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Constance Moore illustrator and educator

Artists Featured for Black History Month

In celebration of Black History Month (February), AEF is highlighting seven African American visual artists and one poet who are participants in our Art Changes program. All eight artists made short videos where they explained (and sometimes demonstrated) their work. Each visual artist video is accompanied by an art activity video made by two film students of color. The poetry video is accompanied by an instructional PDF slideshow.

Here’s the list of artists with a description of their video.

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Student Art Exhibit April 19, 2025

Student Art Exhibit Opens April 19, 2025

A new AEF student artwork exhibit, featuring the artwork of Salma Arastu , photographs by Will Chang, and poetry by poet laureate Maw Shien Win will open on April 19, 2025. The  student artwork will be inspired by your Salma’s Interdependence panels, and student poetry based on Maw’s nature poem. The exhibit is called Our Earth: Embracing All Communities. The exhibit will run through May 25, 2025.

WHEN: April 19,

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Maw Shein Win's Thistles

Poetry Slam 2025 is On!

AEF will be hosting it’s 2nd Annual Poetry Slam on March 22, 2025 from 2 – 4 PM at Books Inc., 1344 Park St. in Alameda, CA.

Poet Maw Shein Win will be there to read her poem Thistles, talk about writing and answer any questions!

Alameda K-12 students will be reading their works influenced by a nature poem by poet laureate Maw Shein Win. Middle and high school students must submit their poetry prior to the event by emailing aefpam@gmail.com

Maw Shein Win's Thistles

 

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Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month! Also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this is a time to recognize the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous people. National Native American Heritage Month was recognized federally for the first time in the United States in 1990. Joaquin Newman, one of our Art Changes local artists, is a member of the Yaqui tribe. You can read more about Joaquin and learn about his art here.

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Filipino American History Month

Filipino American History Month

Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the nation and the third-largest ethnic group in California, after Latinas/os and African Americans. The celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when “Luzones Indios” came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California. In 2009, U.S.

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Hispanic Heritage month

Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins in the United States each year on Sep. 15 and ends on Oct. 15, celebrates U.S. Latinos, their culture and their history. AEF’s Art Changes program features five artists who represent Hispanic Culture: Brazilian landscape painter Alex D. da Silva, Joaquin Newman who builds on the tradition of Mayan art, Bolivian-American painter and weaver Miguel Arzabe, water-colorist and muralist Irene Juarez-O’Connell,

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Poet Maw Shein Win

Maw Shein Win

Maw Shein Win’s full-length poetry collection Percussing the Thinking Jar...