Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Liz Nichols, tells a Japanese story about Amaterasu, the sun goddess, in the museum's Japan galleries.
Explore images and stories of animals from across Asia. This selection of resources support the Animal Tales storytelling school program at the Asian Art Museum.
Use these images to faciliate Visual Thinking Strategies conversations with your students. This selection of images are part of the San Francisco VTS image set for grades 3-5.
Create your own brush-painted masterpiece.
This video documents the Asian Art Museum's Nature in Art school program.
Buddhist bell, by Tachibana Kyubei, 1532. Japan. Bronze. Transfer from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Gift of William Goodman, B84B2.
Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a new year story about Jizo, a deity whose statues are a common sight throughout Japan, especially by roadsides. Traditionally, he is seen as the guardian of children.
To teach a responsibility for self-advocacy while celebrating diversity, students will generate ideas about what will make their lives better, will create placards based on their ideas, and share their ideas in a "protest" march.
Shadow puppet performances were popular forms of entertainment in Thailand. Create your own shadow puppet and perform a scene from the the Ramayana.
