ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER

THE PERFORMING ART AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT - THROUGH DANCE, FOOD, FILM, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE, ASTC'S PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS CELEBRATE THE VIBRANCY OF ASIAN CULTURES THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS TO ENGENDER CURIOSITY, EMPATHY, AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. MANY OF THESE ANNUAL OFFERINGS ARE PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF HOUSTON'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND DIVERSE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MILLER OUTDOOR THEATRE, HOUSTON BALLET, INPRINT, ANJALI CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL, HOUSTON GRAND OPERA, AND MORE.

THE BUSINESS AND POLICY DEPARTMENT OF ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS FOSTERS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INTERCONNECTED WORLD THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT ELEVATES DIALOGUE AND IDEAS TO COMBAT BIAS AND CONNECTS HOUSTONIANS WITH GLOBAL BUSINESS AND THOUGHT LEADERS, AUTHORS, SCHOLARS, DIPLOMATS, AND POLICY EXPERTS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE PRIMARILY IN-PERSON AT ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS. IN FY24-25, WE HOSTED 24 IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND WELCOMED 3,010 GUESTS. KEY B&P PROGRAMS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, INCLUDING PROGRAMS LOOKING AT BOTH US-KOREAN AND US-TURKISH RELATIONS, THE CAREERS OF DYNAMIC FEMALE DIPLOMATS, GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE, HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS, ECONOMIC LINKAGES BETWEEN TEXAS AND JAPAN, AND DIPLOMATIC ROUNDTABLES WITH THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM AND TAIWAN'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U.S. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO INCORPORATED A GUIDED TASTING OF AUSTRALIAN WINE AND A US-JAPAN SISTER CITIES SAKE TASTING EVENT. THE ANNUAL HUFFINGTON AWARD DINNER HONORED COLE CHEMICAL PRESIDENT AND CEO AND LONGTIME HOUSTON COMMUNITY LEADER DONNA COLE. NOTABLE SPEAKERS INCLUDED MSNBC JOURNALIST ALI VELSHI, WORLD-RENOWNED ARCHITECT FARSHID MOUSSAVI, NBC NEWS ANCHOR VICKY NGUYEN, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ALKA JOSHI, FORMER AMBASSADOR DAVID SATTERFIELD, AND MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CEO TAKAJIRO ISHIKAWA.