Grantee Database
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CULTURAL CENTER
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,500.00
Project Description
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of our United States of Asian America Festival’s (USAAF), the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) will curate a landmark visual arts exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center, showcasing three decades of arts-based community building, diasporic cultural memory, and collective resilience and advocacy across Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in the Bay Area.
This exhibition will feature archival materials, artist retrospectives, and participatory public programming that illuminate the stories of historically underrepresented communities.
CAC funds will support curatorial labor, venue costs, and accessibility services, ensuring equitable participation across AANHPI diasporas, including LGBTQIA2S+, refugee, immigrant, and mixed-race artists. This project reflects APICC’s commitment to cultural preservation, intergenerational healing, and equity in the arts, and will serve as a vital platform for reflection, resistance, and imagining collective futures.
Organization Summary
Through collaboration, productions, and presentations, APICC supports the development and growth of the diverse artistic endeavors of the San Francisco Bay Area Asian/Pacific Islander (API) community. Founded in 1998, our primary purpose is to heighten the visibility of artists and address the interests of San Francisco’s underserved API audiences. By means of technical services for our community’s emerging artists and arts groups, APICC collaborates with emerging and well-established groups with special focus on mid-career artists, allowing them access to production and fundraising expertise, performance and rehearsal space, as well as organizational consulting. APICC’s anchor program, the annual United States of Asian America Festival (USAAF), presents artists and organizations representing a diverse range of ethnic and cultural groups. All disciplines are represented: theater, music, dance, film, literature, visual arts, and more.
Organization
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
Address
934 BRANNAN ST
SAN FRANCISCO
94103-4906
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 829-9467
Congressional District
California's 12th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
