Asia Art Archive in America (AAAinA), founded in 2009, is an independently established and operated U.S. 501(c)3 and the first overseas hub of Asia Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong.
AAAinA’s mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible information on contemporary art from and of Asia, in order to facilitate public understanding and specialized research, to instigate dialogue and critical thinking, and to raise awareness of and support for the activities of AAA globally.
To achieve this goal, AAAinA maintains a reading room in Brooklyn, New York which is open to the public free of charge, and comprises over 5,000 monographs, exhibition catalogues, reference books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials about contemporary art related to Asia. AAAinA also organizes a regular program of talks, screenings, exhibitions, residencies, workshops, participatory projects, and panels with artists, curators, critics, and scholars in the field.
Our programs and operations are funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, and the Vilcek Foundation, and other foundations and individuals.
Board of Directors
Jane DeBevoise, President
Gopal Menon, Treasurer
Elaine W. Ng, Secretary
Christopher Phillips
Yayoi Shionoiri
Eunei Lee
Reiko Tomii
Zheng Shengtian
Chris Wu
Jennifer Tobias
Staff
- Alexander Si Manager of Operations and Development
- Claire Kim Manager of Programs and Collections
- Ying Chiun Lee Programs and Collections Coordinator