Asia Alive
AsiaAlive is a free, interactive, drop-in program for all ages featuring live artist demonstrations, hands-on activities, and information on rotating themes.
Upcoming Programs
India Comes Alive with Music, Dance and Art!
Friday through Sunday, February 17–19,
12:00–4:00 pm
North Court
Free with museum admission
Wear traditional saris and jewels, and be a king or queen for a day! Teachers from Milpitas Indian Community Center teach how to drape a sari and you can create bling you can wear. On Saturday and Sunday, dancer and storyteller Pranita Jain from Kalapriya Center for the Indian Performing Art will lead special interactive storytelling demonstrations. Hear stories of King Vikramaditya and learn to use mudras (gestures) and facial expressions to tell a story.
This program is offered in partnership with the India Community Center.
India Comes Alive with Music, Dance and Art!
Friday through Sunday, March 16–18,
12:00–4:00 pm
North Court
Free with museum admission
Teachers from the Milpitas Indian Community Center introduce India's cultural festivals, dance traditions, and art activities. Check back for this month's theme. This program is offered in partnership with the India Community Center.
Indian Sitar Maestro Ashwin Batish and Family
Friday through Sunday, March 23–25, 12:00–4:00 pm
North Court
Free with museum admission
Batish and his family present a demonstration of Indian sitar (plucked stringed instrument) and tabla (drum) music for your enjoyment. Batish's own musical repertoire ranges from classical to fusion. He initially made a name for himself with the world beat trend of the 1980s with his trademark "sitar power." Son of the late Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, a prominent playback singer and film music director from India, Ashwin Batish carries on his father's musical legacy with his 13 year-old son Keshav, a budding multi-instrumentalist.
Art Projects to Make at Home
Enjoy art making activities for all ages, including Japanese Teahouse Model Making and Samurai Armor making activities.
Meet Ori the duck, his friends Tiger and Dragon from the Korean Gallery! Artist Lark Pien created these charming coloring pages. Download the Korean Gallery Guide at home or pick it up at the museum, and enjoy the Korea Gallery with your friends and family.
New activity: Artist Sanjay Patel's coloring page of 10 headed demon Ravana from Hindu epic Ramayana.
Make Your Own Thai Style Shadow Puppet! Also, check out Thai Spirit House making activity.
For more fun art project ideas, please visit our past AsiaAlive resource page.
Alumni News
Watch Japanese sculptor Okura Jiro's (AsiaAlive October 2010) new video project online.
Korea-American painter Kichung Lizee (AsiaAlive October 2003) was in a group show called Absgraphy (Abstract+Calligraphy) at Mulpa Space in Seoul, Korea in April and May, 2009. A catalog from this exhibition in the museum's library.
Hadi Tabatabai (AsiaAlive March 2005) is exhibiting in at inde/jacobs Gallery in Texas May-July, 2009.
Gene Yuen Yang, who demonstrated his comic art during the Tezuka exhibition (Summer 2006), started a serialized comic called "Prime Baby" in the New York Times Funny Pages in November 2008.
Odissi Dancer Niharika Mohanty (AsiaAlive May 2008) performed in the Ethnic Dance Festival June 21-22, 2008. For details of that performance, please click here.
Lucy Arai (AsiaAlive Dec 2005-Jan 2006), whose abstract contemporary works blend East Asian brushwork with sashiko running stitch embroidery, was featured in KQED's Spark with segments filmed at the museum. Watch the clip online at www.kqed.org.
Painter and installation artist Ala Ebtekar (AsiaAlive July 2006) was featured in the exhibition organized by the Asia Society entitled One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.
Highlights and Resources from Past Programs
Read about previous AsiaAlive program materials and resources. Resources include readings, activity suggestions, videos and more!
Lead funding for the Asian Art Museum’s Education and Public Programs is provided by the Bank of America Foundation. Major support provided by the Koret Foundation, the Freeman Foundation, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation, PARSA Community Foundation, and Douglas Tilden. Additional support provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, United Airlines, the MetLife Foundation, the Mary M. Tanenbaum Fund, the San Francisco Foundation—Shenson Foundation, the Joseph R. McMicking Foundation, and Dodge & Cox.
Artist travel provided by by United Airlines, the Official Airline of the Asian Art Museum.
