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SUMMARY:The Transformative Interplay: Where Art and Architecture Converge
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 21\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeaker: Roxana Velásquez\, Maruja Baldwin Executive Director and CEO\, The San Diego Museum of Art\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \nThe field of architecture is constantly innovating to better serve its audiences. Hear how architecture is critical to the aesthetic experience of the viewer through the use of light\, shadows\, volumes\, and textures. It is with these tools that the architect creates a unique experience resulting in personal associations and cultural significance with an emotional resonance. Please join us for this insightful discussion. \nRoxana Velásquez is the Maruja Baldwin Executive Director and CEO at The San Diego Museum of Art. As a passionate advocate for the arts\, Ms. Velásquez has focused on fostering cross-cultural dialogues within the San Diego community as well as nationally and internationally. Throughout her professional career\, she has organized many high-profile exhibitions. \n  \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Balboa Park. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture celebrates the legacy of Larry Baza\, whose passion\, commitment\, and advocacy for the arts made San Diego a better place. The lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: Bernardo Bellotto (aka Bernardo Francesco Paulo Bellotto)\, The Molo from the Basin of San Marco\, Venice (detail)\, ca. 1740. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam\, 1942.132.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/transformative-interplay-where-art-architecture-converge/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Holly Roberts: One Painting at a Time
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 31\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Holly Roberts\, Artist\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \nAttention\, art enthusiasts! The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council is hosting the trailblazing artist Holly Roberts\, whose work masterfully blends photography and painting to create mysterious and intriguing pieces. For over four decades\, Roberts has explored her rich inner world through her art. With a deep connection to nature\, both human and animal\, she was an early pioneer in mixing the mediums of painting and photography. From painting directly onto photographic surfaces to cutting and shaping photographs onto textured\, painted canvases\, there is a unifying thread that binds her innovative work. \nDuring this lecture\, Roberts will provide insight into her creative process and the inspirations behind her evocative pieces that defy convention. Her artworks\, which span from the 1980s until today\, meld different media in a unique way to evoke universal human experiences and concerns. After the talk\, Roberts will be available to sign copies of her newly published book\, Storyteller: Work by Holly Roberts\, a catalog showcasing 60 groundbreaking works from her groundbreaking career. \n  \nSee works by Roberts in her solo exhibition\, Storyteller: Work by Holly Roberts\, on view at the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art in The Schwartz Gallery. \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Balboa Park. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: Holly Roberts with her work\, Bucking Bronco\, 2006. Image courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/holly-roberts-one-painting-at-a-time/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Docent Council,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240530T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240530T150000
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SUMMARY:Ottoman Influences on Islamic Batik from Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 30\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Thomas Murray\, independent researcher\, collector\, lecturer\, and private art dealer\nVirtual Event \n  \nThroughout the Indonesian archipelago\, calligraphic batik textiles have been used during sacred ceremonies. Such cloths were made primarily in Jambi\, located in west Sumatra\, Indonesia\, but were also known from the North Coast region of Java\, Indonesia. The batik textiles were patterned by a hand-painted wax resist called tulis. These batiks absorbed stylistic influences from the outside world through trade\, pilgrimage\, and politics. \nOttoman influences on batik kaligrafi include the use of a tugra\, the official signature of the Ottoman emperor\, as an icon. With many layers of meaning\, it served as a statement of political alliance\, but also as a talismanic device. One need not be literate to recognize the power of such a striking graphic device to ward off the evil eye. \nThis lecture will offer a review of the long relationship between Indonesia and Turkey from the 16th century forward; consider the role of spice trade economics on European colonialism and Islamic local resistance; and finally\, survey all forms of calligraphic batik\, offering a new interpretation of their purpose\, which suggests these cloths may have originated earlier than previously identified\, and how this tradition continues in an interesting and unexpected ways. \n  \nSpeaker Bio: \nThomas Murray is an independent researcher\, collector\, lecturer\, and private dealer of Asian and tribal art with an emphasis on Indonesian sculpture and textiles\, as well as animistic art from other varied cultures. A HALI magazine Contributing Editor for the last 30 years\, he serves as their in-house consultant on ethnographic textiles and has featured in more than 50 publications. His most recent books\, “Textiles of Japan\,” “Rarities From the Himalayas to Hawaii\,” and “Textiles of Indonesia\,” were met with critical acclaim. Thomas Murray is past President of ATADA\, the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association and served a three-year term as a member of President Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee at the State Department. In a letter from the White House\, President Obama said\, “This dedicated individual brings a wealth of experience and talent to his new role and I am proud to have him serve in the months and years to come.” Thomas Murray continues to consult with museums and private clients all over the world. He lives in California. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Long cloth\, kain panjang (detail)\, Jambi\, Sumatra\, 19th-early 20th century. Cotton\, hand-drawn batik. Private collection. Image courtesy of Thomas Murray.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/ottoman-influences-islamic-batik-from-indonesia/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T150000
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SUMMARY:Aesthetics of the Meiji Period in Japan
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 25\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Hollis Goodall\, Curator of Japanese Art\, Retired\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\nVirtual Event \nJoin the Asian Arts Council for an illuminating online lecture on the aesthetics of the Meiji period in Japan (1868-1912). Recent scholarship and exhibitions on the Meiji period give us a much clearer idea of the development of the arts and aesthetics during the highly complex period in Japanese history. Hollis Goodall\, who retired from her post as Curator of Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2023\, will outline the period in chronological order to link the historical changes with artistic evolution in painting and the decorative arts. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \n Featured: Namikawa Yasuyuki\, Incense Burner with Design of Birds Flying amid Trees and Flowering Plants\, ca. 1885. Cloisonné with silver wire and mounts. LACMA\, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tosk (M.91.251.2).
