Catherine is a Chicago based dance performer and activist. Originally from Oakland, CA, Cat began dancing at age three and gained a rich and varied dance foundation. Her background includes a variety of styles, such as ballet, contact improvisation, Bharata Natyam, and Polynesian dance.

Independently, she is interested in somatic movement and the embodiment of concepts, as well as the expression of social messages within dance works.

J. Amber Kao is a choreographer, improviser, and dance artist who has presented work and collaborated with artists in Italy, Portugal, New York, and various other states within the USA. She was most recently awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research in dance and music in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chih-Hsien is a native of Taiwan, a mover, choreographer, improviser, registered dance/movement therapist, and Licensed Professional Counselor. She is a Movement Pattern Analyst, looking systematically at people’s decision-making process and interaction styles through their established integrated movement patterns.

Chien-An Yuan is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Ann Arbor, MI. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NewCity, Salon, ArtSlant, Huffington Post, and WNYC.

Past performances and exhibitions include Detroit Institute of Arts, The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gene Siskel Film Center, Museum of Chinese in America NYC, Syrup Loft, Zhou B Arts Center, Asian American Cultural Center of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hyde Park Art Center, and Gallery 312.

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, speaker, educator, and poet focused on issues of diversity, race, culture, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, New America Media, Pacific Citizen, Angry Asian Man, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She teaches courses on Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights law at the University of Michigan, and creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College.

Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe is a writer, editor, performer, and co-founder of The Tetra, an organization that uses art to transform, heal, and forge new ground. She brings her gifts for inspiring others to Detroit where she serves as convener and publisher for an organization that creates an enriching space for women of Detroit to weave community. Her work draws from the profound healing she’s experienced through writing, so that she may help Detroit embrace its own self-worth. Her artistic practice connects with the wounded parts of herself, so that she can serve as a role model for others longing to do the same. Rodriguez Sharpe’s writing investigates cultural intersections, specifically in the patterns that emerge when class, gender, ethnicity, and religion overlap.

An artist and educator with over twenty years of experience as a freelance creative, Kim currently works with Invisible Engines, LLC  providing design and strategy for non-profits and social justice organizations. In addition to graphic design, Kim has applied her creative problem solving skills and holistic approach to art and exhibitions, special events, interiors and spaces, and textiles and fashion. She is a passionate advocate for community arts and is involved with the Ann Arbor Art Center and Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti. Kim earned her BFA in fibers from the University of Michigan, AAS in fashion design from Parsons School of Design, and her MFA (as a trustee merit scholar) in fibers and material studies from the Art Institute of Chicago.

kyoung Noh [”oak-young no”] is an artist, director, and educator based in Seoul, South Korea and Ann Arbor, Michigan.


Okyoung Noh (b. Seoul, South Korea) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her lived experiences in Seoul with her mother from Jeju Island and her grandmother from North Korea informed her practice of multimedia installations, social practice, and performance in the United States.

In her work, Noh focuses on various manifestations of dehumanization that the bodies of Asian female diasporas – especially, their movements and vocals – exhibit during the processes of resistance and adaptation in a state of mis/dislocation. By dwelling on them, Noh maps and visualizes the socio-cultural violence and pressures that contribute to their dehumanization and creates a platform for challenging the power dynamics associated with them. Tracing the transgenerational and living trauma of Asian diasporas, Noh unveils their marginalized narratives under neo-nationalism and imperialism accompanying xenophobia and white supremacy.

For instance, Noh educated Anglo audiences about her broken English (“Onglish”), commanded a difficult pronunciation of her name to American participants, and offered a witty guided tour around WMAF pornography – to reveal the racialized and gendered struggles of Asian immigrants. Most recently, Noh documented the careful movements of a North Korean female defector who evaded Chinese public security for a decade.

Noh’s works have been shown at the Ann Arbor Art Center, Hangaram Museum in Seoul Arts Center, CICA Museum, Seoul Artist’s Platform_New & Young, Hongik Museum of Art, and many other galleries. She has been awarded the prestigious Chunman Art Award (KR) and nominated as the Young Korean Artist by CICA Museum (KR); the New Artist from Boomer Gallery (UK), and many others. Noh is a recipient of many grants from the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Seoul Artists' Platform, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation and Seoul National University. Noh acquired BFA at Seoul National University and is an Elsie Choy Lee scholar at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan.

Zosette Guir is a second generation Filipina American from Metro Detroit as well as a writer, musician, songwriter, and front woman for the band, Zosette and The Groove.

Joo Won Park (joowonpark.net) makes music with electronics, toys, and other sources that he can record or synthesize. He is the recipient of Knight Arts Challenge Detroit (2019) and the Kresge Arts Fellowship (2020). His music and writings are available on ICMC DVD, Spectrum Press, MIT Press, PARMA, Visceral Media, MCSD, SEAMUS, and No Remixes labels. He currently teaches Music Technology at Wayne State University.

ciale is a Queer, Neurodivergent, Pinay CHamoru with a BFA degree from the University of Michigan in Theatre Performance: Acting and a double-minor in Asian American Pacific Islander Studies and Performing Arts Management & Entrepreneurship (Class of 2021). Currently, ciale is growing as a freelance interdisciplinary artist in New York City, working to become bi-coastal and (with the vibez of God) international.