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March 23 - 29, 2001
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cultural Equity Grants The San Francisco Arts Commission is offering a grants program to support the development, sustainability and growth of arts organizations deeply rooted in, and able to express the experiences of, historically underserved communities, such as African American, Asian American, disabled, gay/lesbian, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and women. The deadline for Level One grants (up to $18,000, one year) is June 18. Proposals that build on the accomplishments of a previous CEI-supported initiative have a slight advantage. The deadline for Level Two grants (two- and three-year grants of up to $75,000 and $120,000 respectively) is April 6. Applicants need to meet a minimum threshold of organizational capacity. For a list of proposal workshop times and dates, please leave name and address by emailing sfacceg@thecity.sfsu.edu, or calling 415-252-2553. Visit the Web site at www.sfac.sfsu.edu, or the offices at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suites 60 and 240, San Francisco.
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 ends 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 mediafund@naatanet.org, or 415-863-0814 x 106.
ARTS
Art for a Cause Colors on Canvas is the Bay Area’s newest show space for contemporary art from the Indian sub-continent. It aspires to provide art lovers with an opportunity to appreciate and own works by some of India’s foremost contemporary artists, presenting an eclectic collection of works showcasing a variety of themes, methods, textures, media and styles. Art for a Cause is being organized by Colors on Canvas as a fundraising effort, with a part of the proceeds going towards rehabilitation efforts for the Gujarat Earthquake in India. The show runs March 31 and April 1, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at 152 Yerba Buena Avenue, San Francisco. 415-681-6481; www.colorsoncanvas.com.
Atlas(t) Reviving the decades-long history of collaboration between Galería de la Raza and Kearny Street Workshop, the two organizations’ younger members are collaborating on an exhibition entitled atlas(t): a mapping expedition/exhibition by Latino and Asian Pacific American Artists. The exhibition is a conceptual atlas comprised of over two dozen maps that demonstrate the imaginative range of the Bay Area’s young Latino and Asian American artists. The show runs through March 31. Don’t miss the performance on March 31 at 8 p.m. For more information, please call Gigi Otalvaro of Galería at 415-826-8009 or Claire Light of KSW at 415-503-0520 (Galería de la Raza, 2857 24th Street, San Francisco).
Eastern Exposure The San Francisco Arts Commission Chinatown Community Arts Program and the Community Images presents Eastern Exposure. This exhibition features the works of Bruce Akizuki and Leon Sun, two Asian American photographers who turn their cameras on China and Japan. It will be on display from Saturday, March 24 through Saturday, April 28, at the Chinatown Community Arts Program Gallery. A free opening reception will take place on Saturday, March 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. The gallery is located in the Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny Street, 3/F, San Francisco. For further information, please call Janice Hom at 415-957-1146.
Live Forever Korean Artist Lee Bul will show a new body of work, Live Forever: New Work by Lee Bul, that expands upon her investigation of the body in a technologically-mediated society. Related to the 1999 Venice Biennale installation of karaoke booths, Lee will fabricate a new series of pod-shaped karaoke capsules produced at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. In San Francisco, Lee will produce a new video work which explores her interest in lounge bands that inhabit that strange nomadic realm of hotels. The video Live Forever will be exhibited with the complete series of video productions Amateurs + Anthem + Live Forever. Finally, with a commitment to the process of art-making and commissioning new work, the Art Institute will exhibit an extensive body of drawings sketches of the project in progress. The show will run from April 5 to May 19, with an opening reception on April 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco. Visit www.sfai.edu for complete exhibition and public program information.
Seeing Time Through April 14, Washington Square Gallery announces a new exhibition, Seeing Time, that pairs two Bay Area artists whose work is deeply rooted in West Coast culture and images. Yeung Ha’s new series of monotype prints records the first year of the new millennium through a visual diary. Each month, she created a new piece, incorporating the front page of a newspaper, a photograph of something she did, and paintings of rose bushes in her garden into multi-layered reflections. Suzan Friedland combines the techniques of textile work, painting and pottery in her artwork. She adopts methods from a variety of different sources, using media as diverse as adobe and sumi ink on the same “canvas.” Her forms are derived from the natural landscape of Northern California, where she lives. Washington Square Gallery is located at 1821 Powell Street between Filbert and Greenwich Streets. For more information, please call Hilary Snow at 415-291-9255.
