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.
Collecting Contemporary Asian Art
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is currently hosting the exhibition, Collecting Contemporary Asian Art at the Asian, a large-scale exhibition of contemporary highlights from the museum’s collection.
When:
September 4, 2015 10:00am to October 11, 2015 5:00pm
Where
For the first time ever, the Asian Art Museum is presenting a large-scale exhibition of contemporary highlights from the museum’s collection. These pieces are remarkable on their own, but they also activate the rest of the museum’s collection in compelling new ways, infusing traditional themes and mediums with present-day ideas.
The exhibition features artists from Asia as well as from the United States. Yako Hodo abstracts the traditional art of basket weaving, while works by Yang Yongliang and Xu Bing push Chinese ink painting into new media. First Look also features Bay Area favorites like Hung Liu and Zheng Chongbin.
Cost:
$15 General Admission, $10 Seniors (65 and older), $10 University Students and Youths (13-17), Free for Children (12 and under) and Active members of the U.S. Armed Forces plus up to five family members
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(415) 581-3500
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