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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / The Glazed Elephant

« on: March 30, 2017, 10:21:49 AM »

April 15th  at the Freer|Sackler is the opening of exhibition The Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia. Water-pouring elephants; lime pots shaped like birds, rabbits, and lions; bottles with human faces and hands folded in reverence: these vessels feature in the ceramic traditions of the Angkor kingdom (802–1431). The Glazed Elephant explores these unconventional forms, their supposed functions, and the people who made and used them during this famous period in Cambodia’s history.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Kung Fu Wildstyle at the Freer|Sackler

« on: March 17, 2017, 02:21:12 PM »

We welcome you to a month-long festival  that celebrates both the new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Freer|Sackler exhibition Kung Fu Wildstyle starting April 1st. Performances, film screenings, and discussions highlight connections among African American, Asian Pacific American, and East Asian pop culture.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Inventing Utamaro Exhibition at the Freer|Sackler

« on: March 17, 2017, 02:19:42 PM »

Hi,

For the first time in nearly 140 years, three large-scale works by the legendary Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro are reunited at the Freer| Sackler beginning Saturday, April 8th. The exhibition showcases Moon at Shinagawa from the Freer|Sackler along with Snow at Fukagawa from the Okada Museum of Art and Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Depicting the themes of snow, moon, and flowers, the triptych was last shown in Japan in 1879. The Freer|Sackler is the only location at which all three original pieces are on view.

If you have any questions, please email us at publicaffairsAsia@si.edu.

Feel free to share information about the exhibition and we hope to see you in the galleries soon.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Open Studio: Love in Every Language

« on: January 26, 2017, 11:19:04 AM »

Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12, 12–4 pm
Sackler sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom

Enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art, create Valentine’s Day cards using woodblock prints that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages, and fold heart-shaped origami. All ages welcome with adult companions.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Chinese New Year Celebration

« on: December 06, 2016, 11:03:53 AM »

Sunday, February 5, 11 am–5 pm
Sackler and Ripley Center

Ring in the Year of the Rooster with art! Our third annual Chinese New Year celebration features free attractions for all ages. Discover the richness of arts and culture in Beijing through artist demonstrations, hands-on activities, acrobats, and opera performances. This event is cosponsored by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.

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Ring in the Year of the Rooster with art! Our third annual Chinese New Year celebration features free attractions for all ages highlighting contemporary performers and artists from Beijing, including:

•   Beijing Opera performed by students from the Beijing Opera Art’s College
•   Chinese acrobatic performances
•   Calligraphy demonstrations
•   Paper cutting and appliqué embroidery
•   Sugar painting and dough figurines
•   Chinese New Year card crafts
•   Year of the Rooster mask making
•   Photo booth fun

Chinese food is available for purchase. This event is cosponsored by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Celebration: Opening of The Art of the Qur’an

« on: September 30, 2016, 02:40:21 PM »

Saturday, October 22, 2016, 12 – 4 pm
Sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Join us during the opening weekend of The Art of the Qur’an for free family activities! In this Open Studio, we explore the illuminated designs in the Qur’an, the holy text of Islam. Take a family-friendly tour (12:30 and 2:30 pm) through the exhibition, and then head to the ImaginAsia classroom to get creative. Tea and refreshments provided. All ages welcome with adult companions.

For more information, please see at http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119933861.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

« on: September 29, 2016, 12:08:23 PM »

October 22, 2016-February 20, 2017

Almost seventy sumptuous manuscripts, created from Herat to Istanbul between the early eighth and the seventeenth century, are featured in The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. Opening this fall, the exhibition is the first major presentation of Qur’ans in the United States. Celebrated for their superb calligraphy and lavish illumination, these manuscripts play a significant role in the history of the arts of the book in the Islamic world. The volumes were once the prized possessions of Ottoman sultans, queens, pashas, and viziers, who presented them as gifts to other rulers, as rewards to noblemen, or endowed them to important public institutions. Together, the manuscripts convey stories of personal piety and political power that are explored in this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.

For more information, please see at http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/art-of-the-quran/default.php.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / The Art of Afghan Music

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:41:27 PM »

The Art of Afghan Music
Ahmad Fanoos, vocals; Mehran Fanoos, violin; Saleiman Azizi, tabla
Friday, September 30, 1 pm; Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 1 and 4 pm
Sackler sublevel 3
Hear traditional Afghan songs (ghazals) based on classical Urdu and Persian poetry and performed by one of Afghanistan’s leading vocalists. Presented in conjunction with Turquoise Mountain. No tickets required. Seating is first-come, first-served.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119934268%26key%3De80ec7c0b986d32faa28c1eaac9683e9

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Strings Meet Gamelan: Chamber Music from Indonesia

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:40:37 PM »

Strings Meet Gamelan: Chamber Music from Indonesia
Thursday, September 22, 7:30 pm
George Washington University, Betts Theatre
Free tickets beginning Sept 6, 10 am: gwutickets.com

The adventuresome Momenta Quartet joins forces with Indonesian vocalist Ubiet, soprano Tony Arnold, and the Gamelan Raga Kusama. Together, the artists perform new music by Indonesian composers Tony Prabowo and I Wayan Gde Yudane.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119934184

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / High Fashion for Muslim Wear: New Designs from Jakarta

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:39:56 PM »

High Fashion for Muslim Wear: New Designs from Jakarta
Saturday, September 10, 7:30 pm (reception to follow)
Corcoran Gallery of Art
6 pm: pre-show lecture, Hammer Auditorium
Reservations beginning September 6, 10 am. asia.si.edu/performances 