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/aesthetics-of-the-meiji-period-in-japan/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T130000
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SUMMARY:Spirit and Art in the Japanese Garden
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 28\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Stephen Mansfield\, photojournalist and author\nVirtual Event \n  \nJoin the Asian Arts Council for an online program featuring a brief introductory survey of the history of Japanese gardens\, illustrating their rich diversity of forms and genres\, shared by British photojournalist and author Stephen Mansfield. The main focus of the talk will be on the stone garden\, or dry landscape\, the most enduring garden type. \n  \nSpeaker Biography \nStephen Mansfield\, a British author and freelance photojournalist based in Japan\, has seen his work featured in over 60 magazines\, newspapers\, and journals worldwide\, including The Geographical\, The Middle East\, Critical Asian Studies\, CNN Travel\, Ikebana International\, and The Japan Journal. These pieces have covered current issues\, travel\, interviews\, cultural\, and literature. He is a regular contributor to the Japan Times and Nikkei Asia. To date\, he has had twenty books published\, four of them on the culture and people of Laos. Tokyo: A Cultural And Literary History\, published by Signal/Oxford University Press\, came out in the spring of 2009. Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins\, Meaning\, Form (with a forward by Donald Richie) was brought out by Tuttle Publishing in 2010; Japan’s Master Gardens: Lessons in Space & Environment\, 2011; Tokyo A Biography appeared in 2017; 100 Japanese Gardens\, 2019; and 100 Tokyo Sights came out in 2020. He is currently working on a book for the British publisher Thames & Hudson on modern Japanese garden design. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Photo of Shuheki-in Garden\, located in Ohara\, Japan.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/spirit-and-art-in-the-japanese-garden/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T100000
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SUMMARY:Dynamic Equilibrium: Berenice Abbott’s Documentary of the Invisible
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 15\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Sarah M. Miller\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Art History\, Mills College at Northeastern University\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \nThe San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council is excited to welcome Sarah M. Miller\, Ph.D.\, who will explore how photographer Berenice Abbott’s unique theory of documentary photography was shaped by her experience amidst Europe’s photographic avant-gardes and her collaboration with American art critic Elizabeth McCausland. Abbott put this theory into practice in her WPA-sponsored project Changing New York (1935-39). But when she published the project in book form in 1939\, it was subjected to editorial censorship that made it impossible for readers understand its scope\, creativity\, message\, and political implications. Having recently reconstructed the photographer’s suppressed original manuscript for the book\, Miller will discuss what it reveals not only about Abbott’s sophisticated photography and her analysis of New York’s built environment\, but also about 1930s contests over the very meaning of “documentary.” \n  \nSee works by Berenice Abbott after the lecture in Berenice Abbott: Changing New York\, on view at The San Diego Museum of Art in Gallery 14/15 with entry near the Panama 66 restaurant. \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Balboa Park. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: Berenice Abbott\, Metropolitan Life Building\, New York (detail)\, ca. 1935. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Cam and Wanda Garner\, 2020.340. © Berenice Abbott/Getty Images\, Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery\, New York.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/dynamic-equilibrium-berenice-abbotts-documentary-of-the-invisible/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Docent Council,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Edwin Binney 3rd Lecture: The Beginnings of Buddhist Imagery in India
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 9\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeaker: John Guy\, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\nVirtual Event \n  \nBefore the appearance of the Buddha image some 500 or so years after his lifetime\, the visual repertoire used to teach the Buddha’s message was one rich in its celebration of the natural world\, presided over by its personified spirits\, the yakshas and nagas. This talk explores the earliest recorded cultural landscape of Buddhist India\, that of monastic Buddhism\, and the cult of relics that was central to Buddhist worship. The rich archaeological and artistic legacy\, when read alongside the canonical and narrative literature of early Buddhism\, paints a vision of a fragrant and colorful world where the monastery served as a sanctuary for mendicants and a place of beauty and quietude intended to attract lay follower. \n  \nSpeaker Biography \nJohn Guy is the Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York\, and an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries London (2003) and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016). Prior to that he served for 22 years as senior curator of Indian art at the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London. He has curated numerous international art exhibitions and published widely\, Woven Cargoes. Indian Textiles in the East (T&H\, 1998)\, Indian Temple Sculpture (V&A\, 2007)\, Wonder of the Age. Master Painters of India (Met\, co-author 2011)\, Interwoven Globe. The Worldwide Textile Trade (Met\, co-author 2013)\, Lost Kingdoms. Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia (Met\, 2014)\, Art & Independence. Y.G. Srimati and the Indian Style (Mapin\, 2019) and most recently Tree & Serpent. Early Buddhist Art in India (Met\, 2023). \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place.\n \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Railing pillar fragment: Yaksha with lotus vine emerging from its mouth\, India\, Bharhut Great Stupa\, Satna district\, Madhya Pradesh\, Shunga\, ca. 150‒100 BCE. Sandstone. Allahabad Museum\, Prayagraj\, Uttar Pradesh. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Photo by Theirry Ollivier.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/edwin-binney-third-lecture-beginnings-buddhist-imagery-in-india/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T130000
