Rice Water Reflections: an evening with Nyingv Jae

Join artist Nyingv Jae Saechao for an evening of poetry, art, and storytelling.

Celebrated for their ability to weave intricate verbal + visual tapestries of diaspora dreams and ancestral prayers, Nyingv Jae will perform selections from their latest writing collection, . This collection is a raw exploration of identity, memory, language and spirituality in relationship to their gender-expansive lineages and deep indigenous refugee roots.

Nyingv Jae will also share their visual art, discussing the transformative power of creativity x culture and reflecting on how art and storytelling can serve as catalysts for social change, cultural autonomy, and collective healing in Khmu, Iu Mien and other Southeast Asian communities of diaspora.

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Books will be available for sales and signing (limited number of copies; you can also buy the book from link above and bring it for signing.)

This is a hybrid event, but we encourage you to come in person at 5:30 pm to join us for a reception on the patio with light refreshments (MCC does not allow food indoors, so come at 5:30 to have time to eat before the event!). You'll receive a Zoom link in case you need to join virtually.

Members of the public are welcome! If you do not have a Cal1 card, please see this doc for instructions for access.

This event is sponsored by Asian Pacific American Student Development and the Asian American Research Center, part of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Co-sponsored by: Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, Department of English, Center for Southeast Asia Studies

Nyingv Jae Saechao is the first Southeast Asian American artist-in-residence. Funding for their residency comes from the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Grant that UC Berkeley was awarded in September 2023.

Host or Publisher Asian American Research Center