“To be an AAWAA Member is to be a PEARL IN THE FIRE…Continue to make art passionately. Believe in AAWAA. Advance the visibility and recognition of Asian Americans in the arts…May AAWAA sit firmly at the table of contemporary American art and culture.” - Flo Oy Wong
Missed AAWAA’s 30th Anniversary celebration? We got your back. Listen to the words of Flo Oy Wong in her Keynote speech at our 30th Anniversary Symposium, PEARLS IN THE FIRE.
Read MoreDear AAWAA Family,
I started AAWAA as a volunteer in 2013, just in time to help out with the exhibition underCurrents and the Quest for Space, curated by Inson Choy. I had just finished a master’s program in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, but I was already burned out on the art world and the limited opportunities I could see for artists and curators of color. Finding the AAWAA sisterhood and seeing APA women create space for ourselves at underCurrents gave me a renewed sense of possibility.
Read MoreLauren Ito and Kamardip Singh will curate two multidisciplinary art exhibits at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and The Galallery in Spring-Summer 2020.
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