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September 2010
Los Angeles Police Historical Society - 2010 Jack Webb Awards Gala Dinner
Saturday, September 11
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42nd Annual
JAPAN AMERICA GOLF CLASSIC
Monday, September 13
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Japan, the U.S. and Now China: Implications for a New Order
September 15 This event takes place in San Francisco
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6th Annual
JAPAN AMERICA TENNIS OPEN
Monday, September 13
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October 2010
6th International Symposium of Japanese Gardens
October 2-6
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The Japanese Collections at the Library of Congress Past, Present, and Future
September 20 - October 16, 2010
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Aurora Benefit Auction & Dinner
October 29
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Kei Ogla Aurora Benefit Concert
October 30
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November 2010
Sumi Jo with Tomomi Nishimoto In Concert with Pacific Symphony
November 2 & November 5
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2010 - 2011 ~
Hiroshige: Visions of Japan
Through January 17, 2011
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Art Exhibition: "Meiji: Japan Rediscovered"
Through March 21, 2011
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Art Exhibition: "Japan in Blue and White"
Through March 31, 2011
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Los Angeles Premiere
Takács Quartet with Nobuyuki Tsujii
April 3, 2011
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California Scenario: The Courage of Imagination
February 27 to May 15, 2011
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Noguchi East Meets West
February 27 to May 15, 2011
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ONGOING and ONLINE ART EXHIBITS
The Etsuko & Joe Price Collection
Online Exhibition presented by Shin'enkan Foundation
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NATURE OF THE BEAST: Animals in Japanese Paintings & Prints
Online Exhibition presented by Pacific Asia Museum
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LACMA's Collections Online: Japanese Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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From Geisha to Ghosts: Leading Ladies of Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ongoing Exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Howard Collection of Asian Art
Ongoing Exhibition at the Assistance League of Long Beach
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Events sponsored by other organizations and supported by the Japan America Society.
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Los Angeles Police Historical Society
2010 Jack Webb Awards Gala Dinner: A Century of Progress - Celebrating 100 Years of Women in Law Enforcement
Monday, September 11, 2010 6:00pm Reception & Silent Auction, 7:30pm Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Sheraton Universal Hotel Grand Ballroom
333 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City, CA 91608
Tickets: $300 per guest (Please RSVP by September 3rd)
The Los Angeles Police Department is commemorating 100 years of women in law enforcement. In 1909, Los Angeles social worker Alice Stebbins Wells petitioned Mayor George Alexander and the City Council, requesting that an ordinance providing for a Los Angeles Policewoman be adopted. Not only was the measure passed but on September 12, 1910, Mrs. Wells was appointed as the nation's first female policewoman with arrest powers. 57 years later, the first Japanese American female officer, Joyce Kano, was hired by the LAPD.
At the Gala Dinner, the Los Angeles Police Historical Society is honoring four distinguished members of the community for their sustaining support of law enforcement. LAPHS will present Jackie (Mrs. Gene) Autry, Dr. Darlene Kuba-Fujioka and Dr. and Mrs. Paul Toffel with the prestigious Jack Webb award.
For more information, call 323-653-9448 or visit www.laphs.org
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Japan, the U.S. and Now China: Implications for a New Order
Keynote Speaker
U.S. Ambassador John V. Roos
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 5:30 pm Networking Reception, 6:00pm Program
The Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
$12 Commonwealth Club Members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
JAS Members receive Commonwealth Club member rate by registering online and using the coupon code: JapanSocforRoos (The coupon code is case sensitive), or by calling (415) 597-6705 and identifying themselves as members.
For reservations and more information, call (415) 597-6705 or visit http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org.
With the June resignation of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the Democratic Party of Japan’s loss of its majority in the July upper house elections, Japan's political authority appears in a state of flux. Ambassador Roos will address the current challenges that face Japan, the strategic importance of the alliance with the U.S., and future opportunities for our bilateral relationship with Japan. He will outline initiatives with Japan in the context of the evolving economic and geopolitical dynamic in East Asia.
