On Saturday, July 26, Viet Voices is hosting its inaugural one-day performance art festival, which features the works of fellows selected for the first AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship, co-founded by Viet Voices and local artist and curator hamsa fae. the land we carry will take place at El Salon, a repurposed Catholic church in San Ysidro near the U.S.–Mexico border. A meditation on the intersections of diasporic memory, queerness, and spiritual inheritance, artists will express live and non-live performances that offer portals to worlds re-imagined–where the subconscious reveals truth for community activation. hamsa fae, who will also be offering a performance workshop during the festival that engages the audience in creative expression, shared some insight into what we can look forward to this upcoming weekend. 

When you turn on the tap for a glass of water, do you think about where it comes from? Or when you take a nice, toasty shower on a cold day? In the spirit of our upcoming Q2 issue, Healing, and in celebration of Earth Month, we’re sharing a community project in San Diego that aims to bring our water supply local. This carries major implications for the City of San Diego, making it less vulnerable to droughts, climate change, and natural disasters. Healing the Earth, on a policy level, is important, too.

Pacific Arts Movement (Pac Arts) is excited to reveal the highly-anticipated film lineup for the 14th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival(SDAFF) Spring Showcase, taking place from April 25 to May 2, 2025 at Ultrastar Cinemas in Mission Valley, San Diego and Digital Gym Cinema in Downtown San Diego.

Viet Voices is thrilled to announce an open call for San Diego’s first AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship, a transformative program designed to support and nurture early-career Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists. This unique fellowship offers a platform for AAPI artists to engage deeply with their cultural identities and express their creative voices through a professional and developmental lens.

Religion can often be a source of comfort and community, a place where people find connection, purpose, and a sense of belonging. But for me, religion became a source of conflict and disunity when the beliefs that shaped the way we interact with one another, particularly within my family, did not align with my own identity.

Sometimes, even when we grow up to be close with our parents, we find that there are some growing pains along the way. We find the nature of our relationship changing and sometimes it’s hard to acknowledge that change and to accept it. RealSoul founder Katie Quan shares her own experiences with her own mother.