ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present is an international, nonprofit association dedicated to discovering and articulating the aesthetic, cultural, ethical, and political identities of the contemporary arts.

Elisheba Johnson Keynote at The Henry Art Gallery for ASAP/14

Upcoming Conference

ASAP/16: Worldmaking/Worldbreaking

Worldmaking/Worldbreaking ASAP/16: Houston Wednesday, October 22 – Saturday, October 25, 2025 Deadline for Posting Panel/Seminar CFPs: February 14, 2025 Deadline for Finalized Submissions: March 28, 2025 “You won’t break my soul,” Houston native Beyoncé protested in the lead single from her 2022 commemoration of the Black and queer origins of dance music. And yet the […]

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