Southeast Asian Diaspora Resiliency

March 6 – April 4, 2025

The exhibition presents artists working in multiple disciplines and creative processes. Their work express themes of Southeast Asian diaspora and the resiliency of preserving cultural identity, history, and intersectional themes, as well as social justice issues. 

Events

Artist Talk with Jonathon Bout
Sponsored by the Cultural Awareness Program
March 6 • 1:30 – 2:30pm
Campesino Forum

Jonathon Bout received his BA in Studio Art and Art Education from Humboldt State University, and a Masters in Fine Art from San Francisco State University. Working with drawing, painting and sculpture his work delves into ancestry and family history, bringing past into the present through imagined spaces where ideas of hybridity, migration and the paradox of home, alter how we record and reconstruct our histories.

Opening Reception 
March 6 • 5 - 7 pm
Horton Art Gallery
Shima 144

Artist Talk with Binh Danh
April 9 • 10:30-11:30am
SCMA 356

Binh Danh explores how farming communities adapt in response to the landscapes they encounter. Through portraiture and landscapes, he illustrates the paths people carved from Vietnam to the United States. 

“As a Vietnamese-American child growing up in California, the camouflage uniform worn by actors in Vietnam War Hollywood movies haunted me in the innocence of my child’s mind; the color green was associated with war, military, death, and Agent Orange deforestation. Later in my adult life, Vietnamese culture's greenness was redeemed in my mother's garden, where Asian organic vegetables were grown to make the delicious Vietnamese meals that nourished my siblings and me.” — Binh Danh

Gallery Exhibition Hours
Monday – Thursday • 11:00am–5:30pm
Friday • 11:00am–1:00pm
Closed for Spring Break • March 10-14
Saturday, March 22 • 11:00am–3:00pm