Silent Voices Speak Silent Voices Speak features Remembering the Holocaust, a powerful art exhibition of paintings by German-born artist Barbara Shilo, which are based on the actual black-and-white documentary photographs taken in Europe between 1933 and 1945. The second exhibition, curated by Eric Saul, is entitled Visas for Life. This exhibition of private photographs telling the story of diplomats who rescued more than 250,000 lives during the Holocaust. Silent Voices Speak runs from April 1 though May 15 at the Herbst International Exhibition Hall in the San Francisco Presidio. Show hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To volunteer, register for docent training, or get more information, call 415-928-2992.
Sugar ’n’ Spice ’n’ Everything Nice The exhibition Sugar ’n’ Spice ’n’ Everything Nice: Lives, Loves and Legacies of Women of Color continues through April 21. These works by women of color inspire survival through their struggles, show how obstacles and stereotypes become strategies for resistance, and how these strategies have the power to subvert oppressive forces. Aissatoui Vernita, creator of Oakland’s Ebony Museum, fashions jewelry and sculpture from foods that were the historic staple of slaves. Flo Oy Wong, Tomoko Negishi, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Jung Mee Jaime Kim show works about immigration and how it has affected their families and their psyches. Transformations of the body and materiality inspire Candi Farlice and Katherine Westerhout to poetic visions. Both Karin Turner and Yvonne Browne create works imbued with irrepressible optimism, humor and compassion born of the Black woman’s experience. Pro Arts, 461 9th Street, Oakland. Programs include Women’s Herstory, Part 1 and 2, March 24 and 31.
Taoism and the Arts of China This exhibition explores one of China’s primary indigenous philosophies and religions, an understanding of which is critical to comprehending Chinese culture, historically and today. Approximately 150 works of art will be used to explore conceptual and artistic achievements in the history of Taoism, including paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, textiles, ritual objects and rare books borrowed from nearly seventy lenders in over ten countries. Significantly, 33 works will be borrowed from institutions in the People’s Republic of China, only two of which have been previously exhibited in the West. The show runs through May 31. For museum hours and general information, call 415-379-8800 or go to www.asianart.org. (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
DANCE
Dancing Downtown 2001 ODC/San Francisco celebrates its 30th anniversary season, Dancing Downtown, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, April 4 - 22. This extended three-week season promises to be the unique mix of physical dynamism and choreographic eloquence that has long been a trademark of the Bay Area’s leading contemporary dance company. Dancing Downtown 2001 offers three programs: five world premieres by ODC’s award-winning choreographers, and six outstanding repertory favorites. Season music includes Mozart, Mark O’Connor/Yo Yo Ma/Edgar Meyer, Zap Mama, legendary blues artist Dr. John, Duke Ellington, Philip Glass and live performances by the Cypress String Quartet, playing a new work by Jay Cloidt. Tickets ($15/$28/38) are on sale at the Yerba Buena Center box office 415-978-2787 or online at www.ticketweb.com.
Russian Hamlet: The Son of Catherine the Great Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, critically acclaimed as Russia’s most innovative contemporary dance company, returns to the Bay Area with Boris Eifman’s lavish new masterpiece, Russian Hamlet: The Son of Catherine the Great. In Russian Hamlet, Eifman takes a piercing look into the tragic life of Prince Paul (Pavel Pekovich) and casts new light on one of the most complex and fascinating figures in Russian history. Paul I was born in 1754 to Peter III and Catherine the Great. At the age of eight, he witnessed his father’s murder by the order of his mother, who then became Empress of All Russia. Five performances are scheduled March 29 - April 1 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are now on sale, call 415-392-4400.
The Nature of Nature Facing East Dance & Music (FEDM), an all Asian American female dance company combining modern dance with an Asian aesthetic and live music, announces the evening-length premiere of The Nature of Nature. With five Chinese elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water), five dance soloists and five musicians, The Nature of Nature explores the connections between the natural world, the physical body and the personality, using a collaboration of dance, live music, spoken word and visual design. FEDM Artistic Director and Choreographer Sue Li-Jue’s collaboration features Li-Jue’s visually breathtaking choreography; original music composed and performed live by Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble; thought-provoking text written by associate director Vivien Dai; sculptural set designs by set designer Richard Jue; and provocative costumes by haute couture designer Colleen Quen. Performances are March 23-24 at 8 p.m. and March 25 at 3p.m. All performances are located at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center (formerly Oakland Asian Cultural Center) in Oakland’s Chinatown (9th St. and Webster/12th St. BART Station). Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door with $5 discounts for students and seniors, and half price for children under 12. To purchase tickets by phone, call the Asia Pacific Cultural Center Box Office at 510-208-6080. For more information, call 510-891-9496 or visit www.fedm.org.
