Fieldtrip for 8th Grade Classes.
Tour of Asia!
8th Grade Field Trip to the Birmingham Museum of Art WHEN: ___JAN 21st________ TIME: 9:00 We will leave the school at 8:45.
WHERE: 2000 Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd
(formerly 2000 8th Ave N.)
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
COST: Free
CONTACT: Mr. Chris McClendon
TRANSPORTATION: walking
Phillips Academy 231-9500
cnmcclendon@bhamcityschools.org
WHAT YOU WILL SEE:
The Museum's Asian art collection started with a gift of Chinese textiles in 1951 and today, with more than 4,000 objects, is the largest and most comprehensive in the Southeast. The collection hails from China, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia, and features the finest collection of Vietnamese ceramics in the U.S., as well as outstanding examples of Buddhist and Hindu art, lacquer ware, ceramics, paintings, prints, and sculpture. Highlights include a rare Ming dynasty temple wall and Tang dynasty tomb figures from China; Jomon period pottery from Japan; and contemporary works such as "The Grand Residence," considered by Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong among his most important works. Also, on long-term loan from The smithsonian Institution is the Vetlesen Jade Collection of 16th- to 19th-century pieces, one of the most important jade collections in the U.S. The Museum has the only gallery for Korean art in the Southeast.
The Museum's popular Chinese and Japanese galleries have re-opened after closing two years ago to accommodate the Pompeii exhibition. It is now time to rediscover the wonders of our Asian works. Highlights of the Chinese gallery will be displays of more than 100 blue and white ceramics from all periods and more than 100 jades, including many Imperial pieces that have not been on public display since the 1980s.
In the Japanese gallery, the Samurai materials will remain a focus. Japan's important role in the World's Fairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries will also be highlighted. Come visit your old favorites and explore many new works.The 2009-10 fieldtrip opportunities are planned, but no dates and costs have been made official at this time.
