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Celebrate USC PAM’s New Mural

In this program, you will be trained to facilitate conversations in the galleries and lead tours of both the permanent collection and special exhibitions at the USC Pacific Asia Museum (off-campus in Pasadena) and The USC Fisher Museum of Art (on campus).

To mark the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2021, USC PAM collaborated with local creative collective, Narrated Objects, to gather stories and memories from our community of visitors and partners.

Celebrate the Year of the Ox with USC PAM’s virtual Lunar New Year festival, which will include streamed video performances and demonstrations of Lunar New Year-inspired crafts. This program is presented in partnership with USC Visions and Voices and USC Roski School of Art and Design. Watch Long Program: Order of Performances Individual Performances: View…

In keeping with social distancing requirements, VIRTUAL ARTNIGHT PASADENA will happen October 23, 2020. Enjoy ArtNight from your living room this fall! Join USC Pacific Asia Museum for a family friendly artmaking activity and storytime! Learn to make Indonesian-inspired paper shadow puppets and hear the book The Cat from Hunger Mountain by Ed Young. Click…

May 2021 Member:  Ralph Thlick MDResident of Santa Barbara and Sierra Madre, CaliforniaNumber of years as a USC PAM member: When was the first time you visited the USC-PAM Museum?Although my family had been USC PAM members for over two decades, the first time I set foot in the museum was after my retirement from…

Dear Friends, On Monday night my son’s good friend from school went to a peaceful protest in Pasadena with his older brother and they did not return home. The boys were eventually found, and they are safe now. But I cannot stop thinking about how their mother must have felt during the 24 hours they…

Stronger than Hate: Resources and Solutions at USC recording of the May 1, 2020 webinar. The recent rise of violent hate crimes against individuals of Asian and now Jewish heritages across the country, illuminates the dangers of racializing COVID-19 into a virus of hate. Stronger than Hate: Resources and Solutions at USC is a program developed to…

USC Undergraduate Student Educator Program  Program Overview In this program, you will be trained to facilitate conversations in the galleries and lead tours of both the permanent collection and special exhibitions. You will learn to engage visitors of all ages and backgrounds with the museum’s diverse works of art. As a Student Educator, you will…