ABOUT ASIAN CREATIVE FESTIVAL
WITH THE SUPPORT OF HUNDREDS OF VENDORS, PARTNERS, AND SPONSORS
Sponsor
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 is a modern eyewear brand featuring lightweight classic frames.
Vendor
A filipinx owned mochi based online dessert shop founded in summer of 2019 by Kert Lasdoce and Aaron Ortega and Rivy-Major Oponda.
Organizer
AAPI Creatives and Entrepreneurs brings together AAPI creatives and small businesses to amplify their voices and impact.
Vendor
Sad Boiz Co. is a jewelry and dorm decor shop started by one of the founders of ACE Pop Up
Organizer
Asian Creative Foundation is a place where we provide help entry-level creatives navigate their careers, and break into the industry.
Organizer
Empowering Asian creatives by providing an inclusive, global platform and resources for active community building, collaboration, and growth.
Organizer
Mixed Asian Media focused on sharing stories and celebrating mixed API's.
Organizer
Sharing authentic expressions of the Asian American & Pacific Islander experience through film, media, and education.
Vendor
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
NYC-based fashion brand that helps people break boundaries in fashion, and feel more confident in themselves.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
11am - 5pm
AAPI Markets by ACE
630pm - 8 pm
AAPI Film Screening by Mixed Asian Media
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
For general inquiries, send us a note here.
LOCATION
More on Industry City, www.industrycity.com
Address: 33 35th St., Brooklyn, NY 11232
CREATIVE TALK HOSTS
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 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.
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