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Every three months, DVAN features the work of a different Vietnamese artist, one who is either working in the diaspora or who has returned to Viet Nam. This quarter, our featured artist is Hong-An Truong.
Read more about Hong-An Truong.
If you are ever treated to a fine meal, remember what a wise man once said: "Nothing is so expensive as free." This goes for art as much as for hospitality. DVAN strives to produce and host high-quality events that bring the best of diasporic Vietnamese art and literature to audiences free of charge, but there are, of course, all manner of expenses we must confront. Rest assured that if you donate to DVAN, almost all the money will go towards the care and feeding of those artists, writers, and audience members we bring to our events (we do have to provide a small commission to our very worthy nonprofit fiscal sponsor, Intersection for the Arts). None of the people who work for DVAN are paid for their work, with the exception of our grant writers.
You can donate with a credit card online. Please enter "DVAN" in the "Intersection Incubator donors only" section to ensure the donation will be recorded for "DVAN." You can also donate with a check. Please download the donation form and send your check "for DVAN" to Intersection for the Arts. Donations should be written to Intersection for the Arts and are tax deductible.
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DVAN is always looking for in-kind contributions as well. These are also tax-deductible! We need office supplies (paper, stamps, computers, printers, etc.) as well as things that can be used for our events: flowers, food, books, artwork, projectors, speakers, microphones, etc. In addition, we will soon be staging a fund-raiser with a silent auction, and we will need items that can be auctioned, including artwork and gift certificates, but also anything you think people would want. An iPod you no longer need? A cashmere scarf that's just not you? A Gucci handbag you're too embarrassed to carry around in these hard times? Give them to DVAN! Contact Isabelle Thuy Pelaud or Viet Thanh Nguyen for more information.
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Bac Hoai Tran plays the guitar and Quelani Penland plays the violin during the after party at DVAN's "Vietnamese Poets of the Diaspora" on November 8, 2008. Photo courtesy of Thai Anh Nguyen-Khoa.