Image: Project Space of Ha Bik Chuen Archive, 2016-2019, Hong Kong. Courtesy of Asia Art Archive.
Title: Asia Art Archive in America: Using the Archive Workshop
Date & Time: Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:15PM (Program begins promptly at 4:30 PM)
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 20
Admission: A.R.T. Members $5 and Non-Members $8
Location: Asia Art Archive in America, 23 Cranberry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Using the Archive is a workshop for both new and returning researchers on how to navigate Asia Art Archive in America’s (AAAinA) physical and digital resources. This program offers a guide to AAA’s acquisitions processes, as well as a walkthrough of some of the features of and search tools for their Collections.
Since 2000, AAA has been collecting primary and secondary materials surrounding recent art in Asia and our growing Research and Library Collections now contain over 110,000 records, ranging from publications and ephemera to correspondence, photographic documentation, and video recordings. To facilitate access and improve the user experience, AAA updates features on the digital platform, making sure these valuable resources remain available to users worldwide.
This workshop begins with an overview of AAA’s Collections and their development, followed by a session on how to access and make use of the digital platform on site at their Brooklyn Heights location. The scope of the collection of secondary materials available at AAAinA’s Reading Room is also highlighted. The workshop concludes with a Q&A session with a focus on participants research goals.
AAAinA’s general programming and operations are funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, the Vilcek Foundation, and other foundations and individuals.
Admission
A.R.T. Members: $5 per person
Non-A.R.T. members: $8 per person
This is an in-person event limited to 20 people. No refunds for cancellations and registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
On the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. A member of the A.R.T. staff will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
ABOUT
Asia Art Archive in America (AAAinA), founded in 2009, is an independently established and operated U.S. 501(c)3 and the first overseas hub of Asia Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong. AAAinA’s mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible information on contemporary art from and of Asia, in order to facilitate public understanding and specialized research, to instigate dialogue and critical thinking, and to raise awareness of and support for the activities of AAA globally. To achieve this goal, AAAinA maintains a reading room in Brooklyn, New York which is open to the public free of charge, and comprises over 5,000 monographs, exhibition catalogues, reference books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials about contemporary art related to Asia. AAAinA also organizes a regular program of talks, screenings, exhibitions, residencies, workshops, participatory projects, and panels with artists, curators, critics, and scholars in the field.
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