Asian American Arts Chicago

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AAAC is a 501c3, not-for-profit organization.

06/09/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival✨

Another awesome post showing the killer work of Kelly Ngo from Chromatone Studios! So much happened in those two days of EVOLUTION that it’s impossible to cover everything in only one video, but we couldn’t ask for a better capture!

Thank you 📸

Don’t forget you can also check many of the artists’ performances on our YouTube. Click the link in bio to go straight to it, and enjoy the performances!

📍Lookingglass Theatre
🗓️ May 2nd-3rd

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✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨Here are a few more clicks from moments of joy and creativity during EVOLUTION....
05/30/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

Here are a few more clicks from moments of joy and creativity during EVOLUTION. Thank you, Kelly Ngo from , who took these amazing shots! 📸

You can also access several performances on our YouTube channel “Asian American Arts Chicago” in case you missed any artist you’d like to watch!

🗓️May 2nd - 3rd, 2026
📍Lookingglass Theatre

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! ✨

05/16/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

Day 2 kept the incredible momentum going with another powerhouse lineup of multidisciplinary artists and vendors. This recap video is just a fraction of the unforgettable moments of that day, May 3rd, at Lookingglass Theatre. Thank you to every person who stepped into this journey with Asian American Arts Chicago to support this vast and talented community.

Thank you, Kelly Ngo, for some of these amazing captures 📸 as well!

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🪭

Produced by Asian American Arts Chicago

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✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨DOORS OPEN TOMORROW! 🎊Finishing off our series with a huge shoutout to our hard...
05/01/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

DOORS OPEN TOMORROW! 🎊

Finishing off our series with a huge shoutout to our hardworking team. This is only a fraction of the legends involved in making the magic happen at EVOLUTION, which
begins tomorrow!

Here are some of our staff members:
Mia Park

Seoyoung Park

Fredo Aguilar

Eduardo Eusebio

Aimee Alker

Amanda Rocosz .rokosz

Tae Heum Yeon

🎟Grab your tickets at the link in our bio and come celebrate with us!

Each ticket includes:

📸 Unique photo booth experience
✨ Exclusive sticker and button
🛒 Full access to the food & craft marketplace
🎭 Entry to all performances (capacity permitting)

🗓May 2-3
📍Lookingglass Theatre

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🪭

Produced by Asian American Arts Chicago

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✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨DOORS OPEN TOMORROW! 🎊Finishing off our series with a huge shoutout to our hard...
05/01/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

DOORS OPEN TOMORROW! 🎊

Finishing off our series with a huge shoutout to our hardworking team. This is only a fraction of the legends involved in making the magic happen at EVOLUTION, which
begins tomorrow!

Here are some of our staff members:
Mia Park

Seoyoung Park

Fredo Aguilar

Eduardo Eusebio

Aimee Alker

Gabriela Santiago

Amanda Rocosz .rokosz

Tae Heum Yeon

🎟Grab your tickets at the link in our bio and come celebrate with us!

Each ticket includes:

📸 Unique photo booth experience
✨ Exclusive sticker and button
🛒 Full access to the food & craft marketplace
🎭 Entry to all performances (capacity permitting)

🗓May 2-3
📍Lookingglass Theatre

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🪭

Produced by Asian American Arts Chicago

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✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT for the festival! 🏮While the performances captivate the spirit...
04/30/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT for the festival! 🏮

While the performances captivate the spirit, we couldn’t possibly skip the incredible flavors that define the festival experience. Our food vendors will bring a wide variety in a culinary journey that will go from specialty coffees, baked goods, Korean street food to many more!

Here are our food vendors:

Banato: .banato

Chicago’s Test Kitchen:

Louvier Bakes:

Pink Mu: .chicago

Red Bean & Cocoa:

Triple J’s Kitchen:

Back to the Grind: .co

Are you ready to taste their incredible work? Grab a friend and come to the festival!

🎟There is still time to buy your ticket! Click the link in the bio to secure a spot before the event sells out!

🗓May 2-3
📍Lookingglass Theatre
Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🪭

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✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨ONLY 3 DAYS left for the festival 🎊In this category, the visionaries of the AAP...
04/28/2026

✨EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival ✨

ONLY 3 DAYS left for the festival 🎊

In this category, the visionaries of the AAPI experience cultural nuances through the transformative power of the performing arts. You will witness a multidisciplinary feast where playwrights architect new worlds of identity, puppeteers getting lost in the whimsical world, and the
exploration of the intersection between film and translation. The spotlight is ready and the stories are waiting—how can you not have gotten your ticket yet?

Here are our theatre performing artists:

Catherine Yu
Zihan Xiong xiong
Zachary Series

Tanima

Aqdas Aftab

Xiaolu Wang

AiRos Medill .bound.breathful
Marysol Delosreyes

🎟Click the link in the bio to secure a spot before the event sells out!

🗓May 2-3
📍Lookingglass Theatre

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🪭

Produced by Asian American Arts Chicago

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🎬CASTING ALERT seeks 15-25 Asian actors of all ages to play community members at an Indonesian Independence Day celebra...
08/06/2025

🎬CASTING ALERT

seeks 15-25 Asian actors of all ages to play community members at an Indonesian Independence Day celebration in a short film about learning to speak Indonesian as a first-generation American

🎥: Monolingo
✍🏼/Producer: Arti Ishak
🎬: Ariella Khan and Jack C. Newell
🏢: Rifelion Media
📝: When Tania is shamed by her Mom for not knowing Indonesian as well as her white co-worker she downloads an app to help her learn, but realizes the price of fluency is higher than a monthly subscription. (Black Mirror meets Get Out)
🗓️: Wednesday August 27th 2025
⏰: Between 12PM - 8PM
📍: A house in the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago, IL
🎬: Tujuhbelasan - Indonesian Independence Day picnic
📧: Ashley Moore [email protected]

Contact them@directly and break a leg!

📣CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!APIDA Arts has been asked to apply for the DCASE Chicago Cultural Center New Play Residency progra...
07/01/2025

📣CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

APIDA Arts has been asked to apply for the DCASE Chicago Cultural Center New Play Residency program.

We are seeking full length or near full length play or musical scripts for potential development. If your work is accepted by us, we will submit it to the New Play Residency as a producer. DCASE will ultimately choose the scripts for their residency.

This is a funded residency for the development of a new play or musical. APIDA Arts will work with one Chicago-based Asian American playwright and will hire a director, dramaturg, stage manager, actors, musicians and maybe more to support your work. All positions are paid. 

Submit through this Google form:
https://forms.gle/b66EMfNeKeQWiinQ8
(Also linked in our bio!)

Submissions due July 5th at midnight!

Let us know if you have questions at [email protected]

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