USC Pacific Asia Museum

We are reopen!! Don’t miss the opportunity to see our We Are Here exhibition, it closes in one week, June 6th! Reservation link here: https://uscpamticketing.as.me/schedule.php

Shop@PAM - Support minority-owned businesses by purchasing jewelry, crafts and apparel from a few of our community artisans: Featuring original artwork titled Inner Goddess, this digitally printed cashmere scarf is indescribably soft and warm. This lightweight accessory is perfect for draping over your shoulders, day or night. Pasadena artist Angela Zhu donates a portion of her profits to an orphanage in Tibet. L.A. jewelry artist Debbie Yumori’s Asian inspired designs capt...ure the imagination, blending contemporary style with gems, traditional stones, and symbols. Each piece is hand-crafted and one-of-a-kind. SilverWillow Studio crafts simple and contemporary geometric jewelry using high-quality, ethically sourced materials. Artist Erin Choi views each handmade piece as a wearable work of art. Hand cut greeting cards feature traditional imagery with bold colors. Based in Pasadena, M&H Nakamuraya greeting cards are a charming way to share good thoughts. #shoplocal #minorityownedbusiness #artisanmade #wearableart #oneofakind #aapimonth #handmadeinLA #modernjewelry #localjewelry #cashmere #museumshop #silverwillowstudio

Teens@PAM - Next week the USC PAM Teen Ambassador's will be curating our social media accounts presenting content and workshops highlighting Asian American identity and experiences! Including two special events, see details below and spread the word to your fellow teens. Teens@PAM: Mindfulness Workshop | Wednesday, May 26 at 4pm This virtual workshop is designed to help you manage stress and clear your mind! Teaching artist Kabir Singh will guide you through a mindful meditat...ion centered on looking at artwork in the museum’s collection followed by a writing activity. Workshop@PAM - Make a Zine | Friday, May 28 at 6pm The Teen Ambassadors will lead you in a workshop that combines wordsmithing and crafting to create a unique zine about identity, experience, and cultivating joy in light of the continuous racially motivated attacks on the Asian community. These workshops are FREE and open to all teens ages 13+ and will be on Zoom. Link in bio to register!

Galleries@PAM: We are proud to announce that by popular demand we have decided to extend the We Are Here: Contemporary Art and Asian Voices in Los Angeles, exhibition! It will now close Sunday, June 6th! Reserve tickets online now to view the exhibition, but hurry this will be the last chance to view these works in person! Link in bio to reserve! Limited tickets available.

Teens@PAM: Meet the 2021 USC PAM Teen Ambassadors! Each week we will spotlight three students in the program. The Teen Ambassadors work together with museum educators to learn about careers in museums, program planning, and work collaboratively to develop content that engages teens with the museum collection. Stay tuned to see what they come up with this Spring semester! Image credits: Geisha and AIDS Nightmare, 1989 Masami Teraoka from the AID Series 2020.1.43; Pair of Duck...s, Banana Plants, Birds, Flowers, Meiji Period 1868-1912 1978.16.247; "Stuffed embroidered cloth toy elephant done in bright warm colors", India 20th c. 1986.25.6 #teensatpam #art #india #japan #teraokamasami #uscpam #geisha #print #johnmuirhighschool #lacrescentahighschool #pusd #lachsa #asianart #dearasianyouth #fairfaxhighschool #pasadena #lausd #apida #aapi #lunarnewyear #yearoftheox #japaneseprint #aidsart #actup

Throwback@PAM - Celebrate Black History Month in a throwback with USC PAM, @jamuseum, @CAMLA and @aajil_org to the conversation, Stronger Together: Black Liberation and Asian Solidarity. The three panelists will reflected on the history of Black-Asian solidarity and what can be learned from the past in order to live in a liberated future. View full video on our YouTube, link in bio. #blackhistorymonth

Action@PAM - Join activist, Alice Wong, and curator and historian Amanda Cachia as they look for answers to museums and accessibility questions, among others in, Conversation@PAM: Belonging - Accessibility & Advocacy in the Museum, an engaging dialogue centered on accessibility and advocacy in the museum and creative arts field. This virtual conversation takes place February 25th at 4:30pm, link in bio to register. #accessibility #advocacy #activism #museumaccessibility

Happy Valentine’s Day from Shop@PAM! Romantic candlelight, smooth silk scarf, simple earrings, and face masks all show you care. For all your gift giving needs and a personalized shopping experience, email [email protected]. You’ll find a selection of scarves, jewelry, and more at www.uscbookstore.com/usc-pam. Link in bio! #museumstore #shopfair #shoplocal... #gifts See more

Elizabeth studies Classical Violin Performance at USC Thornton School of Music. Here she performs a rendition of the Taiwanese Folk Song titled (Farming Song).

