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Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration (Spartanburg, SC)

Banzaicon (Columbia, SC)

Darkness in a Different Light: The Nighttime in Early Modern and Modern Japan (Dahlonega, GA)

Japanese Maples Colorfest (Ball Ground, GA)

The 14th Japan Foundation Film Series: “Karate-Robo Zaborgar” (Statesboro, GA & Savannah, GA)

Hamacon Minicon 2018 (Huntsville, AL)

ShichiGoSan 7/5/3 Celebration (Birmingham, AL)

Mobile International Festival (Mobile, AL)

Japanese Movie Screening: Martial Arts Talk (Birmingham, AL)

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors (Atlanta, GA)

Atlanta Anime Day (Duluth, GA)

When East Meets West: Three Centuries of Artistic Discourse (Atlanta, GA)

Japanese Art of the Edo and Meiji Eras (Spartanburg, SC)

Banzaicon (Columbia, SC)

November 2-3, 2018
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln St
Columbia, SC 29201

Banzaicon is a Japanese Animation and gaming convention located in South Carolina. Banzaicon will be held November 2nd – 4th 2018 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Darkness in a Different Light: The Nighttime in Early Modern and Modern Japan (Dahlonega, GA)

November 5, 2018 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Library Special Collections Room
University of North Georgia
82 College Cir.
Dahlonega, GA 30597 

Dr. Laura Nenzi is a Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include the social and cultural history of early modern Japan. She will present a lecture titled Darkness in a Different Light: The Nighttime in Early Modern and Modern Japan at the University of North Georgia, as part of a guest lecture series supported by the Institutional Project Support (IPS) Grant Program.

Japanese Maples Colorfest (Ball Ground, GA)

November 3-30, 2018
Gibbs Gardens
1987 Gibbs Dr,
Ball Ground, GA 30107 

Mother Natures canvas is the entertainment, view this wonderful work of art before it disappears until next year.

Now thru the end of November 100’s of mid to late Japanese Maples (150 varieties) and Burning Bushes will come alive in brilliant shades of red, gold and yellow.  The colors will change from week to week and you will want to plan to visit often to see the ever-changing autumn landscape.

Enjoy lunch from the Arbor Cafe under the tree canopy in the Arbor Grove.

The 14th Japan Foundation Film Series: “Karate-Robo Zaborgar” (Statesboro, GA & Savannah, GA)

November 6, 2018 5:00 pm
Ogeechee Theatre, Student Union
Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus
11935 Abercorn St
Savannah, GA 31419

November 8, 2018 5:00 pm
Russell Union Theater
Georgia Southern University – Statesboro Campus
1332 Southern Dr
Statesboro, GA 30458

Following the death of his scientist father, secret police officer Yutaka Daimon inherits a mighty robot  warrior named “Zaborgar.” Zaborgar assists Daimon in his fight against an evil organization responsible for killing his father. Daimon, however, falls in love with a robot under control of Sigma, the evil organization, ending the crime-fighting team. Years later the now-disgraced Daimon is forced out of retirement to deal with Sigma’s new giant robot.

Hamacon Minicon 2018 (Huntsville, AL)

November 10, 2018
Von Braun Center – South Hall
700 Monroe St SW
Huntsville, AL 35801

HAMACON’s Holiday Mini Con is ALL the fun of a 3 day anime convention squished down to one amazing day. Join us for anime panels, contests, video and analog gaming, an artist alley, dealer’s room and a dance party to finish out the night.

ShichiGoSan 7/5/3 Celebration (Birmingham, AL)

November 15, 2018 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Samuel Ullman Museum
2150 15th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205

This program is funded by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership as part of a long-term project to build a Japanese community around the Samuel Ullman Museum.

Mobile International Festival (Mobile, AL)

November 17, 2018 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Mobile Fairgrounds
1035 Cody Road N
Mobile, AL 36608 

For over 34 years, the Mobile International Festival has grown to become the longest running festival on the Gulf Coast. We believe, in part, our success can be attributed to our dedication to educating students and visitors to the varied cultural world around them. Our goal remains to promote understanding, acceptance, friendship, and to showcase appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures. The Mobile International Festival is a place where all belong.

