Arts & Culture
Exhibitions of artifacts, documents, performances, and artist collaborations that showcase creativity across Asian American communities.
Where Heritage Meets the Present
Arts & Culture is where Asian American creativity takes the stage — exhibitions, performances, and collaborations that refuse to keep culture behind glass. We're not waiting for opening day: festivals, juried shows, and community artists are already shaping how this museum speaks.
Why This Pillar Exists
Celebrate and share the living creativity of Asian American communities — through exhibitions, performance, and public art that invite everyone into the story.
From Great Park festivals to juried photography at Bowers Museum, this pillar turns heritage into a present-tense cultural force.
What We Set Out to Do
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Present exhibitions and artist collaborations that reflect the fluid, diverse, multiracial, and multigenerational Asian American experience.
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Activate public space through festivals, performances, and community gatherings that build pride and belonging.
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Elevate Southern California photographers, artists, and cultural practitioners as storytellers of Asian America.
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Build a visible arts pipeline that continues growing from opening-day momentum to the landmark museum.
Work Already Underway
Mosaic
An ongoing Asian American Mosaic exhibition of juried photography — annual winners and community submissions. Color, Culture, Continuum tours the Bowers Museum in 2026.
Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
Irvine's annual Lunar New Year Parade & Festival at Great Park — 9,300+ attendees for the inaugural Year of the Horse celebration with the City of Irvine.
Mid-Autumn Festival
Coming September 2026 at Great Park — culinary demonstration and community mahjong under the Arts & Culture pillar.
Moments From the Community
Who Makes It Possible
Sponsors
- City of Irvine
Partners
- Bowers Museum
- South Coast Plaza
- Great Park
Interested in sponsoring this pillar? Get in touch