Amplifying AAPI Voices in Baltimore and Beyond
Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC) is a nonprofit organization that uses art to advocate representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans in everyday life while building cross-community relationships.
2024 AAPI Voices Visual Arts Exhibition:
Our Aspirations
APAC and the Asian Arts & Culture Center want to thank everyone who made AAPI Voices a wonderful success this year! The exhibit for “Our Aspirations” had an amazing turnout at Atrium Artspace in Baltimore. The exhibit is now closed, but if you missed it, don’t worry! View these amazing works virtually through our Exhibition Guide by clicking the button below. Featuring artwork from APIMEDA undergraduate and graduate students in the DMV. “Our Aspirations” explores hope for the future, ourselves, and each other.
Support our mission
Your support means a lot to us. Please consider donating to our organization to help us continue creating opportunities for Asian American and Pacific Indigenous Artists to create throughout Baltimore without barriers.
Welcome to APAC
Since its founding in Baltimore, Maryland in 2018, APAC has worked to build a strong Asian arts community with the long-term goal of providing paid work for Asian American and Pacific Indigenous artists. We invite artists to create meaningful work across all mediums, exploring themes that celebrate topics such as identity and diversity. Our programs have included in-person and virtual storytelling events, art galleries, theater productions, and creative workshops.
Follow and join us today on our journey in uplifting AAPI artists in our communities!
Check out this game changer in Baltimore Magazine!
We’re so proud to see APAC’s Co-Executive Producer, Catrece Ann Tipon in October’s issue of Baltimore Magazine! Catrece was named one of Baltimore’s Game Changers for 2022. Check out the online version of her incredible interview by clicking the button below. Congratulations, Catrece! Keep making Baltimore and APAC proud.
Check out APAC’s Previous
Virtual Art Galleries
Redefining Ourselves: An AAPI Virtual Artist Showcase featuring our winners, runner-ups from the 2021 AAPI East Coast Art Contest, and talented APAC staff. As we redefine ourselves, we want to use art to explore the intersectionalities of identity and invite our communities to define for themselves what Identity means. What does it mean to be Asian in America? We are excited to share the many different stories represented by this group of artists.
APAC in the News
To view more of our press releases and appearances, click here.
APAC on ‘Pass The Mic’
by On the Record on WYPR
On April 28, APAC’s Co-executive Director Cori Dioquino had the opportunity to host an episode of Pass The Mic, a monthly series produced by On The Record with Sheilah Kast on WYPR. She spoke to clinical psychologist Natalie Hung (L) along with Professor H. Yumi Kim (C) and co-founder of Critical Responses to Anti-Asian Violence (CRAAV) at Johns Hopkins about “The Complexities of AAPI Identities”. You can listen to the full episode by clicking the button below.
Co-executive director
catrece Ann tipon featured in voyage baltimore!
APAC wants to congratulate our Co-executive Director Catrece Ann Tipon for being featured in Voyage Baltimore as a Rising Star! The interview dives into Catrece’s experiences growing up Filipino-American and working as a full-time nurse while also managing an organization and her small business.
To read the full article, click below.
APAC in The Baltimore Sun
Co-executive director Catrece Ann Tipon interviews with Baltimore Sun writer Stephanie Garcia to talk about APAC’s upcoming programming. In the interview, she also talks about our East Coast AAPI Art Contest and what our organization has been able to accomplish in spite of the pandemic thanks to the generous support from sponsors and donors such as Hoffberger Family Philanthropies and The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.
Ms. Garcia also interviewed blog editor Aditya Desai, who discussed the pieces presented in our latest issue of our blog Too Much/Not Enough.
APAC interviewed by WYPR’s On The Record with Sheilah Kast
APAC co-executive director Cori Dioquino was interviewed by WYPR’s Sheilah Kast during her recent segment “Empathy Through Art: Asian American Pride”. During the interview, Dioquino talked about APAC’s partnership with NPR’s StoryCorps and the East Coast AAPI Art Contest, which launched on Monday, May 24.
Ms. Cast also interviewed Too Much/Not Enough editor Aditya Desai and his partner for CityLit Project, Jung Yun. The two chatted about the Projects new series: “The Invisible Invincible Asian American: Telling Our Stories.”
