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ACIT Seattle awarded $10,000 by NEA

February 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last month, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced a $10,000 Art Works award to the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla Seattle (ACIT Seattle), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting tabla drumming and Hindustani music through educational programs, concerts and classes. The funding will help to support ACIT’s 2016 Access to Ustads Project, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, ACIT, NEA, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

NEA head Jane Chu lauds arts curriculum for language-learners

February 26, 2016 By Ruth Bayang

By Ruth Bayang Northwest Asian Weekly Jane Chu, the head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), got a first-hand look at diversity through the arts at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum on Feb. 17. Chu’s Chinese name is Ji Jen, which means virtue and integrity. She was born in Shawnee, Okla., to Chinese immigrants […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Beth Takekawa, Chinese, Ellen Ferguson, Indiana University, Ji Jen, Karen Hanan, Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, NEA, New York, Rockhurst University, Ruth Bayang, Seattle, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Washington State Arts Commission, Wing Luke Museum, technology

Wing Luke director invited to White House for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

October 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Beth Takekawa, executive director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, was one of 200 guests on May 28, 2013, invited to meet President Barack Obama at the White house for a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Also at the event were author Helen Zia, Asst. Secretary of the Interior Rhea Suh, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American, Beth Takekawa, Eric Nakamura, Helen Zia, Indonesia, Interior Rhea Suh, Judge Denny Chin, Konrad Ng, Lisa Ling, NEA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Vol 32 No 42 | October 12 - October 18, White House, Wing Luke Asian Museum

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