EVENTS
Light Sound and Space Suzanne Gallo in association with Open Arts Circle, Oakland presents a weekend of eclectic, ambitious, aerial dance and modern impressionistic movement, in concert with the acclaimed Bay Area dance companies, Dandelion Dance and Facing East Dance and Music. Music for the event will be performed live by the noted Bay Area band, Glass House, Isadora Duncan, David Worm, Somet Yoshino Taiko Ensemble and musician Daniel Berkman. Media imagery for the program features the work of Bay Area filmmaker and Durango Film Festival winner, Juli Lasselle, set designer Richard Jue and visual artist John Jacobsen. Performances are April 13 and 14 at 8 p.m., April 15 at 7 p.m. All performances will be held at Open Arts Circle located at 530 8th Street in Oakland. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, students and children. For more information and reservations, please call 510-465-4475 or email wormyd@pacbell.net.
Lovespace Enjoy our weekend multimedia lovespace on Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m. - late, at Balazo Gallery, 2811 Mission Street @ 24th Street, San Francisco. Eye candy, performance, massage & spanking. DJs: * ground chuck * john * espia * da mad spanka * jonathan swift. Video: * kevin gardner's i spy love * susana donovan's haunt #451 * noel lawrence, heather nicole & craig phillips' just shy * nine dejanvier's operation f-line * susan maiorana's goodbye * wayne narruhn's dirty streets. Artists: * yvonne lai * cesar barragan * tom & john * txutxo * craig scoffone * navdeep jhimb * anna moller * lauren horelick * marcus civin * CCAC students * others TBA. Gallery viewing Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 6 p.m. Call the gallery at 415-920-0896. For more information, go to www.lovespace.org. $5-$5000 sliding scale — benefit for lovespace.org. Advance tickets @ Good Vibrations, 1210 Valencia Street, San Francsico. Call 415-974-8980.
Trip Out with Jest Jammin’ The Chinatown Development Center is sponsoring a dance celebration on March 31 to be held at Broadway Studios at 435 Broadway Street. The dance will benefit the Chinatown Transportation and Research Improvement Project (TRIP) which is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. In addition, the Jest Jammin’ Band will perform as the celebrate their 30th Anniversary. Tickets are $30 for the dance (9 p.m. to 1 a.m.) and $60 for reserved seating, dinner and dance. Call 415-984-1492 for more information.
Cambodian and Laotian New Year The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Nagara Dhamma Temple will celebrate Chaul Chhnaim (Cambodian New Year) and Boon Pee Mai (Laotian New Year) on Saturday, April 7, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. This special celebration includes Cambodian monks chanting the Dharma, a special performance by Charya Burt Classical Cambodian Dance Group, Cambodian and Laotian storytelling, and a treasure hunt through the gallery. The celebration will take place inside the museum’s Gruhn Court and is free after museum admission. For more information, please call 415-379-8800 or visit www.asianart.org.
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, photographs and music. The exhibition is on display through July 31, and is 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.)
Kanikapila Sunday Hawaiian style music, arts and crafts vendors, food booths and open mic-hula dancers, ukulele players, singers; featuring Hawaiian slack key guitar artist Patrick Landeza. Everyone is encouraged to participate. The event is on Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Aloha Warehouse, 580 Bryant Street, near 4th, San Francisco. For more information, please call Leah at 415-531-0732 or email alohawarehouse@aol.com.
MUSIC
A Hawaiian Composer and His Son Come share the aloha of the Reverend Dennis Kamakahi from Honolulu, Hawaii as he performs in concert with San Francisco’s own Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band. Kamakahi works with his son, the young ukulele virtuoso, Kawika. Father and son will perform old and new compositions and will be joined onstage by a partner from Sons of Hawaii, Gary Haleamau. Doors open at 5 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at the Riordan High School gymnasium, 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco. For more information and tickets, call Saichi Kawahara at 415-468-7125.
Composers Here and Now A world premiere from contemporary composer Paul Chihara, featuring special guest artist Geraldine Walther (principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony), is the centerpiece of Composers Here and Now, to be presented by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. Performances are at 8 p.m., on Saturday, March 24 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Road, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, at First Unitarian Universalist Church, at Franklin and Geary Streets in San Francisco. Tickets are $25 general and $15 for students, and are available by calling 415-771-3352, or by emailing tickets@sfchambersingers.org. Visit their Web site at www.sfchambersingers.org.
