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AA&CC is proud to present Asian arts and culture at the Great Baltimore Lantern Parade & Festival: Cambodian, Indian, and Japanese cultural processions.
Visit AA&CC’s tent before the parade to make Japanese Obon lanterns between 4-7pm. The parade begins at 7pm this Saturday!
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Come listen to Master Chum’s Fall 2026 TU ensemble on November 23 (6pm), and discover how all the pin peat instruments blend together to create an enchanting and meditative percussive soundscape.
📍 TU Center for the Arts, Kaplan Concert Hall
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ALT This photograph shows Master Chum Ngek teaching a TU student how to play the kong thom, a semi-circle of sixteen low-pitched gongs. Kong thom is an important instrument in the Cambodian classical music ensemble known as pin peat. It works in tandem with the roneat aik, a high-pitched, wooden xylophone with twenty-one bars, as an ensemble leader.
Step into the Asian Arts Gallery and discover innovative fusions of East Asian and contemporary aesthetics, philosophy, and culture.
Our gallery is open from 11am-4pm Monday through Saturday through December 12 (closed Oct. 23 and Nov. 25 – 29).
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Come celebrate, eat, share, and connect with our community. Whether your favorite Thanksgiving dish is a family recipe, a cultural tradition, or something completely unexpected—we want to hear your story!
#OurThanksgivingStories #Thanksgiving2026 #RiceSpiceAndEverythingNice
These paintings in our Encounter exhibition beautifully show Myungsook Ryu Kim's use of the technique of removing paint using a palette knife, revealing the color(s) of the underpainting. Come view these and many more at our Asian Arts Gallery! We are open from 11am-4pm Mon-Sat.
ALT 1: Day and Night, 2023
ALT 2: From Earth to Heaven, 2021
ALT 3: Spring, 2011
ALT 4: Tideless Love, 2025
🍚✨ Our Thanksgiving Stories 2026✨🍂
We’re excited to announce this year’s theme for our annual Thanksgiving celebration: Rice, Spice & Everything Nice! 🦃
📍 TU Center for the Arts Atrium
📅 Thursday, November 19, 6pm
🎟️ Free!
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NAAAP Baltimore 2nd Thursdays AAPI Meet-Up
11/12, 6-8 pm
Asian Arts Gallery, Towson University
$10 NAAAP Members, $15 Non-Members
Info + Registration:
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Here is a short snippet of the fall 2026 TU students practicing pin peat music this past Monday.
Don't miss the TU Cambodian Classical and World Music Ensembles Performance on Monday, November 23rd at 6pm at the TU Center for the Arts, Kaplan Concert Hall!
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Mark your calendars! Our Thanksgiving Stories (curated by Professor Suaidi) will be happening again this year on Thursday, November 19th, at 6pm at the TU Center for the Arts Atrium.
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Come to the Asian Arts Gallery at Towson University's Center for the Arts to view the integration of calligraphy, poetry and painting in Myungsook Ryu Kim's Encounter exhibition!
Can you make any connections to her artwork and her poetry?
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ALT Images- Left: Silent Friends I (Ouga), 2011. Right: Silent Friends II (Ouga), 2011.
Encounter 해후 by Myungsook Ryu Kim 류명수 is open! Encounter nature and the spirit of Korea through a contemporary visual language. We are open from 11am-4pm Monday through Saturday through December 12 (closed Oct. 23 and Nov. 25 – 29)!
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ALT Images: Top left-Myungsook Ryu Kim speaking about her art during the Encounter opening reception. Bottom left-Forgotten Forest IV, 2016 (Acrylic on Canvas). Right-Tideless Love, 2025 (Acrylic on Wood Panel).
Join us this Friday, September 18th at 9:30am at the AA&CC Asian Garden (Osler Drive Entrance to the Center for the Arts, Towson University) for a peace gathering! We will host a ceremonial raking of our dry landscape garden. Enjoy music and poetry readings.
See you there!
Experience stunning cinematography and surprising narrative twists in this 1963 film depicting disturbing moral dilemmas, class divisions, urban anxiety, and the rise of consumerist culture in post-World War II Japan.
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Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Myungsook Ryu Kim: Encounter
Wed. 9/9, 7pm
Asian Arts Gallery, Towson University
1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204
Gain insights into how Kim creates art that pulsates with energy and harmoniously juxtaposes East with West.
Celebrate the release of Meghana Mysore's new story collection, Let All Our Ghosts Depart! Meghana will be in conversation with Baltimore author Marian Crotty.
Tuesday, September 8 at 7 p.m.
Greedy Reads. 320 W 29th St, Baltimore, MD 21211
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