ABOUT
Our Mission
Chopsticks Alley Art promotes Southeast Asian cultural heritage through the arts. We provide support and promote artists through art exhibits, classes, and events. We celebrate the cultural diversity of Southeast Asian contemporary art to foster greater understanding and connect communities.
We serve young Southeast Asian artists, low-income families, elders, the LGBTQ+ community, and individuals with differing abilities.
Location 1
Gardner Community Center
520 W Virginia St
San Jose, CA 95125
NOW OPEN!



Location 2
Olinder Community Center
848 East William Street
San Jose, CA 95116
(Coming soon!)



Art Gallery
Open San Jose
38 S. 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(Opening Summer 2022)



OUR PROGRAMS

VISUAL ARTS
Exhibitions
Featuring community based work from underserved Southeast Asian artists who push boundaries and engage audiences.

LITERATURE
& Performing Arts
Exploring and featuring spoken and written words for its creative and artistic value to preserve our language and culture.
By offering arts-based programs, exhibits, and community events, we create an engaging environment of
celebration, understanding, and support between our diverse multi-generational communities.
CHOPSTICKERS
Trami Cron
Executive Artistic Director
Founder of Chopsticks Alley Art and Chopsticks Alley multi-media publication. She is a cultural organizer, producer, and host of Chopsticks Alley talk show, podcast, and author of VietnamEazy. She is an Emerging Arts Professional San Francisco Fellow and has a Business Marketing degree from the University of Utah.
Esther Young
Writer. Producer
Esther is a "writer at heart," an event coordinator by profession and a shy but earnest songwriter for life. Her lifelong mission is to tell conscious stories and foster gatherings that facilitate the ways we seek to be understood and connect authentically. She believes every neighborhood and person is brimming with creation and complexity, and that learning to move with compassion is one of the best uses of her time.
Harleen Kaur
Fellows Mentor
Harleen is a freshman at Foothill College pursuing her B.A. in philosophy. She ran her high school’s newspaper as a managing editor for PHHS The Legend. Dedicating two years as an editor for the The Legend she was inducted into the Quill and Scroll Honor Society as a lifetime member. Growing up in San Jose, Harleen hopes to write about and amplify the voices of the Vietnemese and Pinoy community that she is surrounded by. Harleen hopes to attend law school in the future and become a lawyer who will give back to her community.
Linh Bui
Class Assistant. Content Writer
Linh is a freshman at De Anza College pursuing journalism. She is dedicated to amplifying minority voices and using her influence to create social change. Linh believes "Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success." Besides journalism, she has experience in graphic design and cinematography, and she is willing to learn more about political science and human rights. In joining Chopsticks Alley, Linh hopes to contribute to raising awareness of Southeast Asian art and taking pride in her heritage as a Vietnamese immigrant.
Cynthia Cao
Artist. Exhibit Designer
A visual artist primarily known for her intaglio prints and watercolors. As an arts educator, she has led workshops at the Vietnamese-American Community Center, served as Gallery Teacher at the San Jose Museum of Art, and taught in private art studios in the South Bay. She is the Exhibition Designer and Teaching Artist for
She earned her BFA in Pictorial Arts with a Minor in Art History & Visual Culture from San Jose State University.
Hang Huynh
Artistic Program Coordinator
Hang is a contemporary artist who is interested in sculpture, photography, and oil painting. To her, kindness is the most beautiful thing that she appreciates and sees in humans. Pursuing a BFA degree in Spatial art and a minor in Photography, she hopes to help the world become a better place through her art.
Martin Mijares
Photographer
Martin is a photographer and analyst turned UX Designer. His academic background is in the social sciences, specifically an MA in Sociology (feel free to bring up social theory or statistical modeling with multiple variables any time). The multidisciplinary skillset gained from Sociology gives him a solid toolkit that can apply to the Design Thinking process, essentially improving the user's experience from the digital to the real world.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jeff Bordona, Director of Education, San Jose Museum of Art
Kalpana Handu Guha, Director of Operations, Asquare Inc
Dinh Ly, Materials Program Manager, Applied Materials
Marie Millares, Director of Facilities, Veggielution
Jessica Savage, Executive Communications Manager, Cisco
Thomas Vo, Real Estate and Insurance Broker, Province Real Estate
ADVISORY BOARD
David Bonaccorsi, LLP, Civil Attorney
Jeff Ruster, Director of Strategic Partnership City of San Jose
Van Lan Truong, Policy Aide, Santa Clara County
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CONTACT
CHOPSTICKS ALLEY ART
Interested in volunteering with us?
Send an email to chopsticksalleyart@gmail.com
and let us know how you'd like to help.