VAGABOND
A Collective of Vietnamese Artists, Rooted in the DMV
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 Performance
Sài Gòn By Night is a cabaret celebrating Vietnamese art and culture on September 20, 2025 at Pearl Street Warehouse.
NPR’s All Things Considered:
My Vagabond collaborators and I were featured on All Things Considered to discuss our cabaret being cancelled at the Kennedy Center.
Sài Gòn By Night cast at our rescheduled performance | Photo by Hai Thai
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.
A new art exhibit examines 50 years since the Vietnam War and looks forward with hope (NPR)
“This show is a way to provide counternarratives to war and show how life continues.”
Philippa Pham Hughes and Anthony Le | Photo by Maansi Srivastava for NPR
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
