2022
EVENTS
- Slide Slam 2022 with AAWAA and KOHO, Hotel Kabuki, Sakura Room A, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- Hella Tender, curated by Carmen Chen 陳嘉文 and Vida Kuang 鄺楚瑩, San Francisco Chinatown, San Francisco.
2021
EVENTS
- Artist Panel & Conversation: Invisibility, Postcolonial Feminisms, Zoom event.
- Slide Slam 2021 with AAWAA Artists, Zoom event.
EXHIBITIONS
- Popadum! Revisited, 2021 exhibition curated by Kamardip Singh, International Hotel Manilatown Center, San Francisco.
- Sowing Agency: Seeding the Future for Environmental Justice, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- Political Inheritance, curated by Lauren Ito, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland.
POETRY READINGS
- Illuminate: A Night of Poetry in Solidarity with Asian and Asian American Communities, Zoom event.
- Illuminate III: Ancestry and Possibility, Zoom event.
2020
Celebration of Agrarianaa, Adopting Nectarine Trees From Masumoto Family Farm
EVENTS
- Slide Slam 2020 with AAWAA and Kearny Street Workshop, Zoom event.
- Nectarine Wishes Fundraising Campaign Success: AAWAA Board President, Michelle Lee, adopted two nectarine trees from Masumoto Family Farm.
- Reclaim the Vote! A Live Postcard Making Party, Zoom event.
EXHIBITIONS
- Popadum! (Postponed due to the presence of COVID-19 this year.)
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- Pass It On: Notes from APA Women in the Arts, Zoom event.
2019
30th Anniversary Symposium & Party, African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco
EXHIBITIONS
- Agrarianaa: Art Inspired by APA Agricultural Roots, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- Agrarianaa: Art Inspired By APA Agricultural Roots, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose.
LITERARY READINGS
- Agrarianaa Reading, curated by Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
2018
EVENTS
- Slide Slam with Margo Machida, TOTO Concept 190, San Francisco, CA. January 21, 2018.
- Generations of Hope Mural Unveiling Celebration, Public Art and Literary Reading, Frank McCoppin Elementary School, San Francisco, CA. September 28, 2018.
EXHIBITIONS
- Dear Mother, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Katie Quan and Midori Kimata, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo.
- AAWAA Mandala at stART Up Fair, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco.
- Thank You For Nothing, Emerging Curators Program, curated by R.L. Muas, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco.
2017
EVENTS
- Speakers Bureau Presentation, presented by Reiko Fujii and Melanie Elvena, CA College of the Arts, Oakland.
- Studio Visit with Kim Anno and Kala Open House, West Berkeley Studios and Kala Art Institute, Berkeley.
- Speakers Bureau: Spring Semester, presented by Cynthia Tom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley.
- Mural Muses: AAWAA Artists Workshop, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Mural Muses Workshop: Richmond Community Output, Richmond Recreation Center, San Francisco.
- Richmond Moon Festival, Clement Street, San Francisco.
- Emerging Curators Program: Workshop Series, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Holiday Art Mart and Winter Celebration, China Brotsky Gallery, TIDES Center, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- stART Up Fair, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco.
- Shifting Movements: Art Inspired By the Life & Activism of Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014), SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- Passing It On: Other Feminist Futures, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
2016
Seeds and Sprouts Fundraising Dinner, Private Residence, South San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- A Place of Her Own, I-Hotel Manilatown Center Gallery, San Francisco.
- Appendix Exhibition, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Erina Alejo and Diana Li, Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco.
- Aesthetic Blitz, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Kelsay Myers, Sequoias Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco.
- Transformation: 25 Years of Asian American Women Artists, Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton.
2015
EVENTS
- Jubilee Year Kick-off & Mural Muses Crowdfunding Launch Party, I-Hotel Manilatown Center, San Francisco.
