Giving voice to AAPI art and culture in NYC and beyond.
Essays

Asian Diasporic Stories at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

From a poignant feature on mental health starring Lucy Liu, to a dark comedy about navigating through grief, to a dedicated series of short films, check out some of the AANHPI and Asian Diasporic stories at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
By The Amp
By The Amp
Interviews

Lotus L. Kang on Mirroring, Roots, and In-Betweenness

By Gladys Lou
Reviews

“Chinatown Cha-Cha” Pays Homage to the Golden Era of Chinatown Nightclubs

By Kathy Ou

Donate to The Amp!

If you believe AANHPI artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, writers, and actors deserve a home for critical conversations that are by and for us, support The Amp today!
Donate Now
Learn more about The Amp

Essays

Asian Diasporic Stories at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

By The Amp

“Maybe Happy Ending” Considers the Futures of Love

By Sophia Park

Mengwen Cao on Photographing Queer and Trans AAPI Artists

By Mengwen Cao

Finding Happy Endings for Queer Daughters in AAPI Cinema

By Sidnee Lim

The Amp Issue 2: Letter from the Editor

By Shannon Lee

The Enduring Influence of Rupi Kaur on AAPI Poetry

By Nimarta Narang

Reflections of an American Soldier

By William Chan

Please Stop Mistaking “Parasite” as an AAPI Film

By Melissa Kim

On Witnessing Art, Death, and Palestine

By Diana Seo Hyung Lee

How Migration Impacts the Mediums and Practices of Diasporic Artists

By Ho Won Kim

Photo Essay: Celebrating Eid al-Fitr

By Ahmad Abdulwadood, Asif Ali, Sangeetha Kowsik, and Kaira Widodo

Alice Sparkly Kat’s Meditations on the Year of the Dragon

By Alice Sparkly Kat
View All

Profiles

Gia Fu Traces the Cross-Cultural Rhythms of Salsa Music

By Coral Yang

AAPI Community Filmmakers on the Rise: Anthony Banua-Simon

By Tracy Chung

Musician and Comedian Charlene Kaye Transforms Shame into Raucous Pride

By Joyce Keokham

Shyama Golden’s Demons

By Pramodha Weerasekera

CAO Collective Bridges Art, Healing, and Community

By Hannah Zhang

AAPI Filmmakers on the Rise: Sean Wang

By Nate Shu

Artist Michael Wang Challenges Visions of Apocalypse as Ruin

By Leo Kim

How Nobuko Miyamoto Set the Asian American Movement in Motion

By Ryan Lee Wong

Actress Shirley Chen Seeks Complicated Truths in Her Roles

By Amber X. Chen

How Ricky Sim Found Freedom in Comedy

By Rohan Zhou-Lee

AAPI FIlmmakers on the Rise: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker

By Lucas Manuel-Scheibe

Robert Ouyang Rusli Captures the Absurdities of Being an Immigrant Through Music

By Michelle Hyun Kim
View All

Reviews

“Chinatown Cha-Cha” Pays Homage to the Golden Era of Chinatown Nightclubs

By Kathy Ou

“A Silence So Loud” Demands Careful Listening

By Hindley Wang

Interrogating the Foreignness of Language in “English”

By Lili Emtiaz

“Offerings for Escalante” Traces the Webs of Labor, Resistance, and Ecology

By Isabel Ling

“Magazine Fever” Lays Out the Cycles of AAPI Identity

By Mimi Wong

Hyeree Ro’s “Niro” Takes Us on the Immigrant Journey

By Taeyi Kim

In “BAR,” Artist Rujuta Rao Tends to the Entangled Histories of Feni

By Pallavi Surana

What the Legacies of Past Generations of AAPI Artists Might Teach Us About Our Current Moment

By Claire Voon

“Yellow Face” Satirizes the Limitations of Representation

By Katie Gee Salisbury

10 Short Films Exploring the AAPI Experience

By A4 Staff

“Admissions Granted” Revisits the Overturning of Affirmative Action

By Kathy Ou

“Means of Production” Exposes the Seams of Art and Commerce

By Jenny Wu
View All

Interviews

Lotus L. Kang on Mirroring, Roots, and In-Betweenness

By Gladys Lou

Playwright Ghina Fawaz on Processing History from Within

By Ghina Fawaz and Shannon Lee

Christine Sun Kim on Motherhood, Rage, and the Future

By Diana SeoHyung

W.O.W. Project’s Mei Lum and lucky risograph’s Amanda Chung on Supporting Chinatown through Art

By Mei Lum, Amanda Chung, and The Amp

Playwright Philip Chung on Asian American Hollywood Histories

By Katie Gee Salisbury

Riven Ratanavanh on Subverting Racialized Power Dynamics

By Riven Ratanavanh and Banyi Huang

Charles Yu’s Mind-Bending “Interior Chinatown”

By Caroline Cao and Charles Yu

Dawn Chan and Marit Liang on Asian Counterfutures

By Dawn Chan and Marit Liang

Vishavjit Singh on Becoming an American Hero

By Vishavjit Singh and Shannon Lee

Lee Isaac Chung on Capturing American Storms, Big and Small

By Lee Isaac Chung and Zachary Lee

Jennifer Chang on Directing the Immigrant Experience

By Caroline Cao and Jennifer Chang

David Huang on Designing the 2024 Noguchi Museum Artist Banners

By David Huang and Shannon Lee
View All

News

A4 Welcomes summer 2025 interns Lajward Zahra and Lexi Wachen

By A4 Staff

A4 Opens Call for $25,000 AAPI Organizational Grants

By A4 Staff

Asian American Arts Alliance Awards Hongbo Cai and Devi Majeske the 2025 Van Lier Fellowships for Music

By A4 Staff

Asian American Arts Alliance Awards Naomi Funaki the 2025 Jadin Wong Fellowship for Dance

By A4 Staff

A4 Welcomes Michelle Bae as Grantmaking Manager

By A4 Staff

A4 Welcomes 2025 CUNY Cultural Corps Intern Nathaly Guaman

By A4 Staff

A4 Announces Awardees of the 2025 What Can We Do? Artist Grant

By A4 Staff

The Amp’s Top Stories of 2024

By A4 Staff

A4 Welcomes Rehana Mirza as Interim Programs Manager

By A4 Staff

A4 Welcomes Grace Blackmar as Inaugural Anjeli Jana Memorial Intern

By A4 Staff

A4 Appoints Bindu George and Serina Yamada to Board of Directors

By A4 Staff

A4 and MoCADA Announce 2024 Bandung Residents

By A4 Staff
View All