Viet Voices is excited to announce an open call for San Diego’s first AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship, a opportunity for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists to engage with the art community and develop their professional practice from April to July 2025\. The fellowship inspires fellows to contemplate their connection to their ancestral identity – homeland, language, and cultural memory – as themes for dreaming towards posterity. Viet Voices questions what continuity in community looks like, and how to ritualize (re/un)learning environments. They seek contemporary artists who conceptualize beyond the commercial. Those who challenge censorship to experimenti with the multiplicity of being.

About the Fellowship: The AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship is designed to support early-career artists who identify as AAPI and are at a pivotal stage in their artistic journey. The fellowship provides a platform for the development and presentation of new work while also offering professional/leadership development opportunities to foster future success in the arts.

**Benefits of the Fellowship:**

* **Exhibition Opportunity:** Showcase your work in a group exhibition in San Diego with support in developing and documenting your work.
* **Mentorship:** Ongoing mentorship from AAPI artists and arts professionals, including one-on-one studio visits and feedback.
* **Professional Development:** Opportunities to participate in workshops/ceremonies, artist talks, and networking events with fellow artists, curators, and art professionals.
* **Financial Support:** A stipend to support the production of new work, materials, and living expenses during the fellowship period. Each fellow will receive a honorarium of $3,000 disbursed in two partial installments.
* **Community Engagement:** Connect with a network of AAPI artists and art spaces, queering the boundaries and intersections of art in San Diego.

  

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