2005 Events

Sunday, December 11, 2005, 2:00 pm
Members’ Opening Lecture and Reception
Sharon Takeda, Senior Curator and Department Head, Costumes and Textiles,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art introduces the new exhibition
Modern Mode: Kimono for Japan's New Woman Meisen kimonos from the first half of the twentieth century
Reservations required.

Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 pm
KOKESHI

Slide Lecture and Book Signing by Michael Evans and Robert Wolf
Authors of Kokeshi (Vermillion, 2005), Michael Evans and Robert Wolf will introduce the Japanese traditional folk art of the wooden doll, kokeshi.
Non-members $7, members free with advance reservations.
This event is made possible by Sue and Michael Tharpe.

Saturday, November 5, 2005, 10:00 am
Teacher Training Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers
In conjunction with the completion of a second curriculum unit based on the Lee Center collection, the Stanford Program for International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) will host a special session for 7th to 12th grade teachers of art, Japanese history and culture or social studies to introduce the unit "Japanese Art in the Edo Period." The workshop is limited to practicing teachers only. There is no cost to attend but reservations are required. All attendees receive a free copy of the unit for their schools. This project is made possible by a grant from the Japanese Irvine Foundation.

Sunday, September 11, 2005, 2:00 pm
Members’ Opening Lecture and Reception
"Talented and Beautiful, Virtuous and Sexy: Picturing Women in Edo Period Japan" by Laura Allen, PhD. Introduction to the new exhibition Woman as Art / Woman as Artist: Two sides to the female figure in later Japanese painting

May 7, 2005
Ballads of Love and Death: a lecture/demonstration of shinnai, Japanese narrative song
by Living National Treasure Tsuruga Wakasanojo XI

April 17, 20005
Fifth Annual Spring Festival
A full day of performances, workshops, and activities for visitors of all ages!

January 22, 2005, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Japanese New Year Festival

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