Congratulations to AAWAA Artist Member Lydia Nakashima Degarrod for receiving the fellowship at the Women’s International Study Center (WISC)…

Betty Louie, a longtime supporter of AAWAA, could still her her dad’s voice screaming at her in the fall of 2014. “Don’t ever get rid of those tenants,” he’d shout. “No one is ever going to want a restaurant on the second floor. You’re going to be really, really sorry!” Her dad was referring to the restaurant owners inhabiting the space at 28 Waverly Place, a two-story, spacious building in San Francisco’s Chinatown, that was originally built in the 1800s.

What had been simply an art project for an ‘artists in residence’ program in 2009 at San Francisco’s de Young Museum has now blossomed into something profoundly transformative as “A Place of Her Own ™” workshop brings art and healing together.

“There's a lot of resilience and power in sitting and listening and watching – which my work is about. I'm not a photographer that puts out my work all the time. I'm really slow. There's a certain timing to when I realize the relevance of a particular photo or a series.” Listen to AAWAA Artist Member, Erina Alejo, talk about their project, A Hxstory of Renting on KQED’s Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw.

Eddie Wong, editor of East Wind Ezine asked AAWAA Artist Member, Lenore Chinn to pen an article as we anticipate the release of the US Postage Service stamps honoring Ruth Asawa. Read more on East Wind Ezine!

“Lola Marina (lola - grandmother, in Tagalog) turned 98 last month. She has lived through and is part of nearly a century’s worth of hxstory.” Artist Member, Erina Alejo reflects on their Lola’s immigrant story through their anti-displacement narrative project, A Hxstory of Renting.