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July 13 - 19, 2001
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ARTS
Modern Photography in Japan & Intimate Eyes Two very different, but equally important, exhibitions will show, July 24 - Sept. 30, at the Ansel Adams Center, 655 Mission St., San Francisco. The modern photography movements in both the United States and Japan reached peaks of dynamic creativity in the years prior to World War II. Modern Photograph in Japan: 1915 - 1940 and Intimate Eyes: The paintings and Photography of Consuelo Kanaga provide insights into the artistic expression that emerged on both sides of the Pacific during this period. For more information, please call 415-495-7000.
Nature on the Grid The Gallery at Montalvo presents Nature on the Grid, an exhibition of the work of Kyoung Ae Cho. Korean-born Cho’s large-scale “quilts” incorporate pine needles, hair and wood. Cho meticulously arranges these found natural materials using the geometry of a grid to reveal both the order and flux innate in natural forms. The exhibition runs through Sept. 17, at the Gallery, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. For more information, please call 408-961-5800.
No Ghost, Just a Shell The Ann Lee Project was intiated by French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno when they purchased an anonymous manga “actress” from an agency that produces and sells such computer files for fictive characters. Calling her Ann Lee, the artists began bringing her to life in a series of computer animations. No Ghost, Just a Shell is an ongoing project in which the two initiators invite various artists to contribute new material to the series. The SFMOMA presentation features work by Huyghe and Parreno, as well as Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Rirkrit Tiravanija (to be confirmed). SFMOMA is located at 151 Third St., San Francisco. For general information, please call 415-357-4000, or go to www.sfmoma.org.
Order in Chaos Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Order in Chaos - A Personal Journal, an exhibition of oil paintings of interiors by Fan Yang, July 14 - Aug. 18. The opening reception is on Saturday, July 14, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., with an artist talk at 3 p.m. For more information, please call 415-956-3560, or go to www.dolbychadwickgallery.com.
Shibori: Tradition and Innovation The Museum of Craft & Folk Art presents Shibori: Tradition and Innovation — East to West from Aug. 8 to Nov. 25, an exhibition of Japanese traditional kimonos and recent fashion innovations in shibori. The exhibition, divided between the Museum’s two galleries, will show the subtle elegance of shibori from ancient Japan plus the dramatic new uses of shibori by artists working in contemporary art and fashion in the Americas. To compliment the exhibition, the Museum will also hold a symposium on shibori and fashion show of contemporary shibori fashion on Sept. 12 at Fort Mason Center’s Cowell Theater. The public opening reception is from 5 - 7 p.m., Aug. 8. For more information on the exhibition and related events, please call 415-775-0991.
Sistahs: Ethnographic Ceramics The Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery is pleased to feature the creative works of Renata Gray. Gray’s work revolves around African patterns and designs. Her images are based on relationships and pay homage to men, children and the tremendous strength that women possess. The show runs July 18 - Aug. 22 at the WCRC Gallery, 3023 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. For more information, call 510-548-9286 x307.
Soul on Rice Washington Square Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by two of San Francisco’s emerging artists. Both members of racial minorities, the artists are keenly aware of the social environment around them. Tomashi’s work is a never-ending series on paper that combine text and image in visuals which are grounded in the artist’s social experience. Del Rosario exhibits both large abstract work and a china set inspired by African American studies. The show will be on view from July 14 to Aug. 5, with an artists’ reception on July 14, 6 - 8 p.m. For more information, please call 415-291-9255.
DANCE
San Francisco Butoh Festival The 7th annual San Francisco Butoh Festival expands into new frontiers with a bold concoction of (Non) Butoh dance, new discoveries, and the traditional style with a twist. In celebration of their pioneering spirit, the festival welcomes acclaimed artists and rising stars to premiere new works at Theater Artaud, Aug.1-5, as part of a 3-week festival. Look out for Op.Eklekt, NIBROLL and Yan-Shu with three different perspectives in contemporary Japanese performing arts. Tickets are $20-25. For more information and tickets, call 415-621-7797, visit www.ticketweb.com, or go to TIX/Union Square.
