Our mission is to provide resources and support for the local Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander American community, and increase the visibility and representation of the Asian American diaspora in Evanston’s civic, cultural and community spaces through the arts.
The 2022 Umbrella Arts Festival is on May 14th in downtown Evanston's Fountain Square!
Guest Speakers
The Umbrella Arts Festival is a cultural celebration of the Asian, South Asian,
Pacific Islander American community in Evanston.
The umbrella symbolizes the ASPA diaspora which includes a diversity of
ethnicities from over 40 countries around the world, and is inclusive of the
many intersections of identities that exist in our communities.
The festival is from 1-6pm with Funkadesi playing between 4-6pm.
Vendors will be open from 1-4pm with a few staying open until 6pm.
Check out the vendors, performances, and activities below!
The festival is free and open to all ages!
Mayor Daniel Biss
Commissioner Josina Morita
State Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Judge Sanjay Tailor
Performing Artists
Community Arts Activities
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Make a Lantern with Kids Create Change
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Learn how to make a book using folding paper techniques with Artist Book House
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Fold paper cranes at the PPSEAWA booth
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Add your story to the Placemaking archive at the Evanston ASPA story booth
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Participate in the Kitchen Table Stories Project story table activity
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Discover Henna design with Lucky Henna
and more...
Funkadesi
Mandala Arts
Flying Fairies
Join Ajanta Chakraborty of Bollywood Groove as she leads us in a dance-along! It's hard to stay in your seat when Funkadesi is playing so Ajanta is going to show us some Bollywood moves for all ages so that we can dance along!
Participating Artists, Community Organizations and Vendors
Asian American Caucus
Evanston City Clerk
Evanston ASPA
Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club
Evanston Pride
Evanston Public Library
HANA Center
Northwestern Cambodian Group
PPSEAWA
Coffee Lab & Nayon
Khmai
Link Physical Therapy
Mt. Everest Restaurant
Positively Asian
Yasotorn Thai
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club
George & Katrina de los Reyes GK Chicago Team, Berkshire Hathaway Chicago
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Our goal is to increase visibility and representation of the ASPA community. By spotlighting businesses, promoting restauranteurs, and giving artists, musicians, performers, writers, and makers a platform for sharing their work!
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Umbrella Arts Festival 2021 (formerly ASAPIA Heritage Arts Festival)
In 2021 Evanston hosted its first Arts Festival celebrating Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander heritage and culture on May 22, 2021 in Fountain Square. We had over 350 attendees! Check out these photos from that event...
