Program Details
Join the East Asia Resource Center and the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Conservation Center for an up-close and in-depth exploration of East Asian paintings. Over the course of this five-day institute we will study East Asian painting formats, functions, and the ways in which materials, styles, and conservation impact appreciation and interpretation of East Asian art. Additionally, we will consider ceramics and sculptures on display in the galleries of the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Seattle Art Museum to better understand their historical, religious, and cultural significance.
This program is well-suited for educators interested in learning more about East Asian painting techniques, traditions, formats, conservation work, and cultural transmission. Over the course of the week we will move between the University of Washington campus, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and the Seattle Art Museum. Our exploration of course material will occur through lectures, discussion, study of objects from the Seattle Art Museum collection, and gallery activities.
When: Monday, August 3 to Friday, August 7, 2026
Where: University of Washington (Seattle, WA), Seattle Asian Art Museum, and Seattle Art Museum.
Program Leader
Melanie King, Art historian and educator.
Program benefits
- Free access to the Seattle Art Museum and to the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
- Free materials and resources.
- Free WA OSPI clock hours.
- Participants who complete the program will also be eligible to receive a stipend for the purchase of additional educational resources and/or to partially cover other expenses.
Application info and timeline
The application deadline is Sunday, April 19, 2026, and admission decisions will be released by April 27, 2026. Space is limited to 16 participants. The program is geared toward art teachers, but teachers of all grades and subjects are invited to apply. To submit your application, please follow this link.
For any questions, please reach out to us at earc@uw.edu.
This program is sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington, and funded by a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA).
Image Credits:
Left: Detail of White Path between Two Rivers, 13th century, Japanese. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk. Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, 56.128, Seattle Art Museum. Photograph by Alborz Kamalizad.
Right: Detail of a scroll end knob, Seattle Art Museum collection. Photograph by Alborz Kamalizad.
Center / Museum: Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Rootology, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0).