- Jubilee Celebration: Shining Through, Celebrating AAWAA's 25th Anniversary, Hilton Financial District, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- A Place of Her Own: An Art Open House, curated by Cynthia Tom, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Hungry Ghosts, as part of the API Cultural Center's United States of Asian American Festival, curated by Michelle A. Lee, juried by Elizabeth Travelsight, I-Hotel Manilatown Center Gallery, San Francisco.
- A Place of Her Own, as part of Cynthia Tom's Curatorial Commons Residency, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
LITERARY READINGS
- Hungry Ghosts Closing Reception & Literary Reading, juried by Lisa Chiu, I-Hotel Manilatown Center, San Francisco.
2014
EVENTS
- Refresh Fundraiser, The Sequoias, San Francisco.
- Educational Lecture Series, San Francisco State University.
- Eating Asian American Panel Discussion, as part of Eating Cultures, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- A PLACE OF HER OWN Arts and Healing Workshop Series Pilot 2, in partnership with Cynthia Tom Arts and Healing, directed by Cynthia Tom and Trinity Ordona, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Slide Slam with Margo Machida, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- The Worlds of Bernice Bing, Film Screening and Audience Q&A with Lenore Chinn and Jennifer Banta Yoshida, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento.
- A PLACE OF HER OWN Arts Healing Residency and Workshops, Fall Semester Series, in partnership with Cynthia Tom Arts and Healing and Asian Women's Shelter, AAWAA Studio, directed by Cynthia Tom and Trinity Ordona, San Francisco.
- Divided Attentions: The Worlds of Bernice Bing Film Screening and Panel Discussion, The Asian Art Museum, in partnership with Asia Society and Center for Asian American Media, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- Eating Cultures, as part of the API Cultural Center's United States of Asian American Festival, curated by Michelle A. Lee, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- A PLACE OF HER OWN Retrospective, curated by Cynthia Tom, The SEED Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco.
- A PLACE OF HER OWN V, The SEED Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco.
LITERARY READINGS
- Literary Sriracha, as part of Eating Cultures, curated by May-Lee Chai, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
2013
EVENTS
- Artists Salons, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- The Worlds of Bernice Bing Premiere, Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, San Francisco.
- The Worlds of Bernice Bing Screening & Abstract Expressionist Dinner, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- Youthful Dreams, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Brian Ignacio, The Sequoias Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco.
- underCurrents & the Quest for Space, curated by Linda Inson Choy, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- Shifting the Body, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Pamela Ybanez, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica.
LITERARY READINGS
- Navigating the underCurrents, poetry readings as part of underCurrents & the Quest for Space exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
2012
EVENTS
- Arts of Pacific Asia Show presents AAWAA, Fort Mason, San Francisco.
- College Art Association Annual Conference Panel Presentation, Los Angeles.
- Bi-monthly Artists Salons, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Refresh Fundraiser, San Francisco.
LITERARY & PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
- A Joining of Rivers, curated by Nancy Hom, San Francisco.
- The Enchanted Loom: Writers, Artists, and the Brain, curated by Pireeni Sundaralingam.
- Body Maps, curated by Margaret Rhee.
- Tales of Pangu, by Nancy Wang.
EXHIBITIONS
- Hungry Ghosts: Yearning for Fulfillment, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Lisa Chiu, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco.
- Flying Fish, Emerging Curators Program, curated by Mido Lee and Ma Li, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco.
2011
EVENTS
- Grant Writing Basics Workshop, with Nancy Hom, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- College Art Association Annual Conference Panel Presentation with Linda Inson Choy, Cynthia Tom, Mark Johnson, Margo Machida, Moria Roth and Susette Min, New York.
- A Place of Her Own Artists Salon with guest speaker Canyon Sam, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Refresh Fundraiser & Silent Auction: An Afternoon of Relaxation and Creativity.
- Cheers to Muses: A Conversation with Artists, Alameda CA.
- Grant Writing Workshops, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Speaker's Bureau with Shizue Seigel, Xiaojie Zheng, Elaine Gin Louie, and Vivian Truong at San Francisco State University.
