2012
EXPLORATORY CREATIVE WORKSHOP SERIES


All workshops for accepted participants will be held at:
AAWAA Studios at 1890 Bryant Street #302
San Francisco
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"If you had a place of your own, what would it be?"

 
 The Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) has seen our long term  project, A PLACE OF HER OWN, transform the well being of participating artists on many levels. We believe that in order for a woman to thrive, she must  identify what is most important to her alone. This creative process has been so powerful for our artists that we would like to share it with the larger community of  Asian American women.*  As a social service provider or community leader, you are invited to apply for a short series of exploratory creative workshops, at no cost to you.
 
Through A PLACE OF HER OWN Social Service Initiative, we are developing creative workshops in a safe and supportive environment to help AAPI women:
  • break through cultural silence to access and express feelings
  • explore layers of memory and cultivate intuition
  • tap into and share the creative and healing powers that lie within us all

Participants will be guided through a series of creative exercises and shared thought processes, culminating in a work of art or writing. No previous arts experience is necessary.  AAWAA will provide all participants with creative materials, guided instruction from our experienced team of AAWAA artists, and a small stipend for completing the project. Our work together will determine the potential for the A PLACE model as a tool for healing and personal growth in a community and/or social service context.
 
* "Asian American women" includes all self-identified women of Asian and/or Pacific Islander heritage living in the United States.


In 2011, the San Francisco Arts Commission awarded the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) an Arts and Communities Innovative Partnerships (ACIP) Exploratory Grant, commissioning us to research and cultivate potential partnerships between AAWAA and San Francisco non-arts organizations serving Asian American women. AAWAA is also a proud partner in the WomenArts Harmony Project, which is generously funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
            2012 beginning mid January
 


APPLICATIONS
Email us if you are interested in participating in the workshops, info@aawaa.net

VOLUNTEER
Volunteer for A PLACE OF HER OWN.
We are currently in need of writers who can assist in grant writing, proposal writing and journalistic writing.


For questions and/or further information please contact:  Cynthia Tom cynthia@aawaa.net




A PLACE OF HER OWN and the A PLACE OF HER OWN Social Service Initiative
are projects of the Asian American Women Artists Association. In 2011, the San Francisco Arts Commission awarded AAWAA an Arts and Communities Innovative Partnerships (ACIP) Exploratory Grant, to research and cultivate potential partnerships between AAWAA and San Francisco-based community and social service organizations serving Asian American women.



Social Service Initiative

"If you had a place of your own, what would it be?" 

A PLACE OF HER OWN