ASIAN
CREATIVE
FESTIVAL

May 20 - May 21, 2023

Industry City, Brooklyn

ABOUT ASIAN CREATIVE FESTIVAL

Asian Creative Festival is a space to celebrate AAPI culture and creatives. With the support of AAPI creatives everywhere, we’re cultivating a place to exchange stories, inspire creativity, and support one another. This year our theme is Be Colorful.

Hear from our all-star speakers by ACF, shop our AAPI artists/small businesses marketplace by ACE, and watch an AAPI directed film screening by Mixed Asian Media and East Side Stories. We’ll close with an exclusive after party hosted by Asian Creative Network 🥳

ORGANIZED BY LEADING NYC AAPI CREATIVE ORGS

WITH THE SUPPORT OF HUNDREDS OF VENDORS, PARTNERS, AND SPONSORS

Sponsor

Industry City

Brooklyn’s vibrant creative hub along the scenic waterfront of Sunset Park. The location partner and host of the 2023 Asian Creative Festival.

Vendor

Goldyn Specs

Goldyn Specs is a modern eyewear brand featuring lightweight classic frames.

Vendor

The Boiis Co

A filipinx owned mochi based online dessert shop founded in summer of 2019 by Kert Lasdoce and Aaron Ortega and Rivy-Major Oponda.

Organizer

ACE Pop Up

AAPI Creatives and Entrepreneurs brings together AAPI creatives and small businesses to amplify their voices and impact.

Vendor

Sad Boiz Co

Sad Boiz Co. is a jewelry and dorm decor shop started by one of the founders of ACE Pop Up

Organizer

Asian Creative Foundation

Asian Creative Foundation is a place where we provide help entry-level creatives navigate their careers, and break into the industry.

Organizer

Asian Creative Network

Empowering Asian creatives by providing an inclusive, global platform and resources for active community building, collaboration, and growth.

Organizer

Mixed Asian Media

Mixed Asian Media focused on sharing stories and celebrating mixed API's.

Organizer

East Side Stories

Sharing authentic expressions of the Asian American & Pacific Islander experience through film, media, and education.

Vendor

Cali & Dana

Cali & Dana is a young, ambitious brand ready to design life’s essentials for the modern woman. Our design philosophy is about the fit, but always making it fashion.

Vendor

Divinity NYC

NYC-based fashion brand that helps people break boundaries in fashion, and feel more confident in themselves.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Day 1

11am - 5pm

AAPI Markets by ACE

4pm - 6pm

ACF Creative Talk hosted by Rich Tu

630pm - 8 pm

AAPI Film Screening by Mixed Asian Media

10pm - 12pm

Afterparty by Asian Creative Network

Day 2

11am - 5pm

AAPI Markets by ACE

4pm - 6pm

ACF Creative Talk hosted by Steven Wakabayashi

630pm - 8 pm

AAPI Film Screening by East Side Stories

GET INVOLVED

Want to get involved with Asian Creative Festival? Apply as a pop-up vendor, sponsor, or volunteer.

For general inquiries, send us a note here.

LOCATION

Asian Creative Festival will be hosted in a ~10,000 sq. ft creative space at Industry City.

More on Industry City, www.industrycity.com
Address: 33 35th St., Brooklyn, NY 11232

CREATIVE TALK HOSTS

Hear from leading creative AAPI voices curated by Asian Creative Foundation. This year we’re happy to welcome Rich Tu and Steven Wakabayashi as Asian Creative Festival creative talk hosts.

Rich Tu

Rich Tu is a first generation Filipino-American and award-winning designer and artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. He is the host of the Webby Honoree podcast First Generation Burden, which focuses on intersectionality and diversity within the creative industry, and is the co-founder of the COLORFUL grant with the One Club, dedicated to creating opportunities for early stage BIPOC creatives.

Steven Wakabayashi

Steven Wakabayashi is a queer first-generation Taiwanese and Japanese-American based in New York City. He is currently creating pathways for queer BIPOC creatives into the design industry through QTBIPOC Design, creating safe spaces for BIPOC communities within mindfulness through Mindful Sights, and designing equitable products and experiences for clients with his creative agency Stranger Creative.

AAPI MARKETS

ACE brings together AAPI creatives and small businesses to amplify their voices and impact through market curations.