{"id":5700,"date":"2024-10-16T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=5700"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:48:12","slug":"save-the-date-the-art-and-activism-of-ai-weiwei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/save-the-date-the-art-and-activism-of-ai-weiwei\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei&#8221;, NCTA Summer Program in Seattle, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><strong>When: July 14 to July 18, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\"><strong>Where: Seattle Art Museum and University of Washington (Seattle, WA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">\n<div>\n<p>Educators joined the East Asia Resource Center and the Seattle Art Museum for a unique opportunity to partake in a close study of Ai Weiwei&#8217;s work from the 1980s to the present in his largest-ever US-based exhibition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleartmuseum.org\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/ai-weiwei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei<\/strong><\/a> at the Seattle Art Museum. Our time was divided between the classroom and the gallery, exploring over 100 of Ai Weiwei&#8217;s work across Seattle Art Museum&#8217;s three locations as we gained an understanding of the history, practice, and production of Ai Weiwei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We spent five days diving into the world of Ai Weiwei as we examined his life\u2019s history and works that have and continue to influence his activism and at times, alienation. 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