- A Place of Her Own Social Service Initiative Workshops, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- The Art of Networking Workshop with Lisa Chow, AAWAA Studio.
- Entering the Picture authors' presentation, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- A Place of Her Own: Community House, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco.
- So What Do You Have To Say For Yourself? First Emerging Curators Program exhibition curated by Patricia Carino, Flax Art Gallery, San Francisco.
2010
EVENTS
- A Place of Her Own Workshops Series & Salons, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Grantwriting Basics Workshops, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Eth-Noh-Tec Salon, co-presented by AAWAA, Eth-Noh-Tec Studio, San Francisco.
- Works-in-Progress Salon, AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Workshop for API Legal Outreach's API & Community Teach Out, youth workshop, San Francisco.
- A Place of Your Own Workshop with API Legal Outreach Staff, San Francisco.
- A Place of Her Own Panel Discussion with API Legal Outreach, Driftwood Salon Gallery, San Francisco.
- Nancy Hom Artist Talk, Driftwood Salon Gallery, San Francisco.
- Lecture Series on Asian American Women's Art by Cynthia Tom, San Francisco State University.
EXHIBITIONS
- A Place of Her Own, Driftwood Salon Gallery, San Francisco.
2009
EVENTS
- Lecture by Cynthia Tom, Ethnic Studies Class, UC Berkeley.
- Golden Paints Workshop Series. AAWAA Studio, San Francisco.
- Asian American Women, Feminism, and the Arts Panel Discussion, presented by Asia Society and co-sponsored by AAWAA, Femina Potens Art Gallery, San Francisco.
- Asian American Women's Art lecture by Cynthia Tom and Isabelle Pelaud
- Asian American Studies Class, San Francisco State University.
- Asian American Womens' Art lecture, UC Berkeley.
EXHIBITIONS
- A Place of Her Own Artists-in-Residence, Kimball Gallery, de Young Museum, San Francisco.
- 20th Anniversary Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center.
LITERARY READINGS
- Cheers to Muses Literary Reading, de Young Museum Koret Auditorium, San Francisco.
2008
EVENTS
- Taxes for Artists Workshop Series.
- Lecture Series on AAWAA artists, UC Berkeley.
- Exhibitor at the National Association of Asian American Professionals Symposia on Asian American Leadership.
- AAWAA Salon, Kay Kang studio visit, San Francisco.
- Asian American Women's Art lecture by Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, San Francisco State University.
- Art demonstrations by Five AAWAA artists, Family Day at de Young Museum, San Francisco.
- Asian American Womens' Art lecture by Cynthia Tom, UC Berkeley.
- AsianAMERICANArt: RE-Framing the Genre Panel Discussion, de Young Museum Koret Auditorium, San Francisco.
READINGS
- Cheers to Muses Literary Reading, Bird & Beckett, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- Cheers to Muses Exhibition, St. Luke's Cardiovascular Center, San Francisco.
2007
EVENTS
- Published Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, 128 page anthology, 77 works by 64 visual and literary artists.
- Awarded tax-exempt 501c3 non-profit organization status under the leadership of Debbie Yee and Nancy Hom.
- Cheers to Muses Book Launch, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco.
- Cheers to Muses Artist Panel Discussion, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
- Sense & Sensuality, Encantada Gallery of Fine Art, San Francisco.
- Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco.
LITERARY READINGS
- Sense & Sensuality, poetry reading, Encantada Gallery of Fine Art, San Francisco.
- Cheers to Muses Literary Readings, San Francisco: Chinese Culture Center, Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco Main Public Library Koret Auditorium, Bird & Beckett Bookstore.
- Cheers to Muses Literary Reading, Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Berkeley.
- Cheers to Muses Literary Reading, Mills College, Oakland.
- God of Good Luck, reading and discussion by author Ruthanne Lum McCunn, co-presented by AAWAA, Manilatown, San Francisco.
