Showcasing Khmers in the Creative Arts Industry.

Recognizing Inspiring Organizations and Aspiring Individuals.

Author: Cambodian Alliance for the Arts

The Lotus that Went to the Sea

The Lotus That Went To the Sea

Once known as the “Pearl of Asia,” today Cambodia stands at a precipitous moment between a haunting past and a trying future. With a history depleted by one of the twentieth century’s most ruthless regimes and a present moment repeatedly …

Tom and Cris Gordon of “The Pepper Project”

Tom and Cris Gordon

Kampot pepper is a highly regarded spice known to food connoisseurs all over and especially in Europe. The flavorful pepper is cultivated in the province of Kampot where it is the first product of Cambodia to have the status “Geographical …

Joe Bun Keo – Emerging Contemporary Artist

Joe Bun Keo

My name is Joe Bun Keo. I was born in 1987. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a concentration in Sculpture and minor in Art History, from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT in …

Van Pech – Running for Lowell City Council 2011

Van Pech

Running for Lowell 2011 City Councilman is Van Pech. Van serves as Vice Chairman of the Boat Committee (Southeast Asian Water Festival), Vice Treasurer for the Water Festival and Co-Chair for the Council on the Lowell Cultural Council. Learn more …

How to Make Nom Pajok (Authentic Cambodian Noodle Soup)

Nom Pajok - Cambodian Noodle Soup

Cambodian cooking is all in the potency of flavors you desire. The most common instructions you will hear from anyone giving a recipe is “thyme, thoy” which means adjust by adding and diluting the main ingredients that provide the strongest …

“Golden Slumbers” – A Documentary by Filmmaker Davy Chou

Davy Chou

Directed by French Cambodian Filmmaker Davy Chou, “Golden Slumbers” is a documentary that offers a rare glimpse of the lost world of Cambodian cinema of the 60s and 70s. Before the Khmer Rouge Regime, the Cambodian film industry thrived, with …

Kwin Khieng – Director and Co-founder of S.A.G.E

Kwin Khieng

The eldest of six children, Kwin Khieng was the first person in her family to attend and graduate from college. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and majored in Biology. Growing up as a Khmer American …

Sopheap Theam/Janet Gardner, Producers of Sayon’s Story

Sopheap Theam

Headed by Janet Gardner, the Gardner Documentary Group is a non- profit production company based in New York City. Janet has produced and directed documentaries for over twenty years with a special interest in Southeast Asia after covering such stories …