Asian Arts Council Calendar

Lectures and Study Group meet in Zoom!

1. Lectures, and More

2. Zoom lectures are FREE (for now)! Please encourage friends to join in on these excellent lectures!
   To register, find the date on the calendar of The San Diego Museum of Art. Click here! Once registered, an invitation email will be sent.

3. Thursday, Aug 25 - 1:00 p.m.

   Ainu People and their Textiles - Details

   The Ainu are the indigenous peoples of Japan. Historically Ainu women protected their loved ones with created motifs using natural materials such as wood bark and, sometimes, fish skin. The beautiful designs of these works will be explored as well as Ainu culture and the Ainu community of today.

   Mary Witztum, Docent, San Diego Museum of Art, AAC Study Group

4. Thursday, Sep 29 - 1:00 p.m.

   Our own Marika Sardar, Ph.D., Previously, Curator at the Aga Khan Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

5. Thursday, Oct 27 - 1:00 p.m.

   Bingata textiles of Okinawa and the Ryukyu culture: history, techniques and application 
   - Details

   A presentation on intricately designed and vibrantly colored Okinawan textiles. For much of its history Okinawa, Japan was known as the Ryûkyû Islands. These islands had an independent political and artistic culture from Japan. This included fine textiles of a unique nature. The most famous of these was Bingata, a textile decorated through a labor-intensive stenciling process. We will explore the textiles of these islands as well as their culture and history.

   Almiede "Allie" Arnell, AAC Study Group, Docent, San Diego Museum of Art

6. Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 - 1:00 p.m.

   Meher McArthur, Asian art curator, author and educator, recently Art and Cultural Director at Japan House, Los Angeles (JHLA), Academic Curator at Scripps College, Claremont