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January 5 - 11, 2001
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| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
East Bay Open Studios Pro Arts presents East Bay Open Studios 2001 Entry. This is a great way for people to see your art in your own space. Pick up a form if you do not already have one, or mail a SASE to Pro Arts, 461 Ninth Street, Oakland. The entry deadline is Jan. 25, 2001. Open Studios will be June 9, 10, 16 and 17, with an artist’s reception on Thursday June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. For details call 510-763-9425 or check out www.proartsgallery.org.
Free Photography Contest The international Library of Photography is pleased to announce that over $60,000 in prizes will be awarded this year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers from the San Francisco area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for entry is Jan. 31, 2001. To enter, send one photograph in only one of the following categories: People, Travel, Pets, Children, Sports, Nature, Action, Humor, Portraiture or Other. The photo must be a color or black-and-white print 8” x 10” or smaller. Photos should be sent to: The International Library of Photography, Suite 101-9009, 3600 Crondall Lane, Owing Mills, MD 21117. You can also submit online at www.picture.com.
The Media Fund The National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) is pleased to announce new deadlines for the Media Fund. Open Call for Production Funds has two deadlines — Feb. 23 and Aug. 24. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in production and/or post-production phases. Projects in research and development or script development phases need not apply. Awards will average $20,000 to $50,000. Exceptions may be made. Open Door Completion Fund has no deadline. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in the final post-production phase. A full-length rough cut must be submitted. Awards average $20,000 and NAATA funds must be the last monies needed to finish the project and deliver the broadcast master. For more information check out www.naatanet.org or contact the Media Fund department at 415-863-0814 x 106 or mediafund@naatanet.org
ARTS
Between the Thunder and the Rain This exhibit features Chinese paintings from the Opium War through the Cultural Revolution to explore the array of artistic achievements created during the many tumultuous periods that defined modern Chinese history. The 121 paintings — including hanging scrolls, handscrolls, horizontal scrolls, fans and albums — reveal a rich mix of works offering a complete survey of the issues, styles and personalities of the era. The exhibit runs through Jan. 14, 2001. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
Chinese Opera Costumes and Photographs The drama and color of Cantonese-style Chinese opera comes alive through the costumes and photographs from the collection of Chi Ming Wong. Wong is an accomplished Cantonese opera actor. He directs an annual opera performance at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Opening reception at OACC on Jan. 6 at noon. The exhibition runs through Feb. 15. (OACC, 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland. 510-208-6080. www.oaklandasianculturalcenter.com)
Hiroshi Sugimoto Known for long-exposure photographic series of empty movie theaters and drive-ins, seascapes and museum diaramas, Sugimoto has turned his attention to 20th-century architecture for works that will be displayed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from Nov. 3, 2000 — March 4, 2001. (151 3rd St., San Francisco. 415-357-4000.)
Mise-en-scéne Mise-en-scène: New LA Sculpture, an exhibition of 31 works by six up-and-coming Los Angeles artists, will open Jan. 27, 2001, in the Logan Galleries on the San Francisco campus of the California College of Arts & Crafts and will continue through March 10. Presented by the CCAC Institute, the exhibition features works in sculpture, drawing, video and film by Liz Craft, Evan Holloway, Jason Meadows, Jeff Ono, Paul Sietsema and Torbjörn Vejvi. (1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco. 415-703-9500)
Re-creation, Correction and Badminton Southern Exposure presents three solo exhibitions as part of the January 2001 programming: Re-creation, mixed-media work by Allison Shields; Correction, paintings by Nestor Kruger; and Badminton, an installation by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. The exhibitions run from Jan. 5 to Feb. 3 with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 5 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, 401 Alabama St., San Francisco. 415-863-2141.)
Bruce Lee The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco and the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts honor Bruce Lee with an exhibition of over 240 treasures, including diaries, personal letters, drawings and Lee’s own writings. The exhibit is on display through Feb. 18, 2001. (Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco at the Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny St., 3rd floor, San Francisco. 415-986-2825)
Carmen Lomas Garza: A Retrospective On Jan. 21, 2001 Carmen Lomas Garza: A Retrospective will premiere at the San Jose Museum of Art prior to embarking on a two-year national tour. The first retrospective of this San Francisco-based artist will feature work from the mid-1970s to the present. Populated with people and highlighting events from her childhood in a rural South Texas barrio — birthday festivities, faith healings, community dances and making banderitas (special occasion tissue paper cut-outs) —Garza’s works honor universal commonalties of family and community while remaining dedicated to her Mexican-American heritage. (110 South Market Street, San Jose. 408-271-6840. www.sjmusart.org)
Secret World of the Forbidden City The Oakland Museum of California hosts the major exhibition of more than 350 Chinese Imperial Court treasures from the Qing Dynasty through Jan. 24, 2001. (1000 Oak St., Oakland. 510-238-2200.)
Supply: An Installation by Indigo Som Indigo Som, an emerging artist residing in Berkeley, will “draw” on the walls of the Foyer Gallery at the Sonoma Museum of Visual Art with office supplies such as scotch tape, liquid paper, highlighters, ballpoint pens, copy paper, post-it notes as she explores the “office-y” feel of the space and draws on her history as an office worker. Exhibition runs Dec. 27 through Feb. 28, 2001. (S•MOVA, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 707-527-0297)
EVENTS
Get Out of Camp Produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society, this interactive exhibit gives the audience an experiential overview of what World War II was like for Japanese Americans with replicas and photographs and music. To be on display through July 31. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post St., San Francisco. 415-921-5007.)
Godzilla West Presents: Friday Night Live Godzilla West presents Friday Night Live, a fresh new open mike venue, which will feature Asian Pacific Islander monologue artists and comedians as well as spoken word artists, musicians and dancers. The vision is to create a nurturing space where artists of any medium can come to express and create. The open mike will take place on the first Friday of every month at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. For more information call 510-208-6080. (388 9th Street, Suite 290, Oakland)
The Peking Acrobats Daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, treacherous wire walking, amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control - The Peking Acrobats perform all of these feats and more at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and at 3 p.m. Jan. 28 in Zellerbach Hall at U.C. Berkeley. The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra provides live musical accompaniment on traditional string, wind and percussion instruments. Tickets available by calling 510-642-9988 or visiting www.ticketweb.com or by sending email to ticket@calperfs.berkeley.edu. The Jan. 28 performance is a Family Fare show featuring half-price tickets for children 16 and under. (Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Bancroft Way, Berkeley)
Youth Speaks On Feb. 3, young adults from the Bay Area pick up microphones and present their original poetry as they strive to go on to the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam and the National Finals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information call 415-626-2787. For teens to register call 415-661-6927. (Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco)
MUSIC
Berkeley Images In association with San Francisco Performances, Maestro Kent Nagano will continue the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra’s 2000-2001 season with a Berkeley Symphony commission, Berkeley Images by young French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus. Berkeley Images premieres on Jan. 31, 2001 at 8 p.m. at the Zellerbach Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus, and Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. at Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts. This work was originally inspired by a collection of Margaretta K. Mitchell’s photographs of several Berkeley sites which celebrates the originality and spirit of freedom which emanated from Berkeley during the early part of the 20th century. For details please call 510-841-2800.
