May Town Hall: Kinship

This May, we’re hosting a Town Hall centered on kinship. Artists, collectives, and mutual support networks are invited to discuss themes of family, friendship, and belonging and to share projects, resources, and opportunities with the AAPI creative community and to make connections.

Featured presenters include Anjali Goyal, board member of the South Asian Womxn’s Creative Collective (SAWCC), a volunteer-run organization dedicated to the advancement, visibility, and development of emerging and established South Asian womxn artists and creative professionals by providing a physical and virtual space to profile their work across disciplines.

We’ll also hear from Sarah Machiko Haber, the programs and membership director of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA), whose mission is to advance the field of AANHPI, SWANA, MENA, and mixed race theater through a national network of organizations and artists.

Additionally, the evening will feature a line-up of brief pitches from the community. After the presentations, we’ll host a potluck meal, so please bring something to share; homemade or store bought items are welcome.

This event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP is required to attend and/or pitch, but you do not have to pitch to attend.

For pitching guidelines and other information about A4 Town Halls, please visit our FAQ. If you have additional questions, please email programs@aaartsalliance.org.

Accessibility: Prime Produce is wheelchair accessible and has gendered restrooms.

If you need CART Transcription, ASL interpretation, large print, or any other accommodations for this event, please email programs@aaartsalliance.org at least one week before this event.

About the presenters

Anjali Goyal is on the board of the South Asian Womxn’s Creative Collective (SAWCC). She works at ArtsPool, a cooperative that provides administrative support to arts nonprofit organizations, and has previously worked as the development manager at the Asian American Arts Alliance and as the programs director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Anjali has two decades of experience in nonprofit arts administration in NYC, with roles in public programming, fundraising, operations, and communications. Born and raised in Ohio, she currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

The South Asian Womxn’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to the advancement, visibility, and development of emerging and established South Asian womxn artists and creative professionals by providing a physical and virtual space to profile their creative and intellectual work across disciplines. SAWCC has served South Asian womxn since 1997 and has earned a reputation for showcasing work that deals intelligently with issues of gender and cultural representation. Their public programs present the creative work of South Asian womxn in multiple disciplines through salons, talks, workshops, readings, screenings, performances, and exhibitions. Members include South Asian women, femmes, trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people.

Sarah Machiko Haber (she/hers) is an artistic producer, administrator, and advocate driven by a belief that the arts can be a tool of social change by acting as a mirror for reflection and a dreamspace for the future. She currently serves as CAATA’s Programs and Membership Engagement Director. Prior to working with CAATA, Sarah was most recently the Managing Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret. Other work includes positions with Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatre Communication Group, Theater Mu, the Lark Play Development Center, National Asian American Theatre Company, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Sarah holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama.