September 16, 2006
4:30-10:00pm
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street at 6th
San Francisco CA 94103 Lao Seri Association of San Francisco will be hosting a retirement party for Mr. Mitchell Bonner on September 16, 2006. Mr. Bonner has been a great supporter of ULCD and many community organizations through out the greater bay area. His contribution to ULCD's SEA Library has been tremendously extrodinary. Please join us in thanking Mr. Bonner for his passion and commitment in helping our local ethnic community. Traditional Lao Baci Ceremony will begin at 5pm, followed by dinner and dancing.
ULCD, in collaboration with the Lao Heritage Foundation,
proudly presents the following events for April and May 2006.
April 1-30, 2006
Asia Alive Program, San Francisco, CA
Prince Somsanith will be demonstrating four forms of art at
the San Francisco Museum of Art as part of the Asian Alive program.
Each week he will showcase a different type of art:
April 1–9: stenciling for architectural
decorations and gold-thread embroidery
April 13–16: gold-thread embroidery
April 20–23: banana leaf ceremonial flower
arrangements for festivals and daily use (these arrangements
will be used in the Lao New Year Celebration on April 22)
April 27–30: lacquer art with gold-leaf
stencils
Lao New Year Ceremony of Prayers and Good Wishes (Baci)
Saturday, April 22 1:00–3:00 pm
Samsung Hall
Free with museum admission
Join the Bay Area Lao community in this important annual New
Year celebration. In the morning, museum visitors may observe
AsiaAlive artist Prince Nithakhong Somsanith preparing the centerpiece
of the ceremony with flowers and other offerings. The ceremony
starts at 1:00 pm with a Lao elder leading a chant. Other elders
in attendance will receive honors and gifts from the community;
then all participants will receive blessings.
For more information, please visit http://www.asianart.org/asiaalive.htm
April-May 2006
Temple Decorating Project, Richmond, CA
With help from the local Lao community, Prince Nithakhong Somsanith decorated the Richmond temple
with motifs that he had brought from Luang Prabang. The project involved educating
the community the art of creating and applying stenciling to temple walls using gold-leafs
and lacquer. The success of this project was evidenced by the overwhelming support and assistance
that the community provided to the artist. He instilled an increased sense of pride not only
in the temple itself, but also in Lao culture and art.
With only a few weeks' work, the temple was not completely decorated. As a result,
Prince Somsanith will return to Richmond in 2007 to complete the decoration.
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