Korean drummers at July’s “Fusion Friday”, Pacific Asia Museum.
(Photo courtesy of Pacific Asia Museum, and used with permission.)
Remember when museums used to be about looking at things under glass?
The Pacific Asia Museum, in Pasadena, takes a much more interesting approach.
Sure, they have some amazing exhibitions and tours. But their method of teaching about the cultures of Asia and the Pacific Islands is also highly social and interactive: lectures, workshops, celebrations and performances. And their summer cultural series, “Fusion Fridays”, is currently in its fourth year of fusing art forms from seemingly unrelated areas–and coordinating them in a party setting, so everybody has a great time.
Now that August is here, their “Fusion Fridays” grand finale is coming up, later this month.
And the final “Fusion Friday” of 2013 is only one highlight of a very active and colorful August! Pacific Asia Museum Education Programs Manager Kabir Singh and Marketing and Director of Marketing and Communications Chelsea Mason talked about what visitors can expect, for the remainder of Summer 2013.
The Pacific Asia Museum, on 46 North Los Robles, is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.–with extended hours for special events like Fusion Friday, of course!
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