Registration is now open (Classes, Workshops, Lectures, One-Day Events and Films) On August 1st each year the Education Department opens up registration to the upcoming season. October 2019 – July 2020. Click on the following buttons to see what the new season has to offer.
Sponsored by the Japanese Consulate in Miami The Spirit of Japanese Craftsmanship (Kogei) and Tea Ceremony Lecture By Japanese Pottery Artist OHI TOSHIO CHOZAEMON XI Join Mr. Ohi as he discusses ideas behind Japanese pottery art and how spirituality and culture influence Japanese craftsmanship (kogei こうげい) as well it’s relation to the tea ceremony. Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Time: 3:30 pm Price: FREE with paid museum admission Location: Morikami Theater Mr. Toshio Ohi, Chozaemon XI is the 11th generation head of his family’s lineage of potters known for a type of “Raku Yaki”. Besides …
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Sponsored by JM Family Enterprises & Residence Inn by Marriott Boca Raton The Art of Japanese Stone Carving Talk and demonstration by Takaaki Saida 1:00PM, Sunday, February 10, 2019 Google iCalendar from $FREE with paid Museum Admission
Educational Programming Registration Opens Click on the Cultural Program Tab on our website to view all of our offerings. Special programs includes: films, lecture and presentations. 12:01AM, Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Google iCalendar
Guest Speaker: Brynn Saito – Following the Brush: Japanese Poetic Forms, Then & Now Award-winning California poet, Brynn Saito, will discuss the zuihitsu, a form of prose-poetry writing that emerged during Japan’s 11th century. Closely translated as “following the brush,” zuihitsu collects observations, notes, personal feelings, and quotes in a seemingly random and associative manner, leading to surprising, poignant poetic expressions. Saito will discuss how this form—and how Japanese culture, more generally—informs her work. She will close with a short poetry reading, book signing, and Q & A. EVENT DETAILS Thursday, April …
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Guest Speaker: Sayaka Ganz – Reclaimed Creations Experience the artistic processes of artist Sayaka Ganz. Learn how she came to use plastics as her creative materials, the message behind her animal sculptures and what she has learned from making these sculptures. Ganz shares her unique and international upbringing, in Japan, Brazil, and Hong Kong, and how it influenced the way she approaches her materials and art. EVENT DETAILS Friday, February 15, 2019 Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission) Location: Morikami Theater Discussion led by Sayaka Ganz Time: 1:00pm ABOUT THE SPEAKER Sayaka Ganz was …
Guest Speaker: Suzanne Ross – The Wonders of Japanese Lacquerware Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and JM Family Enterprises Urushi, the sap of the urushi tree, has been used in Japan for more than 9,200 years. It is a beautiful and versatile material that can be used not only for decoration but also to form a body, as a coating and as an adhesive. It is notably the material used to create beautiful art we call Japanese lacquerware. Join Suzanne Ross on a journey through Japan’s history and learn …
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Film Screening Sophie and The Rising Sun Guest Speakers: Maggie Greenwald, Nancy Dickenson & Takashi Yamaguchi Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded Asian stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a …
Sponsored by JM Family Enterprises & Residence Inn by Marriott Boca Raton The Art of Bamboo in the Garden Talk and demonstration by Akihiro Mashimo 1:00PM, Saturday, February 9, 2019 Google iCalendar from $FREE with paid Museum Admission
Author Talk: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee DATE Thursday, January 11, 2018 TIME 7:00pm, museum doors reopen at 6:00pm LOCATION Morikami Theater PRICE $12 (members $10) *Advance ticket purchase required ABOUT THE PRESENTATION Join us for an enlightening conversation as Min Jin Lee discusses her most recent best selling novel, a finalist for the National Book Award, and the broader context of the Asian diaspora. Lee’s talk will be followed by a Q& A and book signing. (Pachinko will be available for purchase at the Morikami Museum Store.) In this bestselling, …
What is Shinto? Sponsored by the Florida Kyudo Kai | Talk by Taishi Kato DATE Saturday, December 9, 2017 TIME 1:30pm LOCATION Morikami Theater PRICE FREE with paid museum admission ABOUT THE PRESENTATION There will be a lecture & a blessing by visiting Shinto priest Taishi Kota and an archery demonstration by Florida Kyudo Kai. Shinto is said to be the source of Japanese culture — But, why is it a mystery? Taishi Kato, known under his priest title Taishi Gon-Negi, shares his view of Shinto by shedding light on how the …
Strokes of Genius: Artistry and Music with Yasunori Kimata Underwritten by the JM Foundation, Sushi Republic Restaurant and Renaissance Hotel DATE Friday, February 23, 2018 TIME 7:00pm, museum doors reopen at 6:00pm PRICE $20 (members $15) LOCATION Morikami Theater Advance ticket purchase required Join up-and-coming artist Yasunori Kimata for an evening of art, music and the mastery of the brush. An artist with many talents, Kimata is in his element as he paints live. See art come to life before your eyes, accompanied by the heart-pounding rhythms of taiko drumming by Fushu Daiko …
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