de Young Museum of San Francisco
A Place of Your Own
January 7 – February 1, 2009
1-5 pm Tues – Sunday, or by appointment
Fridays until 8:45 pm (starting January 16th)
de Young
Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
Visual Artists: Shari Arai DeBoer, Christina Mazza, Terry Acebo Davis, Keiko Nelson, Susan Almazol, Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, Sue Tom, Anna XL Wong, Machiko Kondo
Curator: Cynthia Tom and AAWAA
Literary Artists: Olivia Boler, Michelle Koehn, Anh_Hoa Thi Nguyen and many more to come.
de Young Museum of San Francisco presents:
Asian American Women Artists Association
A Place of Your Own, Artists-in-Residence
January 7 to February 1, 2009, Tuesday through Sunday, 1 - 5 pm
Kimball Education Gallery, de Young Museum
Author Virginia Woolf proposed that in order for a woman to practice her craft, one must have a room of her own. What happens when we expand those parameters to go beyond the concept of room and discover a place, in which the limitations are bound by the imagination and nothing more.
A Place of Your Own explores the question, “If you had a place of your own, what would it be?” Nine Asian American women artists explore their deeply personal responses by creating 3D installations in the Kimball gallery during the month of January 2009. Viewers are invited to create their own special place in miniature at the AAWAA’s community worktable. Bring your treasures small enough to fit in a breadbox. A workbook and basic materials, literary workshops, readings and literary works will be available.
5+ year journey for AAWAA: The de Young residency is just the beginning. A Place of Her Own is a mutli-faceted artistic approach responding to the question, "If you had a place of your own, what would it be?"
If you want to learn more about this project or be part of the AAWAA team helping to build on the de Young foundation, please contact AAWAA. Cynthia Tom info@aawaa.net or 415- 252-7996
About: Asian American Women Artist Association (AAWAA) believes in being a catalyst of change and empowerment for Asian American women artists in the visual, literary and media arts by producing thought-provoking projects and programs that challenge, inspire and interpret our work.
See www.aawaa.net or www.aplaceof yourown.org
Press Room
de Young Museum of San Francisco
Reading: Cheers to Muses
A Reading Sponsored by the Asian American Women
Artists Association
In conjunction with the de Young's Artist in Residence: A Place of Our
Own, members of AAWAA will read poetry and prose, including work from
the anthology, Cheers to Muses, Contemporary Works by Asian American
Women. This diverse collection comprises a compelling part of today's
literary voices.
Sunday, January 25, 1-4 pm, including a book signing
Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park
Writers:
Grace Ilagan Angel
Olivia Boler
Clara Hsu
Michelle Meeseon Koehn
Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen
Grace Tseng
Maw Shein Win
Nellie Wong
Debbie Yee
website: www.aawaa.net
email: info@aawaa.net
de Young
Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
An ambitious undertaking by AAWAA. This ongoing project began with an Artists-in-Residence at the de Young Museum of San Francisco. Year 2 found A PLACE at Driftwood Salon Gallery and now Year 3, AAWAA's largest showcase of PLACE artists, co-presents with APICC at SOMArts Cultural Center.
Liz St. John interviews Board President and Curator,
Cynthia Tom about A Place of Her Own
Veronica Faisant speaks with Asian American artist and
curator, Cynthia Tom, about AAWAA's exhibit,
A Place of Her Own.
"If you had a place of your own, what would it be?"
A PLACE OF HER OWN
2010