Shop@PAM is proud to share two fair trade companies representing the diverse and beautiful islands of the Philippines. From the Philippine island of Panay come delicate capiz shell windchimes. The naturally translucent shell is harvested from the shallow waters in the Province of Capiz. Originally used as windows before glass was available, capiz is often referred to as windowpane oyster. Om Gallery employs family artisans who paint the sustainable shells or leave them in t...heir natural state to make a variety of exquisite windchimes. Origin jewelry offers modern jewelry using sustainable wood, non-toxic resins and hypoallergenic metals while providing fair and ethical working conditions. You’ll find contemporary styles with magnetic closures, colorful resin accents, and bold geometric patterns. You can feel good about your purchase knowing proceeds from jewelry sales support Forge, Inc., a Philippine NGO that rescues local children from cyber-sex crimes and human trafficking. Visit our link in bio o Shop@PAM Online For more information about the windchimes and necklaces featured today, email [email protected]. #fairtrade #museumstore #artisanmade #ethicialfashion #philippines #filipinojewelry #windchimes #dreamcatcher

Community@PAM: TONIGHT! Join USC PAM for the 20th Anniversary virtual celebration of ArtNight Pasadena! Join us virtually for a family-friendly artmaking activity and storytime! Learn to make Indonesian-inspired paper shadow puppets and hear the book "The Cat from Hunger Mountain" by Ed Young. Click here to view: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/artnightfall2020/

Galleries@PAM: USC PAM, We Are Here exhibition artist, Sichong Xie, creates art through an intensely personal and deeply introspective practice. Motivated by her family’s history and her experiences growing up in Xi’an, China, Xie builds multimedia artworks and performances that speak to the impact of memory. For the We Are Here exhibition, Xie created a multi-channel, multimedia installation that explores the impact of art and the fluidity of memory as a form of protection. ... Her grandmother is the family’s only witness to an event that had great effect on her grandparents: her grandfather’s political illustration, now destroyed, that landed him in labor camp for two years. Xie recreates the illustration many times with the aid of her grandmother’s ever changing memory. Like much of Xie’s work, this piece presents an open ended question about survival, the stories that connect generations, and the transient nature of life. Images courtesy of the artist.

Community@PAM - Enjoy ArtNight from your living room this fall! VIRTUAL ARTNIGHT PASADENA will happen October 23, 2020. The USC Pacific Asia Museum Education department has prepared a family friendly artmaking activity and storytime! Learn to make Indonesian-inspired paper shadow puppets and hear the book The Cat from Hunger Mountain by Ed Young. Visit our website October 23rd to be able to enjoy! #artnightfall2020 #pamfromhome

Community@PAM: Excerpt from, Debunking the Model Minority Myth, link in bio to read the full student narratives of this online exhibition. One of the most dangerous implications of the model minority myth is the internalized racism that comes with it. It’s terrifying because it means that young APIDA individuals take it to be true. My parents never believed in’’ mental health. I thought that was kind of a side effect of growing up in China and coming to America with nothing ...more than a few hundred dollars. This never really bothered me until I got diagnosed with major depressive disorder and an anxiety disorder in my junior year of high school. When I told my parents that I would like to start therapy, they were furious. My mom said that nothing looks wrong, brushing it off like it was some disease. My dad erred more on the disappointed side, and I think that hurt me more than my mom. He told me (and I won’t ever forget this for the rest of my life), You’re so smart, there’s no way your brain could be bad. You’re Chinese. You endure. You can’t ask for help like white people. That’s just how it is for an Asian American. And the sad thing was, I believed him. I believed him for two years until the volunteer on the other end of the suicide hotline talked to me for over an hour, telling me that it wasn’t my fault. And it was then that I learned that the model minority can be revoked any time, whenever America wants. When we’re successful, America takes our achievements as its own. When we’re struggling, America abandons us. It has abandoned us for so long that we start thinking that we deserve to be thrown aside, because we weren’t good enough Asian Americans. But that’s not true. If America wants us at our best, it better accept us at our worst. Image provided by student.

