Friends of Asian Art and Culture Events
APRIL 2025 EVENTS: PDF
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations about Art
China’s Wellness Boom: Healthy Mind, Healthy Spirit
Art League: Mary Brodbeck: Woodblock Printmaker – Influences and Evolution
Persia: Crossroads of Art and Culture
Aboard Ships Bound for Oblivion: Early Modern Entrances of the African into China
Artists in Conversation: Tuan Andrew Nguyen and Thao Nguyen on The Island
An Infinite Constellation of Love
MARCH 2025 EVENTS: PDF
Relax and Meditate with Tai Chi
Mother Tongue Film Festival | Digital Retrospective
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations about Art
How I met? How I Thought? My Research on Waka Yamada, Modern Japanese Feminist
Asian Paintings: Worlds of Creativity
Rediscovering Asian American Art
Joy Light Lecture Series: Exploring the Power of Visual Art and World-Building
Art Break: The Art of Puppetry
An Infinite Constellation of Love
FEBRUARY 2025 EVENTS: PDF
Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations about Art
Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake
China’s First Communist and the United States: Li Dazhao’s Changing Attitudes towards America
Lantern Festival Celebration 2025
Global Collaborations for Healthy Aging between Japan and the United States
The Swiss-Chinese Relationship through History
JANUARY 2025 EVENTS: PDF
Take out Tuesday: “Life and Art of Qi Baishi” Part 2, with docent Seik-Yee Lau.
2025 Spring Chinese Language Classes
2025 Spring Chinese Tea Ceremony Class
2025 Spring Chinese Art Classes
Virtual Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo Curator Talk
Tokyo: Leading the Change for a Sustainable Future
Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art
Unpacking Provenance | A Chinese Porcelain Cup
DECEMBER 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Maebashi to the World: “Liquidscape” and the Art of Curating from Regional Japan
Take Out Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations about Art
Japanese Movie Screening: Samurai Cat
Japanese Movie Screening: Bento Harassment
Gallery Gathering: Chinese Goddess Figures
Virtual Lecture Series: When the Tiger Smoked a Pipe
Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art
NOVEMBER 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Chinese Painting: Brush, Body, and Mind
Take out Tuesday: "How to Read a Chinese Painting" with docent Pauline Tsui
Virtual Tour - Arts of South Asia
The Poetry of Xi Chuan and “Chineseness” Re-reconsidered
Virtual Japanese Conversation Table
The Influence of Japanese Art on Western Aesthetics
Social Media and Marginalized Voices in Neo/Non-liberal China
Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art
OCTOBER 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Take out Tuesday: "Self Portrait, San Francisco Financial District," with docent Lydia Zane
"From Traditional to Innovative-Chinese Painting Genres," with docent Pauline Tsui
Virtual Lecture Series: Japanese Aesthetics
Virtual Japanese Conversation Table
Cooking Demo with Rust Belt Ramen!
Balancing the Cosmos: The Works of Li Hongwei
Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China
From Earth and Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
SEPTEMBER 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Cooking Demo with Rust Belt Ramen!
