Friday, September 3, 2010

Opening Reception tonight! Directions to Driftwood

A Place of Her Own Opening Reception is 5-9pm tonight! See you at Driftwood Salon gallery in a few hours!

















39 Isis Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Note: Isis Street is a tiny street near the freeway bridge and it can get pretty crowded parking-wise. More parking is available just down the street around 12th and Folsom (see green line on map).







Wednesday, September 1, 2010

AAWAA's YouTube Channel

A PLACE OF HER OWN's Opening Reception is this Friday from 5-9pm at Driftwood Salon in San Francisco. Check out our YouTube videos of installation, as well as some footage of one of PLACE's artist, Vivian Truong.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Distillations: Meditations on the Japanese American Experience by Reiko Fujii, Lucien Kubo, Shizue Seigel, and Judy Shintani



Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFK University
2956 San Pablo Avenue, 2nd Floor, Berkeley

Exhibition:  Aug. 17 - Sept. 18. M-F 11 am - 5 pm / Sat. noon - 5 pm
Reception:   Sat., August 21, 6 - 9 pm

Four Japanese American women artists who met through AAWAA draw from personal, family and collective narratives to explore the complex legacies of the Japanese American experience through collage, assemblage, glass, painting, photography, word, found objects, installation, video, and performance.

August 21, Saturday, 4 - 6 pm
Seeking the Essence - Memory, Meaning and Untold Stories: Artists Panel with Reiko Fujii,  Shizue Seigel, and Judy Shintani

August 28, Saturday, 2 - 4 pm                        
Intergenerational Legacies - Hybridity in an Evolving California: Slide Talk and Discussion with Shizue Seigel

August 29, Sunday, 1 - 4:30 pm           
Honoring Ancestors through Art: Workshop with Judy Shintani. Fee: $25. RSVP: judyshintani@yahoo.com

September 18, Saturday, 3 - 4:30 pm           
Grandmothers from Far Away Lands, The Egg House Wall, Stories about Internment, The Farm, and The Glass Kimono: Multi-Media Performances by Reiko Fujii, Judy Shintani and Lisa Petrides

Directions: From I-80, take Ashby exit, cross 7th St. and turn left into parking lot at Ashby Plaza Clock Tower. Drive towards the water tower and look to right for signs to JFKU Arts Annex.