The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture: Mission

Our Mission

The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture was formed to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and educate the public about works of fine art. While the arts of no country are excluded, the Center's primary focus will be the arts of Japan. Through these means it hopes to further understanding of the culture of Japan and foster friendship between Japan and the United States.

Connoisseurship, defined as concern for the visual power, aesthetic quality and authenticity of works of art as recognized through the highest standards of judgement and taste, shall infuse all activities of the Center, and shall be the determining factor for deliberations and decisions by the Center's Board of Directors. Using the study and exhibition of its collection as one catalyst, the Center seeks specifically to encourage and increase recognition of the aesthetic delight which connoisseurship of works of art can provide, and to promote consideration of the inter-relationships of great works regardless of their origins in time or place. Other academic issues regarding works of art are not the concern of the Center.

"The Clark Center is the jewel of the 20th District," said Congressman Jim Costa, who represents California's 20th Congressional District, at his visit to the Clark Center on April 10, 2009.
From left to right: Willard "Bill"Clark (Founder), Rep. Jim Costa (D - CA), Andreas Marks (Director), Richard Schafer (Chairman of the Board)

ANNOUNCEMENT: On April 28, 2009, the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco announced the recipients of the 2009 Spring Conferment of Decoration. Amongst them is Mr. Willard G. Clark, Founder of the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture and Member of CULCON, who receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, for his accomplishments in introducing Japanese Art and promoting cultural and educational exchange between Japan and the United States of America.



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		Our Mission The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture was formed to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and educate the public about works of fine art. While the arts of no country are excluded, the Center's primary focus will be the arts of Japan. Through these means it hopes to further understanding of the culture of Japan and foster friendship between Japan and the United States. Connoisseurship, defined as concern for the visual power, aesthetic quality and authenticity of works of art as recognized through the highest standards of judgement and taste, shall infuse all activities of the Center, and shall be the determining factor for deliberations and decisions by the Center's Board of Directors. Using the study and exhibition of its collection as one catalyst, the Center seeks specifically to encourage and increase recognition of the aesthetic delight which connoisseurship of works of art can provide, and to promote consideration of the inter-relationships of great works regardless of their origins in time or place. Other academic issues regarding works of art are not the concern of the Center. "The Clark Center is the jewel of the 20th District," said Congressman Jim Costa, who represents California's 20th Congressional District, at his visit to the Clark Center on April 10, 2009. From left to right: Willard "Bill"Clark (Founder), Rep. Jim Costa (D - CA), Andreas Marks (Director), Richard Schafer (Chairman of the Board) ANNOUNCEMENT: On April 28, 2009, the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco announced the recipients of the 2009 Spring Conferment of Decoration. Amongst them is Mr. Willard G. Clark, Founder of the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture and Member of CULCON, who receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, for his accomplishments in introducing Japanese Art and promoting cultural and educational exchange between Japan and the United States of America.
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