Action@PAM - Today, Monday, October 19, 2020, is the last day to register to vote! Click the link in our bio to go directly to the RegisterToVote.ca.gov to register, or update your registration status! #votecalifornia Image credit: @californiasos_

Community@PAM: New Styles from Malia Designs! Based in Cambodia, Malia Designs generates life-changing and sustainable employment for over 300 individuals in three fair trade artisan groups. These artisan groups employ women at-risk who were victims of human trafficking, deaf individuals, and disabled community members. Fashionable, sustainable accessories are crafted from cotton canvas sourced through small local vendors who provide leftover rolls of fabric from garment fact...ories. Durable yet light-weight used cement bags and feed bags are turned into fun wallets and totes. Shop@PAM favorite, elephant print card holders are hand screen-printed cotton canvas. The stylish and versatile Bucket Bag is available in three fall-friendly colors with a crescent pattern. Carry a cause by purchasing Malia Designs fashionable bags, wallets or accessories; email [email protected] for more details. Look on Shop@PAM online for more styles. #maliadesigns #museumstore #artisanmade #ecofashion #carryacause #shopfair #fairtradefederation See more

Conversation@PAM: Inside the Pink Donut Box: Stories of Cambodian Immigration is this Saturday, October 17th, 2020 at 2:30 pm! Join artist Phung Huynh @phungxion and LA's "Donut Princess" Mayly Tao @dksdonuts, in a conversation moderated by curator and historian Erin M. Curtis as they explore the history of Cambodian immigrants in Los Angeles, refugee trauma, and legacies of building community and identity. Focusing on Cambodian-run donut shops in LA, they will also conside...r the changing role of these spaces as the city confronts gentrification, housing insecurity, police violence, and a global pandemic. This event will be hosted as a Zoom Webinar. Please note that the Zoom URL will be emailed to participants a day before the event. Link in bio to RSVP!

Community@PAM - Asian Americans are often stereotyped as studious, successful, smart a model minority who excel in education and accomplishing the American Dream. Despite its positive overtones this stereotype is damaging for Asian Americans and other students of color. The model minority myth pits students of color against each other and ignores the reality of systemic racism that Asian Americans continue to encounter. In response, #USCPAM has partnered with the USC As...ian Pacific American Student Assembly, to collect stories from Asian and Pacific American students that deal with this stereotype everyday. The result is a new Online Exhibition that will live on our website as an archive of these students’ narratives. We will be highlighting select stories all month long, but you can start viewing here: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu//debunking-the-model-mi/ #modelminoritymyth #modelminoritystereotype #asiansforblacklives #pamfromhome #asianpacific

USC PAM is proud to honor Indigenous Peoples' Day", a holiday recognizing the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Christopher Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent. On this day, and every day, we acknowledge the history and strength of our local indigenous communities. #indigenouspeoplesday #tongva

Shoo@PAM - Congratulations to Barefoot Books, winner of the Independent Publisher’s Guild 2020 Diversity in Publishing Award! This prestigious award acknowledges independent publishers committed to diversity and inclusion. Barefoot Books is a small women-owned publisher based in England. Their mission is to make sure every child can see themselves in our books and to open children’s hearts, minds, and worlds. Barefoot Books is a wonderful source for parents and educators... looking to celebrate and appreciate a wide range of perspectives representing cultural, racial, physical, and lifestyle diversity through colorful illustrations and storylines. Shop@PAM is proud to carry a variety of stories featuring characters from various cultures and lands. Find an inspiring Barefoot Book to share with your little one on Shop@PAM’s online collection in the Diverse Voices and Tastes section. #shopsmall #museumstore #multiculturalbooks #youngreaders #BarefootBooks See more

Conversation@PAM: Inside the Pink Donut Box -Stories of Cambodian Immigration Saturday, October 23rd at 2:30pm Join artist Phung Huynh (@phungxion) and LA's "Donut Princess" Mayly Tao (@dksdonuts) in a conversation moderated by curator and historian Erin M. Curtis as they explore the history of Cambodian immigrants in Los Angeles, refugee trauma, and legacies of building community and identity. Focusing on Cambodian-run donut shops in LA, they will also consider the changing ...role of these spaces as the city confronts gentrification, housing insecurity, police violence, and a global pandemic. #cambodia #cambodian #refugeestories #donuts