Kolika Chatterjee is a Somerville-based, self-taught multi-disciplinary glass artist whose work bridges cultural storytelling and contemporary design. Drawing on her experience in material research and experience-design, she creates both functional and sculptural glass art that explores tessellation and movement. Her practice spans Tiffany style, copper-foiled stained glass and sometimes kiln-formed functional glassware guided by the interplay of texture, process and color. Kolika’s work is deeply informed by her West Bengali heritage, migration, and the rhythms of geometry and Nature, where she finds inspiration in global architecture and anthropology as modular motifs travel time and continents, adapting themselves and those around them.

“Cuộc đời” is the Vietnamese word for “life.” It also serves as a soothing mantra every time I try to instill life into every piece of work I do. Growing up in a Vietnamese household, my parents would always remind me to never forget about our homeland. My life always included some form of art making, which has changed throughout time. My current medium and passion are relief printmaking. It brings me joy to know that I am using the same medium that Vietnamese artists used to portray snapshots of their lives. My work is meant to provoke thought and conversation. I want the onlooker to see these pieces and feel they know what it's like to go out for a walk or to experience the natural wonders found throughout Vietnam.

Kannetha (កន្និថា) Brown is a second-generation Khmer American artist working between Providence, Rhode Island and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Working across photography, film, writing, and oral history, her practice explores Cambodian memory through family, community, and landscape. Rooted in cultural and spiritual traditions, she approaches image-making as a form of inheritance shaped by survival, rupture, and care. Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in The New York Times and Rolling Stone. She holds a BFA in Photography with honors from MassArt and has received support from the Artist Community Alliance, the Interlace Grant Fund, and the Rhode Island Foundation.

Emma is the Somerville-based illustrator behind Emma Tung Art. Emma aims for her art to be a celebration of the beauty in the plants and flowers around us. She loves flowers so much that she worked in plant molecular biology research for a decade and admired their little bodies every day. While unfortunately academia was not for her, she has begun healing from her PhD trauma through rediscovering her joyful love of plants. She is inspired by her loved ones’ favorite fruits and flowers and hopes to capture how happy they make her by lovingly embodying each plant’s unique form in her illustrations. Through this process, her love for all queer people blooms, including her love for herself.

Anna Dugan, also known as Annadidathing, is a biracial Filipino American public artist based in North Andover, MA. She received a BFA with a concentration in Fine Art & Graphic Design from UMass Lowell in 2013 and has been creating large scale public art since 2017 on a wide range of surface types and project scopes. She has a deep passion for creating public art centered by her belief that it has the power to positively impact shared spaces and weave emotional bonds within diverse communities. All of Anna’s artwork is thoughtfully created, infused with symbolic narratives based in community and representation.

IJ Chan (陳加恩) / SKETCHMONCHAN is a dancer, educator, graphic designer, visual artist and clothing designer from Boston, MA. She has dedicated her life to training and performing intensively in multiple dance genres, as well as bringing quality arts instruction to inner-city youth in Boston. IJ is a proud Chinese-American with roots in Hong Kong and Southern China and is interested in exploring the Asian-American narrative in her own art.

An enthusiastic dinosaur lover, Sol is a creature that draws to live. Not in the financial sense, but more of a… way to hold on to living. Art reminds it that there are ways to connect with the world without the superficial jibber–jabber of average society. Satiating curiosity about animals and other mysteries of nature is probably the biggest driving force for wanting to make art in the first place. Sol aspires to be a fully fledged cartoonist in the near future.

Windy Pham is the founder of Little Ant World, a bilingual children's book author, and a cultural educator dedicated to bringing AAPI culture and tradition into homes, classrooms, and communities. Born and raised in Vietnam, Windy came to the United States at 17, navigating a new country while quietly learning to hide the parts of herself that felt too different. Her accent. Her name. Her identity. It was only when she became a mother, raising an Asian American daughter, that she realized how much she wanted the opposite for her child. She wanted her daughter to speak Vietnamese with pride, celebrate their traditions without apology, and see herself reflected in the stories she grew up reading. Little Ant World is that vision made real; bilingual books and cultural events that help every child feel proud of where they come from.

