Watercolor Meditations

Watercolor Meditations

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Other News

Watercolor Meditations (Exhibit)

Gallery Talk: Thursday, October 5th, 2 pm

What is the journey that awaits us? What lies beneath the surface as we explore our creative musings? For Gerry Furuzawa, Karen Allen and Wendy Kiniris, taking watercolor classes with Wendy Yoshimura nurtures their artistic talents.  Each brush stroke adds to the depth and intensity of the images they choose to paint. When they step back, the light and reflection is added in. As their teacher coaxes them forward, they discover pleasing results. An astounding collection of paintings have taken shape and emerge from their watercolor meditations.

Join us for an artist talk with Gerry, Karen & Wendy on Thursday, October 5th.  Gallery Hours:  MWF 10-1, TuTh 1-5

TAISO: Exercise Movement

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Classes & Events

TAISO: Exercise Movement – new class

Thursdays, 10:30 to 11:15 am

Session: Oct 5 to Nov 9

Radio Taiso is a morning exercise routine that has been practiced in Japan for nearly 100 years to increase energy and bring people together. All ages and ability levels can participate together. It strengthens the core muscles, improves circulation and cardio. Learn this easy and fun calisthenic exercise at J-Sei.  Juliet Bost Yokoe has been teaching Taiso at the San Mateo Buddhist Temple over the past three years.  Suggested donation: $25/6 classes, or $5 drop-in.  RSVP to karol@j-sei.org with “Taiso” in the subject line.

Notecard Workshop with Lucy Arai

Notecard Workshop with Lucy Arai

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Classes & Events

Japanese Papers, Sashiko, and Creative Play!

Sunday, October 22, 1 to 3:30 pm OR  Friday, October 27, 9:30-12

Learn to make notecards using assorted patterned and Japanese handmade papers, embossing stencils, stamps, decorative scissors, pattern templates, and other common-place materials. Produce cards for the holiday, special occasions, birthdays, thank-you notes, stationary, gift sets and tags!

Fee: $35, includes card stock with envelopes, Japanese papers, and use of specialty tools. RSVP to karol@j-sei.org  Space is limited. 

Once you are confirmed for the workshop, you can pay using the donor box below. Each person is asked to bring scissors, colored pencils & pens, glue stick and paper scrap
(Colorful magazine pages, calendars, outdated maps, etc.)

 

Lucy Arai cards 2

Lucy Arai cards 3

Mine Okubo: A Life in Colors

Mine Okubo: A Life in Colors

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Classes & Events

Art Talk by scholar ShiPu Wang

Saturday, October 21, 2 pm

ShiPu Wang, curator of the Chiura Obata retrospective and professor of art history at UC Merced, returns to J-Sei to talk about his new exhibition, Miné Okubo’s Eyes: A Life in Colors, the first survey of Okubo’s seven-decade career for the Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in Riverside since 2012. This event presented by Friends of Topaz Museum is free of charge. RSVP on Eventbrite.

Desert Wind and Strings – a concert and gallery exhibit

Desert Wind and Strings – a concert and gallery exhibit

by | Sep 28, 2023 | Classes & Events, Other News

Saturday, November 4, 2 pm

A concert by koto musician Shirley Muramoto,her students, with guest artist Bando Hiroshichiro

To honor musicians held in Japanese American prison camps who performed traditional instruments, musician Shirley Muramoto and her students will perform. Hear the music of newly restored koto and shamisen instruments that have not been played since the family departed Topaz camp, and a restored shakuhachi whose owner was interned in the Fort Lincoln Internment Camp in Bismarck, North Dakota. Kabuki dancer and teacher Bando Hiroshichiro will perform a Nihon Buyo traditional dance that was well known to the Issei generation. Made possible in part by Alliance for California Traditional Arts, California Arts Council, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Walter and Elise Haas Foundation. Presented by Friends of Topaz Museum and J-Sei.

Suggested donation: $10-$15.  Limited seating available. RSVP at Eventbrite.

“Desert Winds & Strings: A Historical Exhibit” shares the story of Japanese traditional artists who performed in America’s concentration camps. The exhibit will be on display from November 1 to 17 in the J-Sei gallery. Gallery Hours:  MWF 10-1, TuTh 1-5, and by appointment.

 

Photo: Koto, shamisen and shakuhachi performance, Topaz concentration camp. ca. 1944 Courtesy of Kent Nakamoto.