Now nearly
15 years strong, AVA’s goals are to provide opportunities for
Vietnamese artists to present their work, open dialogues for cultural
understanding, bridge Vietnamese and American cultures, and sustain
the arts through arts education for children and youth in the community.
To promote the excellence of Vietnamese American arts, AVA presents
artists from a variety of disciplines, including music, performing arts,
visual arts, and literary arts. AVA has organized more than 45 programs
with a combined audience of more than 5,000 people. Please check out
some of the photos of past events.
In addition, as original members of San Jose downtown incubator program,
AVA is proud to promote local downtown art events as well as venues.
A featured gallery in San Jose dedicated to promote Vietnamese American
visual artists is Green Rice Gallery. Please visit Green Rice Gallery
for upcoming exhibits at: http://www.greenricegallery.com.
May
31, 2008. Music
performance featuring Unity Nguyen Ensemble
at Anthony Soto Theatre, located at 701 Vine Street, San Jose,
California. Ticket information available in April. Press Release.
The
Association for Viet Arts presents "young at heART"
exhibits of artwork from AVA's children's art program.
Opening receptions at the following sites:
Tully
Library Location:
Where: Tully
Branch Library Community Room, 880 Tully d. San Jose, CA 95111
When: Friday - 3/28/2008, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
Milpitas
Library Location:
Where: Milpitas Library Community Room, 40 N.
Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas
When: Friday - 4/04/2008, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Hillview
Library Location:
Where: Hillview Library Community Room, 1600
Hopkins Drive, San Jose, CA 95122
When: Saturday - 4/12/2008, 2:30
- 3:30 PM
This
program is funded in part by grants from the AEG grants program
of the Arts Council Silicon Valley and is co-sponsored by the
Milpitas Library, the Tully Branch Library and the Hillview Branch
Library.
October 27, 2007 : AVA presents: "The
Untold Stories of Generations Before in Search of a Place called
Home"
“Finding
Home – Que Huong Trong Toi: The Untold Stories of Generations
Before in Search of a Place Called Home.” As the Fall Season
2007 begins, the Association for Viet Arts (AVA) proudly presents
the Club O’Noodles with their new theatre piece, “Finding Home-Que
Huong Trong Toi: The Untold Stories of Generations Before in
Search of a Place Called Home” Saturday, October 20,
2007 at 8:00PM at the STAGE Theatre, located at 490
South First Street (corner of 1st and William St.)
in Downtown San Jose. Ticket box office opens
at 7:00 pm on performance night. **Advanced
tickets can be purchased at Nha Toi Restaurant.
Saturday,
October 8, 2005 @ 7 PM & 9:30 PM Fourth
Annual Asian Comedy Night PRESS
Release
| Flyer
The Association for Viet Arts (AVA) and Contemporary Asian Theater
Scene (CATS) proudly present “4th Annual Asian Comedy
Night” at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose.
http://www.sjcc.com/montgomery_theater.
Ticket box office opens at 6pm on performance night.
The evening features three nationally acclaimed Asian American
stand-up comics: Dat Phan, Tina Kim
and Paul Varghese. For the first time ever, this Pan-Asian
comedian line-up will have Silicon Valley kick off its heels
and rolling in laughter! Dat Phan, nationally
recognized Vietnamese American comedian and winner of the 2003
Last Comic Standing TV show, has performed his own half-hour
comedy special on Comedy Central and has appeared in the 2004
films: Cellular and Call Me Crazy. Tina Kim,
a Korean-American comedian based in LA, has successfully produced
her own sold out TINA KIM LIVE shows in New York, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Boston and internationally. Her humor mixes jokes
about her life as a Korean-American and as a struggling young
woman comic trying to find love and happiness. Paul
Varghese, regarded as one of Dallas' hottest comedians,
has performed on NBC's semifinals of the TV show Last Comic
Standing. Paul has performed all over the country and delivers
witty one-liners about Indian customs and traditions.
Tickets are $30 VIP seating, $20 orchestra and $15 balcony.
For information, email info@vietarts.org.
Tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
You can view the Press Release here.)
AFTER
PARTY/MEET & GREET:
11PM-12:30: Follows the 9:30 show at the Paragon Bar. This is
a strictly no-host bar reception. (The kitchen will be closed).
So get your drinks and cocktails and mingle with the comics
and get your autographs! The Paragon Bar is inside the Montgomery
Hotel. This is walking distance from the theater. Paragon: http://www.paragonrestaurant.com/
211 South First Street, San Jose, CA - Phone: 408.282.8888
**IPOD
NANO DRAWING! ENTER TO WIN DURING BOTH SHOWS. WINNER WILL BE
ANNOUNCED VIA EMAIL OR PHONE A WEEK AFTER THE EVENT!
