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  Arts 30-year passage The works of Japanese artist Iku K. Nagai, which synthesize the painter’s experiences with both traditional Eastern and Western abstract art, will be on exhibit. Ongoing. An opening reception will be held Friday, 6 p.m. (Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara. 408-247-3754.) A Winding River Eighty paintings, lacquers, prints and mixed media works by 50 Vietnamese artists are on display through April 25. A reception and lecture will be held Sunday, 1:30 p.m. (St. Mary’s College, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga. 925-631-4379.) Arnold Genthe’s Photographs of San Francisco’s Old Chinatown The photographer’s series of historic photographs of San Francisco Chinatown are on display. Ongoing. (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.) Face to Face An exhibition of portraits by child artists around the world will be on display through May 15. 50 cents-$1. (International Children’s Art Museum, World Trade Center, First Floor, San Francisco. 415-772-9977.) Field of Study Japanese artists Toshi Onuki’s new installation, a grouping of school chairs attached to immensely exaggerated desktops, is on display through April 17. A reception will be held Friday at 6 p.m. (Southern Exposure, 401 Alabama St., San Francisco. 415-863-2141.) Gladys Wong Charcoal works on paper by Gladys Wong are on display. An artist’s reception will be held today at 5:30 p.m. (Evolving Space, 536 Pacific Ave., San Francisco. 415-989-2992.) Northern Exposure: New Art From Japan Artworks by Mistushiro Egawa, Yoshie Inoue, Yoshikazu Kadono, Hiroshi Kakizaki, Ari Nakamura, Haruyo Nakanishi, Kenji Ohtaki, Fujio Sado, Kan Shimada, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuyuki Uno and Masami Yoshioka are on display. Ongoing. (San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 451 S. First St., San Jose, 408-283-8155; and Santa Clara University, Art Department Gallery, 408-554-4594.) Intuitive exploration An art installation by Peter Macon and eight high school students investigates the creative process in its freedom and intuition through painting, poetry, sculpture, photographs and video. Tomorrow through March 30. A reception will be held tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. (509 Cultural Center, 509 Ellis St., San Francisco. 415-255-5971.) Shades of San Francisco: A Community Photo Album of the Western Addition The exhibit features family, community and neighborhood photographs from the Western Addition/Fillmore neighborhoods assembled from private scrapbooks and collections dating from the 1880s to the present. Through March 25. (San Francisco Public Library, Skylight Gallery, Civic Center, San Francisco.) To Your Health! Art installations by Kaleo Ching and Elise Dirlam-Ching, and paintings by Younhee Paik are one display as part of this exhibit. Through April 13. An artists’ reception will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. (Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino. 408-864-8836.) Urban Yearnings Twenty-four paintings by Chinese artists Liu Qinghe, Su Xiping and Zhang Yajie, which are on loan from the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, will be on display. Their work focuses on the artists’ vision of cosmopolitan life in a rapidly changing society. Through May 2. (Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., Third Floor, San Francisco. 415-986-1822.) Views from the 1940s Woodblock and linoleum block prints by the late Henry Sugimoto are on exhibit. Through April 26. (The Ren Brown Collection, 1781 Highway One, Bodega Bay. 707-875-2922.) Visual Artists Critique Group Participants receive feedback on their works through this diverse group, which meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. Call 415-821-7282 for more information. Wendy Yoshimura The brilliant and colorful still-life watercolors of Wendy Yoshimura will be on display through April 14. (Women’s Cancer Resource Center, 3023 Shattuck, Berkeley. 510-548-9286.) Tribute to the Life and Dance of T. Balasaraswati Bala Music and Dance presents an evening of classical South Indian performing art, which features Balasaraswati’s daughter, internationally renowned dancer Lakshmi. Friday, 8 p.m. $12, $16. (Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley. 510-548-4110.) Events API101: Immigration to identity Carlos Bulosan, Philip Kan Gotanda, David Hwang, Janice Mirikitani, Noel Benoza, Kim Compoc and Norman Jayo, among others, will examine contemporary views of the Asian Pacific Islander experience through spoken word, poetry and monologues. Today through Saturday, 8 p.m. $12, $10 seniors and students. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 Ninth St., Suite 290, Oakland. 415-440-5545.) Lion Dance Conference The Chinese Performing Arts Foundation presents a series of workshops, demonstrations and lectures on Chinese lion dancing. Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m. (Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., San Francisco. Call 415-986-1822 to register.) Tibet Day Tibetan cuisine, lectures, guest speakers, panel discussions and performances of Tibetan music and dance are all included in this celebration. Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5 adults, $3 children and seniors. (Fort Mason Conference Center, Buchanan and Marina, San Francisco. 510-548-1271.) Urban Artbeat: A Celebration of Community Kearny Street Workshop and Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians presents a benefit featuring dance, music, poetry, video and a silent auction. The lineup includes poet Norman Jayo, the Art Hirahara Jazz Trio and the Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians. The emcee will be KRON co-anchor Wendy Tokuda. Today, 6 p.m. $25. (International Center, Grand Ballroom, 50 Oak St., San Francisco. 415-543-0520.) Film A Chinese Ghost Story Tsui Hark’s animated film, which combines the action director’s “perpetual motion” pacing with the latest computer graphics, makes its U.S. theatrical premiere. Friday. (Four Star Theater, 2200 Clement St. Call 415-666-3706 for showtimes.) Frozen Wu Ming’s independent Chinese film, which was shot illegally in various locations and smuggled out of China, will screen Sunday at 2 p.m. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.) Lectures Cultural Fusion: New Visions in Silk Painting Artist Keiki Fujita presents a slide discussion about Japanese traditional kimono painting in the United States. Today, 6 p.m. $5 Japan Society members, $7 general. (Japan Center, 1675 Post St., San Francisco. 415-986-4383.) Frederik Schodt and Gilles Poitras The authors of the Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga and The Anime Companion will share their knowledge of the manga culture. Friday-Sunday. (Wyndham Hotel, 1350 N. First St., 408-453-6200.) Music Matsuri Shu The taiko group from Kyoto, Japan, comes fresh from its tour of Portugal to present its unique blend of traditional and modern taiko styles. Monday, 7 p.m. $15. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 Ninth St., Suite 290, Oakland. 510-208-6080.) Theater Dust In A Gray Room Shinishi Koga’s Butoh piece explores the interdependence of seemingly oppositional emotional states. March 29, 8 p.m. $10-$12. (Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. 415-621-7978.) Paper Son Comedian Byron Yee’s autobiographical narrative about his search for Chinese heritage has been extended through April 11. Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 3 p.m. $20. (Cliff Osmond’s Actor’s Studio, 340 Mason St., San Francisco. 415-441-3687.) Power of Saturn The Abhinya Dance Co. presents a classical South Indian dance with Balinese shadow theater by ShadowLight. They will perform the mythological story of Nala and Damayanti, and how their love invoked the anger of the planet Saturn, personified as a god. Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m. $10-$20, $40 for families of four. (Louis B. Mayer Theater, University of Santa Clara. 408-246-1160.) Workshops
Estelle Akamine The works by the Hawaiian textile sculptor will be on display for her exhibit, Ride the Red Rain. Through April 25. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. 626-449-2742.) From Hearth to Heaven: Chinatown Living More than 2,000 objects, including photo albums, tea cups, biscuit tins and home furnishings, are on exhibit telling stories of everyday lives of Chinatown’s first settlers. Through March 31. (El Pueblo Gallery, E-13 Olvera St., Los Angeles.213-626-5240.) In Search of Gold Mountain An exhibit about the photographic history of Chinese Americans in San Diego is on view. Ongoing. (San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, 404 Third Ave., San Diego. 