Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI Asian American Arts Alliance’s magazine, The Amp, is looking for a cover artist for their next print issue! Previous editions have featured work by Samia Halaby and Rama Duwaji. A4 offers a modest $500 honorarium for this project.
A study by CUNY SPH researchers found that family caregivers of hospitalized lung cancer patients in Northern Vietnam experience significantly diminished quality of life and that resilience may serve as an indirect pathway in the relationship between depressive symptoms and well-being.
AFI DWW+ applications are now open. The program is a tuition-free, year-long workshop that supports emerging narrative filmmakers looking to deepen their directing experience or pivot into the director role. The call for applications will close on September 9, 2026. The program will accept up to eight (8) candidates who demonstrate a passion for visual … Read more
The 2026 Art as Witness Fund is seeking to commission new work from artists and culture bearers with commissions ranging from $2,500 to $5,000. The Art as a Witness Fund is an invitation to artists and culture bearers to submit new commissioned work that tells stories of freedom the 250th U.S. anniversary leaves out. The … Read more
The PEAK Writers Fellowship (PWF) discovers and nurtures new and emerging Pasifika writers launching their careers in television. Founded by PEAK Co-Founder, Director, Screenwriter and Showrunner, Dana Ledoux Miller, this is the only writing program in Hollywood created by a Pasifika creative.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 49th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: an intimate connection of hope and solidarity between a Filipino steward and a Black welder in 1940s Brooklyn, a Sikh MMA fighter navigating the balance between faith and the brutal world of combat sports, a golden but challenged friendship between a Jewish girl and a Muslim girl in Jerusalem, and an immigrant woman examining her past, identity, and regrets in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death.