Farewell To 26 Bowery: SHARE YOU THOUGHTS

We are moving!
Share you memories...
Do it now, before you forget...
Don't walk away from your computer, do it now!
-Bob Lee

For those who have visit the art centre, exhibited there, saw a performance, even dropped by to say a quick Hello, please share your thoughts and experience about the Asian American Arts Centre by emailing to mola60quqi@post.wordpress.com

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Farewell To 26 Bowery

After thirty-five years of operation, Asian American Arts Centre will leave its home at 26 Bowery, continuing its cultural work from a new address.

Asian American Arts Centre moving to Lower East Side
33 years perseverance promoting local Asian American artworks
*SingTao Daily covered our a story on our move. MORE...

Out Of The Archive: PROCESS & PROGRESS

GALLERY TALK

The gallery talk for Out Of The Archive: PROCESS & PROGRESS exhibition was broadcast and recorded live from White Box on Wednesday, Oct 7, 6-8pm

Out Of The Archive: PROCESS & PROGESS

SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 30, 2009
Curated by Angel Velasco Shaw
Opening Reception:
Friday September 18th 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: AAAC, 23 Bowery, NYC
Gallery Talk with Artists & Scholars:
Wednesday October 7th 6 - 8pm.
Location: WHITE BOX 329 Broome St. NYC

Artists: Albert Chong, John Yoyogi Fortes, Swati Khurana, and Tomie Arai.
Writers: Jan Christian Bernabe, Karen Su, Karlyn Koh, Midori Yoshimoto, and Sarita Echavez See.

To commemorate the thirty-fifth year of mounting arts in a community context, the Asian American Arts Centre presents “Out of the Archive: Process and Progress,” a major exhibition program. It aims to draw attention to the AAAC Artists Archive and its recently launched digital archive - artasiamerica.org. This program includes a special exhibition installation, a gallery talk, a catalogue, several essayists, and online interactive events and opportunities for the audience. The digital archive, a major undertaking over two years in the making, consists of about 10% of the total 1,500 Asian American artists entries in the original archive, which reflects the last 60 years and several generations of artistic production.

The four artists presented, Tomie Arai, Albert Chong, John Yoyogi Fortes, and Swati Khurana, have been selected from a review of all the artists posted in artasiamerica.org by guest curator Angel Velasco Shaw. The printed catalogue has been edited and coordinated by Sarita Echavez See who selected four writers to participate with her in reviewing the artists' work: Karen Su, Karlyn Koh, and Jan Christian Bernabe. AAAC seeks to expand the ways in which it has presented Asian American art in a community context. Expanding our approach to the literary arts, we are introducing a critical writing component in order to draw upon literary and cultural criticism for visual interpretive and critical thinking.

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Phone Number

AAAC's primary phone number is back with us! 212.233.2154
To contact us, you can call either 212.233.2154 or 917.923.8118
Our office hours are Mon - Fri 12:30 - 6:30pm, Saturday 11:00am - 3:00pm (call only)

Final Week for America's Chinatown Voices

CLOSING DATE: AUGUST 8, 2009

The outdoor installation of America's Chinatown Voices in Columbus Park is finally coming to and end this weekend on August 8, 2009!

The de-installing of the exhibition will take place this Saturday, August 8th, 2009.

The exhibition now features about 80 panels on view. The artists and volunteers has worked on daily basis to update the panels. The panels changes through out the duration of the exhibition.

The show opened on May 9. But you’ve still got a few days to take it in before it closes this Saturday, August 8. AAAC hopes to hold an auction for the panels in October 2009. Stay tuned. Long live Chinatown!

To read more about the installation, go to our www.artspiral.org or www.nycmetropoles.com.

artasiamerica.org : launched!

JULY 28, 2009



artasiamerica, the digital archive is finally launched! Go to www.artasiamerica.org.

This effort is just the beginning. As we work with more and more artists, organizations, galleries, we'll move closer towards our goal of making the archive of artasiamerica search-able, discoverable, and accessible online.