My name is Cara. I am a Taishanese-American living in Greater Boston. I enjoy being artistic and making art for not just for me but for others who want to be seen. I find inspiration in my everyday life, childhood, culture, and imagination. And due to my never ending journey- I am always seeking new ways to express myself and expanding my abilities. and sharing with communities who also wish to be creative and open to share their stories and inspirations!

I liken my multimedia art practice to an octopus—playing with color, curiosity, and a rich Chinese heritage. After immigrating to the US from Beijing at age eight until well into my adulthood, my Chinese features, traditions and aesthetic motifs seemed to me stale at best, embarrassing at worst. However, a solo journey to my ancestral village in Shanxi in my 20s brought me in contact with joyful creative young people among artifacts millenia-old, and sparked my love for Chinese culture, art and history. I was liberated to explore my cultural heritage on my own terms. Around the same time I came to understand the unique experience of being Asian American and being part of the Chinese diaspora. Through art-making, I dive into my lineage, identity, and an East Asian diaspora collective subconscious—my main wells of joy, connection, and healing.

Vi Nguyen Le, also known online as Sixish, is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Salem, MA. She has a BFA with a focus in Animation + Interactive Media, a minor in Creative Writing and is mainly interested in graphic novels and visual storytelling. She enjoys spending time with her friends playing D&D, other tabletop games, and creating whimsical and silly medieval fantasy art inspired by it. Outside of being a nerd, they like music and food- they work as a pastry baker!

Makayla Boucher (lordboosh) was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts and makes work in attempts to most truthfully depict profound human emotion, the barriers of communication, and unspoken relationships, usually amidst chaos. With a background in psychology, her work is often layering emotion, social commentary, and mysticism. She has exhibited at Trinity College in her first solo exhibition, “smoke stains” and has shown work in the Boston City Hall Gallery and Western Ave Studios. Makayla’s interests continue to expand in language, layering effects of material, and learning about radical change through biological life in and around us.

Dana Balletta (she/hers) is a Chinese-adoptee, Boston-based graphic designer who aims to connect individuals and communities together through her craft. She also uses art to explore her identity as a transracial adoptee (raised by family of a different race). Dana graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History from Lesley University. She is currently a Graphic Designer at CBT Architects and Assistant Graphic Designer at the American Repertory Theater.

Resi Ibañez is a writer and multidisciplinary craft artist based in Lowell, MA. They write poetry and essays, and craft jewelry, fiber, furniture, and 2D illustration in various mediums. They are a genderqueer, mixed Filipinx artist whose work across fields explores cultural identity, queerness, past eras, and embraces DIY and punk maker culture. Resi has received support for their art from the Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop and Tin House, as well as from the Assets 4 Artists Cultural Strategy program. You can follow Resi on Instagram @thecrocodileclub.studio.

I create because of the community that comes with the work. I love reaching out and discovering new people and the worlds that they bring with them. For me their stories become intertwine with mine. In a way my work shows gratitude to those who are with me or not- their lives have an impact on me. My art is threads of the people who have touched my life whether they know it or not in hopes that the messages gets back to them.

Mindy is a maker, mah nyuh 마녀, and cultural organizer who facilitates circles of creativity for collective belonging and care. She believes in using art and alchemy as mediums for interconnection, somatic healing and radical change. As a transracial, transnational adopted person from the South Korean diaspora, this deeply informs her embodied perspective on how we belong with ourselves and one another.

Erica is an emerging, self-taught artist working with oil paints and pastels. She often uses vivid colors, emphasizing their emotional impact, inspired by the Fauvist period. Having seen the power art has to bring people together, she aims to create work that connects people to their authentic selves. Often painting floral, fauna, and landscapes, she believes nature holds the key to self-reflection and deeper connection. In addition to creating her own artwork, she holds true to her value of authentic connection by leading an artist community and regular workshops for children and adults.

