Member Events

Adventures in Collecting: The Building of the Ellison Collection

When:

Friday, May 24, 2013

Instructor:

Emily Sano

Dr. Sano will discuss the challenges of collecting art today and compare her previous experiences purchasing art for a Museum as opposed to working with a private collector. She will talk about the current market in Japanese art and describe some pieces she has participated in acquiring, as well as some of her favorite pieces.

Dr. Sano is Director emeritus of the Asian and is well known to our audience. She was Director of the AAM when we moved from Golden Gate Park to the Civic Center and was very much involved with all aspects of the relocation. She has an M.A. and PhD from Columbia and worked at the Asian for 15...

Artist Studio Visit and Lunch

When:

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Instructor:

Xiaoze Xie

Xiaoze Xie is the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Professor of Art at Stanford University, where he has taught since 2009. The Guangdong born painter is a trained architect who embraced painting at an early age. The events at Tiananmen had a profound effect on his artistic vision while he was studying at the Central Academy of Arts in Beijing. In 1993 he came to the U.S. to study western art, which further impacted his evolving aesthetic.

Xie’s dynamic style merges still life painting with documentary photography, creating a unique photo-realism he uses to exploit the social and political potential of art. In his own words “I am by...

Robert Brundage Gallery Visit

When:

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Instructor:

Bob and Alyson Brundage

Join the SAA for a fun outing, a trip to Petaluma to visit the fascinating home and showroom of Bob and Alyson Brundage. Bob is known to many of us as one of the best dealers in Himalayan material. His collection is rich and deep and slightly ‘quirky’, things you simply won’t see elsewhere! The house is filled with wonderful objects and the showroom is a cornucopia of fabulous things to admire and buy. Lunch will be served and there’s a delightful garden to admire.