Grantee Database
AAWAA
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$24,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) will strengthen the organization’s capacity to serve Asian American women in the arts, inclusive of artists, curators, and arts administrators. Funding will support key personnel in sustaining operations and improving programs that advance the visibility and recognition of our creative communities in California.
Organization Summary
Established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2007, AAWAA has blossomed from a close-knit community organization into an established producer of consistent high-quality multidisciplinary art exhibitions, short films, publications, and programming reaching local, national and international audiences. Major accomplishments include the film, The Worlds of Bernice Bing (2013), chronicling the life and work of pioneering queer artist and activist Bernice Bing; publication of literary and visual art anthology Cheers to Muses (2007); arts-based healing program A Place of Her Own; the Emerging Curators Program which offers mentoring and training for emerging curators of color to create community-based visual art exhibitions; and biennial large-scale exhibitions such as underCurrents and the Quest for Space (2013), Eating Cultures (2014), Hungry Ghosts (2015), Shifting Movements: Art Inspired by the Life & Activism of Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014) in 2017, Agrarianaa: Art Inspired by APA Agricultural Roots (2019), Sowing Agency (2021) and Jade Wave Rising (2023).
Organization
AAWAA
Address
1890 BRYANT ST STE 302
SAN FRANCISCO
94110-1497
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Website
Congressional District
11th Congressional district of California
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
