People gathered at the Fair at 44 on a winter afternoon to celebrate the opening of Little Saigon Stories, a collection of stories through photography and film honoring Vietnamese refugees and descendants living and working in San Diego’s Little Saigon District on El Cajon Boulevard.
Spoken word artist Viet Mai hosted the evening, inviting participants to share their own “Little Saigon story” as people enjoyed food and refreshments at this community gathering space. Poet Alexander Luu and singer/songwriter Alexander Nguyen provided entertainment and reflection, and a storyteller’s booth provided an opportunity for guests to share their stories on film.
This first exhibit will be available for view at the Fair at 44 until mid-March. For more information on Little Saigon Stories, visit mediaartscenter.org/littlesaigon or follow @littlesaigonstories on Instagram.
Little Saigon Stories is a community arts program faciliated by the Media Arts Center San Diego and The AjA Project, in partnership with the El Cajon Business Improvement Association and the Little Saigon Foundation.
This program was made possible with additional support from LISC San Diego, the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, and partially supported by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts (www.arts.ca.gov), the California Arts Council, a state agency, and California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities (www.calhum.org).