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SUMMARY:The Korean Art Society
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 29\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Robert Turley\, Korean Art Society president and Korean Art and Antiques Gallery owner\nVirtual Event \n  \nGet to know the Korean Art Society through this online lecture from the organization president hosted by The San Diego Museum of Art Asian Arts Council. The Korean Art Society has over 3\,000 members worldwide and was the first organization outside of Korea to publish a periodical on Korean art\, the Korean Art Society Journal. This lecture will tell the story of the 2008 founding of the Korean Art Society and share the organization’s mission. See colorful slides illustrating Korean Art Society events and media coverage\, including front-page newspaper articles on Korean art discoveries. \nThe virtual event is presented alongside Korea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images on view at The San Diego Museum of Art through Sunday\, March 3\, 2024. \n  \nSpeaker Biography \nRobert Turley is owner of Korean Art and Antiques Gallery and also president of the Korean Art Society. He is internationally recognized as one of the foremost experts and authors on Korean art and antiques. He is recipient of the Global Korea Award\, awarded by the Council on Korean Studies at Michigan State University. He has curated the first exhibition of the renowned Lea Sneider collection of Korean art at the Korea Society\, as well as curating the first ever exhibition of Korean contemporary ceramics in New York. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Korean Art Society graphic
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/the-korean-art-society/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T120000
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SUMMARY:Hidden in Plain Sight: Clay Sculpture in Southern Asia
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 17\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeaker: Susan S. Bean\, Chair\, Center for Art and Archaeology\, American Institute of Indian Studies\nVirtual Event \n  \nAir-dried clay (a.k.a. terracruda)\, along with stone\, metal\, wood\, and fired clay\, stands among southern Asia’s oldest and most widely used mediums for sculpture. Typically finished in vivid color\, the medium has been largely overlooked in studies of the region’s arts\, often misidentified as stucco and terracotta\, or sidelined as too breakable and exuberantly colored to be ‘art.’ This excursion brings together some of the most prominent practices across the region to consider why painted air-dried clay has been so valued as medium for figural sculpture\, and what its sidelining reveals about the study of visual culture. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place.\n \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Sri Ram Pal (attributed)\, Portrait figure of Raj Kissen Mitter (detail)\, ca. 1849. Polychrome terracruda\, cloth\, hair\, chair; life size. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/hidden-in-plain-sight-clay-sculpture-in-southern-asia/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240216T113000
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SUMMARY:The Life and Art of Maestro Fernando Botero
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 16\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Fernando Botero Zea\, businessman and son of Maestro Fernando Botero\nVirtual Event \n  \nColombian artist Fernando Botero\, renowned for his distinctive style and exploration with color and exaggerated volume\, single-handedly redefined beauty with his sensual forms and pioneering notion of aesthetics. In this lecture\, Fernando Botero Zea\, eldest son of the late artist\, will provide an intimate account of his father’s presence and influence in the history of art\, as well as invite the audience to understand how the reality of Latin American life deeply rooted his work while simultaneously helping it to become a benchmark in contemporary art. \nFernando Botero Zea is a Colombian-Mexican businessman who works with his two siblings\, Lina and Juan Carlos\, to manage the estate of their late father\, Maestro Fernando Botero. He has collaborated in diverse projects to bring his father’s work to large-scale retrospective exhibitions in Beijing\, Shanghai\, and Hong Kong. \n  \nSave your spot for the online guest lecture by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place.\n \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: Fernando Botero\, Monalisa (detail)\, 1978. Oil on canvas. Banco de la República\, 2000\, Photograph by Víctor Robledo\, © Museo Botero – Banco de la República
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/the-life-and-art-of-maestro-fernando-botero/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240125T130000
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SUMMARY:Modern and Contemporary Art in Nepal: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 25\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Owen Duffy\, Ph.D.\, Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Asia Society Texas\nVirtual Event \n  \nJoin us online to virtually travel with our speaker\, Asia Society Texas’s Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions Owen Duffy\, to Kathmandu. Duffy will outline a foundational history of modern and contemporary art in Nepal\, beginning with the country’s so-called “father of modern art\,” Lain Singh Bangdel. After becoming part of the Independence-era artistic scene in Kolkata\, Bangdel traveled to London and Paris\, where he spent a decade experimenting with various avant-garde artistic styles. The lecture will then highlight key figures in Nepal’s 20th and 21st century art histories\, including Ashmina Ranjit\, Tsherin Sherpa\, and others. \n  \nSpeaker BiographyOwen Duffy\, Ph.D.