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.
Broken Pots, Broken Dreams: Working in Jingdezhen’s Porcelain Industry
The Freer Sackler Museum of Asian Art presents a screening about ceramists in Jingdezhen complements ideas about mass production presented in the exhibit, "Chinamania".
When:
October 1, 2016 2:00pm
In person: Maris Gillette, director
Anthropologist Maris Gillette’s documentary about ceramists in Jingdezhen complements ideas about mass production presented in Chinamania. China’s turn to a market-based economy has affected the personal and professional lives of ceramists in Jingdezhen, a global center of porcelain production for more than a thousand years.
Gillette gives a short talk before the screening. Afterward, Lee Glazer, curator of American art, joins her for a moderated Q&A session with the audience. (Dir.: Maris Gillette, United States, 2009, 27 min., DVD, Mandarin with English subtitles)
Cost:
Free and Open to the Public
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(202) 633-1000
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