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Recent Development News (March 2005)

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• Collectors' Circle Dinner and Object Selection
• Spring Bazaar and Marketplace
• Major Grant Award Received
• Docent Training Class

Collectors' Circle Dinner and Object Selection
On November 18th the Pacific Asia Museum Collectors’ Circle held its Annual Dinner and Object Selection.

The museum would like to thank new Circle members Dr. Cathleen A. Godzik and Jackson Ito for underwriting the conservation of Katsushika Hokusai’s Eagle in a Snowstorm. This important painting has been sent to Japan to be remounted as a hanging scroll. We also thank Museum
Docent and new Circle member Janis Lipson for purchasing an 18th century Mino ware Japanese sake vessel for the museum’s permanent collection.

For more information on the museum’s Collectors’ Circle and for how you can participate in the object selection process, please contact the Membership Department at ext. 37.

Spring Bazaar and Marketplace
The Service Council is seeking donations of unique items for the Spring Bazaar and Marketplace to be held on Saturday, April 23, 2005 from 10am to 4pm in the Museum Courtyard. Items that are clean and in good condition may be brought to the Reception Desk at the museum. All proceeds from the Spring Bazaar and Marketplace benefit the museum’s education and outreach programs.

Mark your calendars now so that you can attend the Bazaar and Marketplace! Items for sale will include beautiful tapestries and textiles, prints and scrolls, jewelry, ethnic clothing, books, woodcarvings, ceramics, international toys and many other unique items.
For more information or to donate items, contact ext. 30.

Major Grant Award Received
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation has made a $100,000 gift to the museum for the renovation of the museum’s collection storage facilities. Creating adequate storage conditions for the museum’s significant collection of 14,000 works of art is one of the museum’s highest priorities.

The renovation of the museum’s on-site storage facility will provide for the long-term care of the collection in a safe and climate controlled environment that meets or exceeds professional museum standards. The project will also provide for the future growth of the collection, increasing the museum’s storage capacity by 50%. In addition, objects that have been stored in the museum’s Education Gallery since 1999 will be relocated, freeing this gallery once again for classes, lectures, family workshops and other educational activities.

The Parsons Foundation award is an important endorsement of this project and a significant investment in the future of the museum.

Docent Training Class
Pacific Asia Museum is looking for new docents. Docents conduct tours of
the museum’s permanent galleries and special exhibitions, are treated to
special lectures and tours and have the rewarding experience of sharing
Asian art with children and adults. An informational meeting will be held
at the museum on April 19, 2005. If you are interested in attending please
call ext. 23.

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