Threads of Resilience: Opening Reception with Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest
10/22/2026
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Euphrat Museum of Art and Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC)
Join the Euphrat Museum on Thursday, Oct. 22, for the opening reception of the Threads of Resilience art exhibition. The reception will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. in the museum. Admission is free.
Threads of Resilience explores the intersection of the arts, well-being, and healing. The artists included find healing in the act of making art. Their work also aims to help others process loss and grief or spark moments of joy.
Artists include Shari Arai DeBoer, Ellen Bepp, Reiko Fuji, Kathy Fuji-Oka, Therese May, Stephanie Metz, Lydia Sanchez, Edgar Sedano Peña, Pragati Sharma, Na Omi Judy Shintani, and Grace Zhu.
The exhibition will be open from Oct. 22-Feb. 6. Find details at deanza.edu/euphrat/current.
Following the reception, there will be a Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest film screening and Q&A in the VPAC, from 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets are available on a sliding scale at svapfilmfest.org/opening-night.
Watch the acclaimed documentary, The Rose: Come Back to Me, followed by a live Q&A discussion with director Eugene Yi and producer Diane Quon, moderated by Emmy award-winning NBC Bay Area journalists, Robert Handa and Janelle Wang.
Photo: Purrfect Genesis Cat with Green Between his Eyes by Therese May