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6th International Symposium of Japanese Gardens
The Spirit of Japanese Gardens and Culture
October 2-6, 2010
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
For more information and registration, please call (619) 232-2721 or visit or visit www.niwa.org.
Download Symposium Brochure (PDF)
The International Symposium of Japanese Gardens is held every two years and inspired by the growing interest of Japanese gardens all over the world. The emphasis of this year's three day symposium will be connections between Japanese garden aesthetics and Japanese culture. It will combine lectures, panel discussions and hands-on workshops offering attendees multiple opportunities to learn and interact with world-renowned experts in Japanese garden design, construction and maintenance.
Collaborating Partners include:
The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, CSU Long Beach
The Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens
San Diego Museum of Art and the Zoological Society of San Diego
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The Japanese Collections at the Library of Congress Past, Present, and Future
Hōkashū [Collection of Precious Playful Tanka Poems]
Courtesy of Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress
September 20 - October 16, 2010
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 8:30am-4:30pm
Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building
Asian Division Reading Room
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540
Open to the public. For more information please call Aurora Foundation at (323) 882-6545, or visit www.loc.gov
Marking the 80th Anniversary of Library’s Japanese Collection, this exhibition presents a selection from the Japanese Collections which contain more than 1.17 million items, the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind outside of the country of origin. Highlights include Hyakumantō Darani (AD 770), considered to be the oldest traceable publication in the world and also one of the earliest acquisitions in the Japanese Collection; Hōkashū (ca. 1781–1789), a book of humorous Tanka poems with beautiful illustrations; and Tetsuwan Atomu (Mighty Atom), Osamu Tezuka’s most famous manga (comic book), known in America as Astro Boy.
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Aurora Benefit Auction & Dinner
October 29, 2010 5:00pm
Kyoto Grand Hotel & Gardens, 120 S. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
For more information please call Aurora Foundation at (323) 882-6545, or visit www.jlsf-aurora.org
This event will benefit the Aurora Foundation, which promotes Japanese culture to mainstream Americans interested in Japanese language and culture
by providing them scholarships and grants, as well as other activities including the Kei Olga Benefit Concert listed below.
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Kei Ogla Aurora Benefit Concert
October 30, 2010 6:00pm
El Camino College Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90506
Tickets: $100, $75, $55, $35
For more information and tickets, please call Aurora Foundation at (323) 882-6545, or visit www.jlsf-aurora.org
Kei Ogla is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and composer who has received numerous music awards including Japan's top music award, the Japan Record Award for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Olga's concert will benefit the Aurora Foundation, which promotes Japanese culture to mainstream Americans interested in Japanese language and culture
by providing them scholarships and grants, as well as other activities.
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Sumi Jo with Tomomi Nishimoto In Concert with Pacific Symphony
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 8:00pm - Los Angeles
UCLA Royce Hall In Cooperation with UCLA Performing Arts
Tickets: $50, $85, $120 and $150.
UCLA Central Ticket Office: (310) 825-2101, Ticketmaster: (800) 745-3000
Friday, November 5, 2010 8:00pm - Orange County
Orange County Performing Arts Center, Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Tickets: $35, $50, $75, $95, $125 and $150.
OCPAC Box Office: (714) 556-2787 or visit www.ocpac.org
Sumi Jo - established world-class soprano whose voice is praised as the “greatest gift from Heaven” by the late Herbert von Karajan, who makes regular appearances at places such as the Metropolitan Opera and Teatro alla Scala. Tomomi Nishimoto - promising conductor from Japan, newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, and proud Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. These two beautifully talented Asian women will come together to collaborate in the US, for Nishimoto’s North American debut.
