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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 “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/RGair4BImp #CaliforniaModernistWomen #California #womenartists #modernism #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

De Patta apprenticed as a jeweler for two months in 1929 and then set out on her own, studying books on jewelry-making and experimenting with unconventional metals and gemstones. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

After an unsuccessful search for a modern wedding band, De Patta resolved to make her own ring—which ignited an interest in jewelry design that changed her trajectory as an artist. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

Margaret De Patta was one of the first modernist American jewelers. During the 1920s, she trained as an avant-garde painter at the California School of Fine Arts (now the @SFAIofficial) and the Art Students League in New York City. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

See “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/RGair4BImp #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RayEames #California #Modernism This tweet was posted on April 12, 2023.

Ray Eames cover designs for Arts & Architecture highlighted her interest in collage, biomorphic and geometric forms, and pops of color. #CaliforniaModernistWomen This tweet was posted on April 12, 2023.