Free First Sunday
Opening Weekend of Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries
Enjoy the museum for free every first Sunday of the month and upgrade your visit with special exhibition tickets to Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries.
Celebrate the exhibition’s opening weekend and immerse yourself in the world of Chiharu Shiota with special activities.
Schedule for Saturday
1–4 PM | Shiota Button and Zine-making
12 PM | Pizza from Outta Sight (Limited supply, first come first serve)
Schedule for Free First Sunday
Artist Talk with Kayan Cheung-Miaw
11 AM | Koret Education Center
Mahjong at the Museum
10:30 AM–4 PM | Take a lesson and play all day!
Art Activities
10 AM–4 PM | Shiota Button and Zine-making
1:30 | Comics Workshop
1:30–2:30 PM | Monthly Makers: Sketchbook Social w/ illustrator Zuzu Gong Reserve your space
Tours
11 AM | Family Storytelling, ages 3–6
11 AM | New Japanese Clay
1 PM | Family Storytelling, all ages
2 PM | Collection Tour
3:30 PM | New Japanese Clay
Top image: Installation view of Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries at Japan Society Gallery, New York, 2025. Photograph by Andrew Levine | andrewlevine.com.
Organizers & Sponsors
Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries was organized by Japan Society, New York, and curated by Michele Bambling, Senior Director, Japan Society Gallery.
Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is coordinated by Robert Mintz, Chief Curator, and made possible with the generous support of Yogen and Peggy Dalal.
Major support is provided by Aime Chao and the Minami Legacy Fund for the Arts, Harry and Sandra Cheung, Sakurako and William Fisher, and Jack and Susy Wadsworth.
Additional support is provided by Paul and Midori Antebi, Kirsten Wolfe, Jean and Hing Wong, and an anonymous donor.
Sustained support generously provided by the Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Endowment Fund for Exhibitions, the Director’s Fund, and the Kao/Williams Contemporary Art Exhibitions Fund.
Public programming for Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries is supported by the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation.
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