2024 Câylendar by Đùm Bọc

Câylendar, is a calendar inspired by the Vietnamese idiom, Cây Nhà Lá Vườn. It features the work of 12 Vietnamese illustrators and artists in the diaspora. Cây Nhà Lá Vườn, loosely translated as 'trees from home & leaves from the garden', is an idiom typically used to describe home-grown things.

The theme for Câylendar 3.0 is "Một miếng khi đói bằng một gói khi no", a morsel when hungry is worth a meal when full. Food nourishes. Food embodies care. Food heals. Food holds memories and cultural connections. Food brings people together and fosters community. Câylendar 3.0 asks the artists to explore food in its many facets, as Vietnamese people in the diaspora.

fAITH CHOSE TO DO A DIGITAL PIECE. hERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTWORK:

“My family enjoys eating bưởi, or pomelo, and we would often sit at the dinner table for hours peeling them as a form of bonding and connection. My mom would buy a whole case from the Asian grocery store to share it with friends and family. In small acts like gifting fruit, we bring our community together after going through the hardship of being a refugee. I drew a girl wearing a khăn vành (a Vietnamese headpiece) and hugging a pomelo. Pomelo is a symbol of perfection and completeness, and I feel this when I get to peel and eat it with my family.”

Proceeds will go to the artists and NOLA East-based organization called Song Community Development Corporation (CDC). The folks at Song CDC plan to use the funds toward their food access program in which food boxes would be provided to low-income Viet seniors and Black families.

YOU CAN NOW PURCHASE a Câylendar here.