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\ Ecology, Collection

The Necessity of Resourcefulness: Lessons from Traditional Japanese Textiles

Ana Matsubara with Jill D'Alessandro \ Apr 22, 2021
Held in the FAMSF’s costume and textile arts collection, this rag merchant’s bag offers a window into Japanese history that can teach us valuable lessons about sustainability today. This type of bag is known as tsunobukuro, or horn bag....
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\ Acquisitions, Exhibitions, Collection

Acquisitions of Contemporary Textiles from “The de Young Open”

Jill D’Alessandro \ Mar 25, 2021
\ Exhibitions, Collection

A Testimony to These Times: “The de Young Open” Art Acquisitions

Timothy Anglin Burgard, Emma Acker, and Lauren Palmor \ Mar 11, 2021
\ Collection

A Print with a Message: David Avery’s “Mendacia Ridicula”

Karin Breuer \ Mar 4, 2021
\ Collection

"Writing American History: The Poetic Jars of David Drake"

Timothy Anglin Burgard, Distinguished Senior Curator and Curator-in-Charge, American Art Department \ Feb 26, 2021
\ Anti-Racism Updates

New Interpretive Lenses and Updating In-Gallery Texts

Melissa Buron, Lauren Palmor, Thomas Wu, and Isabella Holland \ Feb 18, 2021
\ Collection

February aka "African American–Black–Afro–Negro–Colored History Month"

Nashormeh Lindo \ Feb 12, 2021
\ Dynamics of Power

Art and Anti-Racism: An Interview with Jen Bloomer

Ariana Bayer \ Feb 11, 2021
\ Exhibitions

Q&A with “The de Young Open” Artist Daniel Miramontes

Maria Egoavil \ Feb 4, 2021
\ Podcasts

Episode 6: The Stories We Tell

\ Feb 3, 2021
\ Podcasts

Episode 5: Objects of Power

\ Feb 3, 2021
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