SuitabookRuth Asawa
Joan Schoettler
- Reading
- Pause at the artwork and discuss what lines, spaces and wire might achieve in a three-dimensional sculpture. Before reading, explain that the book includes injustice and internment, then allow questions as they arise.
- Themes
- Injustice and life journey: Asawa’s life journey includes Japanese-American internment camps and is described as involving injustice. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Artistic experimentation and teaching: Asawa is presented as an artist and teacher who experimented with lines, space and wire and was connected with the San Francisco School of the Arts. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Internment and injustice may need thoughtful discussion, especially if the child is unfamiliar with these experiences.