Ruth Asawa Portrait

361 likes, 12 comments - caitlin_keegan on January 22, 2020: “Ruth Asawa was an American sculptor and arts education advocate who was born this week, on January 24, 1926. Her family was Japanese American and was forced into internment camps by the U.S. government during WWII. She later attended the progressive Black Mountain College, founded by Josef Albers. Around the same time, Asawa learned her most well-known wire sculpture technique from basket makers in Mexico. She went on to found an innovative public school art program and public arts high school in San Francisco, and served on the California Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. . This is the fourth illustration in a weekly collaboration I’m doing with @wfmu’s DJ Trouble (@giantpompom), who is curating the series. In 2020 I’ll post a portrait of an artist every week.”.