Take out Tuesday: Whose story? The tale of Genji
2024 Fall Chinese Language Classes
2024 Fall Chinese Tea Ceremony Class
Take out Tuesday: “Vahanas” with docent Peggy Mathers
Virtual Japanese Conversation Table
Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China
Takeout Tuesdays: "Shiva's Evil Twin," with docent Kathleen Meagher
Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy 2024-2025 Registration
JULY AND AUGUST 2024 EVENTS: PDF
The Anniversary Show: Promised Gifts from the Joy and Timothy Light Collection
Concert of Colors: Michigan Lion Dance
Concert of Colors: Xiao Dong Wei and Sunitha Anathaswamy
Cranbrook Japanese Garden Tour
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art
A Woven Heritage: Agriculture in Oita
Timeless Traditions Expressions of the Divine in Indian Art
JUNE 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Unveiling the Essence of Kōgei-Art
Japanese Film Festival Online 2024
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art
Cultural Encounters: Food Histories of South Asia
The Anniversary Show: Promised Gifts from the Joy and Timothy Light Collection
The Anniversary Show: Exploring Works from the Joy and Timothy Light Collection
Cultural Encounters: Religious Histories of South Asia
MAY 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Grand Rapids’ Asian History Exhibit
2024 Summer Chinese Language Classes
2024 Summer Chinese Art Classes
Art Detectives: Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
Grand Rapids History | Chinatown’s Most Prominent Family
ArtBreak: Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision
Artist Talk with Jeffrey Songco, Chien-An Yuan, & Kim Thái Nguyễn
Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us
The Anniversary Show: Promised Gifts from the Joy and Timothy Light Collection
APRIL 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art
Expanding Access to Undergraduate Higher Education for China’s Ethnic Minority Populations
For Whom and for What Purposes? Peace and War Museums in Japan and Its Neighbors
The Future of Contemporary Chinese Art
Wonder of China: Blue and White Porcelain
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us
MARCH 2024 EVENTS: PDF
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art
China 2024: What Does the Two Sessions Mean for the Economy, Politics, and Foreign Policy?
Heavenly Empress Wu Zetian: From Concubine to the Throne
Discussion: The Chinese American Experience
Yellowface Through an Ethics Lens
Meet Yellowface’ Author R. F. Kuang
Productive Differences: Art, Labor and Education in Southwest China
Exhibiting Meiji Art and Culture: A Curatorial Perspective
Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2024 EVENTS: PDF
2024 Spring Chinese Language and Culture Classes
2024 Spring Chinese Art Classes
2024 Spring Chinese Tea Ceremony Class
Cultural Bridges with AARP: History of Lunar New Year
Three Perfections of Chinese Art: Exploring Chinese Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry
Lunar New Year Celebration (at Kalamazoo Public Library)
Lunar New Year Celebration (at Portage District Library)
Lantern Festival Celebration (at WMU Student Center)
Lantern Festival Celebration (at Portage Zhang Senior Center)
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us
DECEMBER 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Godzilla as Anti-nuclear Activitist and Anthropocene Guerilla
Just Energy Transitions and SDGs: Tools and Enablers
The Ballot and Beyond: South Asia in 2024
Cultural Bridges With AARP: Introduction to Japanese Cuisine and Tea
Sneak Peek— Across the Sea: Ceramics and the Korea–Japan Maritime Frontier
Remembering C. C. Wang — Artist, Collector, and Connoisseur of Chinese Paintings
Lines of Abstraction: A Curatorial Conversation
A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Works by Wu Jian’an
C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
NOVEMBER 2023 EVENTS: PDF
A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Works by Wu Jian’an
C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
Oxford Debate: Is India Becoming a Superpower?
UnReeled: Unsung Heroes of Ink
Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversation About Art
The History Of Asia, Pacific War
ARTbreak Series: Chinese Calligraphy
Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy
OCTOBER 2023 EVENTS: PDF
FAAC Special Event:
Tour of the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Contemporary Tree Sculpture Exhibition View flyer
A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Works by Wu Jian’an
C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
Perception and Misperception in U.S.-China Relation
Weight and Whimsy: Chinese Language in Contemporary Art
Japan: People, Society, Tradition and its Relations with the US
SEPTEMBER 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art
Takeout Tuesdays: "Oracle Bones: From Divination to AI" with docent Mary Howell
2023 Fall non-credit Online Chinese Language Classes
2023 Fall Chinese Tea Ceremony Class
Nature as a Spiritual Resource: A Japanese Perspective
Artist Talk 1 | Exploring Pokémon in Japanese Craft
Takeout Tuesdays: "Meditation on Water: Kondo Takahiro's Reduction-Wave-" with docent Etsuko Kobata
Takeout Tuesdays: "A Jewish Wedding Crown from India" with docent Kathleen Meagher
Exploring Popular Culture in Japan with Dr. Brian White
TLC Brown Bag Talk: Food Consumption and Well-Being in China during Covid
UnReeled: Anime at the KIA: Film Screening of Mirai
Takeout Tuesdays: "The Story of the Rabbit" with docent Doris Chun
AUGUST 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art
The Marukis: Their Paintings, and Their Peace Activism in Postwar Japan
Rose Chiu: Heart Intoxicated By Watercolor
The Legend of Zelda: Exploring the Legacy of Breath of the Wild
The Art of Making, from Thought to Process
JULY 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art
Art Detectives: Natsumi’s Song of Summer
Japan’s Security Policy Transformation: Why Now?
