Ruth Asawa

“The planting cycle is very important because children begin to observe and understand that different activities take different amounts of time and effort, and most importantly, there are certain things you can’t rush. For example, you can’t force a plant to bloom. It has a cycle. You have to tend it and care for it and wait for the bloom to happen. If you don’t take care of it, it dies. The more experiences you have like this, the more you begin to understand your own cycle.” We are a small staff that includes the children and grandchildren of Ruth Asawa. We honor her legacy by assisting the general public, curators, scholars and journalists in their efforts to understand her work and present her life story. RAL, Inc, has opened a 1,714-square-foot ground-floor exhibition space at Minnesota Street Project, the first permanent Ruth Asawa venue to open in honor of her centennial, offering exclusive public access to rarely seen works.