UCLA Asian American Studies Center launches collaboration with Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum

23 February 2012

UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center and the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum will join forces to present "Teaching the Pacific," a daylong event highlighting the living arts of the Pacific Islands. The event will feature hands-on demonstrations by artisans; presentations by UCLA faculty members, graduate students and an acclaimed Pacific Islander artist; and authentic Pacific Islander food vendors, carvers and weavers. For a full schedule, visit http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/default.asp.

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"Teaching the Pacific" — which is open to students, educators and the public — marks the launch of the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum’s educational programs and the publication of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s latest issue of the Amerasia Journal, "Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions Across the American Empire."

The event is co-sponsored by Alessandro Duranti, dean of the social sciences division in UCLA’s College of Letters and Science; Transitions Optical; the UCLA International Institute; the UCLA Department of English; the UCLA American Indian Studies Center; UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program; and the UCLA Department of Urban Planning at the Luskin School of Public Affairs.

695 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90802 ( map )

R.S.V.P.
Individuals and media interested in attending the event are encouraged to R.S.V.P. by visiting www.aasc.ucla.edu/archives/eventrsvp.asp or emailing aascrsvp [a] aasc.ucla (p) edu.