APAture is a multidisciplinary arts festival for emerging Asian-Pacific American (APA) artists to develop their art, affirm their voices, and share their work with the APA community.

For the past 14 years, Kearny Street Workshop's festival has shaped the culture of the San Francisco Bay Area by addressing the realities and narratives of APA lives through the important space our festival provides: a space that belongs to us.

2016 marks APAture’s 15th year. We’re asking for your help in reaching our $2500 goal, ensuring our festival continues to allow emerging APA artists and communities to come together and hold this space for one another.

APAture is dedicated to showcasing new work from emerging APA artists currently located in the Bay Area. It is the only festival of its kind, and an important lifeline for our artists, all of whom are currently at the beginning of their artistic careers.

Our festival is multidisciplinary: we feature talent in film, literary arts, music, performing arts, comics and illustration, and visual arts. Our festival consists of six artist showcases (one for each genre). Every showcase is headlined by one featured artist, who presents a new work or piece not yet shown to the public.

Our featured artists for APAture 2016 are:
Nina Vichayapai, Visual Arts
Krystle Ahmadyar of Ruby Mountain and Los Sirenas, Music
Trinidad Escobar, Comics and Illustration
Jade Cho, Literary Arts
Sammay Dizon, Performing Arts
Việt Lê, Film

All of our featured artists receive an artist honorarium for their work, and showcase artists receive a small stipend.

This year, the festival runs September 30 to October 16. Our venues are all within walking distance of San Francisco’s Civic Center.

Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception
9/30 @ 6-10 pm. Arc Studios & Gallery.

Music Showcase (co-presented by KollaborationSF)
10/1 @ 7-11 pm. Bindlestiff Studio.

Comics and Illustration Showcase
10/2 @ 12-5 pm. SF Library (Latino/Hispanic Room)

Literary Arts Showcase (co-presented by Lantern Review)
10/7 @ 7-10 pm. Arc Studios & Gallery.

Performing Arts Showcase
10/8 @ 2-5 pm. Asian Art Museum (Samsung Hall).

Film Showcase
10/9 @ 2-5 pm. SF Library (Koret Auditorium).

Closing Reception
10/15 @ 12-3 pm. Arc Studios & Gallery.

We're looking to raise funds to contribute to 57% of the cost APAture, or approximately $13,300. This amount does not include grant-funded paid time staff. The funding breakdown for the festival is as follows:

As we are a non-profit, we are completely reliant upon grants and individual donations from generous people in the community, so this fundraiser is especially important for us, and every single dollar we raise will be put towards the festival.

Please note that our target for the campaign is far below our total cost; this ensures that every dollar will be put toward making up the $13,300 we need to fund the festival, regardless of whether we come up short, meet our goal, or exceed it.

To thank you for your kind donation, we've prepared a long list of perks for our donors. Buckle up and get ready to be blown away by all the great offerings we have in store for you this year, including our All-Access Pass, which is your all-access ticket to every single APAture event this year!

Remember: Every level of donation includes the addition/upgrade of ALL ABOVE perks. You won't miss out, no matter how big your donation.

$10 USD

• Thumbs Up!
  
• Our love and appreciation
  

$15 USD

• Social Media Shoutout
• Website Acknowledgement
• APAture 2016 button (claim at any APAture event)

$25 USD

• Literary Arts Ticket or Music Ticket

$50 USD

• Performing Arts Ticket (Asian Art Museum Ticket Included)
• Print Program Acknowledgment
  

$75 USD

• Tickets Upgraded to All-Access Pass
• APAture 2016 Poster

$100 USD

• APAture 2016 T-Shirt
• Acknowledgement at all events

$250 USD

• Mega-Access Pass: includes Celebrate Your Body, KSW presents, more-- fundraisers not included (2 total)
• One-quarter page ad (2"x3", B&W) in Program
• 2 VIP Gift Bags

$500 USD

• Mega-Access Passes (2 total)
• Upgrade to one-half page ad (4"x6", B&W) in Program
• 2 VIP Gift Bags (4 total)
• Limited Edition APAture 2016 Poster, signed by all six featured artists!
• One-on-one arts consultation/portfolio review (60 minutes) in any discipline

$1000 USD

• Upgrade to full page ad (8”x12”, B&W) in Program
• Exclusive VIP gallery tour with curators
• Private Performance by APAture artist (TBD)

APAture is a production of Kearny Street Workshop (KSW), the oldest APA art non-profit in the Bay Area. Our Artistic and Managing Directors, Jason and Rachel, form the core staff of KSW, but the majority of the APAture team is composed of a volunteer General Planning Committee (GPC).

The GPC is a diverse mix of volunteer artists, educators, and students committed to creating spaces for APA art and artists here in the Bay Area. Together, we engage in the outreach, planning, solicitation, selection, and running of all APAture events. And we do this for free! This festival is a labor of love, and we are very happy to bring it to you, our community.

Thanks for stopping by! If you are unable to donate at this time, you still can help us out by doing the following:

• Share this campaign with hastag #APAture2016
• Like Kearny Street Workshop on Facebook.
• Follow Kearny Street Workshop on Twitter.
• Encourage your friends and family to donate.

Make checks payable to Kearny Street Workshop. Include APAture 2016 in the memo field and mail to:

Kearny Street Workshop
Attn: APAture 2016
P.O. Box 14545
San Francisco, CA 94114-0545

Kearny Street Workshop is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Federal Tax ID: 94-3207003

Contact: apature@kearnystreet.org

Thank you for supporting APA emerging artists and the APA community!