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GALLERY TALK Join Dr. Janet Baker, Curator of Asian Art, to discuss the exhibition Infinite Light: A Photographic Meditation on Tibet following the screening of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Free for Museum members, included with general admission RSVP at phxart.org Image: Flames caught in a draft burn in yak butter left as offerings…
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH Explore Tsong-Kha-Pa, spiritual ancestor of the Dalai Lamas and incarnation of a celestial being. His sword of wisdom poised to strike through clouds of ignorance, Tsong-Kha-Pa is part of a collection of gilt bronze sculptures of lamas and deities both fierce and mild. Connect with him and with Tibetan Buddhist practice…
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GALLERY TALK How does an artist convey a sense of place? Through her series of photographs, Marissa Roth transports us to Tibet with subtle, often abstract, images of light, shadow, color, texture, people and objects. Each picture flows to the next to create a “visual sentence," evoking spirituality and mystery; leaving us wanting to know…
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FIRST WEDNESDAY PRESENTATION Colin Pearson from the Musical Instrument Museum will offer insights into their newest exhibition, Ancient Musical Treasures from Central China: Harmony of the Ancients from the Henan Museum. The exhibition explores the harmony between music and people and between heaven and earth through extremely rare instruments and works of art spanning nearly 9,000 years of…
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UNROLLING THE SCROLLS Join guest speaker Dr. Michael J. Hatch, Assistant Professor of East Asian Art History from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for “Unrolling the Scrolls.” The annual Marilyn A. Papp Painting Seminar is a unique event that takes place over two days. Each session will include a one-hour presentation followed by a viewing…
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FIRST WEDNESDAY PRESENTATION Japanese Cloisonné from the Waynor and Laurie Rogers Collection Learn about the history of cloisonné, production techniques, and the types of Japanese works in the Rogers' collection. Waynor and Laurie Rogers have generously donated numerous cloisonné pieces to Phoenix Art Museum. These will be highlighted by Waynor in a 45-minute PowerPoint presentation…
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FIRST WEDNESDAY GALLERY TALK A Memento for the Qianlong Emperor: The Myriad Delights of Lake Shi Join us in Singer Hall in Phoenix Art Museum's Administration Building for Asian Arts Council member Bill Howard's discussion of an eleven-page album made for the 18th-century Qianlong emperor to commemorate his visits to Lake Shi. Learn about the…
Find out moreCONCERT AT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM Wu Man and the Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Wu Man, pipa virtuosa, joins the Zhang Family Band for performances of old-tune traditional music with shadow puppetry, a practice that occurs mainly in Shaanxi Province, particularly in a small village at the foot of Mount Hua near the city of Huayin…
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH Explore the tokonoma, an alcove in a traditional Japanese home. Designed to display objects of art such as hanging scrolls, pottery, and flower arrangements, the tokonoma serves as a meditative space and as focal point of the room. Join us at 11:30 am on March 29. Speaker: Linnéa Storm, Phoenix Art…
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FIRST WEDNESDAY GALLERY TALK Reverence and Praise: Ancestor Portraits in the Chinese Painting Tradition Chinese ancestor portraits were once collected by Westerners as mere decoration. But in recent years they have begun to receive serious attention as works of art and as devotional paintings. Dr. Claudia Brown, professor of art history at Arizona State University…
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