Our Objectives
Instill neighborhood pride.
Enable people to establish new relationships and networks.
Empower artists through capacity building and mentorship.
Democratize access to art on digital platforms.
Integrate art and design with social praxis.
Foster critical dialogue.
Provide a deeper understanding of creativity.
Respond to gentrification.
Gallery
The Gallery at Chinatown Soup is a curated space that invites artists to participate in creative community outside of “the art world.” Intentional creators across disciplines are welcome. Soup exhibits contextualize artworks to make alternative narratives visible, challenging conventional methods and framing radical open-mindedness. We take a visionary approach to presentation that is both retrospective and futuristic from a hyper-present position. For us, art is a verb—a dynamic process of self-discovery where intuitive decision-making, raw expression, and the embrace of imperfection guide the way.
STRANGE BOUTIQUE
STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Studio
The Studio at Chinatown Soup is an underground space where resident artists work and play. Down here, we listen for whispers of the heart, learn from each other, and make art to display upstairs. Inspired by the Basement Workshop of 1970s Chinatown, an activist collective begun by a group of young urban planners and artists that grew from scavenging discarded street furniture and benefit dances to spawning multiple, longstanding cultural arts institutions, Soup's basement is a laboratory for the experimental and conscious.
“At birth, we emerge from dream soup. At death, we sink back into dream soup. In between soups, there is a crossing of dry land. Life is a portage.”
SPIRIT SOUP
SPIRIT SOUP
Cafe
The Cafe at Chinatown Soup blends into its surroundings and gives back to the people it serves. With an eclectic product mix characteristic of neighborhood tastes—featuring single origin Chinese teas, direct trade Colombian coffee, and artist-made goods crafted in-house, by neighbors, and by our friends from abroad—Soup Cafe is an inclusive place that brings people together. Through using sustainable practices such as upcycling and sourcing eco-friendly materials, we demonstrate our ongoing commitment to reciprocity and artful living.
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