\, is the Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Asia Society Texas. Duffy comes to Asia Society Texas from St. John’s University’s Yeh Art Gallery where he served as its director since 2019\, leading the institution through physical renovations to the exhibition spaces and the creation of a new exhibition program around the theme of diplomacy. During his tenure he organized more than 20 exhibitions\, including Lain Singh Bangdel: Moon over Kathmandu\, the first solo museum exhibition outside Nepal of the country’s preeminent modern artist Lain Singh Bangdel (1919-2002). Duffy’s exhibitions have earned press in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, Hyperallergic\, The Art Newspaper\, Brooklyn Rail\, and Art in America\, among others. In addition\, Duffy has published scholarship on the work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei\, Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor\, and Nepali performance artist Ashmina Ranjit. Among other publications\, his writing about contemporary art has appeared ArtReview\, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art\, Artforum\, Art & Education\, frieze\, Momus\, Journal of Curatorial Studies\, and BOMB. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Lain Singh Bangdel\, Moon over Kathmandu (detail)\, 1962. Oil on canvas. Collection of Mervin Stevens.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/modern-and-contemporary-art-in-nepal-an-introduction/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:A Legacy of Images: Growth of a Collection
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 19\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Deborah Klochko\, former executive director\, Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA)\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \nJoin Deborah Klochko as she shares about how our San Diego community has changed by teaching people how to read images one picture at a time. Ms. Klochko has a passion and a gift for telling stories while continuing the tradition of innovation that defined photography. With 40 years of experience in photography museums as an educator\, director\, and curator\, she has grown the collection at the Museum of Photographic Arts\, now the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art (MOPA@SDMA)\, through a legacy of images that inspire\, educate\, and engage the broadest possible audience. \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Balboa Park. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/a-legacy-of-images-growth-of-a-collection/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Docent Council,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240112T203000
DTSTAMP:20260805T054617
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SUMMARY:Friends’ Lecture & Reception: Korea in Color
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 12\, 2024\n6:00 p.m. Lecture (ticketed event)\n7:00–8:30 p.m. Private Reception\nJames S. Copley Auditorium \n  \nKorea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images sheds light on the use of color in Korean painting—known as polychrome painting (chaesaekhwa)—and its role in Korean culture. Join us for an insightful conversation exploring the history and influence of polychrome painting and its legacy of auspicious imagery. \nEleanor Soo-ah Hyun is The Korea Foundation and Samsung Foundation of Culture Associate Curator of Korean Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior to joining The Met in 2019\, she was the first Curator for the Korean Collections at The British Museum. At The Met\, she has curated exhibitions on Korean mother-of-pearl lacquer and ritual vessels. Her exhibition Lineages: Korean Art at The Met  (November 7th\, 2023 – October 20th \, 2024) focuses on modern and contemporary art and celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Met’s Arts of Korea gallery. \nRachel Jans is Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the San Diego Museum of Art and co-curator of Korea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images. Previously she was a curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, where she organized a range of exhibitions\, including New Work: Nevin Aladağ; Lineage: Paul Klee and Ruth Asawa; Nam June Paik: In Character\, among others. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago\, where her research was supported by numerous awards\, including a Fulbright Fellowship\, the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität\, and a Whiting Dissertation Fellowship. \nKorea in Color: A Legacy of Auspicious Images is on view October 28\, 2023–March 3\, 2024. \nShow your lecture ticket for free same-day Museum admission before the lecture from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on Friday\, January 12. \n\nTickets for admission to the lecture only are available to general membership and the public. \nFriend-level members and above enjoy free admission to the lecture and a private reception from 7:00–8:30 p.m. inside the Museum rotunda. Please reserve your complimentary ticket using the link below. \nLecture & Reception Tickets (Friends & Above) \nFor information on upgrading your membership\, please call 619.696.1941. \n  \n  \nLecture Tickets \n$10 members & students | $15 seniors & military | $20 nonmembers \n  \nThis program is brought to you through partnership with the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles. \n  \nFeatured: Seongpa\, Fierce Tiger Woke Up (detail)\, 2012. Lacquer on panel. 63 25/32 x 224 13/32 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/friends-lecture-korea-in-color/
LOCATION:The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1450 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Lecture,Member Event
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SUMMARY:When India Met the Eameses