Funkadesi Chicago's two-time award-winning intercultural band, Funkadesi, will host a benefit concert for the victims of the recent Indian earthquake that claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced many more. The nine member "Indo-Afro-Carib-bean" music group urges you to attend and help spread the word. Funkadesi fluidly combines East Indian music with reggae, funk, and a variety of Afro-Caribbean music. Funkadesi's message is as diverse as its music, as well as its band members, who have Jamaican, African-American, Latino, Indian-American, and European heritages. Funkadesi has twice won the Chicago Music Award for Contribution to World Music. This performance will be Funkadesi's debut in San Francisco. The concert line-up includes legendary San Francisco based DJ Cheb i Sabbah, who has worked with such greats as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bally Sagoo, and Ustad Sultan Khan. Additional donations will be accepted at the door. The show takes place Friday March 30 at Café Cocomo, 650 Indiana Street, San Francisco. Music starts at 9 p.m. Ticket price is $15. For more information, call 415 824 6910, or go to www.funkadesi.com, or www.chebisabbah.com.
The Jumping Buddha Ensemble The Jumping Buddha Ensemble will perform at the Sunset Branch Library, 1305 18th Avenue, on Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Jumping Buddha performs the traditional music of China and uses that foundation to explore new scales, tonalities, and instrumentations found in a broad range of world music. For more information, please call 415-753-7130.
THEATER
Bee The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre continues its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of Bee by Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Arturo Catricala. Bee tells the fascinating story of a young Korean American man, who is invisible, and an older African American woman, the only person who can see him. In their search for a cure for his invisibility, they explode contemporary views of race, class, gender, and friendship. Part comedy, part drama, part parable, Bee is a provocative new play that dares to see the world in more than black and yellow. The play opens March 30, and runs through April 15; Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday tickets are $22 ($26 for Priority Reserved Seating), Saturday tickets are $25 ($30 for Priority Reserved Seating), and Preview performance tickets are $20. Discounts available for groups, students, and senior citizens. For ticket information, call 415-474-8800. Tickets also available at all BASS outlets and at www.tickets.com. (Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 620 Sutter Street (at Mason), San Francisco.)
Getting Out A young woman, with a lifetime of mistakes and disadvantages behind her, comes home after serving an eight-year prison sentence. Getting Out tells the story of her first 24 hours in the outside world, as she wrestles with her past and the emotional and physical threats that challenge her first true liberation. Marsha Norman’s award-winning and innovative play asks important questions about crime and punishment, and the powerful impact they can have on a young identity. Directed by Margo Whitcomb, the play runs through March 25, every Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. General admission is $18, students $15. For more information and reservations, call 415-433-1172.
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 through March 24 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.
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ARTS
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 are all part of the exhibition that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. (KCC, 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. 323-936-7141)
Munakata Shiko From April 4 through June 30, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a retrospective of Munakata Shiko’s work. Shiko is considered one of the greatest Japanese artists of the twentieth century. He received the Imperial Order of Culture from the Japanese government, achieving a higher status than Living National Treasure. Due to receiving the first prize at the São Paulo Bienal in 1955 and the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale, he was the first Japanese artist to receive international recognition in the post-war era. Through his work, he brought about the general acceptance in Japan of woodblock printing as a fine art; until his time, wood block printing had been considered a production craft. The exhibition includes 128 prints, calligraphy, paintings, and ceramics primarily borrowed from the holdings of the Munakata Museum in Kamakura, established as a foundation in the artist’s residence and studio after his death. For more information on museum programs, please call 323-857-6035.
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 is on view through May 6. 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)
EVENTS
The South Asian Traveler’s Festival 2001 Pacific Asia Museum presents The South Asian Traveler’s Festival 2001 on Saturday, April 14, from 3 to 9 p.m., a special late evening event hosted by the Indo-American Cultural Center. All ages are invited to attend this free informative event and cultural adventure. Guests will take a virtual journey to the Indian sub-continent, as they learn what it takes to backpack through the terrain of South Asia, while making a difference in people’s lives. Also featured will be a discussion on the issues, benefits, pitfalls and practical guides to volunteerism in India, an introduction to the histories and cultures of the Indian Diaspora. Pacific Asia Museum is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and till 8 p.m. on Thursdays. The museum is located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena. For more information, call 626-449-2742 x 31.
