Asian Art Gala

Singer-songwriter and YouTube sensation AJ Rafael will be taking the stage at the After Party! Named a Filipino American Game Changer by the City of Los Angeles, AJ has spent over two decades shaping the independent music landscape while elevating Asian American representation across music, TV, on stage, and social media.

Bollywood Dance Central empowers kids and adults to master the rich culture of South Asian dance forms.

Bay Area violinist Rose Crelli is a genre bending trailblazer, famously performing Bay Area hyphy and hip hop music on the violin. She made her debut performing solo for the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in 2022, after being discovered on social media. Since then, Rose has performed for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, Bay FC, WNBA Valkyries, and most recently, the Bad Bunny Super Bowl HalfTime Show, and 5 FIFA World Cup Games. Originally born in China, Rose was adopted as a baby to her family in Alaska, and is a proud first generation immigrant, Asian American and dual citizen of the US and Canada.

J-Marq is a Filipino-American DJ and producer raised in Watsonville, CA, and currently based in Portland, OR. He is deeply rooted in the sounds of soul, R&B, and hip hop, shaped by the R&B ballads that soundtracked his car rides home as a child, as well as his early-teen years spent learning to sample and make boom-bap beats. DJing has been an important art form within the Filipino-American community, especially in the Bay Area, and he’s honored to be a small speck among the many talented Filipinos who have contributed to this pillar of hip hop.