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SUMMARY:OPENING TALK: Art by Jon Silpayamanant
DESCRIPTION:ART BY JON SILPAYAMANANT: OPENING/TALK \nSouth Central Regional Library: Artist-in-Residence Room\nWednesday\, December 3\, 2025\, 6:30-8:00PM \nAs Part of Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency\, artistic director and visual artist Jon Silpayamanant will have artworks on display in the Artist-in-Residence Room at the South Central Regional Library. The works will be on display in the space from Dec 3-29. \nAn informal opening for the show will take place on Wednesday\, December 3 from 6:30 to 8:00PM with the artist who will talk about his artistic journey exploring traditional and hybridized artforms from Southeast Asia and what it means to be an Asian American artist in the 21st century. While the Artist-in-Residence Room will only be open when the artist is actually in the space\, the works will be viewable from outside the room as the walls are entirely composed of glass. \nThe artist talk with Jon Silpayamanant is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library and will take place in the Artist-in-Residence Room (No. 7 on this map of the library: https://www.sawpeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SouthCentralRegionalLibrary-Floorplan.jpg \nArtist-in-Residence Room\nSouth Central Regional Library\n7300 Jefferson Blvd.\nLouisville\, KY 40219\n(502) 964-3515\nwww.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library \nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Program\nhttps://www.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150 \nAbout Jon Silpayamanant:\nBorn in Udon Thani\, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural artist\, composer\, cellist\, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area.\nwww.silpayamanant.com
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/2025-10-03_openingtalk-art-by-jon-silpayamanant/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Presentation,Reception,Residency
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SUMMARY:Presentation: The KAAPA Project (Kentuckiana Asian American Performing Arts)
DESCRIPTION:The KAAPA Project (Kentuckiana Asian American Performing Arts)\n\nSouth Central Regional Library: Artist-in-Residence RoomSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\, 3-4PM\nCome hear a presentation on the history of Asian & Asian American Performing Arts in Kentuckiana by Jon Silpayamanant and Divya Karthikeyan. Jon and Divya will also talk about creating the KAAPA (Kentuckiana Asian American Performing Arts) Project\, a news site\, resource\, archive\, and curated list compiling and reporting on current and historical events by performers and performing arts organizations which focus on Asian and Asian American arts\, and the performing arts of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders\, in the greater Kentuckiana area.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/KAAPAProject/\nThe presentation Kentuckiana Asian American Performing Arts is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library and will take place in the Artist-in-Residence Room (No. 7 on this map of the library: https://www.sawpeep.com/…/SouthCentralRegionalLibrary…\nArtist-in-Residence RoomSouth Central Regional Library7300 Jefferson Blvd.Louisville\, KY 40219(502) 964-3515www.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library\nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Programhttps://www.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150\nAbout Jon Silpayamanant:Born in Udon Thani\, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural artist\, composer\, cellist\, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area.www.silpayamanant.com\nAbout Divya Karthikeyan:Divya Karthikeyan is a reporter and audio producer based in Louisville\, Kentucky. Originally from Chennai\, India\, she’s reported for national and international outlets on politics\, climate change\, gender and caste inequality in India.
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/presentation-the-kaapa-project-kentuckiana-asian-american-performing-arts/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Residency
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251207T140000
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SUMMARY:Asian Group Folk Dance Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join COLLIDER Artists-in-Residence Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble for this workshop and learn some folk dances from Asia. Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble regularly collaborate with local and regional Asian dance performers\, and some of those dancers and organizations will teach group and line dances accompanied by live music from Saw Peep! Ages 12-99. Space is limited and registration is required. Email Liz.Magee@LFPL.org to sign up.
