Asian Art Museum for Teachers

Join us on-site, Samsung Hall, March 10 from 5 - 6:30 PM as we host the SF Girl's Choir book club and preview performance around the book "Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary by Angeles Monrayo".

Click the link to learn more!

https://www.sfgirlschorus.org/tomorrows-memories-community-book-club

San Francisco Girls Chorus San Francisco Girls Chorus’s Community book club series is centered around Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary by Angeles Monrayo, the true diary of Monrayo, a Filipina girl who immigrated to Hawaii and California in the 1920’s. The diary is the inspiration of our newly commissioned choral-opera by M...

Join us with the Los Gatos Library as we host a fun, interactive Storytelling program for our Pre-K students.

This program will include artful looking, reading a story from a select Asian culture, and a guided activity by one of the Museum's Educators.

Learn more and sign up today! https://losgatosca.libcal.com/event/8477162?hs=a

VIRTUAL Storytelling with the Asian Art Museum (Pre-K) The Los Gatos Library is excited to host a fun, interactive Storytelling program with the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco! This program will include artful looking, reading a story from a select Asian culture...

Teachers––We are beyond grateful to have built this Facebook community with you. While it has been a useful tool to share information and resources with our teachers, we have decided to sunset the Asian Art Museum for Teachers page.

Instead, we will remain in contact with you all through the Education Newsletter and the Asian Art Museum page. If you haven’t yet, please subscribe to the Education Newsletter (link below).

For further inquiry, please contact us at [email protected].

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"Too often, Asian American stories are absent from classroom libraries. In this article, one educator explains why this gap is so harmful—and recommends ways to fix it."

Humanizing Asian Americans in the Classroom Through Children’s Literature Too often, Asian American stories are absent from classroom libraries. In this article, one educator explains why this gap is so harmful—and recommends ways to fix it.

After Hope: Videos of Resistance is an exploration of the expressions and legacies of hope within contemporary art. The exhibition consists of more than fifty short, single-channel videos, drawn from recommendations by artists, curators, and organizations across the world. The result is a six-hour looping chronicle of hope that is eclectic in nature, rather than unified by a single narrative.

After Hope: Videos of Resistance After Hope: Videos of Resistance is an exploration of the expressions and legacies of hope within contemporary art. The exhibition consists of more than fift...

Q***r immigrant Asian filmmaker Madeleine Lim joins us virtually to screen two short films, including her doc on San Francisco Beat-era artist Bernice Bing.

The Worlds of Bernice Bing: Film Screening with Madeleine Lim | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

"These books help students explore historical and contemporary experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities."

Incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences in the Early Grades These books help students explore historical and contemporary experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Celebrated writer Pico Iyer discusses his recent books — including "A Beginner's Guide to Japan" — with Paula Arai and Robert Mintz.

An Evening with Pico Iyer | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Sacramento teen Alexandra Huynh named National Youth Poet Laureate Huynh is the fifth National Youth Poet Laureate, presented by New York-based organization Urban Word.

Bernice Bing was a q***r, Asian American Abstract Expressionist artist who did not gain the same recognition as her male colleagues of the era.

In honor of Pride Month, learn more about Bing and intersectionality.

Identity, Intersectionality | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Join us to reimagine the Ramayana using performance, poetry, gaming, and collaborative storytelling, in celebration of Pride Month.

Re-Storying the Ramayana: A Role-Playing Game | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Known for his screen printing and abstract expressionist paintings, Arthur Okamura (1932–2009) was a Japanese American artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as a book illustrator and member of an artist community based in Bolinas, California.

Today, his work can be found in multiple prominent art museums and at the New School at Commonweal in Bolinas, where he served on the board of directors.

Arthur Okamura | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Create your own weaving loom with cardboard to make your own textile project. As you construct your loom and learn the labor-intensive process of weaving, you might begin to wonder how Kay Sekimachi (American, b. 1926) was able to create her famous three-dimensional structures.

Make Your Own Cardboard Loom | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Tomorrow, explore the richness of Asian musical traditions and the power of new composition with performances by artists of Vietnamese, Japanese, and Khmer heritage.

