaurant category in 2008. In 2010 & 2011, Charles was nominated for an Outstanding Chef award by the Foundation. In 2011 he was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.
Andrea Nguyen, non-chef and great cook
As for Andrea Nguyen, she refuses to be called a chef.
“I’m a professional home cook,” she claims. Nguyen has had no formal culinary training, owing all her cookingexperience to what she learned in cookbooks.
For years, Nguyen worked away from the kitchen, in positions as diverse as her cooking ingredients. She has been a university administrator, a bank examiner and a community consultant, among others. It all changed when she decided to give in to her culinary aspirations and worked at a restaurant in Los Angeles for one year.
“After that, I wanted to set my emphasis on other aspects of food,” she said.
After her year in the restaurant business, Nguyen decided to go back to her roots.
“I’ve always been fascinated by cookbooks,” said Nguyen, whose interest started at the age of 10. Today, she is the successful author of several cookbooks.
Her latest book is Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It At Home, which was released in February. Her debut cookbook, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award and two International Association of Culinary Professionals awards. She writes a popular culinary blog at www.vietworldkitchen.com.
Steve Cortez, not just a chef
Unlike Nguyen, Steve Cortez welcomes the title “chef.” But he uses the titles “engineer” and “teacher” as well.
“As much as I enjoy this, there isn’t a lot of money in it,” said Cortez. “I’m doing this for the love, fun and experience.”
According to Cortez, in an industry where the average chef gets paid about $14 per hour, moonlighting is a necessity.
This hasn’t deterred the San Francisco native from spreading his knowledge of Asian cuisine across the Bay Area. Cortez has taught cooking classes and hosted numerous corporate culinary lessons.
“I like to do something elaborate but not too complex,” said Cortez. “My job as an instructor is to make it easy to replicate.”
Having traveled to 80 countries, Cortez has a wide knowledge of global cuisines. By communing with locals in Africa and eating on the streets of Asia, Cortez has discovered a craft that transcends all borders.
“Food is always a great passion anyone can enjoy,” said Cortez. “Not all of us drive sports cars, but all of us eat.”
Mari Takahashi, Japanese cuisine caterer
Mari, who grew up in Yokohama, Japan, worked for several multi-billion-dollar American bio-tech and high-tech companies traveling all over the world before changing her career.
She moved on to open her catering company, Mari’s Catering, Inc., which is specialized in Japanese and California cuisine in 2004 to satisfy the needs of on-site Sushi chef catering. With Gil, Mari opened Sozai Restaurant and Sake Lounge, voted Best Japanese Food San Francisco by Citysearch in 2008.
Chef Kayne Raymond
Chef Kayne Raymond brings his passion for cooking to BBC America’s all-new original adventure cooking competition “No Kitchen Required.” With appearances on Food Network’s “Chopped,” Raymond has served as the Private Executive Chef to a slew of exclusive clients, including the CEO of Oracle.
After extensive training in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, Raymond took his talents across the globe, cookingin kitchens throughout Australia, England and the US. Raymond worked with some of the culinary world’s best and brightest including: celebrated New Zealand chef Peter Gordon, Henry Harris & Simon Fawcett of Fifth Floor Harvey Nichols of London, OXO Tower at the River Thames and Hugo’s Bondi Beach.
Raymond currently resides in San Francisco, California with his wife and daughter.
Cooking Demo Schedule
10:50 a.m. - Kayne Raymond
11:30 a.m. - Andrea Nguyen
12:30 p.m. - Mari Takahashi
1:30 p.m. - Charles Phan
2:30 p.m. - Martin Yan
3:30 p.m. - Steve Cortez
About the Asian Heritage Street Celebration
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. We promote Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity. AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. It is produced by the AsianWeek Foundation. AsianFairSF.com
About the AsianWeek Foundation
AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and develop Asian Pacific American identity, community and diversity. AWF encourages the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity, working to strengthen relations between all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures, newer and older generations of Asian Pacific Americans, and Asians and non-Asians. AsianWeekFoundation.org
Origami Flowers Blossom As AHSC Poster Contest Winner
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 19,2012) – This year’s winning Asian Heritage Street Celebration poster design of vibrant origami flowers subtly shaped as an “8″ against a concrete city wall, captures the essence of the fair – a commemoration of traditional and contemporary Asian American culture.