READINGS & LECTURES
Feng Shui Dr. Lily Chung, Ph.D. will lecture on her new book Calendars for Feng Shui and Divination on Jan. 14, 2001 at 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley. (2066 University Avenue, Berkeley. 510-548-2350)
Teaching Chinese Culture in the U.S. Oakland Museum of California presents this lecture on Jan. 14. Educators from the Bay Area Chinese schools explore issues related to teaching Chinese culture and language. A talent show featuring students from Bay Area Chinese schools ends the day. For information on other events through the month of June call 888-OAK-MUSEUM. (10th St. and Oak St., Oakland)
THEATER
Cafe Depresso Cafe Depresso, a new dark comedy by Tom Vegh, follows four San Franciscans, in group therapy for depression, as they encounter an onslaught of change and surprises when two group members disappear. Performances are scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. from Jan. 26 to March 3 at Exit Theater in San Francisco. For reservations please call 415-776-7427 after Jan. 8. Check out the Web site at www.cafedepresso.com. (Exit Theater, 156 Eddy St., San Francisco)
My Own Private Sukiprata The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, an Asian Pacific Islander American comedy theater group, presents My Own Private Sukiprata, the second workshop production of original comedic material about a mythical Asian nation. The show runs Wednesdays through Sundays, 8 p.m., opening Jan. 17 and closing Jan. 28, 2001 at Theater of Yugen/Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa Avenue, San Francisco. For more information and reservations please call 415-646-0868 or email hornbuck@sfsu.edu.
Theater Artaud The forecast for Theater Artaud’s winter 2001 season calls for gusts of powerful artistry, chilling emotionalism and hot world premieres. The forefront of the performing arts will storm through San Francisco’s best performance space from Feb. 2 to March 24, 2001 with artists Karen Finley, Company Chaddick, Paul Dresher with Rinde Eckert and Kim Epifano. From the icy reality of Below Zero to the sweet stickiness of Shut Up and Love Me, unexpected shifts in tempo and temperature make the stage a wildly unpredictable gathering point for this heat wave of creativity. For ticket information call 415-621-7797 or visit www.theaterartaud.org.
Yugen Presents On Jan. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., Theater of Yugen presents a show of North Indian classical music and Shibori influenced fabric installation. The evening will feature Sirinivas Reddy on the sitar and Rajiv Parikh on the tablas. The musicians will be joined by Sasha Duerr and Jesse Klein, two Bay Area artists who will present an installation of dyed fabrics. Call 415-621-7978 for advanced tickets. (Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco)
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ARTS
Gifts of Pride and Love A major nationwide traveling exhibition of Kiowa and Comanche cradles runs through Jan. 4 at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. The show features 38 historic lattice cradles and two new cradles created for this exhibition. For more information, call 310-825-4361. (UCLA Fowler Museum, Royce Hall, Los Angeles)
More Than a Game The Japanese American National Museum presents this ongoing exhibit that tells the story of an immigrant group’s journey in America through the universal theme of sport using artifacts such as team uniforms, photographs, news clippings, interactive kiosks and videos. (Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First St., Los Angeles. 213-625-0414.)
Shimaoka Retrospective In celebration of this artist’s 80th year, Mingei International Museum will present the first retrospective of the pottery of Tatsuzo Shimaoka, who in 1996 was designated by the Emperor of Japan a Living National Treasure. The exhibition will include 60 new works of pottery. Runs through Feb. 2, 2001. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. (Plaza de Panama, Balboa Park. 619-239-0003.)
Superflat Superflat surveys a tendency in Japanese art, animation, fashion and graphic design towards two-dimensionality through work by 19 artists. The inaugural exhibition at the MOCA Gallery at the Pacific Design Center opens Jan. 14, 2001 and remains on view through May 6, 2001. Organized by artist Takashi Murakami with MOCA, the exhibition will feature painting, photography, works on paper, video, computer animation, fashion, cartoons and sculpture by some of the most provocative artists working in Japan. (8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, Los Angeles. 213-621-2766)
The Journey: Passages of a Chinese American Joan Yen is a contemporary artist, a third generation Chinese American who attempts to retain her identity while being immersed in American society. Her bright, bold and abstracted work blends symbols, images and thoughts that reflect her ancient Chinese heritage and very modern American existence. Yen’s show at the Pacific Asia Museum runs through Jan. 7. For more information please call 626-449-2742 (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena)
Knowable Objects The ten artists in the exhibition share an involvement with the commonplace of everyday life and the possibility of transformation, impelling materials and subjects beyond their original intent. Woo Song Bang, Liza Hennessey Botkin, Liz Chilsen, Hyun Sook Cho, Connie Goldman, Judith Foosaner, Anita Getzler, Debbie Han, Kyung Joo Kim and David Spagnolo. The exhibition commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. (KCC, 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. 323-936-7141)
EVENTS
Haiku Festival Pacific Asia Museum invites the public to celebrate the beauty and simplicity of haiku, a form of Japanese poetry on Jan. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event, part of the Museum series of free Family Festivals, will feature haiku writing workshops, readings and story-telling as well as hands-on children’s crafts. Museum galleries will be open with free admission to the Festival. For more information call 626-449-2742 x 31. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena.)
