Asian Arts &
Culture Center
Towson University
Towson, Maryland
21252-0001 U.S.A.
Suewhei Shieh, director
Tel.: 410.704.2807
Gallery Hours:
M-F, 11 am - 4 pm
Sat, 1 pm - 4 pm
During Exhibitions
Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Asian Arts & Culture Center was created in 1971 when local businessman Frank Roberts donated his collection of Chinese and Japanese ivory sculpture to the university. In the same year, a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities supplemented Mr. Roberts' gift and enabled the Center to purchase additional works of art. The Roberts' gift prompted many other collectors to make art donations to Towson University.
The Center now owns, or has on long-term loan,
approximately 1,000 art objects from China, Korea, Japan, India,
Tibet,
Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand. The collection includes ceramics,
paintings, wood-block prints, textiles, carved ivories, wood, metal and
stone sculpture, cloisonné enamels and furniture. Selected objects are displayed in the Asian
Arts Gallery throughout the academic year
.
Highlights
from the Collection
God of Longevity, stone, China.
Gift of Howard & Deborah Chasanow