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Six Asian Creatives Share the Inspiration That Drives Them
These creative leaders are driven by everything from comic book art to ancient Chinese sculpture.
By Nafeesah Allen Alice Morgan During this month, we celebrate the heritage of people of Asian and Pacific Island descent. Doing so isn’t just a firm commitment to creating a future that eradicates anti-Asian hate and challenges model minority myths, but it also entails a look back at the past to see how those cultures inform our present. The depth and variety of cultural production emanating from Asia and reverberating throughout global Diasporas have had a lasting impact on the art and design worlds. Many museums and galleries boast impressive collections that nod to those geographies and civilizations. More importantly, the Asian creatives behind art institutions and the creators of contemporary works are bringing fresh perspectives to notions of representation. From curators to comic book designers, creatives
Visiting
museums is undoubtedly a great way to seek visual respite or a dose of fascinating history. With May being Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, it’s the perfect time to visit sites that honor the creations of members of the AAPI community. Below, take a look at our list of museums to visit during AAPI Heritage Month and beyond, which includes sites like the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Japanese American National Museum, and more.
The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art), Washington, D.C.
April 8, 2021
Asia Society Northern California stood in solidarity with Asians and Asian Americans and hosted its third annual live
Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala. Asia Game Changer West Awards are bestowed to individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, arts and culture, technology, and education. This year, Asia Society s Northern California Center honored four Bay Area stars:
Eun Sun Kim, the first female music director at a major American opera company, the San Francisco Opera;
Tsu-Jae King Liu, the first female dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley;