SHOW YOURSELF
A Benefit Residency Celebrating AAPI Stories
Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, and Jasmine Jang as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond.
This series is co-produced by Alex Wong. Sign up to join his Patreon and receive free livestream tickets to every show!
Doors open: 8:30pm
Tickets:
Live at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2: $35
VIP at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2: $50
*VIP tickets include:
Meet & greet with all artists for 20 minutes after the show
Signed show poster
Laminate VIP badge
Mixed audio recording download (mp3)
Permanent access to edited video recording (link)
Vienna Teng
Singer/Songwriter/Pianist, Vienna Teng has had a storied history. She's written code, released five full length studio albums, composed a musical, and worked in sustainability. Recently she became a mother to a beautiful baby girl and is actively exploring ways to return to music.
Alex Wong
Alex Wong creates music to help people remember who they are and show themselves to the world. He has always had a complicated relationship with his own memories, unable to remember his own childhood birthday parties yet possessing many vivid, sensory memories from dreams, places he’d never been, and what seemed almost like isolated vignettes from another life. That dissonance led to the songs on his latest album, “The Elephant and the Seahorse.” As he looked closer at his memories from the past, he was forced to acknowledge that he had been “hiding” his identity as a second generation Chinese-American for much of his life. Memories of being told to downplay his ethnicity in school, social groups, or in the mostly-white music industry, assimilate to white culture, speak with no accent, and keep himself small rushed to the surface, along with waves of shame and anger for buying into this conditioning. A lot of deep questioning followed, which he chronicles for the first time in his song “Show Yourself.”
Alex is a Latin GRAMMY-nominated artist and producer known for his work with Delta Rae, Vienna Teng, Melissa Ferrick and Morgxn, among others. Alex’s music has been featured in movies including “The Last Song” and TV shows including “True Blood.” Alex has toured all over the world, performing at festivals like Coachella, Outside Lands, and Corona Capital, in arenas in Mexico City and theaters in Europe and Japan, and on NPR’s Mountain Stage.
Alex has previously performed in the Keepsake House shows From Story to Song and Foresight and is a 2022 Keepsake House Artist in Residence.
Website | Spotify | Instagram | Patreon
Jasmine Jang
Jasmine Jang is a born and raised New York City-based singer/songwriter. She is the artist of two EPs and a full-length album that was released in 2021. Her songs have been described as genuine and ethereal, making their way onto Spotify editorial playlists including Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds: Indie. Her debut LP In Betweens explores the spaces we take up, make room for, and give ourselves permission to let go of. Her love and excitement for live music extends from the close-knit, conversational exchange between an artist and her audience, which she hopes she can fulfill not only with her own work, but with the community of artists at Keepsake House. At Keepsake, Jasmine directs shows, manages artist relationships, and often co-hosts or performs in shows.
Website | Spotify | Instagram | Patreon
With all tickets benefiting…
The Quiet Voice Fund
The Quiet Voice Fund was created by Alex Wong and shares its name with one of his songs, written around a simple idea: our voices don’t have to be LOUD to be strong. Alex believes that true power doesn’t come from being aggressive, selfish or dominating, but rather from the courage to be authentic and empathic, and to speak for those who can’t. The fund supports incredible organizations and people who embody this belief as they fight every day for the most vulnerable among us, through education, individual empowerment, and community strengthening. The supported organizations for this series are Stop AAPI Hate, Hate is a Virus, Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit, AAPI Women Lead, Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, and Yellowhammer Fund.
And keepsakes sponsored by…
Diana Ho & From Here to Sunday
Diana Ho is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work often focuses on the transformation of everyday objects, exploring the mundane, yet deeply intimate relationship we have with our belongings. Diana received a BFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts and has since worked with off-Broadway theatres, indie musicians, and world-renowned fine artists. Her latest venture is From Here to Sunday–an art gift shop and gallery in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
From Here to Sunday began in a fake bodega within a real museum by artist Diana Ho with the simple act of sharing baked goods. This gesture is at the root of the business, which values creating an inclusive community through artful gift-giving. Each product is lovingly made in limited quantities by talented artists—ranging from paintings, to zines, to jewelry, to baked goods, and beyond. This small business continues to evolve in different contexts, whether it is a pop-up shop or an art exhibition. Now with a brick-and-mortar space, From Here to Sunday strives to utilize its platform to uplift marginalized artists through a decolonized lens.
K.N. Yamazaki
Keiko Nabila Yamazaki was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts and is based in New York City specializing in vibrant and playful illustration, surface design, and printmaking. Other than Illustration, Art & Design, she is also passionate about Wes Anderson's works, Disney tsum-tsum dolls, food, and Bernese Mountain dogs. Who is she kidding, she loves all kinds of dogs.
Kam Hing Coffee Shop
Kam Hing Coffee Shop is a landmark of [Manhattan] Chinatown. It opened its doors about 35 years ago and is famous for its light, fluffy, and moist sponge cake. Chinese American owner Liz Yee and her family opened Kam Hing Coffee Shop as a way to pass down memories from generation to generation. Besides the original sponge cake version, you can find a multitude of flavors such as pandan, matcha, ube, black sesame, and coconut. (Bio by Izzy Chan and With Warm Welcome for The Infatuation.)
Rose Wong
Rose Wong is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY who likes to combine the natural with unnatural. Her work can be found in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bon Appétit, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among many other publications. Rose’s primary medium is digital, but she still enjoys the occasional doodling in her sketchbook. When not drawing, she makes zines and ceramics. Her interest in bookmaking and ceramics grew out of the desire to bring her digital art into a tangible world.
Spring Cafe
Casual choice for vegan burgers, bao buns & smoothies, presented in a counter-serve format located right outside the Canal St. subway station in Manhattan Chinatown.