Public Programs

Reservations are recommended for all programs. All programs are free for National Museum members, unless otherwise noted. For non-members, programs are included with exhibition admission ($8 adults, $5 seniors 62 & over, $4 students and youth 6-17) unless otherwise noted. Children five and under are free. For more information call 213.625.0414.

 


Saturday, February 9, 2008

Member Events

Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art.

Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Art History, University of California, Davis.

This exhibition was organized by Asia Society, New York, with support from Altria Group, Inc., the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, Nimoy Foundation, and Asia Society's Contemporary Art Council.
The Los Angeles installation is co-presented by the Asia Society of Southern California.
Additional support provided by: Ernest Y. and Kiyo Doizaki, Mariko Gordon and Hugh Cosman, Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation, Kristine Nishiyama and Barry K. Schwebs, Michael W. Oshima and Chiaki Tanaka, PhD, Gordon Yamate and Deborah Shiba.

06:30am - 08:30am

 


Sunday, February 17, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm

 


Saturday, March 8, 2008

Gallery Talks

One Way or Another - Gallery Talk

Gallery talk with curator Karin Higa and artists Anna Sew Hoy and Mari Eastman.

Top:Mari Eastman
Bird on Flowering Spray: Porcelain Cup, Chieng-lung Period (1736–1750)
2004
Acrylic on canvas
40.5 x 43.5 in.
Collection of Rosette Delug
Photograph by Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy of Karyn Lovegrove Gallery

Bottom: Anna Sew Hoy
Haiku
2006
Polyurethane foam, mirror, knives, wood, plastic
Approx. 3 x 3 x 3 ft.
Collection of the artist
Photograph by artist, courtesy of the artist

1:00pm

 


Sunday, March 9, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Karin Higa, exhibition co-curator, will lead gallery tours of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm

 


Sunday, March 23, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm

 


Saturday, March 29, 2008

Gallery Talks

One Way or Another - Gallery Talk

Gallery talk with curator Karin Higa and artists Kaz Oshiro and Glenn Kaino.

Left: Glenn Kaino
Graft (salmon)
2006
Shark skin, thread, salmon skin, plastic
36 x 12 x 4 in.
Collection of the artist
Photograph SJK, courtesy of The Project, New York

1:00pm

 


Saturday, March 29, 2008

National Museum Presents!

Southwest Chamber Music: Music Unwrapped

FREE!
Enjoy new quartet music from Southeast Asia juxtaposed with the exciting Mozart Hunt Quartet. Part of a three-year cultural exchange project between Southwest Chamber Music Music and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the Hanoi National Conservatory in Vietnam.

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2:00pm

 


Sunday, April 6, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm

 


Sunday, April 20, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm

 


Sunday, May 4, 2008

Exhibition Closing

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now closes.

 


Sunday, May 4, 2008

Exhibition Tours

Exhibition Walkthrough

Walkthrough of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

11:30am - 1:30pm