2006 HOME ROOM

Asian American Women Artists Alliance brings
Asian Cultures and Arts to
the Brooklyn communities with
the Home Room Project

AAWAA is currently accepting proposals for future Home Rooms.
For more information please contact info@aawaa.org.

Purpose :
AAWAA recognizes an alarming lack of Asian cultural visibility in Brooklyn. The Home Room Project aims to create an aesthetic, Asian cultural presence that goes beyond Lo Mein, Sushi and Kung Fu, intending for exploration in Asian arts to be educational, interactive and accessible for the local communities.

Planned Activities: Home Room 1 6/16/06 – 4/17/07
The first Home Room of the series, a living environment that is Chinese, will include a visual exhibition, a small library and a performing space., at AAWAA Gallery II, 136 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Home Room 1 presents a piece of Chinese cultural history by mobilizing New York-based and specially Brooklyn-based artists, to create an installation - using a contemporary interpretation of traditional wood carving for door and window constructions, cut-paper design and period decorative elements - fabricated and installed by a team of professional artists with background in building constructions, design and woodwork.

To supplement the educational aspect of the exhibition, other art forms will be presented. (Music,dance, poetry recitals, videos, movies).

A TV/video production of Home Room 1 will be made for documentation and promotion.

Theme of Home Room 1:
To depict the visual, literature and drama of China between 1911-1950, a critical renaissance of arts in Chinese history. Visual display will focus on art work of women artists ( which is nearly non-existent and few records to be found) and women writers of the time.

Other Aspect of Home Room 1
Home Room 1 will be juxtaposed with two visual exhibitions by contemporary artists at AAWAA Gallery I. 6/16/06 – 12/22/06 and 1/15/07 – 4/17/07. Work displayed in Gallery I will include face masks of artists involved in the Home Room project and all AAWAA members, painted costumes of China, sculptures, paintings, videos, collages.

The Home Rooms will be shown as a series of Asian cultural parades bringing arts and cultures to an underserved neighborhood in Brooklyn and the larger community of New York City. One ethnically-specific (Asian) artist group each year, will create an installation that evokes a historical time of their culture. The artist team must identify the objectives for their choice and clearly express to the viewing audience an environment that is both welcoming and a learning experience. The installation created must be innovative in a contemporary sense. Proposal should not be more than three pages, including planned activities, theme of the Home Room Project and credentials of the Artist team. Proposal can be sumbitted in mail or e-mail.

Call for Entries for Visual arts exhibitions , AAWAA Gallery I
(1/15/07 – 4/17/07 ) submission deadline: September 15, 2006.
Send in 6 – 10 slides, or photo hard copies of art work to AAWAA, 136 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. All Asian artists and American artists are welcomed to apply.

Support the Home Room 1 Project!!
Meet Chinese women artists and women writers from 1911-1950 in Home Room 1!!
Come to a performance of music/dance, watch movies and videos about the Chinese cultural history of this critical artistic renaissance !
Asian American Women Artists Alliance (AAWAA) is launching a new exhibition program for the next five years called Home Room. The project has received an initial funding from the Ford Foundation/BAC in July, 2005.
AAWAA is seeking financial support from people like you, from the Brooklyn Communities and the larger New York communities to help offset the cost of production for Home Room 1. You can also volunteer your time to help various aspect of this very exciting project. Contact us at info@aawaa.org or call 718-788-6170.
Asian American Women Artists Alliance is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization.
Any contributions is tax-deductible as permitted by law. We will be sure to credit your name as one of the program supporters in the Home Room 1 TV/video production. Send check payable to AAWAA and mail to AAWAA, 136 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Or go directly to donation page using pay-pal.