Celebrate Asia in America!

Renewing America's PromiseInauguration 2009 at

the Freer and Sackler Galleries Smithsonian
Institution

The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery present artists'
workshops for children and their families as well as performances and
stories of Asian and Asian American celebration traditions. The Freer
Gallery is also home to a comprehensive collection of paintings by
American artist James McNeill Whistler. Step into the Freer's crown
jewel, Whistler's Peacock Room, named an icon of American art by
the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also on view is Gari
Melcher's full-length portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt (1908),
along with an autographed letter from Roosevelt inviting museum
founder Charles Lang Freer to visit him at the White House. The Freer
and Sackler Galleries are located on the National Mall, just steps from
the Smithsonian Metro stop and adjacent to the Smithsonian Castle.

11:00 AM Leyland's Butler: The Story of Whistler's Peacock Room

Performance tour by Jonathan Watkins
Freer, Peacock Room
12:00 PM Sharing the Light: Asian Tales of Wisdom
Storytelling performance by Eth-Noh-Tec Sackler,
sublevel 1
2:00 PM Seeds of Hope
Dance performance by Shizumi and Kodomo Dance Troupe
Sackler, sublevel 1
3:00 PM Gift to the Nation: American Art and Charles Lang Freer's
Aesthetic Vision
Tour by Josephine Rodgers, art historian
Freer, Information Desk
4:00 PM Joy of Siam
Dance performance by the Somapa Thai Dance Company
Sackler, sublevel 1

Free admission to all events

Times for all events and performances are subject to change. Please check at the information desks for updated event times.
Tours of the collections are offered throughout the weekend, subject to docent availability. Please check at the information desks.

12:00 PM Persia Meets Flamenco: The Roya Ensemble

Music by Roya Bahrami, santur, Ricardo Marlow, flamenco guitar; Steve Bloom, percussion Freer, Meyer Auditorium
1:00 PM Gift to the Nation: American Art and Charles Lang Freer's
Aesthetic Vision
Tour by Josephine Rodgers, art historian
Freer, Information Desk

1:00 PM Sticky Rice and the Chinese New Year

Storytelling by Linda Fang
Sackler, sublevel 1
2:00 PM Sounds of the Chinese Zither
Music by Bing Xia and the Washington Guzheng Society
Freer, Meyer Auditorium
2:00-4:00 PM Join the Band!
Asian music workshop with Bill Jenkins
Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 2
2:30 PM Sticky Rice and the Chinese New Year
Storytelling by Linda Fang Sackler, sublevel 1
3:00-5:00 PM I Dream, I Promise, I Wish: Make a Storybook
to Celebrate You
ImaginAsia family workshop with Sushmita Mazumdar
Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 1
3:00 PM Gift to the Nation: American Art and Charles Lang Freer's
Aesthetic Vision
Tour by Josephine Rodgers, art historian
Freer, Information Desk
4:00 PM Indian Bamboo Flutes
Music by John Wubbenhorst, bansur'r, Samarat Kakkeri, tabia
Freer, Meyer Auditorium
4:30 PM Invocation to Ganesh: Removing Obstacles for
a New Beginning
Dance by Dakshina/Danie! Phoenix Singh and Company
Sackler, sublevel 1
1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM Leyland's Butler: The Story of Whistler's
Peacock Room

Performance tour by Jonathan Watkins

Freer, Peacock Room
2:00-4:00 PM Join the Band!
Asian music workshop with Bill Jenkins
Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 2

Free admission to all events

Times for all events and performances are subject to
change. Please check at the information desks for
updated event times.
Tours of the collections are offered throughout the
weekend, subject to docent availability. Please
check at the information desks.

Smithsonian
Freer Gallery of Art and
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

3:OO-5:OOPM I Dream, I Promise, I Wish: Make a Storybook

to Celebrate You
ImaginAsia family workshop with Sushmita Mazumdar
Sackler, sublevel 2, ImaginAsia classroom 1

1050 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20560

202.633.1000

asia.si.edu
asia.si.edu/events/RenewingAmericasPrornise

Supported by the
"Presidential Inaugural
Committee 2009