Date: Sept 28th & 29th 2019 Address: Rockefeller Park Greenhouse 750 E 88th St, Cleveland, Ohio 44108 Official Site: http://www.clevelandbonsaiclub.org The Cleveland Bonsai Club is hosting a Fall show the weekend of Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th. Come and see more than 50 trees and learn about the art of bonsai! Trees will…
Category: Japanese Arts
Classes @ Chicago Japanese Culture Center
The Japanese Culture Center located in Chicago continues to lead the charge in sharing and educating about traditional arts and crafts. If you are in the Chicago area and are looking to take some enriching classes, why not check out the lineup offered? Here is a small list of just some of the recent offerings…
Kimono: Refashioning Contemporary Style at the Cincinnati Art Museum
CINCINNATI — In Kimono: Refashioning Contemporary Style, on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum from June 28–September 15, 2019, visitors can experience more than 50 ensembles by Japanese, European and American designers including Coco Chanel, Christian Louboutin, John Galliano, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Rei Kawakubo, Iris van Herpen and Issey Miyake. Organized by the Kyoto Costume…
Opening Reception at Sato Sakura Gallery
Ronin Gallery and Sato Sakura Gallery will come together this November to transcend time and medium in the collaborative exhibition Sakura: An Enduring Tradition. Ronin Gallery will present a collection of 18th – 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints that depict cherry blossoms, while Sato Sakura will evoke the blooms of our modern world through contemporary Nihonga paintings….
Interview: European Obi Artist
Japanese kimono and obi are widely regarded as cultural icons of Japan, and the related arts and traditional crafts associated with them are most often found only in Japan. The kimono has declined in the past several decades, and the industry is struggling. However, there is a push to save the kimono, which includes the…
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