AHSC 2012 winning artwork by Chicago-based designer Klaudiusz Madej.
“For my design I wanted to find a way to combine a symbol of tradition with present times,” says Chicago-based graphic artist Klaudiusz Madej. “The concrete backdrop serves as a symbol of city streets and the modern world.”
His submission was among 50 entries from all over the world including India, Japan, as well as cities from all over the U.S. The annual poster contest was held in partnership with the Asian Art Museum, Asian American Women Artists Association, Center for Asian American Media, and Kearny Street Workshop.
“The poster is a new take on an old motif. I’m excited to see it in the campaign next month!” said Claire Light, Interim Director of Kearny Street Workshop.
Madej’s orgami flowers which subtly convey an 8 – for the 8th annual street celebration, will become part of the personality for this year’s event and will be featured in a marketing campaign in both the mainstream and Asian Pacific markets in a combination of posters, postcards, Muni bus ads, bus shelters, newspaper ads and in a TV commercial, which will all debut in April 2012.
The public will have a chance to purchase souvenir items featuring his design throughout the day of the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration set for May 19 from 11 am to 6pm at Civic Center. Commemorative items include t-shirts and wine glasses.
His artwork is also featured on raffle tickets as part of the street celebration’s fundraising program for Bay Area Schools now underway. Schools can still sign up by visiting www.asianfairsf.com/raffle.
“This poster contest is a wonderful opportunity for any artist or graphic designer to have their work featured in a huge marketing campaign.” said the Asian American Women Artists Association.
Klaudiusz Madej
Born in Lublin, Poland, Madej graduated in Graphic Design from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland in 2003. He moved to the United States in 2004, and has since been working as a freelance graphic artist, focusing on poster design, web design, visual identity and space arrangement. He serves as a jury member of numerous design contests and as Art Curator at The Society for Arts in Chicago.
Madej has always been enchanted by traditional Asian art and culture, especially Japanese woodcut prints and craft art.
His idea for the poster was inspired by an origami book his parents gave him as a child.
“It was an unforgettable experience for me,” recalls Madej. “I discovered my new world found in this book, full of fascinating shapes and forms which grew out of tradition.”
“We had many Asian and non-Asian applicants and we’re excited to have our first non-Asian winner,” said Ted Fang of the AsianWeek Foundation and founder of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. “To have someone of Polish descent be selected shows that Asian art is celebrated and appreciated in the mainstream. The contest is also a great example of the AsianWeek Foundation’s efforts in promoting cross-cultural diversity.”
To view all 50 of this year’s poster entries visit:
2012 Poster Entries
For more information on Klaudiusz Madej visit:
www.creativeideastudio.com.
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About the AsianWeek Foundation
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 150 organizations in the local and Asian American community. It is held the 3rd Saturday of every May. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) committed to developing Asian American community. All proceeds from the Celebration are donated to local and national non-profit organizations. www.asianfairsf.com
About the Asian American Women Artists Association
AAWAA is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to ensuring the visibility and documentation of Asian American women in the arts. Through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs, they offer thought-provoking perspectives that challenge societal assumptions and promote dialogue. www.aawaa.net
About Asian Art Museum
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. The museum is a public institution whose mission is to lead a diverse global audience in discovering the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture. www.asianart.org
About Center for Asian American Media
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. http://caamedia.org
About Kearny Street Workshop
KSW, a non-profit, community-based organization whose mission is to produce, present and promote art that empowers Asian Pacific American artists and communities. KSW serves the community as an information resource and through our four areas of arts programming: adult arts education, next generation arts support and training, multidisciplinary arts presentations, and publications. www.kearnystreet.org
Eighth Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration Set for May 19 in SF’s Little Saigon
SAN FRANCISCO, January 19, 2012 - The largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation is back and bigger than ever, this year showcasing the return of the Asian Arts & Crafts World Market, an extravaganza of special and unique hand-made products and artworks. The fair will also feature a scrumptious collection of pan Asian delights and sweets, along with the Bay Area’s favorite food trucks.
