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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 Doan Hoang.
Read more about Doan Hoang.
Some of our Board members used to be a part of a San Francisco-based organization called Ink and Blood ("Muc va Mau"), which was active from 1994 to 2000. The mission of that organization was to promote the works of Vietnamese American writers, poets and painters. Ink and Blood organized numerous events and art exhibits throughout the Bay Area for six years. We were then graduate students, artists and organizers. Years later, now professionals, we want to join forces and bring our skills, knowledge and access to institutions back to a cause we still believe in. We contacted each other, brought new friends who have a similar passion, analysis and vision, and thanks to a private donation granted to one of our members, decided to revive our old group. But this time, we will be working on a larger and more professional scale and with a more clearly defined purpose. Because most of us have known each other for a long time and have worked together in the past, our organization is characterized by open communication, enthusiasm, transparency and trust.
Original Ink and Blood member Mong Lan reads from her poetry and discusses her artwork at DVAN's "Vietnamese Poets of the Diaspora" on November 8, 2008. Photo courtesy of Thai Anh Nguyen-Khoa.