About
On the face of it, Tuesday Night Project (TNP) hosts a free open mic event called the 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe in Little Tokyo, Spring through Fall – but since 1999 the people behind the project and the series have grown into an actual community fiercely devoted to creating venues where art and community connect. It is a community of artists, organizers, activists, professionals, independent business owners, educators and community members of different generations, a myriad of artistic disciplines and all walks of life.
Tuesday Night Project maintains a passionate, positive space with a focus on new work from Asian American/Pacific Islander communities and from the Greater Los Angeles area. TNP constantly introduces its audiences to new artists and organizations and the amazing work they do all over the city. While TNP offers modest stipends to some of its technical crew, they have kept the series alive and free to the public with sheer passion and the practice and belief that PEOPLE are each other’s greatest resource.
As an all-volunteer effort, TNP offers a space that goes well beyond a “showcase” and brings support that strengthens community and art. Expanding with every passing year, Tuesday Night Cafe now streams their events live and has had viewers from all over the world including Chicago, Seattle, and San Francisco…from Canada and the Philippines to Pakistan and Scotland.
With TN-On-Tour, Tuesday Night Project is beginning to make its way to colleges. TN-TV has featured artists in live-feeds to Downtown L.A. from places as far as New York, Toronto, and Qingdao, China. The series is now entering its 13th year as one of the longest-running free public arts series in Downtown Los Angeles and is excited to continue to grow and provide a space for the intersection of Art + Community.
PURPOSE
TN Project’s purpose is to build space for people to connect through the artistic expression of the API and L.A. communities and to provide time for cultural, social, and political awareness with opportunities for involvement, collaboration, real relationship-building and action.
BELIEF
TN Project’s belief is that PEOPLE are each other’s greatest resource.
PEOPLE
A collective of artists, educators, community organizers, entrepreneurs, and students who build bridges between themselves, the project, and people all over the globe.
PROJECTS
Flagship Series: The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Café Series shows
One of the longest running free public art series in Los Angeles, with performance art, music, poetry, visual art, short film, and an eclectic array of Los Angeles performers and community members in Little Tokyo / Downtown L.A., and partnering spaces through the “1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Café”, runs Spring through Fall.
Tuesday Night-TV (TN-TV) segments — creating opportunities to share artists’ work around the globe
Live webcasts from The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Café Shows as well as from cities around the globe — the webcasts provide people all over the world a chance to stay connected.
Tuesday Night-On-Tour (TN-on-Tour) with Resident Artists
Pulling from a roster of our Resident Artists, Tuesday Night-On-Tour is an opportunity for college, university students and other groups to bring a multi-disciplinary group of artists to your community.
TN-Radio Podcasting (i.e., series DJ Stories)
One of TN Project’s newest projects, TN-Radio creates original radio content through interviews, music and performances.