Cultural Center in The Lower East Side area
The Arts Centre was founded in 1974, one of the early Asian American community organizations initiated to affirm, document and create an Asian American cultural presence on the East Coast. It has gathered a Permanent Collection of over 400 contemporary Asian American art works and about 200 Chinese folk art pieces. Its storehouse of records includes documentation extending back to the beginnings of Basement Workshop in 1970, the seminal Asian American East Coast organization. The coherence of Asian American culture and its history in the United States is substantiated and can be traced through programs presenting dance theatre, folk artists, oral histories (primarily Chinese), young artists and senior artists. Other materials include video documentation and interviews of artists (unpublished), audio materials, a library of catalogues and books, and original art works. National advocacy for diversity in the arts is documented through materials on The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) in which the Arts Centre played a key role for several years.
From 12:30 to 18:30
thursdays closing at 19:30
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays
Free
Corner of Bayard St. Subway: B/D to Grand Street
26 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-233-2154 Fax: 212-766-1287
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