April 26, 2014 San Fernando Valley JCI Open House

April 11, 2014 USC Religious Piety, Ritual, and the Performing Arts in Japan:

Religious Piety, Ritual, and the Performing Arts in Japan: Cultural Exchange with East Asia, Historically and Today

CJRC Religion and Social Life in Premodern Japan Project

Date:	Friday, April 11, 2014
Time:	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Campus:	University Park Campus
Venue:	Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Room:	East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
Email:	cjrc@dornsife.usc.edu

March 29, 2014 Japanese Cultural Festival. Huntington Beach, CA

March29-April2 2014; Filmmaking workshop at Santa Monica Museum of Art

WORKSHOPS

Into the Beautiful North Filmmaking Workshop Series

MAR 29–APR 2, 2014iCAL

General Admission: Free

The Echo Park Film Center leads a cinematic exploration of borders in this 2-day workshop of short film making at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Films will premiere during a public screening at the Santa Monica Main Library on April 26.

http://smmoa.org/programs/

March 26th, 2014 Santa Monica Museum of Art; Drawing with Benjamin Weissman

EXHIBITION RELATED

Collaboration is Utopia: A Writing + Drawing Workshop with Benjamin Weissman

WEDNESDAY, MAR 26, 2014
8PM–10PMiCAL

General Admission: $10
All Members: Free

Artist and writer Benjamin Weissman will conduct a collaborative writing workshop and drawing ...

http://smmoa.org/programs/

Norton Simon Museum - Buddha and Adorants, Coming March 28th

Norton Simon Museum

Future Exhibition

Buddha and Adorants on the Cosmic Mountain, c. 700
India: Kashmir, 675-725
Bronze with silver and copper inlay
13-1/4 x 9-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.1 x 12.1 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation

In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas

March 28, 2014 - August 25, 2014

In the Land of Snow is the Museum’s first large-scale exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist art, bringing together exceptional Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist sculptures along with significant thangka (flat field) paintings from throughout the Himalayan region. Almost all of the Museum’s thangkas are on display for this special occasion, in addition to a number of generous loans. A highlight of the exhibition is the display of a monumental thangka, measuring over 20 feet in height, depicting the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya, flanked by the Eighth Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso, and his tutor, Yongtsin Yeshe Gyaltsen. Painted on silk and presented on an elaborate embroidered mounting, the thangka was commissioned by the Eighth Dalai Lama for the benefit of his tutor and for the posterity of the Buddhist faith. This is only the second time that this extraordinary painting has been on view at the Museum.

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http://blog.instagram.com/post/80194142888/atsuko12

March 30, 2014. Sunday - Harari Art Collection at the Pacific Asia Museum

Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collection

• Start
  Friday, April 05, 2013
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• End
  Sunday, March 30, 2014
• Location
  Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena, CA)

April 5, 2013 through March 30, 2014

Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 6pm

Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art

The Pacific Asia Museum

46 North Los Robles Avenue,
Pasadena, California 91101

The exhibition includes a full object rotation in October 2013 to accommodate a greater number of objects and protect them from extended exposure to light.

The renowned Harari Collection of Japanese Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) era paintings and drawings is one of the most significant groups of works on paper at Pacific Asia Museum. Amassed in London during the 1950s and 60s by Ralph Harari, the collection includes ukiyo-e("pictures of the floating world"); important prints, paintings and sketches by Hokusai, Hiroshige and their schools; paintings by Kano, Tosa, Nanga, and Shijo schools; and decorative paintings including fans. In the 1980s, Pacific Asia Museum acquired the majority of this collection with the support of several generous donors. Objects from the collection have previously been included in the exhibitions 40 Years of Building the Pacific Asia Museum Collection in 2011 and Reflections of Beauty: Women from Japan's Floating World in 2006, among others.

Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collectionfeatures selected works from this group, and elucidates how Japanese painters and artisans shared their appreciation for subjects including landscapes, physical beauty and pursuits like poetry and tea ceremonies. These recurring themes found in the paintings are echoed in other media from the Pacific Asia Museum collection including ceramics, textiles, lacquerware and sculpture. By looking at a few of the finest examples of Harari Collection paintings alongside objects featuring similar subjects, visitors will have an opportunity to appreciate these themes from multiple perspectives, thereby deepening their knowledge of Japanese art and culture. In addition, the exhibition will examine the role of the collector both in private and public realms.

Admission

$10 general

$7 students/seniors

Free for museum members and children under 12

Admission is free every 4th Friday of the month.

For more information visit www.pacificasiamuseum.org or call (626) 449-2742.

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Image: Ogawa Ritsuo, Daruma Carrying a Courtesan Across a Stream,Japan, c. 1740, Ink, color, gofun on paper, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Frazier, Pacific Asia Museum Collection, 1986.67.2

Noh Masks at CSU Long Beach 1-25-1014 to 4-13-2014

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Exhibit: Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi

• Start
  Saturday, January 25, 2014
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• End
  Sunday, April 13, 2014
• Location
  CSU Long Beach / University Art Museum (Long Beach, CA)

Zõ-onna (Middle-Age Woman) 1998 Japanese cypress, seashell, natural pigment, urushi 8.27 x 5.31 x 2.76 inches Collection of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod and Steve McLeod © Bidou Yamaguchi

Mona Lisa, 2003 Japanese cypress, seashell, natural pigment, urushi 8.27 x 5.31 x 2.76 inches Collection of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod and Steve McLeod © Bidou Yamaguchi

Saturday, January 25 to Sunday, April13, 2014
(The museum is closed Monday and all university holidays)

The University Art Museum
CSU Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840

The human face and its expressive potential have inspired artists around the world for millennia. Arguably, Japan's Noh theater provides an unparalleled domain for exploring emotion and representing the human countenance.

Today, Noh continues to inspire a dynamic dialogue between artists from Asia and the west. Expanding on this rich vein, Traditions Transfigured selects contemporary works by Noh mask maker Bidou Yamaguchi.

These masks apply the forms, techniques, transformative spirit, and mysterious elegance of Noh masks to iconic female portraits from the European art historical canon, and to Kabuki actor prints by Sharaku, Japan's enigmatic 18th century portrait master.

The exhibition catalogue (distributed by University of Washington Press) analyzes how Bidou's work radically extends Noh's emphasis on the transformation of souls across time and space into new cultural and physical dimensions.

By transfiguring both European and Japanese artistic traditions, Bidou's work merges past and present. More importantly, it allows contemporary audiences to uncover deeper dimensions of their own humanity. By imagining ourselves wearing different faces, we can forge deeper connections with others.

Admission
$4 General public

For visiting the museum, metered parking is available at Lot 17 in the campus.

For more information, visit www.csulb.edu/org/uam call (562) 985-5761 or email uam@csulb.edu

March 23, 2014. Japan Culture Expo Fullerton California