THEATER
A Dirty Secret Between the Toes Lodestone Theatre Ensemble’s World Premiere of A Dirty Secret Between the Toes, a comedy by Annette Lee about racism, class warfare and a forbidden passion for horticulture. This hilarious comedy is a follow-up to the successful production of American Monsters. The production is a presentation of the East L.A. College Artists-in-Residence Program and will run at the East L.A. College Little Theatre, 1301 Ave. Cesar Chavez in Monterey Park. Directed by Co-Artistic Director Chil Kong, the play runs April 20 - May 13, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. (except on April 21) and Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m., at the East L.A. College, Little Theatre, 1301 Ave. Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park. General ticket prices are $13. Senior and student ticket prices are $11. Group ticket prices (10 or more) are $9. For tickets and general information call the Lodestone Theatre hotline at 323-993-7245, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please note the contents of this play include mature adult themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
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ARTS
Blue-and-white Japanese Porcelain Approximately 100 pieces of exquisite Japanese porcelain 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. to 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.)
MUSIC
Japan Nite at SXSW Six Japanese bands, Love Psychedelicos; the Plagues; Heart Bazaar; Dr. Strangelove; Jerry Lee Phantom; and Bleach will be showcased on Japan Nite in Los Angeles March 23, and San Francisco March 23 after appearing at SXSW. For more information, please email JapanNite@ipgmusic.com.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Third World Newsreel Applications are now available for the 2001 Film & Video Production Workshop at Third World Newsreel. An application and general information about the Workshop are available on the Web site www.twn.org under Artist Services. If you have any questions, call 212-947-9277 x 301 or email twn@twn.org.
ARCHITECTURE
Tadashi Kawamata: Boston Project, Plan in Progress As part of a collaboration among several Boston area colleges and universities, the Harvard University Art Museums will bring acclaimed Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata to the Sert Gallery, at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, to transform it into a working studio where approximately twenty students will be assigned specific design tasks in the research and planning of one or more site-specific public structures to be built in the Boston area next year. Through April 30, the gallery is showcasing drawings, photographs, posters, catalogues, and video documentation of earlier Kawamata projects while also serving as a working studio for the research and planning of these future projects. For more information on the project, call Matthew Barone at 617-495-2397. For general information about the museum, call 617-495-9400.
ARTS
Celebration of the First Decade Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. is please to announce an exhibition and sale titled Celebration of the First Decade — Ceramic Art by Japanese & Americans at 24 West 57th Street, suite 607. This exhibition runs through April 14. The carefully selected works are mostly in the orbit of tea ceremony, from the Six Ancient Kiln sites of Japan, and of Chinese and Korean cultural legacy. Dai Ichi Arts also discovers American talents, who create wonders in the same aesthetic and value with quintessential American spirit. For more information, please call 212-262-2330.
Living Heritage From now until June 10, China Institute presents Living Heritage: Vernacular Environment in China. Originating in Hong Kong, this exhibition features photographs, furniture and architectural components depicting the living environments from different regions of China. The Chinese house is viewed as a microcosm of Chinese society, representing its organization, economy, technology, traditions, beliefs and aspirations. (China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York City. 212-744-8181. www.chinainstitute.org)
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 Zhi/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. (Museum of Chinese Americas, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, New York.)
READINGS AND LECTURES
Hiro on Meiji Japan On March 31, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Hiro, cross-cultural East-West artist and lecturer, will present a slide talk at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, for the Institute on The Arts of Japan. Hiro will speak on “Meiji Japan, the Art and Politics/Trade with Europe and America.” This is in conjunction with the two-day institute for art and social studies teachers held on two consecutive Saturdays in March. For further information and registration, please contact Barbara Baxter at 410-547-9000 x 234 or bbaxter@thewalters.org.
THEATER
SLANT Across America 2001 SLANT will be touring across the country in April-May 2001. And they can drive right into your city, right into your town, right to your campus auditorium, as they make their way from New York City to Los Angeles. Do you want to “get on the bus” with SLANT? Then write back right away if your group is interested in hosting a live performance of their critically-acclaimed Big Dicks, Asian Men, as part of their unprecedented and historic “SLANT Across America 2001” film-making tour. You can see SLANT perform live and be part of their docu-performance film. The schedule: Kick-off performance March 29-April 1, La Mama Theater, New York City. The SLANTmobile hits the road, beginning the week of April 2, driving all the way to the West Coast. Los Angeles show; April 28 at the East-West Players, David Henry Hwang Theater. Return trip through mid-May. Contact www.slantperformancegroup.com, 212-714-7189 or 212-736-2246 for performance and booking information.
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