Are you a Boston-area artist, creative or freelancer who’s interested in buying a home or who has recently bought a home? Then this event is for you.

Hosted by Assets for Artists and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, this convening will provide a supportive space to share, learn, and get guidance from one another as well as tips from experts on navigating the homebuying journey. Join us to set yourself on the path to homeownership with resources during these challenging times. 

In addition, if you’re in the Boston area and interested in this event, we’d love for you to complete this survey by October 18th at noon for us to gain more insights on your needs and how to best support you at the convening and beyond.

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) is a Boston-area-based 1.5-generation Vietnamese American, interdisciplinary and transnational artist whose socially engaged work draws from her experience as a cultural organizer, facilitator, and coach. 

Anthonina Fenelon (she/her) is a proud native Bostonian, committed advocate for homeownership education and access, and Director of the STASH First-Generation Homebuyer Program at the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance.

This online convening will involve presentations from experts and plenty of time for Q&A.

Register via Zoom.

Sponsored by the City of Boston’s Office of Arts and Culture.

🗣️ Join Us for Community Showcase & Dialogue Night #2 🗣️

After the success of our first Community Showcase and Dialogue night, we are excited to invite you to Community Showcase & Dialogue Night #2! This is your chance to continue the conversation, share your thoughts, and engage with the next phase of the 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial project.

Your voice is essential in this process—let’s keep building this memorial, together.

📅 Dates: Tuesdays, October 8th
📍 Where: 1443A Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA 02122
⏰ 6:00 -8:00PM

On September 24th, we hosted our Community Showcase & Dialogue Night, where we shared the early design model of the 1975 Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial with our community. The event was filled with meaningful conversations, as we welcomed valuable feedback and words of encouragement from our attendees—many of whom were seniors and long-standing members of the Vietnamese community.

Their insights continue to shape the memorial, ensuring it reflects the rich history, resilience, and strength of our shared journey. We are deeply grateful for their participation and look forward to building this tribute together.

The 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative is excited to invite you to our Design Showcase Event on Saturday, September 14th from 12PM-3PM at VietAID Community Center.

This event will showcase the community-informed and community-driven art design of the memorial, created by our lead artist, Ngoc-Tran Vu. This will be followed by a community discussion and feedback session. This event will provide an opportunity for the community to engage with the design process, offer feedback, and contribute to the vision of a memorial that reflects the unique heritage and experiences of the Vietnamese Diasporic community.

Join us at this special event to provide your insights and feedback. Please help spread the word within your networks to encourage more community involvement!

Meet Ngoc-Tran Vu – a multimedia artist and cultural organizer, based in in Boston’s Dorchester community. Tran is an interdisciplinary visual creator, educator, and storyteller.

Inspired by one of Tran’s favorite children’s books “Hundred Years of Happiness”, a Vietnamese family story about love and care for each other, create your own art, based on your family memories!

Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.