This program has been made possible, in part, through grants
from the City of San José and the Arts Council Silicon
Valley.
October
23, 2004 @ 3 PM & 7 PM "Nguyet
Cam" (Moon Lute): Vietnamese Traditional and Contemporary
Music Concert
The Association for Viet Arts (AVA) proudly presents a musical
performance entitled “Nguyet Cam” (Moon Lute) on Saturday,
October 23 at 3 pm and 7 pm at the Historic Hoover Theater in
San Jose. The program features a fusion of traditional/contemporary,
originally composed and folk music from artist Thinh Vu
and Ensemble with special dance performance from Danny
Nguyen and the Nguyen Dance Company, formerly Danny Nguyen
Dancers and Musicians. Nguyet Cam showcases the
rich and unique Vietnamese musical instruments with the Moon Lute,
Monochord, Trapezoid Lute, Sixteen-String Zither, Three-String
Lute, Four-String Lute, and the rare, first time performance of
the Tay Nguyen Gongs from the highlands in central
Vietnam. Some of the musical pieces arranged and composed by Thinh
Vu include: “Autumn Leaves” with the Vietnamese Monochord
and “Nieng Koon” with the Tay Nguyen Gongs. Featured
performances from Ensemble members: Quoc Chinh, Vinh Thanh
Thao and Khac Quan.
3
PM matinee tickets are $20 each. The 7 PM show
is $30 for general and $40 for honored seats. The evening
concert includes an artist reception following the 7 PM performance.
The Historic Hoover Theater is located 1635
Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95191 across from the Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum & Planetarium. Ticket locations:
(San Jose) Kim-Loan Health Care & Cosmetics, Grand
Century Mall, 1111 Story Rd., #1105, San Jose, CA 95122; 408-292-8838.
(Milpitas) Hoa Trinh Glassey. Tickets can also
be purchased during the day of the performance at the Hoover
Theater.
April
23 & 24, 2004 @ 8 PM Words in Motion: Vietnamese American
Poets and Writers
The Association for Viet Arts (AVA) proudly presents "Words
in Motion: Vietnamese American Poets & Writers" on Friday,
April 23 at 8 pm and Saturday, April 24 at 8 pm at MACLA's Castellano
Playhouse in downtown San Jose. http://www.maclaarte.org/directions.html.
Ticket box office opens at 7:30 pm on performance night. The program
features Truong Tran, poet and Executive Director
of Kearny Street Workshop; Lan Tran, performance
artist featured on NPR and off-Broadway in New York at The Atlantic
Theater Company and Manhattan Theatre Source; Andrew Lam,
associate editor with Pacific News Service and frequent commentator
on National Public Radio (NPR); and Bao Phi, published
writer and two-time winner of the Minnesota Grand Slam Poetry Championships.
Special guest emcee for both nights will be Nguyen Qui Duc,
host of KQED Public Radio's "Pacific Time." Musical performance
by Unity Nguyen.
Tickets
are $12 each and $10 for students (with ID). Tickets for artist
reception following Saturday's performance and event are $20 for
general; $18 for students. For information, please call 510/386-5947
or email maibui@vietarts.org.(You
can view the Press Release here.)
This
program has been made possible, in part, through grants from the
City of San José, Arts Council Silicon Valley, and is supported
by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from
The James Irvine Foundation. Media sponsorship has been provided
by the San Jose Metro Newspaper.
April
2003 : Love's
Shadow Performance
At the San Jose Stage on April 20, 2003 showcasing a multicultural
theater and dance performance in Vietnamese and English. Featuring
San Khau Viet Cali Performing Arts Group and Danny
Nguyen Dancers and Musicians (DNDM).
March,1998
Phu-Sa Ensemble and San Khau Viet
Phu-Sa is a traditional/modern music group.
San Khau Viet is a newly emerged Vietnamese Theater Group, based
in San Jose.
February,
1997:
Contemporary and Traditional Vietnamese Arts
This performance featured two very different works, a traditional
musical group (Khac Chi, Ngoc Bich and Hiep Le) and a modern performance
artist (Thuy Le). Khac Chi and Ngoc Bich have toured internationally.
Thuy Le performed her multi-media work entitled "Red Fiery Summer"
about growing up in southern California.
1996:
Club O'Noodles and Maura Nguyen-Donahoe
Club of Noodles performed their mix of drama and improv theater
and comedy. Maura performed a solo dance/monologue about her life
and the life of her mother. Club O'Noodles returned for a second
time to San Jose for a sold-out performance in August, 1997. The
photos are from this second performance of "Laughter from the Children
of War".
August,
1993:
Re... to be continued
A performance art piece by Tai Dang. You can read
the review of this performance which appeared in the San Jose
Mercury News.
