Imprints: Asawa and Friends

While Ruth Asawa’s remarkable, cross-disciplinary career as an artist has connected with audiences far and wide, her mark is most intimately and uniquely felt in San Francisco. Asawa once said she invested in the city, and evidence of that investment lingers — in public artworks throughout San Francisco, in arts education programs she designed and championed, in community organizations inspired by her, and in the transformative personal connections she forged.

Join us this afternoon to hear stories of Asawa’s influence from those who knew her as family, friend, and collaborator.

About the Speakers

Bill Bondy is an architect and longtime friend of Ruth Asawa, Albert Lanier, and their family.

Aiko Cuneo is an artist, educator, and daughter of Ruth Asawa.

Addie Lanier is Ruth Asawa’s youngest daughter. A former public school teacher and grants manager, she supported her mother’s legacy with her older sister Aiko for 20 years, and now serves as the chair of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

Paul Lanier is a sculptor, ceramist, designer — and the son of Ruth Asawa.

Susan Stauter was the first artistic director at the San Francisco Unified School District, the former conservatory director of the American Conservatory Theater, and was mentored by Ruth Asawa.

Rico Solinas is an artist and senior preparator at SFMOMA and was one of the first arts educators at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.

Henry Weverka is one of Ruth Asawa’s 10 grandchildren and president of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., the entity that manages Asawa’s legacy as an artist.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and assisted listening devices are available upon request 10 business days in advance. Please email publicengagement@sfmoma.org, and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
 

Programming for Ruth Asawa: Retrospective is made possible with support from Google.org.