EVENTS
2001 Summer Festival The Diablo Japanese American Club announces its 45th annual Summer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 11, 1 - 9 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 12, 12 - 8 p.m., at the Diablo Japanese American Cultural Center, 3165 Treat Boulevard, Concord. A wide array of displays, exhibits and demonstrations will be presented each day and evening, including Japanese floral arrangement and brush painting demonstrations, a bonsai tree show, several types of martial arts demonstrations, and music and dancing to celebrate the Obon Festival which is observed each year during this time through Japan and in many Japanese American communities.
Fashion for AIDS Task Force San Francisco designer Joseph S. Domingo presents his latest collection at a fashion show at the Veteran’s Green Room, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, on Friday, July 17. The event begins with a 7:30 p.m. reception, and the fashion show begins at 9 p.m. The show benefits the Filipino Task Force on AIDS. The FTFA is a nonprofit organization that delivers culturally and linguistically sensitive prevention information and care services on AIDS. For more information on the Joseph S. Domingo Collection, call 415-563-2007 or e-mail info@josephdomingo.com.
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, using 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)
FILM
Kon Ichikawa James Quandt of Cinématheque Ontario and the Japan Foundation have put together 26 Kon Ichikawa films, including Fires on the Plain, An Actor’s Revenge and The Burmese Harp, to tour in the first North American retrospective in 30 years. This series demonstrated Ichikawa’s gift for innovation, visual beauty, dark humor, social satire, and deep emotion. Screenings will take place from Friday, July 13 through Friday, Aug. 31 at New PFA Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way, UC Berkeley, Berkeley. General admission is $7 for one film and $8.50 for double bills. For more ticket and program information, please call 510-642-1412.
THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN The Vertical Ray of the Sun opens Friday, July 13, at the Camera Cinemas in San Jose. Directed by Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya) the movie stars Tran Nu YenKhe, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Le Khanh, Ngo Quang Hai and Chu Hung. In modern-day Hanoi, three sisters and their brother, prompted by the anniversary of their mother’s death, meet at the eldest sister’s cafe. They are obviously a close family, sharing their most intimate secrets without guilt or fear — or so it seems. Involved in relationships at various stages of development, they all hold back disturbing secrets of sexual complicity, most dramatically the youngest sister, Lian, who seeks a husband just like her brother Hai (with whom she has a complex and ambiguous relationship). When Lian investigates a previously unknown aspect of their mother’s life, the family is thrown into tumult. Her discoveries threaten the idealized memory of their parents that has kept the family fiercely connected. In Vietnamese, with English subtitles. For more information and Camera Cinema locations, please call 408-998-3300.
READINGS & LECTURES
American Son On Tuesday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m., Brian Ascalon Roley will read from his first novel, American Son, which maps the chaotic and borderless world of first generation American citizens. The story of half-Filipino brothers — one who looks Mexican and the other who can pass for white, American Son captures the modern immigrant experience in an often violent and alienating world. The reading will take place at A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. For more information, please call 415-441-6670.
Event with Critical Resistance This July 12 event features a reading from Critical Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex, a special issue of the criminology journal Social Justice, edited by the Critical Resistance Publications Collective. In the tradition of CR, the issue features writings by activists, academics, former and current prisoners. There will be readings and discussions with speakers Margo Okazawa-Rey, Gywn Kirk, Rene Poitevin, and Ellen Barry. The reading begins 7:30 p.m. at the Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St. at 20th St., San Francisco. Visit CR at www.criticalresistance.org.
Collective Soul As part of the Descarga series, La Peña presents Collective Soul, an evening of hip hop, spoken word and soul music featuring Mission, Felonious, Soul Reflection, Youth Speaks 2001 and DJ Sake 1. The program starts 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. Admission is $7 before 10 p.m. and $10 after. For more information, please call 510-849-2568.
THEATER
All in the Timing All in the Timing by David Ives will show you what happens when you place three chimps in a cage with three typewriters, how Trotsky lives for 24 hours with an ax in his head, and why restaurant service is always bad. The show runs July 13 through Aug. 18, at 8 p.m., at Exit Theater, Taylor St., San Francisco. Tickets are $15. For reservations and information, call 415-778-4050, or visit www.oneheartproductions.com.
