2018年もあとわずか、平成も今年で終わりますね。さて、新年2019年はどのような年になるのでしょうか？
今年最後のアトランタ領事館からの情報です。
Japanese and American Innovation ina a Global Age (Atlanta, GA)
December 1, 2018 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Georgia Institute of Technology
Clary Theater, Bill Moor Student Success Center
225 North Ave NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Georgia Institute of Technology
Clary Theater, Bill Moor Student Success Center
225 North Ave NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Both the United States and Japan have long taken pride in their robust scientific research communities’ contributions to economic growth and human welfare. But the slowing pace and rising costs of research, along with strong competition from China and India, have challenged both governments to rethink their approaches to science and technology policy and set agendas that encourage innovation towards solving big social problems.
The Abe Fellows Global Forum will bring together experts to discuss how the United States and Japan are responding to these challenges, as well as the rapidly rising innovation hubs in China, India and Singapore. Panelists will consider institutional factors that encourage or discourage innovation; the impact of big data and AI on innovation policies and strategies; cultures of innovation in Japan, the US and other Asian countries; con icts between the interests of companies, national populations, and global welfare; and challenges for the future of scientific innovation.
For more information and to RSVP for the event, go to the event web page (spp.gatech.edu/abe).
Japan-America Society of Alabama and Koyamada International Foundation Holiday Fundraiser (Huntsville, AL)
December 8, 2018 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Low Mill ARTS and Entertainment
2211 Seminole Dr SW
Huntsville, AL 35805
Low Mill ARTS and Entertainment
2211 Seminole Dr SW
Huntsville, AL 35805
The Japan-America Society of Alabama and the Koyamada International Foundation bring you a special holiday fundraiser benefiting victims of flooding in southern Japan. We’ve gathered a variety of local artists to sell and showcase their work at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment in Huntsville, AL!
Throughout the day we’ll hold a silent auction, have several demonstrations by artists, welcome guest speakers and performers, and more! We’ll offer traditional Japanese activities such as origami, calligraphy, and furoshiki gift wrapping.
Come shop for holiday gifts and contribute to a good cause!
**This is a FREE, family-friendly event.
All proceeds will be donated to the Koyamada International Foundation.
All proceeds will be donated to the Koyamada International Foundation.
Japan ALT Christmas Party (Birmingham, AL)
December 12, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Samuel Ullman Museum
University of North Georgia
2150 15th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205
Samuel Ullman Museum
University of North Georgia
2150 15th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205
Join us for our ALT Alumni and gathering at the Samuel Ullman Museum! Bond with fellow ALTs and prospective ALT’s at Alabama’s HQ for Japanese culture.
Are you a JET Alumni living in Alabama? Were you an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) with another program in Japan? Have you ever thought about or been interested in working in Japan as an ESL teacher? Join us at the Samuel Ullman Museum for our ALT holiday party and meet fellow Japan-lovers and English teachers!
We’ll have complimentary snacks, refreshments, and activities for your enjoyment!
Whether you’re a current ALT home for the holidays, former ALT looking to connect with fellow alumni, applying to an ESL teaching program, or a Japanese language student considering your options for working in Japan, everyone is welcome to join us!
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. We are grateful for their support!
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
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 Hok
usai, 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
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.
