Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
China Society 75th anniversary meeting: Zhao Feng on “Recent Textiles from the Silk Road”
Direct from Hangzhou, China, the China Society presents the Deputy Director and Curator of the Chinese National Silk Museum, Dr. Zhao Feng.
When:
October 4, 2010 6:30pm to 12:00am
Where
A world authority on ancient Chinese textiles, Dr. Zhao has published widely in his field of expertise and researched Silk Road textiles at major museums throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musee Guimet in Paris, and the Victoria & Albert and British Museums in London. Trained as a textile technician, Dr. Zhao has analyzed structure, materials and dyes of hundreds of textiles dating from the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and has been responsible for several important exhibitions and catalogues at his institution that highlighted finds from the deserts of Western China through which the famed Silk Road passed.
To attend, please send a RSVP email to China Society treasurer Yvonne Changby. The email must include the exact number of attendees and a guarantee that a payment check is in the mail. Checks postmarked after Monday, September 27th will not be accepted. Please send payment to:
Yvonne Chang
3625 Shoreheights Drive
Malibu CA 90265
Please send email confirmation to: yvonnechang@charter.net
Cost:
$35. An email confirmation must be sent to China Society treasurer Yvonne Chang. Please see specific instructions below.
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