JACCC Announces Upcoming Events Including Mare Vaporum, Utsuyaka & More
JACCC has announced a number of upcoming events, including the following:
Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour)
Sunday, 10.16.11, 8pm
The World Festival of Sacred Music 2011 and the JACCC invite you to venture outside to the grounds of the JACCC Plaza to celebrate the harvest moon with Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour).
A powerful outdoor performance piece that blends traditional Japanese rites of purification with both classical and contemporary Western sensibilities, Mare Vaporum is the closing event for the World Festival of Sacred Music, which celebrates the artistic accomplishments and rich diversity of sacred heritages in our city
Conceived and directed by JACCC Artistic Director Hirokazu Kosaka, this performance features choreographer and Butoh dancer Oguri, harmonica player Tetsuya Nakamura, singer Rafael Lopez-Barrantes, The Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, Vox Dance Theatre, Ethan Margolis and live and recorded music by Yuval Ron.
JACCC Plaza
$20 General Admission, $18 JACCC Members
Utsuyaka
Friday, 10.07 - Sunday, 10.23.11
The JACCC is excited to present an exhibition by one of the most versatile, in-demand photographers, Taka Kobayashi, for this one-man exhibit. Kobayashi's fresh, unique take on the maiko reveals the fragile beauty of these dancers from their sheltered world.
Kobayashi will be present at the exhibit through Wednesday to greet gallery goers.
George J. Doizaki Gallery
South Gallery
Admission Free
Special Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sun., 11am-5pm
ExtendEd Gallery Hours: Wednesday, 10.12 & Sunday, 10.16, 11am-10pm
Closed Mondays and Holidays
Bunka Shodo Beikoku Rengo-kai
Art of Japanese Calligraphy
Saturday, 10.15 - Sunday, 10.23.11
In 1972, Takusen Inouye founded the Bunka Shodo Beikoku Rengo-kai in Los Angeles. Today, Inouye's teachings of traditional Japanese calligraphy reach students from Los Angeles to Costa Mesa.
George J. Doizaki Gallery
North Gallery
Free Admission
On the Veranda:
Shodo (The Way of Brush)
Sunday, 10.23.11, 1-3pm
The Big Draw LA 2011 event!
After a workshop on the origins of shodo, or "way of brush," all attendees have the chance draw the word "tree" in Japanese to create a calligraphic forest that will be on exhibit at the JACCC.
As space is limited, reservations are highly recommended. For more information or to make a reservation call (213) 628-2725 ext. 133.
JACCC Garden Room
$20 General Admission
$15 JACCC Members
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