Talks

Talk: Humberto Leon and Fashioning Chinese Women

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  • Time: 7 PM – 8 PM
  • Location: Smidt Welcome Plaza
  • Price: Free, RSVP required
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Designer Humberto Leon will join LACMA senior curator Sharon Takeda to discuss his career, the impact of diasporic lived experiences on creative practice, and the importance of design in maintaining cultural connection for Chinese American communities in conjunction with the exhibition Fashioning Chinese Women. This program will take place outdoors on LACMA's campus.

This program is part of Third Weekends at LACMA, a monthly line up of free and ticketed programs inspired by our collection and special exhibitions.

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Top (Dajinshan), China, c. 1905, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Chere Lai Mah, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Top (Dajinshan), China, c. 1905, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Chere Lai Mah, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Fashioning Chinese Women was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Presented by East West Bank.

Major support provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Jennifer and Mark McCormick, and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF).

Generous support provided by Raymond Kai Dong, Cindy Y. Huang, Emilia Yin and Emmanuel Sharef, Mary Solomon, Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation, Dacia Xu, Jan Yang, and Jacqueline Zhang. 

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.

All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund. 

Major support is provided 

Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.