Japanese Movie Screening: Martial Arts Talk (Birmingham, AL)

November 17, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Samuel Ullman Museum
2150 15th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205

This program is funded by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership as part of a long-term project to build a Japanese community around the Samuel Ullman Museum.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors (Atlanta, GA)

November 18, 2018 – February 17, 2019
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

The High is proud to present the most comprehensive exhibition by Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born 1929)—one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists—to tour North America in over twenty years.

Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, this show will take visitors on an expansive journey across six decades of Kusama’s creative output and will explore the development of the artist’s Infinity Mirror Rooms, her iconic, kaleidoscopic environments. The exhibition will present six of these rooms as well as sculptures, paintings, works on paper, film excerpts, archival ephemera, and additional large-scale installations that span the early 1950s to the present day. Also on view will be numerous new works by the 89-year-old artist, who remains active in her Tokyo studio.

Atlanta Anime Day (Duluth, GA)

November 24, 2018 10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Infinite Energy Forum
6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy
Duluth, GA 30097

For fans and by fans this one day anime marketplace brings all your anime/manga needs to you without all the hassle or extra expense associated with other conventions. Admission is only $5.00 at the door so you won’t have to spend all your money just to get inside. FREE Entry for Military & Kids 10 and under! We will be sure to have something for everyone to enjoy. Atlanta Anime Day is at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria. We feature a large dealers room, Video room, After party dance, and FREE Parking. Enjoy the day with friends and take a break from the norm.

When East Meets West: Three Centuries of Artistic Discourse (Atlanta, GA)

September 28 – December 9, 2018
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
4 Lowry Hall, 3rd Floor
4484 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30319

MEMBERS’ PREVIEW: Thursday, September 27, 6 – 8 p.m.; remarks at 7 p.m.

This exhibition will illustrate the rich cross-cultural influences between Japan and European and American artists from the late 17th to late 19th century. Prized works of Japanese porcelain dominated the decorative arts markets in Europe leading to the eventual creation of porcelain factories in Europe—most notably Meissen established under the patronage of Augustus the Strong of Saxony in 1710. Early Meissen wares sought to imitate the form and decoration of Japanese Arita and Kakiemon wares so prized by princely and aristocratic collectors in Germany, France and England in the 18th century.

When East Meets West will include numerous examples of late 17th and early 18th century Japanese porcelain from the John Lesh Jacobs Collection drawn from the permanent collections of OUMA and the High Museum. These works will be juxtaposed against exquisite examples of 18th century Meissen porcelain from the Warda Stout Collection borrowed from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

European and American artists of the 19th century artists would continue to draw inspiration from 18th and 19th century Japanese woodblock prints which began pouring into Europe in the 1860s ending years of Japanese isolationism. The group later to be known as the Impressionists would be profoundly influenced by such prints. The second half of the exhibition will contain 19th century works on paper by Japanese artists to include Hokusai, Utamaro and Hiroshege as well as Impressionist masterpieces by Pissarro, Boudin, Cézanne, Cassatt, Homer and Reid from the permanent collections of OUMA and institutional and private collections.

Japanese Art of the Edo and Meiji Eras (Spartanburg, SC)

October – December 20, 2018
Richardson Family Art Museum
130 Memorial Dr
Spartanburg, SC 29303

Japanese Art of the Edo and Meiji Eras (1603-1912) displays a variety of cultural expressions of Japan, including tea ceremony implements, woodblock prints, porcelains, and ink paintings. The Edo Period (1603-1868), named after the Shogun capital, is one of the most prosperous and thriving in the history of Japanese art.  The political stability established by the Tokugawa family prompted an increase in artistic, cultural and social development, with flourishing and distinctive aesthetics represented in paintings, ceramics, woodblock prints and decorative arts.  The Meiji Period (1868-1912), an era of radical social and political change from feudalism to modernity and adopted Western influences, witnessed a blending of cultures and an innovative interchange of old ideas and new in Japanese art.  This exhibition intends to further enhance scholarly research for students in ARTH 322 Art of Japan, and several of the labels in this exhibition will be written by students. This exhibit runs through Thursday, December 20th.

Featured works are loaned from the Shiro Kuma Collection of Edwin and Rhena Symmes in Atlanta, GA, from the Edmund Daniel Kinzinger (1888-1963) Collection of Japanese Prints loaned by David and Barbara Goist in Asheville, NC, and from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Hunter Stokes (’60) in Florence, SC.