Co-presenting sponsor Subaru of America amid a crowd of thousands at the 2011 street fair.
For the first time ever, the fair will feature celebrity cooking demonstrations – including a lesson from renown chef Martin Yan and Slanted Door’s Charles Phan!
To get the day off to a good start, Thai monks from Wat Buddhapradeep in San Brunoto perform blessing at Fulton St. Stage to kickoff festivities at 10 a.m. Then officially kicking off the fair at 11 a.m., will be the Faces of Asia Cultural Procession – a dazzling display of traditional ethnic attire with nearly 200 participants, organized by Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center.
Popular returning fair features for people of all ages include the j-cars, wine area, children’s area, healthy living pavilion, cultural procession, free film screenings presented by the Center for Asian American Media, along with performances by Asian American artists, DJs, and martial arts experts. The fair will also offer free hepatitis B screenings.
The Arts & Crafts World Market will showcase the best and most creative Asian-themed arts and crafts items. All vendors will be carefully juried and shoppers can expect to find the highest level of hand-crafted goods.
Fairgoers will also be able to enjoy free general admission to Asian Art Museum courtesy of Target.
The 8th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held Saturday, May 19, 2012 in San Francisco, in front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District. The event is free and open to the public.
What:
Eighth Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration
When:
Saturday, May 19, 2012
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Where:
Civic Center/Little Saigon District
Larkin and McAllister Streets
San Francisco, CA
Information:
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
BE A VENDOR
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) is currently inviting arts & crafts, food, community, and corporate partners to join us as booth vendors. We will be offering free parking as well as early bird specials for arts & crafts, food and drink, and commercial vendors who register by March 31st. If you are an Arts &; Crafts vendor, be sure to ask about the Asian Arts &; Crafts Alley!
To be a vendor at this family friendly event for people of all ages, download a booth application at http://asianfairsf.com/fair-info/booth-registration/ or contact: Carrolyn Kubota at ckubota@awfoundation.com or 415-373-4003.
PERFORM AT THE FAIR
Far East Movement performs at the 6th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on May 15, 2010.
Musicians, vocalists, dance groups and other entertainers are encouraged to apply.
To apply, email a brief biography/resume, video and/or audio links, website/facebook/myspace or other applicable online supplementary material to: Christine Padilla at AHSC.Artists@gmail.com
Email subject line: Artists Submission/AHSC 2012 – Artist Name
Deadline: Friday, March 9, 2012
http://asianfairsf.com/performances/artist-signups/
SPONSOR THE EVENT
Support the largest pan Asian celebration nationwide utilizing print, on-line, and experiential media. Sponsorships are tailored to your needs ensuring you will have the most impact and return on your investment. For details and to request a sponsorship packet contact: Charlene Cervantes at ccervantes@awfoundation.com or (415) 373-4006. Learn more about 2012 Sponsorships here.
Co-presenting sponsor Subaru of America amid a crowd of thousands at the 2011 street fair. Photo by Arnold Freidling.
WALK IN CULTURAL PROCESSION
Participants from the 2011 Asian Heritage Street Celebration’s Faces of Asia Cultural Procession. Photo by Jong Arcega.
Dress in ethnic attire for the “Faces of Asia” cultural procession, which kicks off the street fair at 11 a.m. All ages and ethnicities wanted. Email your name, contact, and ethnic costume to: Hang Le To at hangleto@yahoo.com, by May 9, 2012.
SCHOOLS: PARTICIPATE IN FUND RAISING PROGRAM
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) invites local schools to participate in our “Make Some Money for Your School” Raffle Program! Last year, SFUSD and Catholic schools raised over $17,000! This is a FREE program to participate in and is organized annually by the AsianWeek Foundation with the goal of helping local schools fund raise. Prizes include round trip Virgin America tickets, $500, restaurant certificates, sports memorabilia, and more! Tickets are sold for $3 and at least $2 goes directly back to each school. The top selling school in each division (elementary, middle, and high), will be awarded an additional $500 cash prize, and each school that sells at least 20 raffle tickets will receive a $100 bonus. There will be multiple prize drawings throughout the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center. Winners need not be present to win. To sign up your school for this great fund raising opportunity, contact: Angela Pang at apang@asianweek.com or (415) 373-4002.
