Guide to the Asian American Women Artists Association archives CEMA 189
Finding aid prepared by Salvador Güereña and Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2019 December 20
Title: Asian American Women Artists Association archives
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 189
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 linear feet
(5 cartons)
Creator:
Asian American Women Artists Association
Date (inclusive): approximately 1994-2014
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Portions of this collection are unprocessed and may contain restricted materials. Please
contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.
Use Restrictions
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation, 2017.
Preferred Citation
[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.
Historical Note
The Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization with a national reach.
AAWAA is dedicated to the visibility, historical documentation and well-being of Asian Pacific American (APA) women in the
arts. AAWAA 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.
Scope and Content
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, awards and artifacts, and audio recordings. Files date from
approximately 1994 to 2014.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian American Women Artists
Administrative records
Artifacts (object genre)
Audiovisual materials
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photograph albums
Programs (documents)
Promotional materials
Asian American Women Artists Association -- Archives
box 1
Administrative / Operational files
box 2
Cheers to Muses records and other items
box 3
Programs
Access Restrictions
Materials in this box are unprocessed. Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request
access.
box 4
Administrative/Operational files
box 5
Administrative/Operational and artist files
item V12369/VHS
Somar Gallery "99 "We Hold Up 1/2 the Sky"
1999
item V12370/VHS
Channel [?] "They Hold Up 1/2 the Sky"
undated
item V12371/VHS
Cynthia on Ch 20 News Segment Somar Show (short)
1999 June 10