Ikebana Day Celebration 2023 / Ikebana International Chicago Chapter
Curators’ Talk on Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art
Takeout Tuesdays: "Ceramics: Import and Export" with docent Bianca Larson
Taiko Drumming with Carolyn Koebel and Jonathan Wegner
Takeout Tuesdays: "Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds" with docent Jim Brown
Exploring Traditional and Modern Japan with the Soga Japan Center
JUNE 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art
Japan’s Role in Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Artistry and Spectacle in the Kabuki Tradition
Migration, Identity, and Diasporas at the Intersection of Japan Studies and Global Asia
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking with Mary Brodbeck
Commercial Music and Intergenerational Community in the Toyama City Center
The Legend of Zelda: Exploring the Legacy of Breath of the Wild
MAY 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Takeout Tuesdays: Heavenly Horses with docent Mary Howell
Kodomo No Hi Japanese Golden Week Children’s Day Celebration
2023 Asian Forum, Death and Dying in East Asia
Summer Tai Chi Classes and non-credit Online Chinese Language Classes
Takeout Tuesdays: Word of Art: Stringing Traditional and Contemporary with docent Kasey Yang
ARTbreak: Cross Currents: East/West with Yoshisuke Funasaka and Mary Brodbeck
Takeout Tuesdays: Contemporary Artist Yoong Bae’s Meditations with docent Kalpana Desai
Takeout Tuesdays: A Philippine Virgin Mary: Devotion in Grandeur with docent Jane Dalisay
APRIL 2023 EVENTS: PDF
Takeout Tuesdays: Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art with docent Aggie Brenneman
Chinese Americans in the Heartland: Migration, Work, and Community
Smithsonian Event: Meditation and Mindfulness
Takeout Tuesdays: Three Masters of Lingnan with docent Linda Lei
Into the Dragon’s Mouth: A Conversation with Architect and Author Benjamin Wood
A Night of Rakugo with KATSURA Sunshine
Takeout Tuesdays: Jade Cup — A Mini Mughal Masterpiece with docent Kathleen Meagher
MARCH 2023 EVENTS: PDF
FAAC Special Event:
Tour of the Cleveland Museum of Art View flyer
Takeout Tuesdays: Guardian of Flame with docent Neaera Baer
Artistry and Innovation in Japanese Ceramics and Printmaking
Takeout Tuesdays: Our Phoenixes at the Museum with docent Peggy Mathers
Takeout Tuesdays: The Art of Islam is Written with docent Steve Zilles
JANUARY and February 2023 EVENTS:
An American Family Experiences China: 1910-1923
DECEMBER 2022 EVENTS: PDF
Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China
Clay as Soft Power – Shikigare Ware in Postwar America and Japan
Kyoko Michishita Film Screenings
Takeout Tuesdays: Chiura Obata’s Grand Nature
Takeout Tuesdays: Fang Zhaoling, A Life Painting
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai WeiWei
Takeout Tuesdays: Chinese Lacquerware
NOVEMBER 2022 EVENTS: PDF
Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China
ARTbreak: Captive Beauties – Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China
Takeout Tuesdays: Ikebana – Japanese Flower Arranging
ARTbreak: Captive Beauties – Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China
OCTOBER 2022 EVENTS: PDF
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
Japan: People, Society, Traditions and its Relation with the U.S.
