Slide Slam 2023

ABOUT THE EVENT

An annual event in celebration of Women’s History Month where AAWAA Artist Members and invited AAPI women artists from The Ruby present their work in a rapid-fire format of 4 slides in 4 minutes as presenters show their work and give updates on their current art endeavors. Co-presented by AAWAA and The Ruby, this program creates networking opportunities between our artist community and special guests who include prominent educators, curators, gallerists, researchers, collectors and other art professionals.

ASL interpretation will be provided for the event.

REGISTRATION

FREE

*In-person capacity is limited and attendees must show proof of vaccination

In-person attendees will be sent the address to the venue after they have registered. Online attendees will receive an email notification with the link to view the event 30 minutes prior to the event's start.

COMMUNITY PARTNER

Bay Area Asian Deaf Association

PRESENTING ARTISTS

Catherine Gutierrez

Felicia Lowe

Hae Jeong Cho

*Helen Shewolfe Tseng

Jasmine Liang

**Jeongin Weber

Joyce Xi

Kay Kang

Ke Sook Lee

Midori

*Nibha Akireddy

*Reina Takahashi

Sophia Lee

Tanya Momi

*Artist from The Ruby

**Artist from BAADA

SPECIAL INVITED GUESTS

Jane Chin Davidson is an art historian whose research on contemporary art focuses on diasporic identities in relation to locations and sites for a global culture and expressions of Chinese gender and identity (she was born in Hong Kong and emigrated with her family to the United States). She is a researcher of performance, exhibition theory and practice including decolonizing processes for global exhibitions and curatorial subjects of transnationalism, feminism, and performance art – eco-art, eco-feminism. Her recent publications include the monograph Staging Art and Chineseness: Politics of Trans/Nationalism and Global Expositions (MUP, 2020); her chapter “Patty Chang: Body, Performance, and Transnational Border Crossings,” eds. Catherine Dormor and Basia Sliwinska, Transnational Belonging and Female Agency in the Arts, London: Bloomsbury, 2022, and the co-edited special journal issue “Okwui Enwezor: the Art of Curating” for NKA: Journal of African Art (2021) the journal founded by Enwezor. Her speaking engagements include her talk in Venice for the European Cultural Center with artists in the Personal Structures exhibition at the 2022 Venice Biennale, September 22and 23, 2022. She has served on three editorial boards such as WEAD (Women’s Eco Art Dialogue) Magazine and CAA’s Art Journal (2017-2021), and her professional awards include the 2022 Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Loughborough University, UK and the National Women’s Studies Association’s Women of Color Leadership Project, 2017-19.

She completed her PhD in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Manchester, UK with top honors, Postgraduate of the Year, and her BA in Art History from Reed College.

For more information, go to https://www.csusb.edu/profile/jchindavidson

Christina Hiromi Hobbs (she/they) is an art historian, curator, and writer based in the Bay Area. She is a PhD student in Art History at Stanford University with an emphasis on Asian American art and the intersections of history and memory, race and aesthetics, and the archive. Recent projects include co-curating the exhibition No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration at the Noguchi Museum in New York. They also contributed a short piece entitled “Image and Memory” to the preface of the paperback edition of Daniel James Brown’s Facing the Mountain published in 2022 by Penguin Random House.

Stephen Seymour is a graduate of Parsons School of Design at the New School for Social Research in New York City. In 2018 he was appointed to the San Mateo County Arts Commission and manages the Visual Arts Exhibition at the San Mateo County Fair. In 2021 Stephen co-founded the Peninsula Art Foundation with Ruth Waters. They opened the ArtZone in Tanforan Mall. He paints there and in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Stephen’s passion for the culture, color and texture can be seen in the brush strokes in Stephen’s paintings.

Allison Wyckoff is an arts administrator and educator with 25 years experience teaching and developing programs in schools, museums and alternative settings. For the past 19 years, she has worked collaboratively to build the public programs department at the Asian Art Museum, forming its youth and family public programs, which include monthly Family Fun Days and annual Cultural Celebrations; founding the museum’s paid teen internship program, Art Speak, now in its 16th year; helping seed its popular Thursday Nights Series; and producing the Village Artist Corner public art intervention and programmatic activations. As Associate Director of Public and Community Programs at the Asian Art Museum, Allison works with a team of passionate programmers committed to making art and museums more accessible and inclusive to all audiences.

YY Zhu, currently the Director of Galleries and Programs at the Chinese Culture Center of SF, where she oversees CCC Gallery, 41 Ross community gallery, the artistic programming and exhibitions, artist community, and visitor experience. Zhu has successfully led artist residencies with local and international artists and research fellows, she has also cultivated a strong artist and community partners network through heading artist-community projects and public art activations. She is an interdisciplinary artist with an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her personal mission is to make the world a better place.

ABOUT AAWAA

Asian American Women Artists Association's mission is to advance the visibility and recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the arts. Through exhibitions, publications, public programs and an informative website, AAWAA is an accessible resource and portal for educators academics, researchers, arts and social justice communities and the general public.

This exhibition is part of AAWAA’s efforts to create more opportunities for its Artists Members. If you would like to further support our Membership and programs, please consider joining as a member or donating! www.aawaa.net

ABOUT THE RUBY

The Ruby is an arts and letters-focused collective and gathering space for women, trans women, and nonbinary creatives who connect, learn, and collaborate through a shared commitment to artistic and social impact pursuits. They call our members — who include writers, artists, photographers, filmmakers, podcasters, and other creatives — "Rubies." Rubies are multifaceted, and share a common desire to expand their world views and communities, share their passions, and make meaningful connections.

Learn more about The Ruby and their membership: www.therubysf.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Ruby, 24th and Bryant, San Francisco, United States