Non AAARI Events

LEGENDS: Athleticism in Asian/American Art explores the intersection of art and sports through the work of contemporary Asian and Asian American artists. While often considered distinct fields, this exhibition highlights how sport and artistic expression serve as interconnected arenas. Featuring artists and collectives across a wide range of artistic media, LEGENDS examines how artists of ... Read more

The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is proud to present Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, the first major New York survey of artist Zhen Guo (b. 1955, Shandong Province, China). The works on display span nearly sixty years, from Zhen Guo’s first embroidery (Chairman Mao, 1966) to her large-scale papier-mâché and sewn fabric breast ... Read more

The 2026 APAICS Legislative Leadership Summit (LLS) brings together nonprofit and corporate leaders, subject matter experts, as well as local, state, and federal elected officials to discuss important issues that affect the Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) community and the nation at large. LLS focuses on issues, policies, practices, and trends ... Read more

The model minority stereotype is often dismissed as a "compliment" but creates real harm for Chinese Americans and Asian Americans more broadly. New data from the 2025 State of Chinese Americans survey reveals Chinese Americans who regularly encounter these assumptions report significantly more psychological distress than those who face no discrimination at all. These seemingly ... Read more

Join us for a reading and conversation featuring writers from this groundbreaking collection, Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power (Duke University Press; edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews), which is the first comprehensive volume to explore the impact of empire on Afghanistan’s past and present. We will be joined by Zohra Saed, Moustafa ... Read more

Many new buildings and public spaces in New York City have been criticized for being hostile to the public. In fact, “hostile architecture” is a term used by the media to describe an increasing feature in public spaces; for example, benches with multiple arms to deter sleeping and limit use by homeless people. How can ... Read more

Join Asia Society and HBO for a special screening of The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas. A moving installment in "The List" documentary series created by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, this film brings together a tableau of voices to explore the themes of representation, belonging, and what it means to be AAPI in ... Read more