Jay is a novice mixed-media artist based in Fall River, Massachusetts. Their work explores the intersections of identity, spirituality, and politics, using layered materials and visual storytelling to examine personal and collective narratives. Through their practice, Jay invites reflection while taking a clear stance on the social and cultural forces that shape our lives.

Valinda is a public artist, zinester, and community storyteller rooted in AAPI identity and the histories, silences, and strength that come with it. Their work is shaped by a background in design, but more deeply by community – by listening, sharing, and learning what it means to show up for one another. Valinda makes zines, hosts workshops, and creates public projects that invite people to tell their stories in ways that feel accessible, honest, and unpolished. She is interested in the power of storytelling as a form of reclamation and connection, especially within diasporic communities. Grounded in mutual aid and collective care, her practice is about making space – for memory, for voice, and for building something more supportive and interconnected together.

Yixuan Zeng is a multidisciplinary visual artist with a passionate belief in the limitless power of art and storytelling for greater social change. Their murals often explore themes of identity and belonging, both within our immediate communities and the larger world around us. Yixuan hopes to reclaim public spaces for local communities through artwork that inspires joy, curiosity, and collective healing.

Jade is a versatile artist whose works span many different media, from acrylic painting, chinese watercolor brush painting (primarily xie yi with some gong bi explorations), stained glass, pottery, and linocut / printing. She is fascinated by emotive and symbolic nature of art, in how the deeper meanings beyond the surface can be created and shared. Her work explores the boundaries, connections, incongruities, and the complexities of life.

ponnapa prakkamakul พรนภา ปรักกมกุล 陳可意 (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and landscape architect based in Massachusetts. As a third-generation, ethnically Chinese born in Thailand, relocated to Hong Kong then the United States, ponnapa creates place-specific installations that explore the relationship between people and their environment. Inspired by landscape and people at the site, her work tells stories of the place and expresses voices from people in those locations, aiming to create a sense of place and belonging. ponnapa holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a recipient of Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Award and David Bethuel Jamieson Fellowship. Her past artist residencies include the Fallingwater Institute, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Urbano Project, Umbrella Arts Center, Provincetown Community Compact, and Manoog Family Artist-in-Resident at the Plumbing Museum with four paintings in the museum’s permanent collection.

I’m Kevin Nguyen, a multidisciplinary artist inspired by community, culture, and representation; creating visuals and experiences that explore the intersections of American experiences. My experiences with life are what directly feeds my creativity and vision to create and storytell. I’ve found my process is akin to detective work. Research, experience, first hand accounts, and quiet observations reveal truths of life’s crossroads. Through these (re)discovered intersections, my work comes to life. I draw inspiration from invisible connections. When designing and curating shows, my ultimate goal is to create an experience for people to see something both new and traditional. I hope people see the work I create and find comfort in traditions and excitement for what future traditions we can create from our present.

Zhonghe (Elena) Li is a location-based, participatory artist whose work explores the interdependence between human well-being and the natural world. Influenced by Taoist philosophy, she creates hands-on art experiences in community settings that reconnect youth and families with land and waterways. Through papercutting, lantern-building, and collaborative installations, she transforms ecological observation into embodied creative practice. She believes creativity and spirituality arise from direct engagement with nature, and that nurturing this relationship supports both personal resilience and ecological balance, fostering belonging between people, place, and one another.

Jess is an artist and musician determined to make a positive difference in the climate change crisis and expand change-making in the world of art. She's done work in acrylic, oil, pencil and charcoal sketching, sculpting, mural painting, and pen and ink. Her work is on display at the House of Seven Gables and has done commissioned work for several companies and individuals. The Community Art Project — Heart & Scroll — featured Jess as the lead student artist at the Salem Arts Festival in June of 2024.