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Asian Art Museum expansion plans

October 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) presented initial design renderings on Sept. 29 for the upcoming renovation and expansion of the Asian Art Museum, set to begin fall 2017. This would be the first substantial renovation to the historic building since 1933. It will bring the museum up to 21st-century standards […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Seattle Art Museum, VOL 35 NO 41 | OCTOBER 8 - OCTOBER 14

Asian influences in two SAM exhibits

July 10, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Art Museum presents two installations: Terratopia: The Chinese Landscape in Painting and Film at the Asian Art Museum (through Feb. 26, 2017) and Tamiko Thiel: Gardens of the Anthropocene at the Olympic Sculpture Park (through Sept. 30). Both show us the vision of landscape and how humans interact with the natural wood. Terratopia arranges […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Seattle Art Museum, TAMIKO THIEL, VOL 35 NO 28 | JULY 9 - JULY 15

Gift suggestions! All good things come in 12!

December 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Just in time for the holidays, we have a list of 12 holiday gift ideas, perfect for the “12th Man” in your family and friends. Have a music lover on your Christmas list? Give them a special holiday card this year – a card that transforms into a record […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Kim, Bruce Lee, Happy Holidays, Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Polaroid Snap, Raspberry Pi, Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, TV, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Wing Luke Museum

Paradox of Place — Glimpses of modern Korea at SAM’s Asian Art Museum

November 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Walking into the Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) Asian Art Museum from now through March, you find yourself immersed in the paradox of modern Korean society. The “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art” at the museum showcases new media art in diverse forms from six prominent Korean artists. The common […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Carol Witte, Jocelyn Moore, Korean, Lee Yongbaek, Lim Minouk, North Korea, Northwest Asian Weekly, Prospect St, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, South Korea, Valerie Nagle, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Xiaojin Wu

“The Five Essentials: Arts and the movement for social justice” — Keynote Speech by Ron Chew at National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference

February 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ron Chew For Northwest Asian Weekly The arts can be an instrument for transforming individual lives, restoring communities, and remaking our society into a more tolerant and inclusive place for all. Five years ago, in a report I wrote for Americans in the Arts, I described the emergence of community-based arts organizations. I wrote […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Chinese, International Examiner, Japanese Americans, Post Office, Ron Chew, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle City Council, Seattle Symphony, Space Needle, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Wing Luke Museum, communication, culture, letter, poverty

J-Pop inspired clothing designer moves studio to Sassafras in Belltown

March 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shin Yu Pai Northwest Asian Weekly Malia Peoples, the designer best known as Lady Konnyaku, recently moved her

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Beijing, China Labor Watch, Chinese, Future Beauty, Lady Konnyaku, Macau, Malia Peoples, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Southeast Asian, The Wing, United Kingdom, Uwajimaya, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, attention

“Herb And Dorothy 50X50”

October 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Megumi Sasaki, director of the new documentary “Herb and Dorothy 50X50,” started out at Japan’s NHK public broadcasting organization, working for its popular “Ohayo

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, Brooklyn Public Library, Dorothy Vogel, Fine Line Media, Herbert Herb Vogel, Las Vegas Art Museum, Megumi Sasaki, NHK, Nippon Television, Ohayo Nippon, Seattle Art Museum, Third Floor Galleries, United States Postal Service, Vol 32 No 41 | October 5 - October 11, japan

Runway ready: Japanese fashion at SAM

June 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deanna Duff Northwest Asian Weekly For many people, back-to-school shopping was the last time they seriously considered how clothing impacts identity, but Seattle Art Museum’s newest exhibition may spur new thought.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Akiko Fukai, Body Meets Dress, Catharina Manchada, Dress Meets Body, Future Beauty, Hello Kitty, Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, KCI, Kosuke Tsumura, Kyoto Costume Institute, Merce Cunningham, Paris, Rei Kawakubo, Seattle Art Museum, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, Yohji Yamamoto

EDITORIAL: The ID is a destination, but there’s still more work to do

May 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Earlier in May, The Seattle Times released a list of Seattle’s top 10 attractions in preparation for the summer months. Nestled between Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, the International District made an appearance buoyed by its long history, restaurants, shops, and the Wing Luke Museum.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, CIDBIA, International District, Lunar New Year, Olympic Sculpture Park, Pike Place Market, Seattle Art Museum, Space Needle, Spring Clean, Storefronts Seattle, Vol 32 No 22 | May 25 - May 31, Wing Luke Museum, parking

Women take over: Northwest Asian Artists at SAM

November 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deanna Duff Northwest Asian Weekly Women have taken over the Seattle Art Museum. Not through protests or demonstrations, but with a different type of exciting,

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Dale Chihuly, Etsuko Ichikawa, Far East, Fine Arts, Jody Bento, Moon Shine, Municipal Tower, Newport Beach, Pilchuck Glass School, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle City Light, Third Avenue, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23, Yuki Nakamura, Yuri Kinoshita

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