DONATE PRIZES TO THE MAKE SOME MONEY FOR YOUR SCHOOL RAFFLE PROGRAM
The “Make Some Money For Your School” Raffle Program, managed by the AsianWeek Foundation, is no cost fundraiser for schools. Students sell raffle tickets for a chance to win donated prizes, and ALL proceeds go straight to participating schools. Consider donating an item, gift certificate, product or service, and give your company exposure to an estimated 100,000 festival attendees. For more information contact: Angela Pang atapang@asianweek.com or (415) 373-4002.
VOLUNTEER
There are over 100 volunteer positions: event monitors, information booth, stagehands, barricade monitors, t-shirt sales, general set up and tear down, and more. Commemorative t-shirts, snacks, and refreshments provided. Sign up online today: Volunteer Sign Up Form.
2011 AHSC Press Releases
For More Information Contact:
Angela Pang
apang@asianweek.com
(415) 373-4002
Target Free Day at Asian Art Museum Celebrates APA Heritage
-Day long programming held in conjunction with the
Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Saturday, May 21-
SAN FRANCISCO (May 18, 2011) – The nation’s largest pan Asian street event has teamed up with one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Target is sponsoring complimentary admission to the Asian Art Museum on May 21st, in conjunction with the 7th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration held in the Civic Center and Little Saigon neighborhoods on the same day.
“We’re delighted to welcome fair-goers to our historic neighborhood and to our world renowned museum,” said Jay Xu, director of the Asian Art Museum. “The Asian Heritage Street Celebration just got a lot more fun with all of the FREE museum activities to commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. We thank Target for making this special day possible.”
“The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is about bringing together all the parts of Asian Pacific America,” said Ted Fang of the AsianWeek Foundation and founder of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. “This multi-faceted partnership with Target stores and the Asian Art Museum is a great example of community assemblage in action.”
Doors at the museum open at 10 a.m. and the public is invited to participate in free cultural programming. (Please note that a $5 surcharge applies to the Bali exhibition for visitors over 17.)
Here is a look at the schedule of events:
11am-3 pm
The public is invited to co-create site specific artwork with Nancy Hom on the front steps.
11am-3:30 pm
AHSC Student Art Display:
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) Student Art Display will feature selected works from San Francisco Unified District Schools. In coordination with the AHSC School Awards, selected art pieces will represent schools being nominated for an award. The art pieces will include paintings, sculpture, and photography. The special one-day only Student Art Display will be open to the public as a program of the 7th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration and Asian Art Museum Free Day, sponsored by Target.
11-11:45 am and 1-1:45 pm
Art Explorers’ Docent Family Tour & Storytelling:
Families with 4, 5, and 6 year olds hunt for lions in the special exhibition, Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance. This get to know art tour encourages families to look at art, talk about what they see and listen to stories that bring the exhibition to life.
12-4 pm
Art Activity:
Create an original artwork inspired by objects in Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance.
12-4 pm
AsiaAlive:
Composers in Bali have at their command a rich palette of sounds and techniques, from the bronze sonorities of a large gamelan to precise interlocking rhythms and melodies. Composer I Made Arnawa demonstrates and explains a few of his favorite musical strategies. Composer Wayne Vitale translates.
12-1 pm
AHSC School Awards Ceremony:
As part of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC), organized by the AsianWeek Foundation and sponsored by Target, six local administrators, counselors, teachers, and/or staff from Bay Area schools will be honored for their commitment to the future generation of Asian Pacific Americans.
12:30 pm
Gamelan X Performance at the AHSC Cultural Stage:
World music ensemble, Gamelan X, presents dynamic, original music on the front steps of the museum. Drawing musical inspiration from Indonesian, Balkan, African, Indian and American traditions, Gamelan X combines complex interlocking rhythms and sinewy melodies into a visceral groove experience that excites and entrances its listeners.
