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Asian American Women Artists Association and Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
As part of The 16th Annual United States of Asian America Festival
 present
 'underCurrents and the Quest for Space,'
 
Asian American artists examine of what lies below the surface, bringing to light under-discussed issues, interrogating the myth of 'model minority' and exploring possibilities of an unrestrained future

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• Exhibition Dates: May 2nd - 25th, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 5pm - 8pm
Poetry Reading, Poetry underCurrents: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 7pm - 8:30pm
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Panel Discussion: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 1pm - 3pm
• Location: 
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

 
****Admission to the exhibition and programs is free****

Featured Artists: 
Salma Arastu, Jung Ran Bae, Michele Benzamin-Miki, Manon Bogerd-Wada, Mitsuko Brooks, Karen Chew, Samantha Chundur, Shari Arai DeBoer, Reiko Fujii, Kate Hers, Julie Thi Underhill, Dao Strom, Zilka Joseph, Kay Kang, Miyang Kim, Alexandra Lee, Mido Lee, Brenda Louie, Li Ma, Choppy Oshiro, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Yoshie Sakai, Pallavi Sharma, Cindy Shih, Judy Shintani, Shizue Seigel, Valerie Soe, Cynthia Tom, Laura Wong, Leslie Zeitler, Stella Zheng, Xiaojie Zheng

Curator:
Linda Inson Choy, International Asian and Asian American art curator

Jurors:
Jay Xu, Director and CEO of The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, and Mary-Ann Milford, Professor of Art History, Mills College, Oakland

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Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women

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Cheers to Muses is a spirited tribute to the creative efforts of Asian American women artists and writers across generations and cultural backgrounds. Honoring those who inspired them, the works in this collection offer readers intimate glimpses into the contemporary sensibilities and experiences of Asian American women's lives.”
— Margo Machida, Associate Professor, Art History and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
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