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Asia Art Archive In America

LXCL:<ul class="lxcl-ul"><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">Admission for 2 guests, including food and drinks</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 entries for the Grand Giveaway of an original watercolor by Akira Ikezoe</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">4 book giveaway entries</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 Special Edition Zine* Together Tote Bags</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 Zine* Together exhibition catalogs</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 AAAinA-themed Hats</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">Special recognition at event</li></ul>

Monograph Ticket

LXCL:<ul class="lxcl-ul"><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">Admission for 1 guest, including food and drinks</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">1 entry for the Grand Giveaway of an original watercolor by Akira Ikezoe</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 book giveaway entries</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">1 Special Edition Zine* Together Tote Bag</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">1 Zine* Together exhibition catalog</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">Special recognition at event</li></ul>

Catalog Ticket

LXCL:<ul class="lxcl-ul"><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">Admission for 2 guests, including food and drinks</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">4 book giveaway entries</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">2 Special Edition Zine* Together Tote Bags</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">Special recognition at event</li></ul>

Chapbook Ticket

LXCL:<ul class="lxcl-ul"><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">Admission for 1 guest, including food and drinks</li><li class="lxcl-listItem" dir="ltr">1 book giveaway entry</li></ul>

Zine Ticket

It&rsquo;s everyone&#39;s favorite night of the year:&nbsp;End with A Book!&nbsp;&nbsp; We&#39;re back with more dumplings, drinks, music, and, of course, BOOKS! 😎&nbsp;Join us at AAAinA for our year-end celebration and fundraiser!&nbsp; The Grand Giveaway is back! We couldn&rsquo;t be more excited about this year&rsquo;s prize: Tail 2 (2020), an original watercolor by artist Akira Ikezoe.&nbsp;All Catalog and&nbsp;Monograph ticket holders are eligible, and the winner will be announced on the night of the event. New York-based artist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://akiraikezoe.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Akira Ikezoe</a> (b. 1979, Kochi, Japan) works across drawing, painting, video, and performance, often borrowing the forms of specimens, charts, and stories to explore where the human and natural worlds meet. His work was recently featured in the 2026 Whitney Biennial, MoMA PS1&rsquo;s Greater New York 2026, and the 2025 Sharjah Biennial. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1792775685/wysiwyg/u8ouwp3mkuivo4ziy94h.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Akira Ikezoe,&nbsp;Tail 2, 2020 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 12 inch Event graphics by Herdimas Anggara This year&rsquo;s event graphics were created by artist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://ritual.engineer/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Herdimas Anggara</a>, who likes to hijack familiar formats and toy with institutional seriousness. Through his ongoing framework RASUK (Indonesian for &ldquo;possess&rdquo;), he coaxes forms into deviating from their intended purposes. He teaches at VCUarts, where he encourages students to trick infrastructure. Music by DJ yiuyiu 瑤瑤 We&rsquo;re thrilled to welcome back DJ yiuyiu 瑤瑤 of <a fr-original-style="" href="http://chinatownrecords.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Chinatown Records 華埠錄音</a>, a cultural organizer and oral history educator, who will set the mood with a vinyl set for the evening. Why your support matters Proceeds support AAAinA&rsquo;s public programs and collections, furthering our mission to champion the cultural contributions of Asian communities in the U.S. and globally. Can&rsquo;t make it? Please consider making a year-end gift of any amount; no amount is too small. Thank you! Space is limited, so register early. We can&rsquo;t wait to see you there! 📚🎶🥟 *ARTISTS &amp; COLLABORATORS*: Please email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:chuang@aaa-a.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">chuang@aaa-a.org</a> for a special discount code. *Heads up*:&nbsp;We use Zeffy, a free ticketing platform for nonprofits, so 100% of your ticket supports AAAinA. At checkout, Zeffy will suggest an optional tip to support their platform.&nbsp;You can set it to $0. *Questions? Please contact Chen-An, AAAinA Development Manager at chuang@aaa-a.org.

It’s everyone's favorite night of the year: End with A Book!   We're back with more dumplings, drinks, music, and, of course, BOOKS! 😎 Join us at AAAinA for our year-end celebration and fundraiser!  The Grand Giveaway is back! We couldn’t be more excited about this year’s prize: Tail 2 (2020), an original watercolor by artist Akira Ikezoe. All Catalog and Monograph ticket holders are eligible, and the winner will be announced on the night of the event. New York-based artist <a href="https://akiraikezoe.com/" target="_blank">Akira Ikezoe</a> (b. 1979, Kochi, Japan) works across drawing, painting, video, and performance, often borrowing the forms of specimens, charts, and stories to explore where the human and natural worlds meet. His work was recently featured in the 2026 Whitney Biennial, MoMA PS1’s Greater New York 2026, and the 2025 Sharjah Biennial. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1792775685/wysiwyg/u8ouwp3mkuivo4ziy94h.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />Akira Ikezoe, Tail 2, 2020 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 12 inch Event graphics by Herdimas Anggara This year’s event graphics were created by artist <a href="https://ritual.engineer/" target="_blank">Herdimas Anggara</a>, who likes to hijack familiar formats and toy with institutional seriousness. Through his ongoing framework RASUK (Indonesian for “possess”), he coaxes forms into deviating from their intended purposes. He teaches at VCUarts, where he encourages students to trick infrastructure. Music by DJ yiuyiu 瑤瑤 We’re thrilled to welcome back DJ yiuyiu 瑤瑤 of <a href="http://chinatownrecords.us/" target="_blank">Chinatown Records 華埠錄音</a>, a cultural organizer and oral history educator, who will set the mood with a vinyl set for the evening. Why your support matters Proceeds support AAAinA’s public programs and collections, furthering our mission to champion the cultural contributions of Asian communities in the U.S. and globally. Can’t make it? Please consider making a year-end gift of any amount; no amount is too small. Thank you! Space is limited, so register early. We can’t wait to see you there! 📚🎶🥟 *ARTISTS &amp; COLLABORATORS*: Please email <a href="mailto:chuang@aaa-a.org">chuang@aaa-a.org</a> for a special discount code. *Heads up*: We use Zeffy, a free ticketing platform for nonprofits, so 100% of your ticket supports AAAinA. At checkout, Zeffy will suggest an optional tip to support their platform. You can set it to $0. *Questions? Please contact Chen-An, AAAinA Development Manager at chuang@aaa-a.org.

Asia Art Archive In America

End with a Book! 2026

23 Cranberry St

Monograph Ticket

$1,000

Catalog Ticket

$500

Chapbook Ticket

$200

Zine Ticket

$75

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