619-338-9888.) Van Gogh and Japanese Print Prints reinterpreted by Van Gogh into paintings, which include Hiroshige’s Sudden Shower on the Great Bridge near Atake and Eisan’s Courtesan will be on display. Prints by Hiroshige, Eisan and Kunisada that Van Gogh reproduced in the background of two portraits of Pere Tanguy are also on display, as well as other Japanese prints known to be in Van Gogh’s personal collection. Ongoing. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 213-857-6000.) Dance Bhairavi Kumar The founder and director of the Nrityodata Kathak Academy performs in conjunction with the Great Cities, Small Treasures exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum. March 27, 7 p.m. $10 museum members, $12 general. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. 626-449-2742.) Events Media Achievement Awards Banquet The Media Action Network for Asian Americans will hold its annual awards banquet to honor Jeff Yang, publisher of A. Magazine; Pam Coats, producer for Mulan; Eric Michael Zee, for Exit the Dragon; and Carlton Cuse, Andre Morgan and Stanley Tong, executive producers of Martial Law. March 28, 6:30 p.m. (Gourmet Carrousel Restaurant, 911 N. Broadway, Los Angeles. 213-486-4433.)
A Good Place To Land One’s Feet An exhibit documenting Brooklyn’s new Chinese American community, based on oral histories and photographs, is on display. Ongoing. (Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., New York City. 212-619-4785.) Arts of Pacific Asia Asian artworks and antiques from 70 of the world’s leading galleries and dealers will be exhibited for sale. March 24-28, noon-8 p.m. $20 for March 24, $12 for March 25-28. A lecture series will be held on March 27. (69th Regiment Armory, Lexington Ave and 26th Street. 301-738-1966 on the East Woast or 310-455-2886 on the West Coast.) Bamboo Masterworks The Asia Society presents the first comprehensive exhibition of Japanese bamboo baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen collection. One hundred exquisite baskets will be on display. Through May 30. $2-$4. (Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York. 212-517-ASIA.) China Chic More than 100 garments and accessories tracing the evolution of Chinese dress and its influence on modern western fashion will be on display. Through April 24. (Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, 212-217-7642.) Family Portraits Images of New York Chinatown’s diverse families are on display. Ongoing. (Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York. 212-619-4785.) Literati Life in the 20th Century Calligraphy works by the late Chinese scholar and artist Wang Fangyu as well as works from Fangyu’s personal collection by Bada Shanren, Qi Baishi and Zhang Daquin will on exhibit. Ongoing. (China Institute, 125 E. 65th St., New York. 212-744-8181.) Obstrusion and Obstruction Raw Gallery presents a new installation by ceramist and sculptor Yuki Nakamura. Her porcelain works define what is private and public space through March 28. (Northwest Asian American Theater, 409 Seventh Ave. South, Seattle. 206-340-1445.) Where Is Home? Chinese in the Americas Artifacts and personal testimony documenting the Chinese diaspora—as it relates to women, faith, youth and home—are on display. Ongoing. (Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York. 212-619-4785.) Film Tai Kato Retrospective The Japan Society presents a series featuring nine films by Kato, who is know for his period and gangster films. This month, Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (6:30 p.m., Friday) and Love for Mother/a.k.a. Long-Sought Mother (6:30 p.m., March 26) will screen. $8, $5 seniors and students. (Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., New York City. 212-752-3015) Lectures Art Collecters’ Forum Elizabeth Knight, editor and publisher of the art publication Orientations, leads a lively panel discussion about East Asian art with New York collectors, including George Fan, Leighton Longhi and Hiroshi Sugimento. March 27, 5 p.m. $10, $8 students. (Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., San New York City. 212-752-3015.) Music Toshiko Akiyoshi Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and her big band, featuring saxophonist Lew Tabackin performs every Monday, with sets at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. $15 cover. (Birdland, 315 W. 44th St., 212-581-3080.) |
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