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Love For Flo Oy Wong - A Tribute

It is with very heavy hearts that we share that our incredible co-founder, Flo Oy Wong, has passed on April 11, 2026 following some major health complications. Flo was beloved by all who met her. Everyone at AAWAA will miss her firebrand energy, outspokenness, curiosity, and warm encouragement…

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Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander on Asian American Art, Past and Futures

In 1989, after the national meeting for the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) was established by Betty Kano, Flo Oy Wong, and Moira Roth in San Francisco (fig. 5). Bing joined the group soon after. AAWAA is unique as one of the only arts organizations in the United States explicitly created to support Asian American women artists. Beyond organizing exhibitions and public programs, AAWAA also runs the Emerging Curators Program, which offers opportunities for Asian American women to gain experience in the curatorial realm. For AAWAA and many other Asian American art collectives, it is not just the representation of Asian Americans on museum walls that matters; they recognize the need for Asian Americans to occupy important roles as public and creative leaders within institutions and beyond.

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