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Asian American Arts Centre invites artists to submit current visual materials for review for the Arts Centre's exhibition program and selection into the AAAC Artist Archive. We encourage artists of Asian ancestry and artists significantly influenced by Asia including mixed-race persons to submit. Emerging new media or video artists throughout the United States are also welcome.

AAAC Artist Archive is one of the largest historical archives on this subject. The physical archive consists of about 1500 entries of artists' materials, including biographical materials, publications, statements, project plans, reviews, exhibition materials (press releases, fliers, etc.), catalogs, taped interviews, and samples of works in slides, photographs and/or digital files. It documents Asian American art over the last 60+ years. The archive enables the development of AAAC exhibitions, and has been used by publishers, curators, art consultants, community organizations as well as international facilities. AAAC Artist Archive was chosen as one of the Asian/Pacific American Archives Survey participants, the project at New York University.


Portions of the physical archive are available to the public on Asian American Arts Centre's new digital archive website artasiamerica.org. Many more artists will continue to be added for the next few years. The materials in the physical AAAC Artist Archive will be available for viewing by appointment and on a sliding scale fee depending on current conditions.


Click here to take a look at the listing of artists in AAAC Artist Archive »



Submission Guide:

In order to be considered for the AAAC Artist Archive and artasiamerica.org, please submit the following:
  • 20x35mm slides labeled with artist's name, title, creation date, materials, techniques, and dimensions (if necessary, this information can also be submitted on accompanying slide script)
  • Digital images of artwork are also acceptable: TIF or JPG, on CD or DVD, TIF at 1280x800 pixels with resolution of 300 dpi, or JPG at 1280x800 pixels and resolution 72 dpi.
  • 1-page artist statement (to be dated)
    (Artists significantly influenced by Asia should mention specifically how they consider themselves influenced by Asia.)
  • Artist resume (to be dated)
  • Other support materials (catalogs, newspaper/journal articles, reviews, announcement cards, press releases, project plans, etc.)
  • Completed AAAC Information Form - this can be found at
    http://www.artspiral.org/archive_submission.html
Please do not send original slides. Visual materials are not returned; they become part of the Archive, a historical record of Asian American art. Artists are welcome to update their file. Please write us at archive@artspiral.org for the latest on this.

Send to:
AAAC Artist Archive
Asian American Arts Centre
111 Norfolk Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10002


For inquiries, contact: archive@artspiral.org
Read more about the archives on our blog:
http://artspiral.blogspot.com/search/label/artasiamerica