Curated By Lisa Pradhan
April 30, 2021 thru
Sowing Agency is inspired by the fight for environmental justice, activating our Asian Pacific Islander communities to engage in the issues of today’s climate crisis. With a number of artistic disciplines represented, the pieces featured in the show work to realign our relationships with the Earth through introspection and collective leadership. The exhibition’s broad coalition of community partners amplifies calls for increased action to challenge extractive industries, monocultures, corporate greed and colonization. Weaving local and global climate resistance into our cultural consciousness, Sowing Agency is a visual and poetic address to the grief and resiliency rooted in “seeding the future.”
For this exhibition, we offer a virtual gallery for viewing. These virtual experiences were produced by SOMArts to give you an in-depth look at the exhibition.
Presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center as part of the 24th annual United States of Asian America Festival: Forging Our Futures – SoMa & Chinatown.
Header image credit courtesy of AAWAA and APICC, 2021.
Virtual gallery
Participating Artists
Angela Angel Angela Han Cindy Shih Claire Lau Erina Alejo Tenzin Tesering (Tenzoni) Frances Kai–Hwa Wang Gradient Earthlings (Victoria Cheng and Natalie Yap) Irene Wibawa Janna Añonuevo Langholz Kristiana Chan Lydia Nakashima Degarrod Narinda Heng Pallavi Sharma Pam Tau Lee Priya Kaur Handa Radical Family Farms Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt Tricia Rainwater–Tutwiler Wen–hao Tien