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).