ImaginAsia Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Arash Moradi and Xanthe Greshem

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Performance Storytelling in the Spirit of Celebrating Women

Glass lamp, enameled and gilded

September 21, 2018March 25, 2020

Ready, Set, Glow!

F2006.7

July 31, 2017December 18, 2020

ImaginAsia: Celebrating Stories from the Persian Book of Kings

Chinese New Year performance

February 4, 2017May 23, 2022

Chinese New Year: Celebrating with Food and Art

Chinese New Year, Family Day

February 2, 2017March 25, 2020

Chinese New Year: Painted Clay Sculptures Celebrate Beijing Opera Characters

Chinese New Year

January 31, 2017May 23, 2022

Chinese New Year: Step Into a Beijing Artist’s Bristle Doll Studio

Chinese New Year, Family Day

Adrian having fun trying on conservator’s gear at our first workshop in May 2016.

September 28, 2016March 25, 2020

Art & Me: Conservators in Training

Flowers in the lobby of the Sackler

June 22, 2016March 25, 2020

Blooming Art

Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20

May 9, 2016March 25, 2020

ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger

detail of woodblock print of woman and child

February 10, 2016March 25, 2020

Art and Hearts for Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day

Monkeys Grasp for the Moon Sculpture

February 1, 2016March 25, 2020

Celebrate the Year of the Monkey

Chinese New Year, Family Day, Xu Bing

from top left, Teens in Filthy Lucre, working on the project, arriving at the Freer, with printmaker XX

October 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Teen Artist Residency: Peacock Printmaking Project

Filthy Lucre, Peacock Room

September 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Anime and Manga Summer Camp

F1931.4, Sheep and Goat 二羊圖

February 20, 2015March 25, 2020

Celebrate the Lunar New Year at Freer|Sackler

Chinese New Year, F1931.4, Family Day

Ariana, age 11, created a beautiful night scene inspired by the art of Kiyochika

April 18, 2014March 25, 2020

Night Light

September 9, 2013March 25, 2020

The Clay’s the Thing: Claymation at ImaginAsia

Working on the installation of Rina Banerjee's A World Lost in the Sackler pavilion

July 26, 2013March 25, 2020

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Making a Valentine's Day card in the Imaginasia classroom.

February 14, 2013March 25, 2020

The Language(s) of Love

Valentine's Day

A weeping cherry tree in full bloom in the Sackler's Moongate garden.

May 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Garden to Go: Strolling through the Seasons with ImaginAsia

Japan Spring, Smithsonian Gardens

March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Fuji to Go: Making Tatebanko

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25