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 9\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeaker: Victoria Lautman\, Journalist and Author\nVirtual Event \n  \nCharles and Ray Eames are renowned for their innovative home\, collectible furniture\, and ground-breaking films among many other contributions. But few people are aware of their lengthy\, transformative journey to India in 1958 at the request of Jawaharlal Nehru\, who sought their advice on creating a national institute of design. The Eameses’ initial excursion took them to all corners of the country and resulted in thousands of photographs as they contemplated industries\, crafts\, architecture\, and traditions before hammering out “The India Report\,” which continues to resonate today. \nJoin us and Victoria Lautman\, a cultural journalist-at-large with three decades of experience across all media\, to explore how these iconic American designers’ time in India kick-started the country’s most prestigious design school and left a lasting impact. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place.\n \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Charles and Ray Eames at their home\, showing the famous Eames chair and ottoman.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/when-india-met-the-eameses/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T120000
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SUMMARY:James Balog: Photographs from the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 17\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: James Balog\, Artist\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \nJames Balog: Photographs from the Anthropocene\, on view through March 10\, 2024\, at the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art (MOPA@SDMA)\, showcases a series of photographs that describes the ancient cyclical patterns of the earth’s life forms and the impact of human activity. For four decades\, James Balog has studied ancient cultural assumptions about the relationship between human nature and the rest of nature. Blending art and science\, Balog’s photographs deliver profound new insights about the environment today. \nThe current epoch of geologic time is known as the “Anthropocene” to reflect the pervasive and enduring traces of human activity left on the Earth. Through innovative imagery\, his projects interpret significant aspects of what has changed\, what’s survived\, and what changes are projected for the future. His photographs reveal nature’s dazzling beauty and its capacity for destruction. \nHis exhibition has been co-organized by the Earth Vision Institute and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography\, Minneapolis/Paris/Lausanne\, in association with the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art. \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: James Balog\, Ice Diamond #1\, 2009. Pigment print on archival fiber paper. Courtesy of the artist. © James Balog.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/james-balog-photographs-from-the-anthropocene/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Decadence and Decay: Fashioning the Image of Lady Mary Curzon\, Vicereine of India
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 11\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeaker: Siddhartha V. Shah\, Ph.D.\, John Wieland 1958 Director of the Mead Art Museum\, Amherst College\nVirtual Event \n  \nA headless mannequin placed within a glass box wears a legendary ball gown commissioned in 1902 by the Vicereine of India\, Mary Curzon. The dress—commissioned for a state ball in Delhi—was as symbolic as it was magnificent\, featuring peacock feathers embroidered in gold\, silver\, and copper threads. Worn on the statuesque body of the Vicereine\, the gown transformed her into “a vision of embodied light” that revealed the opulence of the British Raj rather than the ways in which it was falling apart at the seams. Its display also attempts to highlight the glamour and glory of Empire\, though it\, too\, is clearly in a state of dramatic and irreversible deterioration. This presentation examines how imperial authority and the subjugation of the Indian Subcontinent were staged on the body of Lady Curzon through dress and ornament\, veiling the steady decline of British rule as well as Curzon’s own failing health. We consider how dress can simultaneously reveal an individual’s authentic self while also laying bare their deepest insecurities\, and explore the tensions between the natural process of decay and our often unnatural efforts to prevent it. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place.\n \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Workshop of Kishan Chand (India) and tailored by Jean-Philippe Worth (France)\, The Peacock Dress\, 1900-1902. Gold and silver Zardozi embroidery with beetle wings on silk taffeta\, muslin\, lace\, and rhinestones; William Logsdail\, Mary Victoria Leiter\, Lady Curzon\, 1909. Oil on canvas. Kedleston Hall\, Derbyshire.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/decadence-and-decay-fashioning-the-image-of-lady-mary-curzon-vicereine-of-india/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:Washi Transformed: Nine Contemporary Japanese Artists Take on Traditional Handmade Paper
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 26\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Meher McArthur\, Asian art historian\nVirtual Event \nJoin us as Japanese art historian Meher McArthur discusses her upcoming exhibition Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper on view at the Mingei International Museum October 14\, 2023–January 7\, 2024. McArthur will present the works of nine Japanese artists featured in the exhibition: Hina Aoyama\, Eriko Horiki\, Kyoko Ibe\, Yoshio Ikezaki\, Kakuko Ishii\, Yuko Kimura\, Yuko Nishimura\, Takaaki Tanaka\, and Ayomi Yoshida. These artists have different approaches in the use of traditional Japanese handmade paper\, or washi\, as a medium for their works of contemporary art\, from spectacular sculptures and installations to sublime wall pieces\, screens\, and installations. \n  \nSpeaker Biography \nMeher McArthur is an Asian art historian specializing in Japanese art\, with degrees from Cambridge University and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She was Curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum\, Pasadena\, CA (1998-2006) and for over a decade has curated traveling exhibitions for International Arts & Artists (IA&A)\, most recently Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (2021-2024). She was Creative Director for the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden\, Pasadena (2014-2020)\, Academic Curator for Scripps College\, Claremont (2018-2020) and Art and Cultural Director for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles (2020-2022). Her major publications include Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu (PAM\, 1999)\, Reading Buddhist Art (Thames & Hudson\, 2002)\, The Arts of Asia (Thames & Hudson\, 2005)\, Confucius (Pegasus Books\, 2011)\, Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami (IA&A\, 2012)\, New Expressions in Origami Art (Tuttle\, 2017)\, Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (IA&A\, 2021) and An ABC of What Art Can Be (The Getty Museum\, 2010). \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Eriko Horiki\, Washi Light Object TANE\, 2017\, Washi paper and resin mold\, light fixture (steel)\, Image courtesy of the artist\, © Eriko Horiki.