Celebrating Asian Futures: A Musical Conversation with Vân-Ánh Võ and Friends | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Bernice Bing (1936–1998), or “Bingo,” was a q***r Chinese American Abstract Expressionist artist. While her contributions to the New York–centric, male-dominated field of Abstract Expressionism were overlooked during her lifetime, Bing's work of exploring identity and supporting the arts are contributions that will inspire generations to come.

Bernice Bing | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Share your favorite spots in your city’s Chinatown, Japantown, Koreatown, Manilatown, Little Saigon, or Little Delhi. Some Asian American communities might not have names like these, but they can be mapped just the same to show what makes them special.

Asian American Neighborhood Illustrated Map Activity | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

In tomorrow's At the Table virtual event, delve into the bittersweet history of sugar to unearth forgotten histories of Afro-Asian cultural exchange in the Caribbean.

At the Table: Sugarwork, Afro-Asian Art and Foodways | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

As an artist, Ernie Kim (1918–1997) was praised for creating “quietly beautiful” vessels featuring “subtle manipulation of surfaces.” Having endured extreme isolation during his incarceration as a prisoner of war, Kim immersed himself in the Bay Area community throughout his teaching career.

Ernie Kim | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

How can Asian Pacific Islander communities engage in the issues of today’s climate crisis?

Tomorrow, a panel of artists and activists will discuss their work in the context of the fight for environmental justice in this event presented in conjunction with the Asian American Women Artists Association and the SOMArts Cultural Center exhibition Sowing Agency.

Artist Panel: Environmental Resiliency and Asian Pacific American Leadership | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

On May 23, celebrate APA Heritage Month with stories of Asian American experiences from across the diaspora.

Taking It Personally: Asian American Stories | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Born in the Philippines, Pacita Abad (1946–2004) was a Filipina American artist known for her textured, colorful, and vibrant paintings. Create your own painting inspired by Abad’s use of circles, lines, and mixed–media methods using the following materials and directions.

Pacita Abad: Mixed-Media Paintings | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) recognizes and honors the contributions, achievements, and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans that have shaped the culture and history of the United States.

Celebrate the entire month of May with us!

Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

"Newly spurred to action to combat bias, they generate subway posters, leverage social media, stage Zoom webinars. 'Our community couldn’t take being invisible any longer,' one artist says."

Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate Newly spurred to action to combat bias, they generate subway posters, leverage social media, stage Zoom webinars. “Our community couldn’t take being invisible any longer,” one artist says.

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

Explore our newest activity packet to learn about different Asian cultures and identities and celebrate Asian American artists from the San Francisco Bay Area. With what you’ve learned and researched, you will then create your own patterns in a digital collage art project.

Pattern Recognition: Activity Packet | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Ramadan Mubarak to you and your loved ones!

On the third week of Ramadan, use this resource to understand the importance of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and how it's connected to a pillar of Islam.

An Introduction to Islam | Education | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

“This news is horrifying but what I’m seeing is this outpouring of rage and grief and activism from Asian Americans that is unprecedented.”

Cathy Park Hong and Chanel Miller on Making Art Out of Grief: A Conversation “What I’m seeing is this outpouring of rage and grief and activism from Asian Americans that is unprecedented.”

Are you going to watch the Oscars?

"For the first time, two men of Asian heritage are up for best actor. Their films, “Sound of Metal” and “Minari,” are also up for best picture."

Riz Ahmed and Steven Yeun Make History at the 2021 Oscar Nominations For the first time, two men of Asian heritage are up for best actor. Their films, “Sound of Metal” and “Minari,” are also up for best picture.

The Asian Art Museum’s Art Speak internship provides career training and monthly stipends to public high school students in grades 10–12. Interns discover Asian art and cultural traditions, and learn from local artists and arts organizations, conduct informational interviews with museum staff to explore careers in the arts, and develop their leadership skills by creating and facilitating virtual art activities.

Application deadline is Monday, May 17, 2021!

Art Speak Internship | Asian Art Museum Are you interested in art? Find out if the Asian Art Museum Art Speak internship program is right for you.

This Thursday, join us in a screening of "Chuskit," the inspiring tale of a feisty paraplegic girl in a remote Himalayan village, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.

"Chuskit": Film Screening with Filmmaker | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.

Last chance to register for our virtual teacher workshop!

Virtual Workshop: Pattern Recognition with Jenifer Wofford | Calendar | Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection. Stroll through 6,000 years of art and culture.