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.
Shu-Ju Wang Meet the Artist: Shu-Ju Wang
Local artist, Shu-Ju Wang, will be available to answer questions about her work and the process she uses to create her vibrant paintings
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July 23, 2017 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Local artist, Shu-Ju Wang, will be available to answer questions about her work and the process she uses to create her vibrant paintings. Shu-Ju is influenced by traditional Chinese Gongbi style paintings, illuminated manuscripts and Islamic miniatures. Her work combines abstract and representational images in lush jewel-like colors. An exhibition of her work will be on display at Lan Su Chinese Garden through July, 2017.
Learn more about Shu-Ju Wang's exhibition and art in the garden »
All work is available for purchase through the Garden Shop. Lan Su members receive 10% off of art purchases.
Included free with Lan Su membership or admission; no registration is required.
From the Artist
The collection of work in this exhibit is a reflection of my own Silk Road experience of sorts, both metaphorically and literally—I immigrated from Taiwan to the US the long way around, through SE Asia, Middle East, Europe, before landing in San Francisco. I then crisscrossed Continental US twice before settling in Portland in 1984.
In the paintings are my immigration stories told through the changes in the food I eat, in the flora & fauna I experience, in the landscape, and in the stories & myths that we tell. In more recent years, Portland has developed a close relationship with East Asia, some of that is reflected in these paintings as well. At their core, these are the quintessential “East meets West” stories that we find irresistible and can trace their roots back to the fabled Silk Road.
In the silkscreen prints on the walls and in the print bin, you will find images inspired by my own travels to Xian, Dunhuang, Urumqi, Turpan, and Kashgar, all stops along the trading routes collectively known as "The Silk Road."
Shu-Ju Wang, 2017
Art Exhibitions at Lan Su Chinese Garden are supported in part by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation.
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