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Winter–Spring 2012January • February • March • April • May
Please print out this schedule of Japanese Art Society events for reference. (Click on Print icon at right and use the print function of your browser). You may also refer to the Newsletter's listing of JASA events. If you wish to receive reminders by E mail, please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Lectures are open to the public and free of charge. Please note: The New York University Institute of Fine Arts requests that all members who plan to attend its events contact its hotline at (212) 992-5803 or E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For all regional events, we would appreciate advance notice of attendance. Please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . JanuaryTuesday, January 17, 6 p.m.
The Marymount School 1026 Fifth Avenue New York, New York Hokusai Surimono in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New DiscoveriesLecture by John Carpenter, Curator of Japanese Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Reception follows. FebruarySaturday, February 11; in two sections 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 2–3:30 p.m.
New York, New YorkHalsey and Alice North Collection of Contemporary Japanese Sculptural CeramicsThe twelve artists Alice and Halsey have chosen as the focus of this JASA visit are among the leading creative forces in contemporary Japanese sculptural ceramics. They range from senior pioneers active since the start of the sculptural movement in the 1950s to emerging talents. Each in his or her own way has departed from tradition with innovative ideas, creative forms, new glazes, remarkable textures, and inventive building and firing techniques. Space is limited to 20 members per session. Please contact our Administrative Secretary, Christy Laidlaw, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (917) 658-3955 to reserve a place for this visit. MarchSunday, March 18, 12:15 p.m.
The Marymount School 2 East 82nd Street New York, New York
Annual Meeting and Panel DiscussionAnnual meeting and special panel discussion on the popular subject of Deco Japan: Shaping Modern Culture, 1920-1945, on view at the Japan Society from March 16 to June 10, with noted scholar and exhibition curator, Kendall H. Brown, Ph.D., Professor at California State University at Long Beach, and Robert Levenson, collector. Moderator: Emily Sano, Former Director, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and JASA board member. All are welcome. Monday, March 19, 3–4:30 p.m.
New York, New Yorkvisit to a private collectionVisit to the Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen Collection (for 30 members who missed last year’s visit). Please contact our Administrative Secretary, Christy Laidlaw, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (917) 658-3955 to reserve a place on the waiting list for this visit.
March 31–April 1
Washington, DCJakuchu in Washington, D.C.Special two-day visit includes a tour guided by Yukio Lippit, Ph.D., Professor of Japanese Art, Harvard University, of the extraordinary exhibition Jakuchu's Colorful Realm of Living Beings (33 scrolls), loaned by the Japanese Imperial Household Agency at the National Gallery of Art from late March to late Apri to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the gift of the cherry trees to Washington, D.C. We will also view the Textile Museum’s Woven Treasures of Japan's Tawaraya Workshop and two exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Hokusai’s complete series, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Masters of Mercy: the Buddha's Amazing Disciples, a selection of paintings from the complete set of 500 Arhats by Kano Kazunobu, with Freer-Sackler curators. Other private-collection visits are planned. This tour is limited to 30 members. Schedule and cost to be finalized. Please contact our Administrative Secretary, Christy Laidlaw, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (917) 658-3955 to reserve a place on the tour.
April
March 31–April 1
Washington, DCJakuchu in Washington, D.C.Special two-day visit includes a tour guided by Yukio Lippit, Ph.D., Professor of Japanese Art, Harvard University, of the extraordinary exhibition Jakuchu's Colorful Realm of Living Beings (33 scrolls), loaned by the Japanese Imperial Household Agency at the National Gallery of Art from late March to late Apri to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the gift of the cherry trees to Washington, D.C. We will also view the Textile Museum’s Woven Treasures of Japan's Tawaraya Workshop and two exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Hokusai’s complete series, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Masters of Mercy: the Buddha's Amazing Disciples, a selection of paintings from the complete set of 500 Arhats by Kano Kazunobu, with Freer-Sackler curators. Other private-collection visits are planned. This tour is limited to 30 members. Schedule and cost to be finalized. Please contact our Administrative Secretary, Christy Laidlaw, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (917) 658-3955 to reserve a place on the tour. MayFriday, May 11, 2–4 p.m., or Saturday, May 12, 2–4 p.m.Private Collection Visit
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