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/washi-transformed/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Sharp Edge: Iconography of Indic Arms — CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 21\n10:00 a.m.–noon PT\nSpeaker: Ravinder Reddy\, MD\, FRAS\, South Asian Arts Council\, The San Diego Museum of Art\nVirtual Event \n  \nUPDATE: This lecture has been canceled. Please stay tuned for a rescheduled date. \nIndian arms and armor are frequently adorned with auspicious and sacred imagery to induce shakti (divine power) to enter them\, thus transforming functional objects into implements that hold within them the quality of numen—magical or divine power. This presentation will survey the varieties of Hindu sacred images—goddesses\, gods\, demi-gods\, mythological beasts—that adorn arms and armor of the Indian subcontinent\, and explore the underlying reasons why these specific images may have been chosen among the vast pantheon of Indian sacred imagery. \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: © Ravi Reddy
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/beyond-the-sharp-edge-iconography-of-indic-arms/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T120000
DTSTAMP:20260805T054617
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SUMMARY:In Search of Sonder: Inspiring Empathy through Art
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 20\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Carlo Miranda\, Artist and Anita Feldman\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs\, The San Diego Museum of Art\nMOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater \n  \n“Sonder” is a term coined by author John Koenig\, meaning “the profound feeling of realizing that everyone\, including strangers passing in the street\, has a life as complex as one’s own\, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness of it. Each subject has their own story\, their own dreams and desires and worries.” \nLocal artist Carlo Miranda (Filipino-American\, b. 1988) showcases ten recent paintings in his intimate exhibition\, Carlo Miranda: In Search of Sonder\, on view at The San Diego Museum of Art through November 19\, 2023. His personal and hyperrealistic portraits\, painted in oil on panel\, depict those closest to him: his family\, his friends\, his barber. \nJoin Miranda and Anita Feldman\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs\, for an in-person conversation as they discuss Miranda’s life and the inspiration for his exhibition at the Museum. Hear too about Miranda’s process in creating his signature hyperrealistic portraits and how he aims to help viewers develop empathy toward his subjects or even construct imaginary stories of their lives. \n  \nPlease note\, this lecture is in-person only and held at the state-of-the-art MOPA@SDMA Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater. \n$10 members and students | $15 seniors and military | $20 nonmembers \nSave my spot!\n  \n\nThis lecture is presented as a part of the Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nSponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. \n  \nFeatured: Carlo Miranda\, The Barber (detail)\, 2022. Oil on panel. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/in-search-of-sonder-inspiring-empathy-through-art/
LOCATION:Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art\, 1649 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Docent Council,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Wunderkammerkŏri: Reimagining and Reinventing Ancestral Legacy through Collecting and Display
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 28\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Mirae kh RHEE\, Artist-in-Residence\, Museum für Asiatische Kunst and Ethnologisches Museum\, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin\nVirtual Event \n  \nIn this lecture\, transnational artist Mirae kh RHEE invites us into the long history of the collector and collections from both Asia and Europe. This multimedia project interrogates the presentation and collection practices of the male ruling elite and examines works from collections that extend from the famed Green Vault in Dresden to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The artist has fashioned a new interpretation of the cabinet of curiosities\, which she calls Wunderkammerkŏri\, a mash-up of German and Korean languages. Wunderkammern\, or cabinets of curiosities\, arose in mid-16th century Europe as repositories for wondrous objects but gradually appeared in 17th–18th century Qing China and Joseon Korea in the form of Chinese treasure boxes (Duobaoge) and Korean still-life genre painting of books and the scholar’s room (Munbangdo). Working in drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, installation\, participatory practices\, and emerging technologies\, like augmented reality\, the artist speaks about her motivations and exhibition plans. \n  \nArtist Biography \nSouth Korean born social practice artist (이미래/李未來) Mirae kh RHEE’s transracial life experiences led her to work between the United States\, South Korea\, and Germany\, where learning foreign languages\, code-switching\, and cultural traditions and customs continuously inform her artwork. Through the lens of transnational feminism and decolonial approaches\, she creates complex research-based Gesamtkunstwerk(e) that tell auto-ethnographical narratives. RHEE received her MFA in studio art at the University of California–Irvine\, where she was a graduate studies diversity scholar and a Jacob K. Javits Fellow. As the current Artist-in-Residence at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and Ethnologisches Museum\, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin\, she developed and exhibited her first augmented reality artwork Sammel-Sucht/Collecting Crave. Her solo project will be presented at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in 2024 and at the Residenzschloss Dresden in 2025. Learn more about RHEE at www.katehersrhee.com. \n  \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Exhibition view\, The Postcolonial Afterlives of Han\, 2021\, site-specific installation\, circa 2 m × 6 m × 4 m on view as part of Interventions: Fresh Perspectives After 50 Years\, curated by Rebecca Hall. Photo credit: courtesy of USC Pacific Asia Museum and Peter Perigo.