1-3:30 pm
AHSC Cinema Showcase:
The AHSC Cinema Showcase celebrates local Asian American media and media makers. From emerging talent to celebrated media pioneers, this exciting collection of short films and music videos reveal the vibrant Asian American media arts scene here in the Bay Area. Many of these films were hits at the SF International Asian American Film Festival. From comedies to sci fi to social justice documentaries, there is something for everyone!
3:30-4 pm Bay Area Flash Mob:
With Janet Jackson as their current inspiration, the Bay Area Flash Mob is a fun-loving flash mob group who surprises the public with spontaneous performances of choreographed dances all over the S.F. Bay Area. The flash mob performance will take place in front of the Asian Art Museum steps. Be sure to join in on the Janet Jackson tribute!
WHAT: APA Heritage Month Celebration, hosted by Asian Art Museum, Target, and the Asian Heritage Street Celebration
WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 10am to 5pm
WHERE: Asian Art Museum, Samsung Hall, 200 Larkin Street San Francisco CA 94102
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About the Asian Heritage Street Celebration
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. We promote Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity. AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. It is produced by the AsianWeek Foundation. AsianFairSF.com
About the Asian Art Museum
The Asian Art Museum is a public institution whose mission is to lead a diverse global audience in discovering the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture. Holding more than 17,000 Asian art treasures spanning 6,000 years of history, the museum is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art.
- Information: (415) 581-3500 or www.asianart.org.
- Location:200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,752 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products.Since 1962, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target’s commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/hereforgood.
For More Information Contact:
Angela Pang
apang@asianweek.com
(415) 373-4002
Free Health Services and Consultation
at AHSC Healthy Living Pavilion
-Saturday, May 21st from 11am to 6pm at Civic Center-
San Francisco, CA (May 10, 2011) – For the second year in a row, the Asian Heritage Street Celebration will feature a health section entitled Healthy Living Pavilion. This area of the street fair will comprise of many community health groups and sponsor booths that will collectively promote health and wellness. The Healthy Living Pavilion, which will be located on Larkin Street between Fulton and McAllister, will include a variety of free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice and health-related educational material for the community.
Hepatitis B Screenings and Education
To spread awareness of hepatitis B, which affects 1 in 10 Asian and Pacific Islanders, the fair will offer free educational brochures, hepatitis B screenings and MD consultations. This section is a collective effort by California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), Subaru, Brown & Toland Physicians, Gilead, Onyx Pharmaceutical, Genentech, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Other Health Screenings & Tests
Blood Pressure Screenings, hosted by Kaiser Permanente
Lupus Education, hosted by the San Francisco Lupus Support Group
Eye Screenings, hosted by Newman Lasik
Rapid HIV Tests, hosted by the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
Glucose Tests, hosted by North East Medical Services
Whooping Cough Vaccinations, hosted by CVS
Family Support Services
Educational material on disaster preparedness, hosted by the Red Cross, in addition to a variety of other family support services will be available to the public at the fair.
Health Education
In addition to hepatitis B education, the community will have access to free educational material and advice about various health concerns.
Survey Passport
A wide array of prizes is in store for those interested in a fun, interactive way to learn about health education. In order to collect prizes, fair-goers must use a Survey Passport to record their answers to questions located at several booths. Upon completion of this Survey Passport, individuals will have the opportunity to fill out a raffle card to win an Apple IPAD sponsored by Subaru! More information can be found at the Healthy Living Pavilion Information Booth.
Ask Your Doctor Public Health Forum
One of the newest features of this year’s health section will be the “Ask Your Doctor Public Health Forum.” From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., fair-goers will be able to ask health-related questions to a panel of certified medical doctors, most of whom are general practitioners.
