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Twitch’s ability to connect with coveted younger demographics appealed to Trami Cron of Chopsticks Alley, which supports Southeast Asian artists. With Alabastro, she’s using Twitch to stream performances and conversations with artists, starting with Dane Amar, Esther Young and Wesly Tan on Saturday, May 2. There’s a lot of overlap between artists and gamers, she says.

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A NEW ART EXHIBITION AT SAN JOSE CITY HALL. It showcases four interpretations of “home” by four young artists of Southeast Asian descent. It manages to capture both the immigrant experience and their everyday life that should be familiar to Bay Area residents.

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Incredible art can be found everywhere we go, but it takes a certain presentation to make the brilliance visible to many. Chopsticks Alley Art gives underreprented artists opportunities be be paid and featured in an honorable way.

Ken Matsumoto's compound, the ArtObjectGallery, sits on a legendary Japantown parcel, near a Zen meditation studio and an artist's supply shop. Including an exhibit space along with an outdoor sculpture garden where one finds Matsumoto's own work, the complex usually exudes serenity, but last Saturday, the entire property came alive thanks to Salt Stained, a new exhibit of mostly Vietnamese visual artists that runs through Oct. 26.

For Trami Cron, sharing Vietnamese art and culture is about more than creating community.

It’s also about helping people focus on something positive. “We find that during these difficult times, there needs to be a light,” she said. “There needs to be some laughter and smiles.”