Asia Art Archive
in America

Asia Art Archive
in America

AAAinA’s public programs are curated to align with our content priorities and serve as a vehicle to activate the reading room and digital archives. All programs have a suggested donation and require registration which can be made on the corresponding program’s webpage. These donations are critical to ensuring the continuation of our programming that aims to support artists, cultural workers and the community we serve. If you have any questions, please contact info@aaa-a.org. Thank you! 

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End with a Book! 2025, Graphics by Sarula Bao.

Announcement, Fundraiser

End with a Book! 2025
A stack of digitally simulated worlds illustrated in an outer space-like environment.

Workshop

Future_Forecast: Live Simulation + Collective World Building
A composite image of a chair draped in sheer fabrics on the left and the torso of a person wearing a sheer top and black pants on the right.

Talk

When artists dream of fashion: An evening with Chang Yuchen and Rujuta Rao
A composite image of a group selfie of a group of young people on the left and people cheers with drinks at a table with food on the right.

Talk

Always more to say: Conversation on Experimental Performance Art from Vietnam
An illustration of the words COPYRIGHT in orange on top of a layered composition of paper, including stamps and a postcard.

Announcement

AAAinA's Leadership Camp VII: a̷s̷i̷a̷ ̷u̷n̷a̷u̷t̷h̷o̷r̷i̷z̷e̷d̷
An image of an NYC elevated subway station platform during the daytime, with a mural visible in the background. A person stands on the platform in front of the mural.

Talk

Art on the Move: NYC’s Iconic Subway Murals
A composite image of a person standing in a gallery space at a monitor with diagrammatic marks on the left, and an image of a group of people seated looking up at a projected document on the right.

Workshop

"Mountain of Many Voices" — Live: A Collective Storytelling Performance and Artist Talk
A blurred figure moves through a gray gallery space that contains five curved wood tables with documents and colorful ovals on them.

Talk

From Letters to Words to Dialogue: Building Collective Language with Radical Characters and Pararailing
A composite image: left: an event promotional image (red background with the text SEPTEMBER TOWN HALL: TRADITIONS and the Asian American Arts Alliance logo); top right: a photo portrait of an Asian person standing on the beach with ocean visible in the background; bottom right: a photo portrait of a person wearing a gray beanie and a hoodie standing in front of a bookcase.

Talk

A4 September Town Hall
An illustration of a man turned away, standing in a room with frames on the wall. The words

Talk

Ways of Undoing with Dawn Chan: Low Carbon Alternatives in an Art World Reliant on Air Travel
A blue tile mural depicting a fish in an underground New York City subway station.

Exhibition

Offering the Spiritual: A Selection of Ming Fay’s Public Art Projects
An opened book with a photograph inside depicting a palm leaf with two hands. The book is against an orange and pink background with text

Open House, Talk

Summer Open House organized with Small Editions
A composite image of six books and zines against a purple background

Presentation, Talk

The Artists’ Magazine: A Parallel Practice
Sagarika Sundaram seated on a large carved stone bull (Nandi) at the ancient Shore Temple in Mamallapuram, India, with temple ruins and sky in the background. Courtesy of Vasanti Sundaram and the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation.

Workshop

Zine-making Workshop: Traveling with artists Sagarika Sundaram and Mrinalini Mukherjee
Gallery installation view featuring a long, narrow two-channel video projection mounted high on a white wall, showing close-up images of ocean debris and discarded materials arranged against dark backgrounds. Below it, a white pedestal display case presents several large, rust-colored, irregular metal fragments spaced evenly on a white surface.

Exhibition, Walkthrough

Remains to be seen: Conversation with Pallavi Surana, Maia Chao, and S Emsaki
Left image depicts a young man hiding behind a tree; right image is a still from an animation film depicting a child-like toy sitting in a dark room

Screening, Talk

Body Politics & Purity: Screening and Conversation with Poyen Wang and Amiko Li
A composite image: left: an Asian person stands in front of a white wall and looks off to the left. Right: an Asian person wearing a scarf stands in front of trees.

Talk

Publishing as Trans* and Asian / Diasporic Practice: A Conversation and Call for Pitches
A composite black and white image: left: the book cover of THE VAGUELY ASIAN READER zine; right: a photo of a storefront labeled

Talk

"Vaguely Asian”: A Gathering and Presentations to celebrate Leadership Camp VI
An image of a side of a building decorated with repeating posters featuring a person against a sky.

Talk

"The End Time!" A Virtual Conversation with Sin Wai Kin and Stephanie Bailey
A composite image: left: a wall with a black illustration on it and 3 digital screens. Right: a sculptural installation with fabric figures.

Presentation

Artists on Archives with Abang-guard and Umber Majeed