Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Asian American Women Artists Association archives
- Dates:
- 1994-2014
- Creators:
- Asian American Women Artists Association
- Abstract:
- This collection contains materials generated by the the San Francisco-based Asian American Woman Artists Association (AAWAA) in the course of its activities from approximately 1994 to 2014.
- Extent:
- 6.5 Linear Feet (5 cartons, 1 document box, 1 flat box)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Asian American Women Artists Association archives, CEMA 189. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contain files related to the administrative and operational activities of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA), including exhibit materials and programs, curatorial statements, submissions, promotional items and photograph albums, clippings and other press items, certificates, awards and artifacts, and audio recordings. Files date from approximately 1994 to 2014.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) is a non-profit organization with a national reach. Based in San Francisco, the AAWAA was founded by artists including Flo Oy Wong, Betty Kano, Moira Roth, and Bernice Bing. It is dedicated to the visibility, historical documentation, and well-being of Asian Pacific American (APA) women in the arts and works to get cross-cultural/generational stories seen and heard as it historically documents visual imagery and information by and about APA women in the arts.
AAWAA addresses equality by increasing leadership, advocacy and social activism through art. The organization's work emphasizes the arts, social justice, women and community advocacy and healing. Its members represent a wide range in ethnicity including Chinese, Filipina, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Hapa, and Vietnamese women artists.
In addition to exhibitions, its programs include A Place of Her Own, a culturally driven arts and healing residency and an emerging curators program that cultivates curators and provides innovative exhibition opportunities. AAWAA publications, such as Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women are used in academic curricula by Ethnic and Women's Studies departments.
The archives of the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) were established in CEMA in 2017.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation, 2017.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged by material type.
- Series 1, Administrative files, artist files, and ephemera
- Series 2, Posters and certificates
- Series 3, Audiovisual materials
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-24 16:11:08 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Asian American Women Artists Association archives, CEMA 189. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062