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Learn about some of the messages flowers have in Asian art, Listen to an author talk, and Celebrate the joys of Chinese brush painting.





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Asian art Language of flowers [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/13414580 ]

Image: Vase with “hundred flowers” decoration, 1736-1795. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Porcelain with overglaze multicolor decoration. Asian Art Museum, The Avery Brundage Collection, B65P13.

ONLINE: The Language of Flowers in Asian Art

*Monday, April 14, 7 to 8 p.m.*

Flowers have been cultivated in gardens and represented in art for thousands of years. Their properties symbolize both human and divine qualities. This talk, featuring objects from the Asian Art Museum’s collection, focuses on some of the flowers often found in Asian art⁠—lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip and rose⁠—and the messages they convey.

 

This one-hour online lecture by Asian Art Museum community speaker docent Jane Dalisay is followed by a Q&A.

 

Registration [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/13414580 ] is required.

 

Please arrive on time to ensure your spot. Waitlisted registrants will receive the Zoom link a couple minutes after the program begins.

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ONLINE: Author Talk with David Sedlak

*Thursday, April 17, 7 to 8 p.m. *

Author Talk David Sedlak [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/14087629 ]

Join us for a talk with David Sedlak, author of "Water for All". The book analyzes the world’s several water crises, as well as investigates the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve them. Sedlak offers an informed and hopeful approach for rethinking our assumptions about the way that water is managed. With this knowledge we can create a future with clean, abundant and affordable water for all.

 

David Sedlak is a Vice Chair for Graduate Studies and Plato Malozemoff Professor of Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Sedlak’s research focuses on the fate of chemical contaminants, with the long-term goal of developing cost-effective, safe, and sustainable systems to manage water resources.

 

This event is online. Registration [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/14087629 ] is required.



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Chinese brush painting [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/14083431 ]

Image: Bamboo painting by Pauline Tsui.

IN-PERSON: Introduction to Chinese Brush Painting

*Saturday, April 19, 3 to 4:30 p.m.*

Celebrate the joys of Chinese painting. Artist-instructor Pauline Tsui will teach you to paint seasonal flowers, fruits and small animals. This program is a beginner's level class. Art supplies such as brushes, ink and paper will be provided.

 

Pauline Tsui is an artist, a writer and a docent of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. She studied traditional Chinese brush painting with renowned masters in Hong Kong and attended Mills College of Oakland, National School of Fine Arts in Paris and Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, to pursue degrees in design and western art.

 

This workshop is for adults and will take place in the Library Program Room.

Registration [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/14083431 ] is required.

 

This is a high-demand program. Please register only if you plan to attend. Participants, please arrive promptly. If you arrive late, your seat may be given to someone else.

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Ongoing Programs






* *ESL Conversation Group In-Person:* Monday, April 21
* *ESL Conversation Group Online:* Monday, April 28 - Register [ https://sunnyvale.libcal.com/event/13781709 ]
* *Sewing Lab**:* Tuesday, April 15
* *Get Connected:* Wednesday, April 16

 

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