Program:
J. Strauss II (Die Fledermaus) Overture, Aria of Adele (Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande)
Dell'Acqua Villanelle (J’ai vu passer I’hirondelle)
Verdi (La traviata) Preludio, Aria (È strano…Ah fors'è lui…Sempre libera), Preludio of Act 3, Aria(Addio del passato)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
*Program is subject to change
For more information, please visit Samon Production
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Hiroshige: Visions of Japan
Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, c.1836-37, from Eight Views of the Eastern Capital
Color woodblock, aiban, 22.2 x 33 cm
Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Crossett, 1975. P.1975.2.32
Through January 17, 2011
Norton Simon Museum, 411 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91105
Museum Hours: Monday through Sunday, 12:00 - 6:00pm (Closed Tuesdays)
Admission: $8 Adults, $4 Seniors, Free for Students with valid ID and for children under 18.
For more information, please call (626) 449-6840 or visit www.nortonsimon.org.
Exhibition of nearly 200 prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), one of the most celebrated and prolific artists of his time. Drawn from the Norton Simon Museum's extensive collection of Japanese woodblock-prints, the exhibition features works from Hiroshige's seminal series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo and Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, among others. All together, the images offer visitors a glimpse into everyday life in 19th-century Japan, with its festivals, rituals and sublime natural beauty.
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Art Exhibition: "Japan in Blue and White"
Through March 6, 2011
Pacific Asia Museum - Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art
46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
For more information please call (626) 449-2742, or visit www.pacificasiamuseum.org
"Japan in Blue and White" will feature more than twenty blue and white porcelains, several woodblock prints, and kimono and futon covers, from both the museum's own collection and borrowed from local museums and private collectors. The exhibition will explore the history and development of blue-and-white textiles, porcelains and prints in Japan, the principal methods and techniques used to create them, and the markets for which they were made.
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Los Angeles Premiere
Takács Quartet with Nobuyuki Tsujii
Sunday, April 3, 2011 7:00pm
Royce Hall, UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tickets: $33, $43, $63 & $78
For ticket, more information and directions, please visit www.uclalive.org, or call UCLA Live Ticketing at (310) 825-2101.
World-renowned string ensemble Takács Quartet delivers classic repertoire with drama, warmth and humor. The group performs Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 74 No. 3 and Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1. Joining the Takács Quartet for Schumann’s Piano Quintet is Japanese virtuoso Nobuyuki Tsujii in his Los Angeles premiere. Born blind, the 22-year-old prodigy began his study at the age of 4 and won the gold medal in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Cliburn himself says of Tsujii: “Miracle is the only word to describe him. This is truly the act of God.”
Supported by the Henry Mancini Tribute Fund
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California Scenario: The Courage of Imagination
February 27, 2011 to May 15, 2011
Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Located on the the corner of PCH and Cliff Drive, next door to Las Brisas restaurant.
For more information and museum hours, please call (949) 494-8971 or visit www.lagunaartmuseum.org.
Situated between two office towers at South Coast Plaza Town Center in Costa Mesa, is
Isamu Noguchi’s California Scenario (1980-1982), a 1.6 acre metaphorical abstraction of
California’s natural resources. Comprised of trees, plants, water, and sculpture, the
garden is a space filled with beauty and tranquility. Commissioned by developer and
philanthropist, Henry Segerstrom, Isamu
Noguchi offered a plan that challenged
everyone’s notions of a garden.
California Scenario: The Courage of Imagination will feature a model of the park, memorabilia, photographs, and film footage of Noguchi’s California Scenario. Although Noguchi was born in Los Angeles, this exhibit at Laguna Art Museum, along with Noguchi East Meets West (please see listing below), will be the first retrospective exhibition of his work to be shown in California.
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Noguchi East Meets West
February 27, 2011 to May 15, 2011
Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Located on the the corner of PCH and Cliff Drive, next door to Las Brisas restaurant.
For more information and museum hours, please call (949) 494-8971 or visit www.lagunaartmuseum.org.
