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She was a lifelong advocate for art education, and in 1982, she helped found a public arts high school in San Francisco, renamed Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

See “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/RGair4BImp #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa #California #womenartists #modernism This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

In 1943, Asawa received a scholarship to go to Milwaukee State Teachers College in Wisconsin (now @UWM). However, Asawa was denied a prerequisite internship because of racism against Japanese Americans. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

Undeterred, Asawa studied with former Bauhaus instructor Josef Albers (1888–1976) at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

Initially, Asawa studied drawing and painting while confined in Japanese American internment camps during the World War II. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

Ruth Asawa formed lifelike, semi-transparent metal sculpture from innovative materials such as looped or tied metal wire. An internationally renowned sculptor, she also created public art and fountains from bronze and stainless steel.#CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.

See more #art by #RuthAsawa in "#AModernApproach", on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/3d6gwvEu32 This tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.

After a trip to #Mexico, #RuthAsawa was inspired by #looped #wire #basketry used to store produce in the marketplace #5womenartists #WHM2017 This tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.

#RuthAsawa (1926–2013) worked in #sculpture and created a handful of functional objects including this egg #basket. #5womenartists #WHM2017 This tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.

See more #art by #RuthAsawa in "#AModernApproach", on display, pre-security, in the IT. https://t.co/3d6gwvW4UA #midcentury #design This tweet was posted on September 29, 2016.

After a trip to #Mexico, #RuthAsawa was inspired by #looped #wire #basketry used to store produce. #AModernApproach #midcentury #design This tweet was posted on September 28, 2016.

#RuthAsawa (1926–2013) worked in #sculpture and created a handful of functional objects including this egg #basket. #AModernApproach This tweet was posted on September 28, 2016.