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Symposia | Lectures | First Thursday Lecture Series | Arts of Asia Lecture Series | Docent Lectures Literature Course | Workshops | Study Groups | Educator Workshops
The museum, together with its affiliate the Society for Asian Art, offers a variety of lectures, classes and workshops that enable you to delve deeper into Asian art and culture.
 
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Black teabowl, raku ware, by Hosokawa Morihiro (born 1938), Japan. Heisei period (1989–), 2007. Glazed earthenware. Collection of the artist, H2. © Shinchōsha Publishing Co, Ltd. Photo by Nonaka Akio.
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Lords of the Samurai Symposium
The Hosokawa Collection: Cultural Arts and Military Arts
Sunday, June 14
10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Samsung Hall
$45 (Museum members), $62 (non members). Includes general admission and entry to Lords of the Samurai, and a box lunch.
To register: mail your contact details and check, payable to Samurai Symposium, Society for Asian Art, to SOCIETY FOR ASIAN ART, Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Inquiries: saa@asianart.org; (415) 581-3701
Welcome remarks by Jay Xu (Director, Asian Art Museum) and Yoko Woodson (Curator of Japanese Art, Asian Art Museum).
Invited speakers include Takeuchi Jun’ichi* (Director, Eisei-Bunko Museum) on Bun and Bu in the Hosokawa Collection, Joseph Sorensen (UC Berkeley) on Hosokawa Yūsai and Poetic Tradition, Andrew Watsky (Princeton University) on Picturing Yûsai: Portrait of an Embodied Poet,, Susan Matisoff (UC Berkeley) on Why Would a Daimyo Care About Noh?, Christy Bartlett (Urasenke Foundation, San Francisco) on Tea and the Hosokawa Family,, Ellen Conant (Independent scholar) on Preserving the Past, Patronizing the Present: Hosokawa Moritatsu and the Eisei-Bunko, and Bruce Coats (Scripps College) on Castles and Moats.
Sessions will be moderated by Gregory Levine (UC Berkeley), Melissa Rinne (Asian Art Museum), and Deborah Clearwaters (Asian Art Museum). Closing remarks by Susan McCabe (President, Society for Asian Art).
*Remarks by Mr. Takeuchi will be delivered in Japanese with English translation provided by Melissa Rinne. Program subject to change without notice. For detailed schedule please visit the Society for Asian Art’s website.
Co-sponsored by the Society for Asian Art and UC Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Studies.
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Artwork by Abe Anjin
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Ceramics and the Japanese People
Saturday, June 20
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Samsung Hall (Space is limited, and on a first-come, first-served basis)
FREE with general admission
Ceramist, sculptor, painter, and calligrapher Abe Anjin discusses his traditional Bizen-style ceramics (Japan’s oldest-known pottery, originating in the southern city of Bizen) as well as his philosophy on Japanese ceramics in general. Born in 1938 in Osaka, Abe is one of a few ceramists in Japan who has researched kilns, clay, and processes of Bizenware for many years. His works are in the collections of many museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art.
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Raising Spirits
Thursday, June 25
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Samsung Hall
$30 general, $20 members (includes general admission, sake tastes, and a light snack). Pre-registration is advised. Tickets available June 1 online.
Raising Spirits is dynamic fusion of art, food and wine produced by author, art history lecturer and sake aficionado Kirsten Shilakes. Join us in this 90-minute, upbeat, multimedia and multi-sensory exploration of the museum’s collection through vivid tales of art and wine carefully synchronized with the artworks. Sake sommelier and manager of True Sake, Miwa Wong will introduce and evaluate four premium sakes for you to try. You’ll leave Raising Spirits an art and sake aficionado!
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Sponsored by the Society for Asian Art
6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Education Studio
The fee for these lectures is a $5 non-refundable contribution to the Society for Asian Art. Reservations are required. Seating is limited. To register, please call the Society for Asian Art at 415-581-3701. See the Society for Asian Art website for detailed information about upcoming talks.
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Arts of Asia Lecture Series Spring 2009
Passport to Asia: An Odyssey through Asian
Art and History
Fridays through April 24, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Samsung Hall
$15 drop-in (does not include admission to the museum)
Distinguished speakers transport you to tombs and temples, forbidden cities, and forgotten
centers of power, religion, and art. Information: Society for Asian Art.
Sponsored by the Society for Asian Art.
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Our trained docents in the Community Speakers Program (CSP) offer informal, illustrated talks on current exhibitions and special themes. For a modest fee, these talks can also be taken to your community group or office. For a list of lecture topics and to request a talk please call the Asian Art Museum at 415-581-3664 or email docent@asianart.org.
Docent slide talks in the museum occur on the fourth Sunday of every month at 2:30 pm in the Education Studios. Note: No slide talk in December.
Sunday, April 26:
The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan
Also, don't miss our daily docent tours in the galleries.
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Topics explored in the past have included recent recent Chinese literature, the Ramayana, and Hindu mythology. Read more about the literature course.
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Image provided by Michael Hofmann
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Critters!
Zen Painting Workshop for Youth and a Parent/Guardian
Saturday, August 22
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
$25 members and children, $42 general (includes general admission, entry to Lords of the Samurai, and supplies; bring your own bag lunch)
Space is limited, pre-registration is required: publicprograms@asianart.org or (415) 581-3665.
Using sumi ink and brush create creatures real and imagined. Add facial features and expressions, make your painting come alive. Paint separately or work together as a team to create fantastical critters of all kinds. Kyoto-based artist Michael Hofmann teaches this workshop for youth aged 8 to 12 and their guardians. Children may attend with or without an adult.
Brushpainting Workshop: Zen Painting with Michael Hofmann
Sunday, August 23
10:30 am – 3:00 pm
$40 members, $57 general (includes general admission, entry to Lords of the Samurai, and supplies; bring your own bag lunch)
Space is limited, pre-registration is required: publicprograms@asianart.org or (415) 581-3665.
Following the tradition of free, effortless, natural Zen paintings, learn to paint with ink and brush, spontaneously creating works of art with deep thoughts and quick artistic impulses. Some of the workshop exercises may be based on the paintings from Lords of the Samurai. Originally from the Bay Area, Michael Hofmann has spent most of the last 35 years as a painter based in Kyoto, where his studies were guided by the master sumi-e painter and Zen priest Jikihara Gyokusei. Hofmann has had solo exhibitions of his work in galleries and museums throughout Japan. This workshop is for beginning and intermediate painters.
To register, fill out registration form and send it to: Brushpainting workshop, Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 or fax to: 415.581.4706
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Typically held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, these groups offer in-depth study of a specific topic, often with hands-on demonstration and evaluation of objects. Read more about the study groups.
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Read about upcoming teacher training events.
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