Isamu Noguchi (born in LA, 1904 and died 1988) is a well-known figure both in the
art world and in the design world. Noguchi East Meets West is an exhibition that consists of approximately 50 sculptures and 50 drawings, spanning just
over sixty years of Noguchi’s career dating from 1927-1988. The works in this exhibition are drawn largely from the Noguchi Museum in New York.
The exhibit not only speaks to the artist’s own dual ancestry (his mother was American, his maternal grandmother was part Native American, and his father was
Japanese), but Noguchi also traveled extensively in his lifetime, folding in the influences of cultures he became exposed to. Similarly, Noguchi’s use of medium became just as varied and fused, such as brass and marble, bones and string, or aluminum and maple. In addition to sculptures featuring these combinations as well as sculptures singularly depicted in alabaster, onyx, or clay; the exhibition will also include Noguchi’s architectural designs
for gardens and playgrounds.
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Art Exhibition - "Meiji: Japan Rediscovered"
March 21, 2011 to Feb 26, 2012
Pacific Asia Museum - Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art
46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
For more information please call (626) 449-2742, or visit www.pacificasiamuseum.org
"Meiji: Japan Rediscovered" presents works form the Museum’s collection exploring the connection of Japan and the West. The Meiji period (1868-1912) is perhaps the most dynamic era in Japanese cultural history with the Japanese artists rediscovering their own history in conjunction with “opening” the country to Europe and America. This exhibition explores the rich production of art for export, using little seen objects from the Museum’s collection to illustrate new developments in painting, metalwork, sculpture, textiles and ceramics. Period photographs set the scene.
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ONGOING and ONLINE ART EXHIBITS
THE ETSUKO & JOE PRICE COLLECTION
THE ETSUKO & JOE PRICE COLLECTION contains over 500 Japanese art objects, mostly from the Edo period (1603-1868). This website highlights a small selection the collection’s paintings. It also provides samples of Contemporary Netsuke, as well as an overview of the history of the Edo Period.
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NATURE OF THE BEAST: Animals in Japanese Paintings & Prints
Presented by the PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM, this online exhibit allows visitors to explore the importance of animals in the arts and culture of Japan. Demonstrating the different ways artists of the Edo period (1603-1868) rendered these creatures in paintings and prints, the artworks, drawn mainly from Pacific Asia Museum’s collection, also include items from contemporary pop culture and The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art. Interactive features include Zoomify, which allows for increased magnification of artworks, a timeline and map, a glossary of terms, and games. Extensive materials for teachers and students incorporating California State Curriculum Standards for K-12 classes are also available.
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LACMA's Collections Online: Japanese Art
Presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this online exhibit allows visitors to explore the collection by sub-catagories of artists, type of artwork, subjects and much more.
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From Geisha to Ghosts: Leading Ladies of Japanese Woodblock Prints
Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
1130 State Street,
Santa Barbara CA 93101
$9 Adults; $6 Seniors (65+), Students w/ID and Ages 6-17; Free for children 6 and under. Admission free every Sunday.
For more information, please call (805) 963-4364 or visit www.sbmuseart.org
Selected from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Asian collection, the exhibition includes more than 40 woodblock prints displayed in two rotations, from the late 18th through the 19th century. The images of women in the popular Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) depict a variety of beautiful women, or bijin, are famous for their sense of fashion, allure, and subtle humor. Called ukiyo-e, or “pictures of the floating world,” from a Buddhist term referring to the ephemeral nature of things, the prints reflect the urbane tastes of a newly prosperous middle class. Set within a fantasy realm of pleasure and desire, these idealized women far outshone their real-life counterparts.
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Howard Collection of Asian Art
Assistance League of Long Beach,
6220 East Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90815
For more information, please call (562) 627-5650, email to info@ALLB.org, or visit www.allb.org
This museum-quality collection of Asian artifacts is celebrating over 55 years of service to chapter house. Docents instruct seventh-grade students and enrich their classroom studies on Asian culture. Assistance League of Long Beach provides bus transportation for children to view this collection during the school year. Programs are also available to community groups by contacting the chapter office.
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