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/asian-group-folk-dance-workshop/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251213T080000
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SUMMARY:The Global Cello: Asian Fiddles
DESCRIPTION:THE GLOBAL CELLO: ASIAN FIDDLES \nSouth Central Regional Library: Artist-in-Residence Room\nSaturday\, December 13\, 2025\, 3-3:45PM \nCome hear and see a wide variety of Asian Fiddles in this presentation/demonstration by Jon Silpayamanant. Instruments are from his personal collection which he uses in performances as a solo artist and in the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble which he founded and directs. \n‘Asian Fiddles’ is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library and will take place in the Artist-in-Residence Room (No. 7 on this map of the library: www.sawpeep.com/southcentralregionallibrary-floorplan ) \nArtist-in-Residence Room\nSouth Central Regional Library\n7300 Jefferson Blvd.\nLouisville\, KY 40219\n(502) 964-3515\nwww.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library \nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Program\nwww.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150 \nAbout Jon Silpayamanant:\nBorn in Udon Thani\, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, cellist\, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area. \nAs a biracial Thai American with musical families on both sides of the world\, he has been navigating musical code switching and bimusicality for much of his life and uses that experience to inform his understanding of how music ecosystems interact\, hybridize\, and create systems of exclusion.\nwww.silpayamanant.com \nFacebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1535021327501405
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/2025-12-13_globalcello-asianfiddles/
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Residency
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SUMMARY:Presentation: Asian String Band Music
DESCRIPTION:ASIAN STRING BAND MUSIC\nSouth Central Regional Library: Artist-in-Residence RoomTuesday\, December 16\, 2025\, 7-7:45PM\nDid you know that Asia has string band traditions? When we think about string bands the image that comes to mind are old-time or jazz ensembles made up mainly or solely of string instruments that were especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s but have been making a comeback. Some of the oldest Asian string bands\, like kronchong in Indonesia and rondalya in the Philippines\, date back to the early colonial period in the 1600s.\nCome hear and see a wide variety of Asian String Band ensembles and genres in this presentation by Jon Silpayamanant. Jon will talk about some of the string band music that Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble performes and demonstrate some instruments from his personal collection which he uses in performances with Saw Peep. In the presentation\, you will also get a glimpse of the string band world created by generations of Asian immigrants in the US.\n‘Asian String Band Music’ is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library and will take place in the Artist-in-Residence Room (No. 7 on this map of the library: https://www.sawpeep.com/southcentralregionallibrary… )\nArtist-in-Residence RoomSouth Central Regional Library7300 Jefferson Blvd.Louisville\, KY 40219(502) 964-3515www.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library\nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Programhttps://www.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150\nAbout Jon Silpayamanant:Born in Udon Thani\, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, cellist\, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area.\nAs a biracial Thai American with musical families on both sides of the world\, he has been navigating musical code switching and bimusicality for much of his life and uses that experience to inform his understanding of how music ecosystems interact\, hybridize\, and create systems of exclusion.
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/presentation-asian-string-band-music/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Residency
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SUMMARY:Open Rehearsal and Q&A with Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Open Rehearsal and Q&A with Saw PeepOPEN REHEARSAL AND Q&A WITH SAW PEEP\nSouth Central Regional LibrarySaturday\, December 20\, 2-4pm\nCome and experience an open rehearsal with Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble. We’ll talk about how we choose repertoire and show you the rehearsal process for adapting Asian music for our ensemble and instrumentation. There will be a Q&A session at the end\, but feel free to ask questions during the open rehearsal as well!\nThis event is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library but requires registration (link to be given at a future date).\nArtist-in-Residence RoomSouth Central Regional Library7300 Jefferson Blvd.Louisville\, KY 40219(502) 964-3515www.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library\nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Programhttps://www.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/2025-12-20_open-rehearsal-saw-peep/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Residency,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Global Cello
DESCRIPTION:THE GLOBAL CELLO \n\n\n\nSouth Central Regional Library: Artist-in-Residence Room Saturday\, December 31\, 2025\, 11-11:45AM \n\n\n\nCome hear and see a presentation/demonstration about Jon Silpayamanant’s Global Cello project. Jon will talk about the origins of the project and its mission to present the cello in all its global variety. With repertoire written for the cello from diverse composers to adapting works for the cello from other string traditions\, Jon will give a much more inclusive history of how the cello and string repertories have developed globally. \n\n\n\n‘The Global Cello’ is Free and open to all ages and is part of the Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble’s COLLIDER Residency at the South Central Regional Library and will take place in the Artist-in-Residence Room (No. 7 on this map of the library: https://www.sawpeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SouthCentralRegionalLibrary-Floorplan.jpg ) \n\n\n\nArtist-in-Residence Room South Central Regional Library 7300 Jefferson Blvd. Louisville\, KY 40219 (502) 964-3515 www.lfpl.org/south-central-regional-library \n\n\n\nAbout the COLLIDER Artist-in-Residence Program https://www.lfpl.org/lifelong-learning#150 \n\n\n\nAbout Jon Silpayamanant: Born in Udon Thani\, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, cellist\, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area. \n\n\n\nAs a biracial Thai American with musical families on both sides of the world\, he has been navigating musical code switching and bimusicality for much of his life and uses that experience to inform his understanding of how music ecosystems interact\, hybridize\, and create systems of exclusion. www.silpayamanant.com  \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1394542682271850/
URL:https://www.silpayamanant.com/event/2025-12-31_the-global-cello/
LOCATION:South Central Regional Library\, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard\, Louisville\, 40219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Presentation,Residency
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