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REST OF THE WEST
ARTS
Blue-and-white Japanese Porcelain Approximately 100 pieces of exquisite Japanese porcelain will grace the gallery at the Seattle Art Museum in Hirado Porcelain of Japan from the Kurtzman Collection. The exhibition runs through July 8. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality This installation of Japanese hanging scrolls, screens and textiles features works from the 17th through 20th centuries. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (Seattle Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
The Art of Protest A cross-cultural exhibition of works from Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection that use a wide range of media and visual imagery to make social comment, address political issues and advocate for change. For more information call 206-654-3100 (SAAM, Volunteer Park, 14th Avenue at East Prospect St.)
Canceled: Exhibiting Experimental Art in China Canceled highlights Father and Son in Ancestral Temple, a video installation by Song Dong that was included in a 1988 exhibit canceled by the Chinese government just prior to its opening, and also shows a video by Wu Wenguang that documents the show’s closing, through Jan. 7. (David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood St., Chicago. 773-702-0200. smartmuseum.uchicago.edu)
Taoism and the Arts of China This exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago is the first ever devoted to Taoism. Show runs through Jan. 7, 2001. (Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan Avenue, Chicago. 312-443-3600. www.artic.edu)
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THE SOUTH
EVENTS
Oshogatsu You are invited to the Japanese New Year Celebration at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. This joyous event welcomes in 2001 with traditional Japanese activities, including rice-pounding and making of mochi rice cakes; viewing of the sado tea ceremony; kakizome, the writing of New Year’s resolutions; hanetsuki, which is similar to badminton. The event will take place on Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 561-495-0233. (Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach, Florida.)
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EAST COAST
ARTS
Can We Feed Ourselves ? For more than 20 years Hiroji Kubota has traveled and photographed the countries and cultures of Asia, continually finding compelling evidence that Asia is facing an imminent crisis of food production, population explosion and environmental destruction. Opening on Jan. 31, the Asia Society presents an exhibition Kubota’s photographs. Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia: Photographs by Hiroji Kubata will be on view at the Asia Society at Midtown, 502 Park Avenue, New York City. For more information call 212-288-6400 or go to www.asiasociety.org.
Korean War in American Art & Culture: Fifty Years Later An exhibition at Guild Hall through Jan. 7 2001. (Guild Hall of East Hampton, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. 631-324-0806. www.guildhall.org)
Power and Desire The cultural richness, visual brilliance and story-telling power of Indian court painting between the 16th and 19th centuries will be revealed in this exhibition that runs through Jan. 7, 2001. The art work comes from the San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, considered one of the most important collections of South Asian painting in the United States. For more information, call 212-288-6400. (Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York City.)
Tong Zhi/Comrade: Out in Asia America The first one-person exhibition by New York-based, Hong Kong-born artist Ken Chu. Chu has a fascinating background of travel and activism. Tong Chi/Comrade brings the discourse of sexual orientation into our communities, and looks at what might be a safe public space for Asian Americans in Chinatowns, Koreatowns, Manilatowns, Little Tokyos, Little Saigons and Little Bombays across the country. Exhibition runs through April 14, 2001. (Museum of Chinese Americas, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, New York.)
Worlds Revealed The dawn of Japanese and American cultural exchange is charted in this exhibition that showcases more than 200 artworks, cultural objects and documents dating from as early as 1800 when the Salem ships began making trips to Nagasaki and bringing back beautiful arts and crafts. The exhibition runs through March 17, 2001 at the Peabody Essex Museum. (East India Square, Salem, Mass. 978-745-9500)
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