April – September 2008
Projects organized or supported by the Japan Foundation in the Eastern 37 States (in chronological order, the dates subject to change). For projects taking place in the Western 13 States, as well as for those related to Japanese language education, please check our Los Angeles office’s website at www.jflalc.org.
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Through May 4 |
Design for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680 – 1860
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Asia Society (New York, NY)
www.asiasociety.org |
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| Through May 25 |
Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi |
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The Noguchi Museum (Long Island City, NY)
www.noguchi.org |
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| Through June 15 |
Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770 – 1900 |
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Brooklyn Musuem of Art (Brooklyn, NY)
www.brooklynmuseum.org |
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| April 5 – June 13 |
©MURAKAMI |
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Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY)
www.brooklynmuseum.org |
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| April 5 – June 29 |
Zensai: The Horticulture of Japan |
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Cleveland Botanical Garden (Cleveland, OH)
www.cbgarden.org |
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| April 11 – 30 |
Tomu Uchida: Discovering a Japanese Master |
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Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=180 |
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Yoko Reikano Kimura U.S. Tour |
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http://reikano.yamadaryu.com |
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| April 13 |
Arts United (Fort Wayne, IN)
www.artsunited.org |
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| May 3 & 4 |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Brooklyn, NY)
www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/sakura.html |
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| May 9 |
Tenri Cultural Institute (New York, NY)
www.tenri.org |
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| April 15 & 16 |
I Have Been to Hiroshima Mon Amour by Chiori Miyagawa |
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The Culture Project (New York, NY)
www.vandv.org
www.crossingjamaicaavenue.org
www.cultureproject.org |
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| April 15 & 19 |
“Rakugo” by Sanyutei Kyoraku |
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Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
www.jagb.org |
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| April 16 |
Ikebana International New York’s 50th and Sogetsu School’s 80th Anniversaries Celebration |
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Columbia University (New York, NY)
www.ikebanany.org |
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| April 18 – 26 |
trxfr -> transfer (Performances & Workshops by Kota Yamazaki and Charles Anderson) |
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Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia, PA)
www.kotayamazaki.com
www.dancetheatrex.com
www.paintedbride.org |
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| April 18 – July 6 |
Painting for Joy: New Japanese Paintings of the 1990s |
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Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
www.rollins.edu/cfam/exhibitions/ |
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April 22 |
Yuzuriha, Taiko Performance
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)
http://yuzuriha-music.org
www.rose-hulman.edu/hss/yuzuriha2008.htm |
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April 24 – 26 |
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
www.inkboat.com
www.ybca.org |
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April 25 |
When A Woman Ascends the Stairs directed by Mikio Naruse (film screening)
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The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
www.moma.org |
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April 25 & May 3 |
Crazed Fruits directed by Ko Nakahira (film screening)
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The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
www.moma.org |
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April 25 – May 4 |
Vengeance Can Wait by Yukiko Motoya
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Performance Space 122 (New York, NY)
www.motoyayukiko.com
www.ps122.org |
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Sva (Vital Force) by Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
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www.ragamala.net |
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| May 1 – 4 |
The Southern Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
www.southerntheater.org |
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| May 22 |
Touhill Performing Arts Center (St. Louis, MO)
www.touhill.org |
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May 4 |
The Profound Desire of the Gods directed by Shohei Imamura (film screening) |
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Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY)
www.burnsfilmcenter.org |
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May 15 – 17 |
POOM²: A Page Out of Order M to M by Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks |
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Japan Society (New York, NY)
www.yoshikochuma.org
www.japansociety.org |
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May 16 – September 7 |
Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan
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International Center of Photography (New York, NY)
www.icp.org |
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May 24 & 25 |
Curious Fish by Kan Katsura
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Chashama Theater (New York, NY)
www.chashama.org |
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May 24 & 25;
June 1;
November 22 |
10th Year Anniversary of Sachiyo Ito & Company’s Salon Series
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Tenri Cultural Institute (New York, NY)
www.dancejapan.com
www.tenri.org |
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June 6 – 8 |
Ten Nights Dream – Sound and Movement Mandala by Ayako Kato
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Epiphany Episcopal Chicago (Chicago, IL)
www.artunionhumanscape.net
www.epiphany-chicago.org |
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June 20 – August 7 |
TATSUYA NAKADAI Retrospective |
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Film Forum (New York, NY)
www.filmforum.org |
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June 29 – August 24 |
Exquisite Visions of Japan: Prints from the James A. Michener Collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
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The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas (Austin, TX) http://blantonmuseum.org |
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| July 2 – 13 |
JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
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Japan Society (New York, NY)
www.japansociety.org |
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| July 16 & 17 |
Secrets of Mankind by Dairakudakan |
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American Dance Festival (Durham, NC)
www.dairakudakan.com
www.americandancefestival.org |
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| July 18 – August 8 |
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Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
www.ii.umich.edu/cjs |
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| September 4 – November |
Counter-Photography: Japan’s Artists Today |
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Center (San Antonio, TX)
www.bluestarart.org |
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September 10 – November 26 |
Masao Yamamoto: Photographic Installation
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The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/yamamotomasao/e_index.html
www.printcenter.org |
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| September 12 – 28 |
World Music Festival: Chicago 2008 featuring Cicala-Mvta
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Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL)
www.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/CulturalCenter
www.cicala-mvta.com |
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| September 19 – 21 |
In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors by Portland Taiko |
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The Newmark Theatre (Portland, OR)
www.portlandtaiko.org
www.pcpa.com |
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