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Adults: $17
Seniors 65+: $13
College: $12
Youths 13–17: $7
Members, Children,
and SFUSD students: FREE
Thursdays, after 5 pm: $10
for everyone except youth (only $5)
First Sunday of every month: $5; FREE for Children, Youths, AAM members

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Closed Mondays
Tuesday through Sunday:
10:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Thursdays:
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
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Catalogue

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Multimedia Tour

A complimentary self-guided multimedia tour of Bali is available at the Information Desk.

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Programs and Events

Tours | Performances | AsiaAlive | Matcha | Family Programs | Films | Lectures & Talks | Educator Programs

 

 
  • July 2 – September 11: Shadows, Masks, & Mythology

  • August 31–September 11: Puppet Making Demonstrations with Bapak I Made Sija

 

Tours and Talks

Bali Public Guided Tours and Talks
February 25–September 11

Performances

Opening Celebration
February 25

Gamelan Music with Gamelan Gender Wayang
March 6

The Creatures of Balinese Mythology with I Made Moja and Gamelan Sekar Jaya
March 3, March 11–12

Balinese Mask Dance
April 3

Makrokosma Bali: A multimedia performance featuring composers Wayne Vitale and I Made Arnawa and ensemble Sekaa Gong Taruna Mekar
May 13–15

Gamelan Jegog with Gamelan Sekar Jaya
June 5

The Story of the Pregnant Woman
July 21

Wayang Parwa Puppetry with I Wayan Wija
August 25

An Afternoon of Enchanting Indonesian Ethnic Dance
Featuring dancers from the Indonesia Institute of the Arts – Denpasar, Bali

September 10

Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance Closing Ceremony
September 11

AsiaAlive

Balinese Painting with I Made Moja
March 4–March 6

Gamelan Music with Gamelan Gender Wayang
March 6

Making Balinese Masks with Sean Aquino
March 26

Balinese Vocal Music with I Made Suryasa
April 1–2

Balinese Costumes with Luh Estiti Andarawati and Maria Omo
April 2

Musical Techniques of Bali with Wayne Vitale
April 16–17

An Insider's Guide to Balinese Music with I Made Arnawa
May 20–22

Creating a Cosmos—Symbolic Figures in Balinese Offerings with Jero Made Renten, I Nyoman Sudirman, and Garrett Kam
May 25–June 12

Bamboo Music of Bali with Samuel Wantman
June 4

Gamelan Music with Anak Swarsanti
June 11

Shadow Theater Demonstration with Larry Reed
July 16–17

Mask Carving & Dance with Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan
July 23–24

Balinese Music with Gamelan Kori Mas
July 30–31

Gamelan for Children and Their Families with Kompiang Metri-Davies
August 6–7

Making an Offering with Kompiang Metri-Davies
August 13–14

Shadow Puppet Theater of Bali with I Wayan Wija
August 17–28

Puppet Making Demonstrations with Bapak I Made Sija
August 31–September 11

Matcha

Sacred Offerings
February 24

Contemporary Chinese Art
April 21

Makrokosma Bali
May 12

Balinese Jazz Guitar
June 30

Tantri
August 18

Family Programs

Family Festival: Gods, Goddesses, and Gamelan
May 8

Fireflies & Falling Stars: The Magic of Bali through Story
June 16–August 11

Shadows, Masks, & Mythology
July 2–September 11

Gecko's Complaint Reading
July 10

AsiaAlive: Gamelan for Children and Their Families with Kompiang Metri-Davies
August 6–7

Films

Shadow Master and On Wayang: My Life with Shadows
February 27

Cowboys in Paradise
April 14

Ambrosia of Immortality and Monkey King at Spider Cave
June 19

The Healing of Bali
May 26

My Rock & Roll School
June 23

Mengejar Ombak
July 14

The Beginning of Travel to Bali
July 23

Talking with Spirits
August 11, 23

Wave of Change
September 8

Lectures & Talks

Bali: Art, Ritual, & Performance Symposium
February 26

Society for Asian Art Lecture: Contemporary Shadow Puppetry in Bali with Kathy Foley
March 18

Contemporary Indonesian Art with Tony Godfrey
March 25

Vocal Music of Bali Lecture & Demonstration
March 31

Balinese Masks with Judy Slattum and Made Suryavasu
April 7

In the Wings with Gender Mystic
April 23

Bringing the Puppets to Life with Lisa Gold
May 5

Society for Asian Art Lecture: Covarrubias in Bali with Adriana Williams
May 6

Translations of Antisemitism: Jews, the Chinese, and Violence in Colonial and Postcolonial Indonesia
May 20

Society for Asian Art Lecture: Behind the Scenes—Creating the Bali Exhibition
June 2

Society for Asian Art Lecture: Contemporary Indonesian Music with Cory Combs
July 7

Educator Programs

Special Exhibition Bali: Art, Ritual, and Performance (Grades 3–6)
March 9–June 1

Balinese Shadow Puppets with Larry Reed
March 12

Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance with Natasha Reichle
April 9