October
14, 21, 28. November 04, 18. December 02, 2007 : (1:00
-2:15 pm) Young
at Heart presents: HIP HOP Dance
Class Registeration
here. | PDF flyer here.
Children will learn basic hip hop styles and techniques through
Vietnamese contemporary music and popular culture. Registration:
First come first served. Space is limited. Copy and complete
registeration click here. Submit form to the following
address: Attn: Hoa Glassey - Email: hoa@vietarts.org
April 13 and 14th - 2-4 p.m.
1) The Slam Poetry Workshop with Bao Phi for high school students is on April 13 and 14th, 2-4 p.m. at the Tully Branch Library, 880, Tully Road, San Jose. For more information, contact Vina Tran at vinamtran@yahoo.com. (ph: (408) 483-3446) For students ONLY.
2) The Words In Motion program is on Saturday,
April 14th, 8 p.m., at MACLA Castellano Playhouse, 510 S. First
Street, San Jose, featuring Bao Phi, two-time Minnesota
Grand Slam Poetry champion, Truong
Tran , poet, writer and instructor at San Francisco State
University and Mills College. Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, poet and founder
of Pomelo Press. And a special hip hop performance by Danny
Nguyen of the Nguyen Dancers Company. Ticket are $15 general,
$10 for students with ID, open artist reception after the performance.
For tickets, contact Hoa Glassey. hoa@vietarts.org.
Press Release
FALL
2006 - SPRING 2007 AVA's
Free Visual Art and Dance Classes for Children Ages 4-5 at your
local library!
Register today! Open spaces limited. Register
FORM | Visual Arts Spring Class Info| Performing Arts Spring
Class Info
Visual
Arts Classes: Children will be exposed to lines, shapes,
and colors and learn to experiment and create artwork using a
variety of materials appropriate for their age level.
Where: Tully Branch Library Community Room, 880
Tully d. San Jose, CA 95111
When: Saturdays, 01/13, 01/20, 01/27, 02/10, 02/17, 02/24,
03/10, 03/17, 03/24, 04/07, 04/14, 04/21/07
Class 1: 10:30am - 11:15 AM
Class 2: 11:30am - 12:15 PM
Description
of Class: Children will be exposed to lines, shapes,
and colors and learn to experiment and create artwork using a
varity of materials appropriate for their age level.
Registration: First come, first served. Space
is limited. Complete Register
FORM . Submit form along with the child's
birth certificate either by fax or mail to:
Association of Viet Arts
Attn: Hoa Glassey
email: htglassey@yahoo.com
*Parents are strongly encouraged to attend classes with their
children.
This program is made possible through the AEG Grants Program of
Arts Council Silicon Valley, and is co-sponsored by the Milpitas
Library and Tully Community Branch Library.
October
7, 2006 (10:00am - 5:00pm) Day
in the Park Workshop - A multicultural
festival
Come out and enjoy a day rich in diversity, full of talent and
entertainment, and plentiful in food. This event is a celebration
of community, bringing the world's diversity together at beautiful
Lake Cunningham Park. Join in on our festivities! Admission is
free and open to the general public. more
Where:
Milpitas Library Community Room, 40 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas When: April 3- June 5, every Sunday
Visual Arts:
First session: 10-10:45 a.m
Second session: 11:00-11:45 a.m
Class
descriptions: Children will be exposed to lines, shapes, and colors
and learn to experiment and create art work using a variety of materials
appropriate for their age level.
Performing
Arts:
* First Session: 12:15-1:00pm
* Second Session: 1:15-2:00pm
Children
will be introduced to the arts of story telling, drama, and dance
using Vietnamese Folklore and legends. Register today by downloading
and filling out the registration form. Submit to:
February
2004 : Parkside
Hall - San Jose Auditorium, Hoi Xuan
AVA will provide a free art workshop including weaving, print making
and paper puppets for kids inside Parkside Hall, next to the San
Jose Auditorium. AVA will be at Booth #14 and #15, side A of Parkside
Hall. Admission is free and open to the general public. For more
information: more
October
2003 : Day
in the Park - A multicultural festival
Come out and enjoy a day rich in diversity, full of talent and entertainment,
and plentiful in food. This event is a celebration of community, bringing
the world's diversity together at beautiful Lake Cunningham Park.
Join in on our festivities! Admission is free and open to the general
public. more
February
2003: TET Festival
with AVA art workshop
At the San Jose fairgrounds.
September
2002:
Autumn Festival
At Evergreen Valley College.
September
1998:
Village Project
Los Arboles School, Leap Project - Franklin School, Hellyer School.
This after-school arts program was part of project YES (Youth Empowered
for Success).
Association
for Viet Arts and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles proudly
present Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age, a groundbreaking
exhibition that will run from April 18, through July 9, 2006 at
the San Jose Quilts & Textile Museum. The exhibition will be
the
