VAGABOND
A Community of Vietnamese Artists
Artists at opening of 50 Years of HOPE and HA-HAs | Photo by Ashley Jaye Williams
A core value of Vagabond projects is that there’s no one way to be Vietnamese, and therefore we can embrace all the different ways to be Vietnamese with love, acceptance and curiosity as the foundation of building community.
Vagabond is a community of Vietnamese artists that celebrates the expansiveness of the Viet experience in America, rooted in the DMV. We are interested in fostering conversations about identity. These dialogues are a joyous reminder that our relationship to heritage and community continue to evolve. If we work collectively, we can also shape positive community values that free us from the shame of feeling like we’re not “Vietnamese” or “American” enough. We are enough and more.
2025 Exhibition Project
Explore the DMV’s first ever Vietnamese American art exhibition “50 Years of HOPE and HA-HAs” at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities from Jan. 16 — March 1, 2025.
FROM THE creators
“It’s liberation through self-love and vulnerability. There is an honesty there. There is an openness to be wrong there. There is a forgiveness there.”
—Anthony Le
Vagabonds (2023) at Touchstone Gallery
2024 Zine Project
Vagabond Zine features interviews with 13 Vietnamese artists, mostly based in the DMV and East Coast of the United States.
FROM the creators
“There is no one Vietnamese American experience, and doing all these interviews just proves that there’s so much diversity even within that category.”
—Philippa Pham Hughes
The End of the Pink Line Project Project, Cherry Blast V (2013) | Photo by Bud Wilkinson
VAGABOND ZINE
FEATURING 13 VIETNAMESE ARTISTS