\nKorean funeral jacket\, Joseon Dynasty\, 19th century\, permanent collection\, USC Pacific Asia Museum\, Pasadena\, CA | Unfinished Business\, 2020–2021\, plastic body bags\, hemp\, satin\, velvet\, wood\, synthetic and real hair\,2.08 m × 2.08 m × 1.80 m | Meta-Suûi\, 2021\, hemp\, muslin\, polyester cotton mix stuffing\, 70 cm × 56 cm × 12 cm | This Way to Apgujeong: Fall\,Winter\, Summer\, Spring\, 2016\, inkjet print on fine art paper\, 21 cm × 29.7 cm\n \n 
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/wunderkammerkori-reimagining-and-reinventing-ancestral-legacy-through-collecting-and-display/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:Dreamscapes: Mohammad Barrangi in Conversation with Dr. Ladan Akbarnia and Roshi Rahnama
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 15\n10:00 a.m. PT\nSpeakers: Mohammad Barrangi\, Artist; Ladan Akbarnia\, Ph.D.\, Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art\, The San Diego Museum of Art; and Roshi Rahnama\, Founder and Director of ADVOCARTSY\, an Iranian contemporary art platform and gallery\nVirtual Event \n  \nGain new insights in contemporary Iranian art through UK-based Iranian artist Mohammad Barrangi\, whose layered artistic practice combines contemporary printmaking with Iranian illustrated manuscript traditions to explore narratives about personal experience and identity as well as more universal themes. Much of the artist’s repertoire carries an extra layer relating directly to his experience as an immigrant trying to find their way in a diasporic world\, but all of Barrangi’s work is layered with elements added at random in a deliberate manner to create the final collage. The Museum acquired Migration\, its first work by Barrangi\, in 2021 with funds raised by the Museum’s Patrons of the Arts of Iran and the Persian Cultural Center (PCC) of San Diego.  \n\nHear the artist in conversation with Ladan Akbarnia\, Ph.D.\, Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum\, and Roshi Rahnama\, Founder and Director of ADVOCARTSY\, an Iranian contemporary art platform and gallery. After a brief introduction of the artist and Ms. Rahnama\, Dr. Akbarniawill present questions and topics for discussion with the artist about his work and artistic practice\, including an opportunity to introduce an upcoming live art installation by Barrangi in October.  \n  \n\nSave your spot for the online guest lecture by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place. Space is limited. \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nPlan ahead! The Docent Council Guest Lecture on October 20 will be available online and in person. \n  \n\n\nDreamscapes: Mohammad Barrangi in Conversation with Dr. Ladan Akbarnia and Roshi Rahnama is presented as a part of the Docent Council Guest Lecture Series\, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours. \nThis lecture is sponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council and made possible through the cultural partnership with the Farhang Foundation\, a nonprofit organization based in LA dedicated to promoting Iranian arts and culture. \n  \n\n  \nFeatured: Mohammad Barrangi\, Migration (detail)\, 2018. Reverse transfer printmaking on raw canvas. Purchased with funds provided by Gita Khadiri and Fred Khoroushi\, Patrons of the Arts of Iran\, and Persian Cultural Center\, 2021.50.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/dreamscapes-mohammad-barrangi-in-conversation-with-dr-ladan-akbarnia-and-roshi-rahnama/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Docent Council,Guest Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Traded Treasure: Indian Trade Cloth\, Influencing and Influenced by World Markets
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 9\n10:00 a.m.–noon PT\nSpeaker: Jeevak Parpia\, Professor of Physics\, Cornell University\, and Banoo Parpia\, retired Director of Asian and Middle East Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University\nVirtual Event \n  \nIndia is renowned for the textiles it produced for centuries for world markets around the Indian Ocean\, from Indonesia to the east coast of Africa and beyond\, into the Mediterranean and Europe. Not only did the textiles from the market influence the Indian makers\, but the local markets also began to produce textiles resembling the imports from India. Together\, our speakers\, Jeevak and Banoo Parpia\, have created a renowned collection of Indian textiles\, which are currently being exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston in Woven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection. \nUsing the Parpia collection as a starting point\, Jeevak and Banoo Parpia (with examples drawn from their collection and others) will focus on several designs that exhibit continuity\, and the likely influence of trade on design and demand. An example is the trade cloths that have strongly been influenced by Jain Kalpasutra paintings\, which often depict women in various roles. Yet\, none of the textiles featuring these images have been found in India\, but have traveled to Egypt and to Indonesia. Similarly\, there is evidence of influences of Turkey on current patola design in India and also to Indonesia. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place. Space is limited. \nSave my spot! \n  \nJointly sponsored by Textile Museum Associates of Southern California\, Inc. (TMA/SC) and South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: © Parpia Collection
