Ruth Asawa

Ruth Asawa was born in:

• Oakland, California

• Honolulu, Hawaii

• Norwalk, California

• Tokyo, Japan

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa was born in Norwalk, which is a small town between Los Angeles and Anaheim.

Ruth Asawa's family came from

• Korea

• China

• Hawaii

• Japan

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa's family came from Japan.

Ruth Asawa is best known for:

• Carving sculptures out of marble

• Creating sculptures out of whatever she had at hand

• Creating paintings

• Creating traditional Asian art

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa is known for making art out of whatever she could find to work with.

Ruth Asawa advocated for:

• LGBTQIA Rights

• Black Lives Matter

• Better Access to Arts Education in Public Schools

• Women's Rights

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa advocated for better arts education in public schools and created an organization to provide students with opportunities to learn from teachers who are trained as artists.

Ruth Asawa created a series of large sculptures based on

• origami

• Japanese food

• human figures

• animals

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa created a series of large sculptures based on origami.

Ruth Asawa learned how to make crocheted wire baskets in

• Japan

• Mexico

• Burkina Faso

• West Virginia

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa learned how to crochet wire to make baskets in Mexico.

Ruth Asawa created two huge origami-inspired fountains to be installed in:

• Osaka, Japan

• Tokyo, Japan

• Hokkaido, Japan

• Japantown, San Francisco, USA

Answer explanation

Asawa's Origami fountains are located in Japantown, San Francisco, USA.

Ruth Asawa's origami fountain prototypes were made out of

• metal

• wood

• clay

• paper

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa created prototypes (rough drafts) of her origami fountains out of paper.

Ruth Asawa learned to make art from whatever materials she could find because she and her family were

• forced to live in a Japanese internment camp during WWII

• living at a time before you could buy art supplies on Amazon

• very poor

• trying to save the environment

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa's family was forced to live in the Japanese internment camp at the Santa Anita Racetrack. Because she could not buy art supplies, she started making art from anything she could find.

Ruth Asawa went to college at

• UC Berkeley

• Black Mountain College

• Cal State East Bay

• Harvard

Answer explanation

Ruth Asawa was denied admittance to school to become an art teacher because Japanese Americans were not allowed. She was able to go to Black Mountain College, which allowed admittance of a lot of marginalized groups of people.