Zero-COVID, Carbon Neutrality, and the Future of Coercive Environmentalism
Takeout Tuesdays: The Buddha on the Move Part 2: China in 338
Joy Light Lecture on East Asian Art-- Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy
Art for Breakfast with Stanley Wong: Extraordinary Odyssey – My Work Exposed
SEPTEMBER 2022 EVENTS: PDF
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
Ornithology Jazz Club: Himiko Kukuchi with Tottori Jazz
Moon Festival Celebration at Zhang Portage Community Senior Center
ARTbreak: Contemporary Ceramics and the Chinese Worldview with Dr. Andrew Maske
Takeout Tuesdays: The Buddha on the Move Part 1: Pala, India
Takeout Tuesdays: Dialogue Now and Then: A Contemporary Embroidery by Miram Lim Lee
Art for Breakfast with Stanley Wong: art:zen anothermountainman’s creative life journey
Takeout Tuesdays: Re-imagining the Heroic Tale: Serpent Kaliya and Dancing Krishna
China Planet: Environmental Implications of the Rise of China
AUGUST 2022 EVENTS: PDF
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
ARTbreak: Jennfier Zona and Danny Giancaspro
Takeout Tuesday: Strength and Beauty from a Brush Stroke
Takeout Tuesdays: Bojagi (Wrapping Cloth)
ARTbreak: Inja Cho and Madeline Kaczmarczyk
World Kamishibai Forum: Kamishibai and Deaf Children
JULY 2022 EVENTS: PDF
FAAC Special Event:
Introducing Chinese Opera From The Perspective of Visual Art View flyer
Tour of the Frederick Meijer Gardens and the Yinka Shonibare Exhibit View flyer
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
Takeout Tuesday: Fountain of Light
Balancing the Cosmos: Evening with Li Hongwei
Takeout Tuesdays: Thangka of the Fifth Dalai Lama
Ancient Korean Architecture in Context
Queer Pasts and Futures: Experimental Films with Việt Lê and TT Takemoto
JUNE 2022 EVENTS: PDF
“100 Years in Bloom” Peony Concert and Centennial Celebrations
Linling Lu: Musical Meditations
Takeout Tuesdays: Shiva and Parvati
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
An Insider’s Introduction to the Kyoto National Museum
Takashi Harada – The Ondes Martenot – Special Video Event
Re-History Series: Loss, Hope, and Conservation in Southeast Asian Textiles
May 2022 Events: PDF
Immigration Stories of Asian American Women: Here is Happiness
Japanese Painting for the 21st Century: Ryo Shinagawa
Linling Lu: Musical Meditations
JFNY Literary Series presents Yoko Ogawa X Stephen Snyder
April 2022 events: PDF
FAAC Special Event:
Image and Text: A Detective Reading of a Rare Chinese Mirror Design View flyer
Monkey Around - Asian American Activism and Arts View Recording View Flyer
Pulling the Nation’s Noodles: Ramen and the Chinese Origins of Modern Japanese Cuisine?
Spreading Indra’s Net in Manhattan: D.T. Suzuki’s Columbia University Seminars
Takeout Tuesdays: The Art of Fans
Book Discussion: Concentric Circles
Artist Talk: It’s Like Breathing: Mio Yamato
Japanese Foundation New York Literary Series Presents: Aoko Matsuda x Dolly Barton
Linling Lu: Musical Meditations
March 2022 events: PDF
China's Domestic and External Economic Challenges
Linling Lu: Musical Meditations
Takeout Tuesdays: The Cosmic Buddha
We Are Our Stories: Being Asian and Asian American in Kalamazoo
The Best We Could Do
Chinese Speech Contest at Western Michigan University
February 2022 Events: PDF
Vistas: Visions of China, Japan, and Korea
Japanese Film Festival Online 2022
The Rise and Fall of Imperial China: The Social Origins of State Development
Batiks: Spectacular Textiles of Java
Can China Sustain its Current Level of Food Security?
January 2022 events: PDF
Where Japan Stands in the Global Contemporary Art Ecosystem | Mami Kataoka
"Why Chopsticks? Utensil-use, Changing Foodway and Eating Style in Asia"
2022 Lunar New Year Gala at WMU
Vistas: Visions of China, Japan, and Korea
December 2021 events: PDF
November 2021 Events: PDF