“Write about Asia” is offered by the East Asia Resource Center in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas Saturday University Lecture Series. On March 16, March 30, April 6 and April 27 there will be a lecture followed by a writing workshop which will be facilitated by Mary Roberts.
Educators will attend the public lecture from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. and then meet for a writing workshop from 11:30 a.m – 2:00 p.m. During the workshop, time is given to solitary writing in response to the morning lecture. The workshop will nurture educators as writers through self-reflection and group discussion. Priority will be given to full-time K12 teachers. Teachers must sign up for and attend two or more lectures in the application below. Spaces are limited.
This upcoming series is titled “Trans Plants: Collecting, Gathering and Globalizing Plants”. This five-part series will begin with “a consideration of plants in and out of their native environment, and of how plants become an art material in bonsai and Chinese gardens. Hear stories of a delicious mushroom that only grows in the wild, farming eucalyptus as a colonial endeavor, and a hunt for rhododendrons in China” (excerpt from the Gardner Center website).
Lecture titles
MAR 16
Saturday University: Bonsai, Southern Chinese Style
MAR 30
What Kind of Collection Was the Chinese Scholar’s Garden?
APR 6
The Charisma of Wild Mushrooms: Matsutake and the Forest Revitalization Movements in Japan
APR 27
The Golden Mountain Gate: Text and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of Southwest China
Workshop details
March 16, March 30, April 4, April 27 (a commitment to attend a minimum of two workshops is required)
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium
Benefits
Free admission to the lecture and four free clock hours are available for attending the lecture and fulfilling online discussion requirements.
Registration
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Current full-time K12 teachers will be given priority.
EAST ASIA RESOURCE CENTER
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
Box 353650
Seattle WA, 98195-3650
(206) 543-1921
(206) 685-0668
East Asia Resource Center, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195-3650
Room 302 Thomson Hall | Phone: (206) 543-1921 | Fax: (206) 685-0668 | Email: earc@uw.edu