"Leaps and Bounds"

Phoenix. Gallery, 568 Broadway, NY NY 10012
July 23 - August 10, 2002

Press Release: June 29, 2002 (For immediate release)

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ALLIANCE
YAN KONG
TEL(FAX) 718-788-6170

www.aawaa.org

Asian American Women Artists Alliance presents twentytwo artists in "Leaps and Bounds", its fifth Annual group exhibition. The opening night also features an operatic concert performance

"Leaps and Bounds" reflects the diversity and energy created by the artists and artwork , and this year more than ever, the new work is full of life-giving meaning. Like the title Leaps and bounds, AAWAA is growing and beginning to bear fruit! This year the annual exhibition catalog is available online, starting July 23 at www.aawaa.org . A literary forum continues to be part of the catalog and two essays, both by Anne M. Sakuma, were selected from many submissions on the Asian American experience.

Leaps and Bounds represents the rich diversity of Asian American Women artists in terms of culture as well as a broad range of artistic approaches in a variety of disciplines. Representative work in this show includes abstract paintings, installations, traditional brush and ink paintings, drawings, watercolors, and photography.

The Artists: Asian American Artists: Ran Hwang, Ellen Hsiao, Laura Hsing, Joo Hyun Kang, Yan Kong, Sonomi Kobayashi, Fannie Lee, Numyi Lee, Winnie Lee, Helen Lin , Minn Matsuda, Chie Nishio, Ming Ming Shih, Yi Jun Sun, Xin Song, Tomoko Tamura, Shirley Pu Wills.
American friends: Paula DeLuccia, Micky Schon, Karin Soika, Nancy Soyer.

The Asian American Women Artists Alliance is a 501C-3 non-profit organization which supports and promotes Asian American Women Artists in the visual, literary and performing arts by organizing exhibitions, performances, and readings, and by sponsoring educational workshops and seminars that help artists develop their careers. AAWAA was formed in 1998 to create an intergenerational, Pan-Asian network for emerging and established women artists. Every year AAWAA showcases a diverse group of artists of all ethnicities. Please visit our web site at www.aawaa.org for additional information about the organization.

This exhibition is made possible in cooperation with the Asian American Women Artists Alliance with public funds from the Funds for Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization program, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.