How do you tell your Asian immigrant parents that you want to be an artist after they risked their lives for you to have a career in something more stable?

0:41 – Escaping the Cambodian Killing Fields.

4:42 – Building a business from the ground up in LA.

7:10 – Acclimating to a community of mixed cultures.

10:30 – Discovering art in a pro-education Asian home.

14:05 – Confronting parents about being an Art major.

18:48 - Going to the Art Center.

24:39 – What not to do at your Yale graduate school interview.

28:03 – What is graduate school at New York University like?

33:26 – Building a career as an artist in LA.

39:22 – Interviewing with LAVC.

43:27 – What is it like to teach at LAVC?

46:44 – Art College vs Art at a University

50:49 – What should be in a portfolio?

Producer/Engineer Lisa Darrow

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