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Asian Art Museum: free Sunday admission and Be The Match Marrow Registry drive.

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Illustrator Sanjay Patel was invited by the Asian to add his unique vision to the current show on India's Maharajas.Illustrator Sanjay Patel was invited by the Asian to add his unique vision to the current show on India's Maharajas.Illustrator Sanjay Patel was invited by the Asian to add his unique vision to the current show on India's Maharajas.4 photosView the full slideshow »
Illustrator Sanjay Patel was invited by the Asian to add his unique vision to the current show on India's Maharajas.

This weekend the Asian Art museum is hosting a special event at their Target Free Sunday.

Be The Match Marrow Registry, a nonprofit organization that matches patients with unrelated bone marrow donors, will be conducting registrations at the museum—complete with cheek cell swabbing!

Why? Great question. Be The Match approached the museum because they have a shortage of South Asian donors in their registry. Bay Area entrepreneur Amit Gupta shared his experience:

View slideshow: Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches: Indian Avatars by Sanjay Patel opens on

"Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why. He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got acute leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.” I have a couple more months of chemo to go, and then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. Minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help."

With the Maharaja exhibition in full swing and Sanjay Patel’s show opening next week, the museum is quite a hub for South Asian cultural happenings right now. Be The Match thought it would be a great opportunity to reach out to the South Asian community, and they agreed.

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Volunteers from Be The Match will be at the museum from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm this Sunday, November 6. No matter what your background, Be The Match would be grateful for your participation! For more information on what’s involved, check out Be The Match’s ‘Understanding your Commitment’ page.

Remember, admission to the museum this Sunday is free, so come see some art, and maybe save a life as well.

Info from the blog: http://www.asianart.org/blog/

Be The Match Website: http://marrow.org/Home.aspx
http://marrow.org/Join/Your_Commitment.aspx

Multimedia about the Maharaja Exhibit as well as a link to the iTunes downloads: http://www.asianart.org/maharaja/multimedia.htm#behind

Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches: Indian Avatars by Sanjay Patel opens on November 11. Sanjay will be appearing in conversation with curator Qamar Adamjee on November 12.

Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches: Indian Avatars by Sanjay Patel opens on November 11
Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches: Indian Avatars by Sanjay Patel opens on November 11
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Nancy Ewart studied at the SFAI, , has BA in history and is currently working toward a MFA. She writes for two blogs: Chez NamasteNancy and BAAQ and has never stopped looking and learning.

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