Asian America

Objective: Students will explore the dichotomy between craft and fine art while investigating Ruth Asawa’s sculpture work and identity.

Objective: Students will critically examine Ruth Asawa’s sculpture work and create their own works of art in her style using principles of geometry and 3-D shapes

In this activity, you will simply use black construction paper, sunlight, and everyday objects from your house or yard.

Students will consider the ways art can be used as activism in the context of Environmentalism and National Park Preservation.

Objective: Students will be exposed to East Asian art traditions through the lens of a contemporary Chinese American artist, Bernice Bing.

Learn about two techniques Ernie Kim used to decorate the surfaces of his ceramics.

Objective: Students will explore primary documents, like Chiura Obata’s paintings, to understand the severity of the 1906 SF Earthquake.

Create a zine to reflect and critically consider identities and the relationship between identity and context.