WHAT: AHSC Healthy Living Pavilion
WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 11am to 6pm
WHERE: Civic Center, Larkin Street between Fulton and McAllister
RSVP: apang@asianweek.com
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About the Asian Heritage Street Celebration
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. We promote Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity. AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. It is produced by the AsianWeek Foundation. AsianFairSF.com
About the AsianWeek Foundation
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 150 organizations in the local and Asian American community. It is held the 3rd Saturday of every May. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) committed to developing Asian American community. All proceeds from the Celebration are donated to local and national non-profit organizations. www.AsianWeekFoundation.org
For More Information Contact:
Angela Pang
apang@asianweek.com
(415) 373-4002
San Francisco, CA (March 14, 2011) – Two Academy of Arts University students have become the youngest winners of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration‘s poster contest with their chic crane shaped as a seven, in honor of the 7th annual event.
Their collaborative design was one of over 30 global entries for the annual poster contest held in partnership with the Asian Art Museum, Center for Asian American Media, and Kearny Street Workshop.
“It was extremely difficult to select our poster winner this year as there were many talented entries, but this crane creatively shaped as a “7″ stood out for its simple elegance,” said Shelly Kim, Membership and Communications Manager for Center for Asian American Media.
Filipino Virgilio Leynes, Jr. and Vietnamese American Minh Tran, both majoring in Web Design and New Media, win the $500 grand prize and their crane will become part of the personality for this year’s event and will be featured in a marketing campaign in both the mainstream and Asian Pacific markets in a combination of posters, postcards, Muni bus ads, BART banners, bus shelters, newspaper ads and in a TV commercial. Their artwork will debut during the 29th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival held from now until March 20, in the slide show prior to each film screening.
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| Virgilio Leynes, Jr. |
“This contest is a great opportunity for any aspiring artist to have their work showcased on such a large scale through a major citywide multi-media advertising campaign,” said Jennifer Yin, Marketing and Communications Associate for the Asian Art Museum. ”Keep your eyes out in April when the artwork hits the streets.”
The two friends, Leynes and Tran decided to incorporate a crane into their design, because it is a bird that is prevalent in many Asian cultures – including Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, representing wisdom and peace.
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Born in Quezon City, Philippines, Leynes, 22, has traveled all around the world with his mother due to her job as a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees field agent. He lived in India for two years and has traveled to Macedonia, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Thailand just to name a few. His travels have widened his appreciation for Asian Art and this appreciation shapes his artistic vision today.
Tran, 20, born in Vinh Long, Vietnam, is is the founder and Director of Public Relations of AuCo Productions at the Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center in San Francisco. His works are heavily influence by Asian culture and heritage and mainstream fashion.
“We are both excited to be apart of this wonderful street fair that celebrates the diversity of the Asian American community,” says Tran.
The 7th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held on Saturday May 21, 2011 in front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District. The street fair gathers all communities among Asian Pacific Islanders in the San Francisco Bay Area, and enables cross cultural interaction through sharing of cultures, promoting Asian inspired arts and crafts vendors, creation of innovative programs and entertaining activities for visitors and participants.
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About the AsianWeek Foundation
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 150 organizations in the local and Asian American community. It is held the 3rd Saturday of every May. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) committed to developing Asian American community. All proceeds from the Celebration are donated to local and national non-profit organizations. www.AsianWeekFoundation.org
About Asian Art Museum
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. The museum is a public institution whose mission is to lead a diverse global audience in discovering the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture.
About Center for Asian American Media
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
About Kearny Street Workshop
KSW, a non-profit, community-based organization whose mission is to produce, present and promote art that empowers Asian Pacific American artists and communities. Having just celebrated its 35th anniversary, KSW serves the community as an information resource and through our four areas of arts programming: adult arts education, next generation arts support and training, multidisciplinary arts presentations, and publications. www.kearnystreet.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please post on calendar SEVENTH ANNUAL ASIAN HERITAGE
STREET CELEBRATION SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 21st -Festival to celebrate all Asian groups in the City-
SAN FRANCISCO (February 2, 2011) – The largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation is back and bigger than ever, this year showcasing the new Asian Arts & Crafts Alley, an extravaganza of special and unique hand-made products and artworks.
The fair will also bring back popular features such as the Jazz & Wine area and the Mahjong section. Asian American artists, DJs, martial arts experts, today’s Asian pop culture, j-cars, a Muay Thai kickboxing ring, scrumptious food, children’s area, cultural procession, free hepatitis B screenings and more will pack the day with fun and activities for all your family and friends.
The Asian Arts & Crafts Alley is the newest addition to the Asian Heritage Street Celebration and is an exclusive sectioned off area to showcase the best and most creative Asian-themed arts and crafts items. All vendors will be carefully juried and shoppers can expect to find the highest level of hand-crafted goods.
The 7th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held Saturday, May 21, 2011 in San Francisco, in front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District. The event is free and open to the public. What: Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration When: Saturday, May 21, 2011 Where: Civic Center/Little Saigon District Information: www.asianfairsf.com
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION BE A VENDOR The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) is currently inviting arts & crafts, food, community, and corporate partners to join us as booth vendors. We will be offering free parking as well as early bird specials for arts & crafts, food and drink, and commercial vendors who register by March 31st. If you are an Arts & Crafts vendor, be sure to ask about out new exclusive Asian Arts & Crafts Alley! To be a vendor at this family friendly event for people of all ages, download a booth application at www.asianfairsf.com or contact: Carrolyn Kubota at ckubota@awfoundation.com or 415-373-4003.
PERFORM AT THE FAIR Musicians, vocalists, dance groups and other entertainers are encouraged to apply. To apply, email a brief biography/resume, video and/or audio links, website/facebook/myspace or other applicable online supplementary material to: Christine Padilla at AHSC.Artists@gmail.com
Email subject line: Artists Submission/AHSC 2011 – Artist Name Deadline: March 11, 2011
SPONSOR THE EVENT Support the largest pan Asian celebration nationwide. For details contact: Charlene Cervantes at ccervantes@awfoundation.com or (415) 373-4006.
WALK IN CULTURAL PROCESSION
Dress in ethnic attire for the “Faces of Asia” cultural procession, which kicks off the street fair at 11 a.m. All ages and ethnicities wanted. Email your name, contact, and ethnic costume to: Hang Le To at hangleto@yahoo.com, by May 7, 2011.
SCHOOLS: PARTICIPATE IN FUND RAISING PROGRAM The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) invites local schools to participate in our “Make Some Money for Your School” Raffle Program! Last year, SFUSD and Catholic schools raised over $9,000! This is a FREE program to participate in and is organized annually by the AsianWeek Foundation with the goal of helping local schools fund raise. Prizes include $500, restaurant certificates, sports memorabilia, and more! Tickets are sold for $3 and $2 goes directly back to each school, the extra $1 will go into a bonus for the top selling school in each division (elementary, middle, and high), who will be awarded an additional $500 cash prize, and each school that sells at least 20 raffle tickets will receive a $100 bonus. There will be multiple prize drawings throughout the 7th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Saturday, May 21 at Civic Center. Winners need not be present to win. To sign up your school for this fund raising opportunity, contact: Angela Pang at apang@asianweek.com or (415) 373-4002.
DONATE PRIZES FOR THE MAKE SOME MONEY FOR YOUR SCHOOL RAFFLE PROGRAM The San Francisco Unified School District “Make Some Money For Your School” Raffle Program, managed by the AsianWeek Foundation, is no cost fundraiser for schools. Students sell raffle tickets for a chance to win donated prizes, and ALL proceeds go straight to participating schools. Last year, 18 different schools participated, representing over 17,000 students and the program raised over $9,000. Consider donating an item, gift certificate, product or service, and give your company exposure to an estimated 100,000 festival attendees. For more information contact: Angela Pang at apang@asianweek.com or (415) 373-4002.
VOLUNTEER There are over 100 volunteer positions: event monitors, information booth, stagehands, barricade monitors, t-shirt sales, general set up and tear down, and more. Commemorative t-shirts, snacks, and refreshments provided. Sign up online today: asianfairsf.com/volunteer-signup/
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About the Asian Heritage Street Celebration The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. We promote Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity. AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. It is produced by the AsianWeek Foundation. AsianFairSF.com
About the AsianWeek Foundation
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