There’s something special about an event that people attend for no one but themselves. For cosplayers, the Los Angeles Comic Con, formerly known as Comikaze Expo and Stan Lee’s […]
Category: Art
Looking For The Next Ali Wong Or Hasan Minhaj? Head To The 20th Annual APAture Festival
If you’re interested in Asian American art, music and performance, then look no further—the 20th annual APAture Festival has it all. A multidisciplinary arts festival presented by Kearny Street […]
Throwback: Sculptor Isamu Noguchi Is The OG Hapa Icon—And He Didn’t Even Have A Name Until He Was 5 Years Old
You know when you see a Noguchi coffee table. It’s comprised of three simple components: two vaguely boomerang-esque wooden pieces whose pointed ends touch, balancing an incredibly heavy triangular […]
Get The Most Out Of This Year’s Comic-Con With These 11 Events
For the past 50 years, Comic-Con International has been the ultimate haven for nerds everywhere. From July 18 to 21, over 135,000 attendees are expected to attend Comic-Con’s various […]
Artist Alison Zai Is Hoping To Make You Feel A Little Less Alone With Her Comics
In the primordial grime and goop of Instagram—a social media platform better known for cultivating bodacious “IG baddie” personalities—emerges a new kind of comic artist. At the forefront of […]
Throwback: Travel Back In Time To 1930s China With ‘Tintin And The Blue Lotus’
I was visiting my aunt in Little Saigon when I first saw her collection of “Tintin” comic books. A souvenir from her childhood in the real Saigon, they’d been […]
What Does It Mean To Be Human? Well, Ask Hueman
Allison Tinati’s alter ego, Hueman, is a reflection of the art she creates. The play on hue and human is “a celebration of diversity,” explains the Filipino American artist […]
Is Filipino Art Asian? Or Is It Western? Find The Answer At The PULO Project
With a wooden conch light installation surrounded by glittering jewelry and clothing at the entrance, the “PULO Project” in the Please Do Not Enter retail-concept space resembles a Parisian […]
Need A Cute Date Idea For This Saturday? Check Out Veneer
The transcendent sculptures of multimedia artist Chukes and Phung Huynh’s lurid paintings are coming to LAUNCH LA. The small, intimate gallery will host their art from June 15 to […]
Q&A: Step Into The World of Animator and Cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal
To celebrate APAHM and the launch of our new name, Character Media, we’ll be sitting down with notable Asian American creatives working in entertainment for a series of Q&As […]
What Do Art And Agriculture Have To Do With One Another? Find Out At ‘Agrarianna’
There’s beauty to be found in a freshly tilled field, with its neat rows of seedlings sprouting from mounds of dirt. But what does a farmed field and a […]
Q&A: How Illustrator Deborah Lee Turns Her Sadness Into Artistry And Joy
To celebrate APAHM and the launch of our new name, Character Media, we’ll be sitting down with notable Asian American creatives working in entertainment for a series of Q&As […]
Inception: Artist Teek Mach Paints VR Visions To Bring People Together
First, you walk down a long corridor, like one you might see in an art gallery. A young Asian woman wearing a psychedelic black-and-white check mini-dress greets you. You […]
‘Godzilla’ Releases Monster Themed Lunar New Year Posters
The world’s most fearsome (and beloved) Japanese monsters are emerging from the darkness to engage in battle once again. “Godzilla II: King of the Monsters,” sequel to the 2014 […]
Face Off: Korean American Artist/Actor Joseph Lee’s Striking Portraits
Joseph Lee is famous for two talents. As an actor, the tall and lean thespian, who often sports a bandana knotted around his throat, played John Cho’s brother in […]
