ANIDA YOEU ALI: THE BUDDHIST BUG Tacoma-based international artist Anida Yoeu Ali is bringing The Buddhist Bug to life for one day only as part of her debut solo SAM exhibition Hybrid Skin, Mythical Presence. Join us from 11 am to 2 pm to engage with the artist, take part in a drop-in art-making activity with teaching artist Nina...

SATURDAY UNIVERSITY: BUDDHIST BURIAL COVERS IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA This talk will focus on the elaborate Buddhist burial shrouds excavated from the graves of high-ranking men and women from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911). The shrouds display complex imagery associated with Tibetan Buddhism, which rose to popularity after the Mongol-ruled Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). In...

SATURDAY UNIVERSITY: ARTS OF ENCOUNTER ACROSS AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN The Swahili Coast, where Africa and the Indian Ocean intersect, has been a vibrant arena of global cultural convergence for more than a millennium. For centuries, people have journeyed across the Indian Ocean from the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, Europe, and many regions of...

SATURDAY UNIVERSITY: SPY PIGEONS AND STRAY HENS IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART “Pakistani ‘spy pigeon’ arrested in India,” announced BBC News in 2015, reporting on a bird found by a 14-year-old boy in the border village of Manwal, taken into custody by local police, and identified as a ‘suspected spy’ in their records. In Bani...