Our mission is to provide resources and support for the local Asian American community, and increase the visibility and representation of the Asian American diaspora in civic, cultural and community spaces through the arts.
You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.
- Grace Lee Boggs
Save the Date!
2026 HIGHLIGHTS
UMBRELLA ARTS FESTIVAL
Photos from @erindrewitzphotography and the Evanston ASPA community
KITCHEN TABLE TALK WITH DR. GEETA MAKER-CLARK
TRACING HOME: RESEARCHING & DOCUMENTING HISTORY
IN THE ABSENCE OF SPACE EXHIBITION
CHADO - JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY
AAPI SYMPOSIUM WITH STUDENTS FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Evanston ASPA receives Cultural Heritage Award and
check out our latest Placemaking Project story published in the Roundtable!
Evanston ASPA Receives
Evanston Cultural Heritage Award!
The City's Preservation Commission honors individuals and organizations with Cultural Heritage Awards for work that embodies, safeguards, or advances cultural and historic preservation.
Our organization has been awarded the Outstanding Group Achievement for Research, Education and Advocacy, Equity & Art.
We are extremely proud of the work we are doing in collaboration with local historians and northwestern faculty and students to uncover 130+ years of lost history of the local Asian American community, and preserve their oral histories and stories to combat cultural erasure.
It is an honor to recognized for this work!
Learn more about our Placemaking Project and scroll down to check out our most recent story written by Jenny Thompson published in the Roundtable featuring the Immigrant Journey of Filipinos in Evanston.
