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Step inside the life of Ruth Asawa — an artist who transformed everything she touched into art.
This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art.
In this compelling new biography, Everything She Touched, Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices – family, friends, teachers, and critics – to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist. With photographs and artworks reproduced throughout the book, this is a richly visual volume that invites readers to step inside Asawa's story.
"Thoroughly researched and engaging, Everything She Touched gives context to the tumultuous times Ruth Asawa lived through and the forces that shaped her artistic vision and her generous unassuming spirit."
— DELPHINE HIRASUNA
Author of The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
“Ruth Asawa's vision shaped the artistic landscapes of public and private spaces, but it is her enduring legacy of life, love, and family that truly inspires.”
— VIVIENNE SCHIFFER
Author of Camp Nine and producer and co-director of "Relocation, Arkansas: Aftermath of Incarceration"
About the Author
Marilyn Chase is a journalist, author, and teacher. She spent over two decades at the Wall Street Journal.
Now, as a continuing lecturer at University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Marilyn teaches reporting and writing to a new generation of journalists.
Photo Credit: Laura Duldner