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/traded-treasure-indian-trade-cloth-influencing-and-influenced-by-world-markets/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:Striking a Pose
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 19\n10:00 a.m.–noon PT\nSpeaker: Ajay Sinha\, Ph.D.\, Julie ’73 and Helene ’49 Herzig Professor in the Art History and Architectural Studies Department at Mount Holyoke College\nVirtual Event \n  \nAn unexpected discovery of black and white photographs of the Indian dancer Ram Gopal taken by the American photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York City in 1938 are the earliest visual record of a pioneer of classical Indian dance. They show the dancer in gorgeous costumes in a variety of poses\, while the photographer changes the studio lighting and fabric backgrounds for full views\, mid-shots and close-ups of the dancer’s body. What is the visual conversation taking place in New York across the distinct worlds of the Indian dancer and the American photographer? By taking a deep dive into the exchanges across different media and cultural worlds of the interwar years\, the presentation highlights the major findings of my recent book\, Photo-Attractions: An Indian dancer\, an American photographer\, and a German Camera. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place. Space is limited. \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Carl Van Vechten\, Ram Gopal\, April 21\, 1938. Gelatin silver print. Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gift of John Mark Lutz\, 1965.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/striking-a-pose/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:The Art of Literacy in Early Modern Japan
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 27\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Mai Yamaguchi\, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Curator of Japanese and Korean Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art\nVirtual Event \n  \nReading and writing were popular pastimes in early modern Japan. From the 1600s to the 1800s\, the printing industry developed rapidly\, making printed materials available to readers in urban and rural areas alike. Woodblock printing meant that books and prints could be mass produced\, sold cheaply\, and distributed widely. Readership grew steadily as temple schools taught basic reading and writing to people from the merchant and lower classes. This talk considers two forms of literacy\, textual and visual\, that enabled people to participate in a burgeoning public life and complements an exhibition of the same name on view until August 6\, 2023\, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place.\n \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi\, I want to cancel my subscription (detail)\, 1878. Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation\, Gifts of Various Donors\, by exchange\, and Gift of Edmond Freis in Memory of his Parents\, Rose and Leon Freis\, 2017.106.137.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/the-art-of-literacy-in-early-modern-japan/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230715T100000
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SUMMARY:Celebration and Sleuthing: The Strange History of Philadelphia's South Indian Temple Hall
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 15\n10:00 a.m.–noon PT\nSpeaker: Darielle Mason\, Ph.D.\, The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art\, Head of the Department of South Asian Art\, Philadelphia Museum of Art\nVirtual Event \nIn 1919 more than sixty huge carved granite blocks from Southeastern India were offloaded onto the lawn of a museum in Philadelphia. Their unique story spans over a century and reaches across the globe. This talk\, drawn from the 2022 book by Dr. Mason\, Storied Stone: Reframing the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s South Indian Temple Hall\, introduces the history of these carvings and some of the individuals involved in their movement and reinterpretation. It will pull back the curtain on decision-making in the museum and introduce the detective work of finding the blocks’ origins. In the end\, we will think together about what it means for a US fine arts museum to “own” parts of a Hindu temple in the past and today. \n  \nPlease reserve your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place. Space is limited. \nSave my spot! \n  \nSponsored by the South Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured: Storied Stone: Reframing the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s South Indian Temple Hall by Dr. Mason book cover detail.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/celebration-and-sleuthing-the-strange-history-of-philadelphias-south-indian-temple-hall/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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SUMMARY:Miao and Hmong Textiles: Emblems of Tradition\, Adaptation\, and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 29\n1:00–3:00 p.m. PT\nSpeaker: Elaine Pierce\, former docent\, The San Diego Museum of Art\nVirtual Event \nFor millennia\, the rugged Miao hill people of southwestern China safeguarded their unique\, self-sufficient culture against domination by more powerful groups\, such as the Han and Manchu empires. Explore the meaning of intricately embroidered textiles\, central to Chinese Miao identity and heritage. Plus\, learn about the related Laotian Hmong people\, whose unique story cloth embroidery serves as collective memory for the traumatic events of the Vietnam War\, as well as the struggles and triumphs of their new lives abroad. \n  \nPlease note\, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. \nSave your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place. Space is limited. \n  \nSave my spot!\n  \nSponsored by the Asian Arts Council. \n  \nFeatured at top right: Ge Yang\, An Abridged History of the Hmong People Who Served as Allies to the United States During the Secret War in Laos (detail). From the book Preserving Historical and Cultural Treasures: Hmong Story Cloths by Linda Gertner\, PhD. Schiffer Publishing Co. 2017.
URL:https://www.sdmart.org/event/miao-and-hmong-textiles-emblems-of-tradition-adaptation-and-resilience/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Support Council
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