Eating Cultures YUMMY!!!

Welcome to Eating Cultures
AAWAA and APICC

I got off early from work to help out AAWAA and APICC set up for the event and met some of the artist. Anticipation was high, as the crew put the finishing touches on the gallery and set up the POP UP Shop.

Shari Arai deBoer and Cynthia Tom  

Shizue Seigel and Susan Almazol set up Pop Up Shop

The place was a buzz with excitement, as we started to hang the signs and clear off workers tables.  Cynthia is one of the hardest working women I know. With her guidance and support all of us had tasks to do.  The press preview was from 4-5pm and we finished setting up and cleaning just before the press arrived

The Pop Up Shop had items made by the artists. I didn't bring or make anything for the shop , but some of the artist did and the shop looked great with jewelry, posters, postcard, comics, as well as mini paintings and textile work. Just outside the Pop Up Shop was the table and bar where the food and drinks were to be served. 

Catered by La Cocina Incubator Kitchen. Unforunately, the food only lasted an hour so and many guests weren't able to sample some great food. 

On of the first things you saw was, of course the Eating Cultures sign then to the right was Susan Almazol's Recipe Wall where people could post their family recipes. It will be cool to see how filled the wall will be by the end of the exhibit. 

Recipe Wall by Susan Almazol

Cynthia Tom and me

Jung Ran Rae and Pallavi Sharma

Alison Ho 

Alison was one of the first met and talked with.
Her dad can't believe she actually went to school to do this.

Pallavi Sharma

Flora Choi

Pallavi is an amazing person, and nice too!! I talked with her husband a bit.  He is basically her historian and no he's not an artist.
I met him outside getting some fresh air, lovely person to talk with. 














What a gas to talk with her via Skype from New York.  We talked about what she was eating and the broadcast that her inspired her piece. YUMM. And that is a pony tail around her neck...REAL?? You have to ask her. 

Susan working hard at the  Pop Up Shop

Shizue Seigel and Karen Larson

Karen is the publicist Extraordinaire!! She was happy to meet me because I answered her emails quickly. A rarity no doubt.
A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!!

Margaret Rhee's Kimchi Poetry. Where she took the dialog from students about Kimchi and put them in poetry

The rest of the night was filled with music, guests, and amazing artist that I will remember and  hope to keep in contact with.   

There was something for everyone.

 

Multi-media, Paintings, Mixed Media,
Photography, and Sculpture.

BEST PART...

THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT WERE THESE PEOPLE,
MY FRIENDS.

And that was just the beginning for a month of asian women artists. The 10 is Eating Asian American Panel Discussion 2-4 and on the 17 is the Literary Sriracha Spicy Poetry and if that isn't enough there is the closing reception on the 30th paying homage to Sausage!!!