See how modest fashion for Muslim women has reached new artistic heights in the hands of Indonesian designers, whose work has graced runways around the world. Before the show, learn more about fashion in the Muslim world at a talk by anthropologist Carla Jones. Complimentary Indonesian snacks and beverages follow the runway presentation.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119934161

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Family Workshop: Afghan Fighter Kites

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:39:08 PM »

Family Workshop: Afghan Fighter Kites
Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, 11 am–1 pm and 2–4 pm
Sackler sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom
Visit Turquoise Mountain with teaching artist Mukhtar Ziarmal and learn about kite fighting, a popular activity for kids in Afghanistan. Then, return to the classroom to collaborate with family and friends on constructing and decorating your own kite.
For children ages 6–12 and adults. Registration opens August 15 at 12 pm.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119933832

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Masters of Tibetan Bronzework: Nima and Dawa Dakpa

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:38:23 PM »

Masters of Tibetan Bronzework: Nima and Dawa Dakpa
Saturday, September 10, 2–4 pm
Sackler sublevel 1
Smithsonian Tibetan Artists in Residence Nima and Dawa Dakpa, a father-and-son team, are working to preserve traditional Tibetan bronzework techniques. In this talk, filmmaker Dawa Drolma joins her father and brother to discuss their work and share insights into Freer|Sackler sculptures. A reception follows.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119933802

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Meet the Artist: Gauri Gill

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:36:33 PM »

Meet the Artist: Gauri Gill
Saturday, September 17, 2–4 pm
Sackler sublevel 1
Celebrate the opening of Gauri Gill: Portraits from Rajasthan at a special in-gallery discussion between Gill, a New Delhi-based artist, and Carol Huh, associate curator of contemporary Asian art. Drop by to view this stunning exhibition and hear stories behind the photographs.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119933726

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Lecture: Narayan Khandekar on Rothko’s Colors

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:35:29 PM »

Lecture: Narayan Khandekar on Rothko’s Colors
Sunday, September 18, 2 pm
Sackler sublevel 1, lobby
Our exhibition Red explores the immensity of the color by juxtaposing an imperial Chinese dish and a painting by Mark Rothko. In this lecture, Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums, shares the center’s work restoring the colors Rothko used in his murals.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119933608

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Red: Ming Dynasty/Mark Rothko

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:33:35 PM »

Red: Ming Dynasty/Mark Rothko
September 3, 2016–February 20, 2017
Created more than five centuries apart, an imperial Chinese porcelain dish and a painting by Mark Rothko (1903–1970)—unexpectedly juxtaposed—reveal the immensity of the color red. The richly layered tonalities of the Chinese ceramic and the American painting were achieved in dramatically different ways, but they uncannily echo each other. In both works, the unstable, subtly shifting hues touch our imagination, reminding us that color transcends time and place.   
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/future.asp

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Gauri Gill: Notes from the Desert

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:30:56 PM »

Gauri Gill: Notes from the Desert
September 17, 2016–February 12, 2017
Since the late 1990s, Gauri Gill (born 1970) has been photographing marginalized communities in western Rajasthan, India. Featuring fifty-six of her prints, this exhibition showcases Gill’s work in the remote desert region and draws on her extensive archive. Portraits, photographs, and letters offer glimpses of the girls and women of Rajasthan, as well as of Gill’s complex relationships with her subjects.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Film Series: Keeping Up with Jia Zhangke- A Guy from Fenyang

« on: July 13, 2016, 10:25:14 AM »

Film Series: Keeping Up with Jia Zhangke
Enjoy the latest feature from Jia Zhangke along with a documentary about the director and his hometown.

Venues:
National Portrait Gallery, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium (NPG)
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20004
npg.si.edu/visit

Jia Zhangke: A Guy from Fenyang
Sunday, August 21, 4:30 pm
National Portrait Gallery, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles accompanies Jia Zhangke on a walk down memory lane in this lovely, intimate portrait.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119171510

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Film Series: Keeping Up with Jia Zhangke- Mountains May Depart

« on: July 13, 2016, 10:23:40 AM »

Film Series: Keeping Up with Jia Zhangke
Enjoy the latest feature from Jia Zhangke along with a documentary about the director and his hometown.

Venues:
National Museum of American History, Warner Brothers Theater (NMAH)
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
americanhistory.si.edu/visit/getting-here
Free and open to the public. Admission is first-come, first-served. Auditorium doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

Mountains May Depart
Saturday, August 20, 2 pm
National Museum of American History, Warner Brothers Theater
At once an intimate drama and a decades-spanning epic, Jia's new film studies how China's economic boom has affected family, tradition, and love.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119171341

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Film and Discussion: The Red Wolf

« on: July 13, 2016, 10:22:31 AM »

Part of Twenty-First Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

Film and Discussion: The Red Wolf
Sunday, August 7, 2 pm
Warner Brothers Theater
National Museum of American History
In person: Bobby Samuels
Join Bobby Samuels, the first African American inducted into the Hong Kong Stuntman’s Association, to close out the festival with a screening and discussion of one of his films.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119407402

Free and open to the public. Admission is first-come, first-served.

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Openings, Art Show Listings, Events, and Meetings / Old-School Kung Fu Double Feature: A Terra-Cotta Warrior

« on: July 13, 2016, 10:21:02 AM »

Part of the Twenty-First Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

A Terra-Cotta Warrior
3:30 pm, August 6
Warner Brothers Theater
National Museum of American History
One of the most exquisite fantasy films to come out of Hong Kong in the 1990s, A Terra-Cotta Warrior features a unique blend of romance, swashbuckling action, and comedy.
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D119171326

Free and open to the public. Admission is first-come, first-served. Auditorium doors open 30 minutes before showtime.