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18ACENTuRyOFCOLLECTINGARTOFASIAMellonFondationsCollegeanduniversitArtMsemProgramallowedSCMAtolanchaprogramthatspportsacltindevelopingcorsessbstantialltaghtromthecollectionandwithintheMsem.ThistransormationalandongoingprogramoMsembasedcorseshasstimlatedgreaterintegrationothecollectionintoteachingandmchbroaderseacrossdisciplines.ForexamplewithintherstewearsacltinthedepartmentsoAmericanstdiesartchemistrdanceEnglishmsicphilosophandtheaterdevelopedcorses.EastAsianStdiesalsotilizedthisnewopportnitorcollaborationwiththeMsemoferingJapaneseAestheticsLandscapesandGardensanearlMsembasedcorsetaghtbProessorTaitetsunnothatdrewonSCMAsukiyo-eprintsanddiverseacltexpertisetostdJapaneseaestheticsandtheirbroadinence.26Whenplanstookshapeinthelate1990soracompleterenovationotheFineArtsCenterincldinganexpansionotheMsemtheMsembasedcorseprograminormedtheredesignospaceswiththeintrodctionoonsiteclassroomsthatallowdirectteachingromoriginalworksoartandthecreationotheWinslowTeachingGalleradedicatedspaceorthedisplaoartbeingsedinclasses.AspartothestrategicplanningndertakenbDirectorSzannahFabing19922005inconjnctionwiththisprojecttheexhibitionandcollectingononWesternartwasarticlatedasanimportantinstittionalprioritinspportoSmithCollegesexpandingandincreasinglinternationalacademicprogram.WithinthisnonWesterninitiativetheocsonAsianarttookonimmediatemomentmthankstothecombinationoextraordinaralmnaespportthedepthandbreadthoexpertiseamongacltpartnersandtheinterestandenthsiasmexpressedbstdents.AdvocacorSCMAsrenewedefortsinthisareahasbeenledbanAsianArtTaskForceanadvisorbododedicatedandknowledgeableSmithalmnaeormedin2001andchairedwithvisionandenergbJoanLeboldCohenclasso1954.ConsltingCratorSamelC.MorseascholaroJapaneseBddhistartandproessorintheDepartmentsoArtandtheHistoroArtandAsianLangagesandCivilizationsatAmherstCollegehasservedasascholarladvisorandgestcratoronmerosexhibitions.TheMsemscratorialexpertisewasrtherexpandedin2010withthearrivaloDr.FanZhangonathreeearappointmentastheFreemanMcPhersonCratorialandTeachingPostDoctoralFellowinEastAsianArtapositionspportedinpartbmembersotheAsianArtTaskForce.BeginningwiththereopeningotherenovatedBrownFineArtsCenterin2003SCMAhasmontedanambitiosrosteroexhibitionsoAsianartincldingTheFloatingWorld2003TheHartCollectionofArchaicChineseJades2004