Deep Cut Golden Thread Productions presents the West Coast premiere of Deep Cut, an award-winning play by Karim Alrawi. Farah, an unhappily married woman, confronts her father Andrew, a liberal American psychiatrist who is about to remarry. How does their relationship mirror our nation’s selective intervention policy? A wider context is brought to bear on the stormy conflict of a young Chinese surgeon, one of Andrew’s patients, who was tortured during the events at Tiananmen Square. The play runs July 14 through July 29, Thursday - Sunday, at 8 p.m., at the Thick House, 1695 18th St., San Francisco. General admission is $18. For reservations and information, please call 510-986-9194.
Redwood Curtain Redwood Curtain explores the uniquely American world of the post Viet Nam War, the perception of mixed race children, homeless and a desire to preserve the Redwood Forests. The play runs July 13 through July 21 at Venue 222, City College of San Francisco adjacent to the Diego Rivera Theater. For more information, please call 415-239-3132.
The Hawaiian Sweethearts The Hawaiian Sweethearts goes to Oakland for a two-day engagement at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland. Dancer/actress/theater arts technician Cecily Chow joins writer/musician/singer Charlie Chin in this unique show on Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12. For information and reservations, call Joan Osato at 415-440-5545, e-mail info@asianamericantheater.org or visit www.asianamericantheater.org.
The Shakespeare Revue The Young People’s Teen Musical Theater Company presents The Shakespeare Revue, directed by Diane Price, as the culmination of their 2001 summer theater program, July 27 - 29. The show is a joyous word-and-music anthology in memory of the Bard. It weaves together the finest comic writing inspired by Shakespeare with classic songs and sketches by such well known names as Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Tom Lehrer, and Beyond the Fringe Team. All performances take place at Randall Museum Theater, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco. Tickets are $4-7. For more information, call 415-554-9523.
What/Do On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jul 17 and 18, at 8 p.m., Opera Piccola and Footloose Dance Company present the premiere of What/Do, a one-act play that shouts for an ending to the personal and social devastation caused by the current breast cancer epidemic. The premiere will comprise the third week of Footloose’s popular Women’s Work Series, taking place throughout the month of July at Venue 9, 252 9th St., San Francisco. What/Do is a new piece written by Opera Piccola’s artistic director Susannah Wood, in collaboration with Miguel Garcia and Melissa Wong Renati. Using a surreal style that reflects the chaotic emotions and radical life changes of women with breast cancer, the fast-paced work races from true-life stories, to startling statistics, to the power brokers of the corporate world. Tickets are $8-10, sliding scale. For more information about Women’s Work Series and reservations, please call 415-289-2000, or visit www.venue9.com.
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ARTS
American Families American Families by artist Momo Nagano, which commemorates the names of Japanese Americans who lived in a specific neighborhood of Los Angeles prior to World War II when the U.S. government unlawfully forced them to leave their homes, will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum, 244 South San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Sts, Los Angeles, through Oct. 7. For more information on American Families, call the Japanese American National Museum at 213-625-0414. For more information on Momo Nagano: Personal Visions, call the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center at 213-628-2725.
EVENTS
Summer Art Camp Children will draw tigers and fold birds as they create their own Japanese accordion-style book of animals during Pacific Asian Museum’s Summer Art Camp Adventures with Animals. This six-session camp runs Tuesday, July 10, through Thursday, July 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Children ages 7 - 11 will enjoy adventures in Japanese art through hands-on activities including origami, papermaking, collage, drawing, painting, book-marking, and haiku poetry writing with instructors Peggy Hasegawa and Pamela Macapagal. Enrollment is limited for this engaging summer camp. Pre-registration is required and fees are $175 for museum members and $195 for non-members. For more information, schedules and camp registration, please call 626-449-2742 x41. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena)
READINGS & LECTURES
Karen Tei Yamashita Pacific Asia Museum presents an Authors on Asia session on Saturday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Author Karen Tei Yamashita will read from and sign her powerful new book, Circle K Cycles. Winner of the American Book Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Award, this acclaimed author blends fiction and essay, story and history, as she explores important issues of the new century in modern-day Japan. Labor, nationalism, and the effects of cultural diaspora are topics included in this darkly comic collection. For more information or reservations for the author program, please call the Museum Store at 626-449-2742 x20. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena)
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ARTS
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 Ave. at East Prospect St.)
Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality This installation of Japanese hanging scrolls, screens and textiles features works from the 17th - 20th centuries. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (Seattle Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
Tangible Grace The stately, yet subtle lines of Chinese furniture from the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection are highlighted in the new installation, Tangible Grace: Chinese furniture from the Museum Collection, opening on July 26, and continuing through July 2002 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. For more information, visit the museum’s Web site at www.seattleartmuseum.org.
Wonders of Clay and Fire This comprehensive survey of Chinese ceramic history, from the fifth millennium B.C. through the 15th-century A.D., continues with a reinstallation of this remarkable display of objects on loan from the private Jiurutang Collection and Jinglexuan Collection. (SAAM, 14th Ave. E and East Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. 206-654-3100. www.seattleartmuseum.org)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Seeking Submissions for the Asian American International Film Festival The 24th Annual Asian American International Film Festival will be held in New York City at the French Institute/Alliance Française July 20-28. It is currently seeking feature-length screenplay submissions for staged readings during the festival. A director and actors will be provided, and the performance is open to the Asian American creative community for discussion and critique. Asian Cinevision, the Asian American Arts Alliance and the Asian American Writer’s Workshop are co-sponsoring the reading. Please send a PDF, Word file or hard copy to: NaRhee Ahn, Panel and Workshop Coordinator, panels@asiancinevision.org or the Asian Cinevision offices at 133 West 19th St., New York, NY 10011. For more information, call 212-989-1422.
ARTS
Fly to Freedom Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) announces the opening of its exhibition Fly to Freedom: The Art of the Golden Venture Refugees at the Smithsonian Institute, sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program under the leadership of Dr. Franklin Odo. The exhibition is housed in the Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. The show consists of 25 selected works of folded-paper and papier-mâché art. Along with the paper sculptures, the traveling exhibit presents the background history of the Golden Venture story and the outcome of the refugees’ struggles. For further information, please call MoCA at 212-619-4785 or visit www.MoCA-nvc.org.
NGC 6093 The first major New York installation by artist Hiro Yamagata, NGC 6093, is on view at the Ace Gallery New York, 275 Hudson St. Combining laser-beam technologies with refractive surfaces and techniques, the artist makes use of the entire 25,000 square-foot gallery space to present his monumental exploration of the solar system’s impact on human existence. The installation changes several times during the course of the exhibition, offering a new and equally unexpected experience each visit. For more information, please call Ace Gallery at 212-255-5599.
Not on the Menu Not on the Menu: From Asian/Pacific Islander Roots to American Reality is an exhibit by Corky Lee of private and public moments of Asian American daily life. The show runs through Nov.30 at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., 2/F, New York City. For more information, call 212-619-4785.
On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience, an exhibition organized by the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles and based on the acclaimed book by Lisa See, continues through Sept. 30 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive S.W, Wash., D.C. The exhibit is organized chronologically and thematically, beginning with the journey from China to America, continuing with Chinese labor in the 19th-century West, the adoption and repeal of the Exclusion Act, the evolution of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, up through the diverse face of Asian immigration in the last 30 years. For more information, please call 202-357-2700.
EVENTS
Worshipping the Ancestors Chinese opera, ghost story films, gallery talks, storytelling and activities for children complement Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits, an exhibition opening at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave., S.W., on June 17 and continuing through Sept. 9. Highlights of the exhibition include intricately-detailed and brightly-colored life-size portraits, textiles, jewelry, furniture and other Chinese objects used in the ritual of ancestor worship created between 1451 and 1943. For more information, call 202-357-2700 or 202-357-1729 (TTY) or visit www.asia.si.edu.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Voices Award Lee & Low Books, the award-winning publisher of multicultural books for children, is pleased to announce the second annual New Voices Award. The award will be given for a children’s picture book story by a writer of color. The award winner will receive a cash grant of $1,000 and a standard publication contract, including an advance against royalties. An honorary award winner will receive a cash grant of $500. Manuscripts will be accepted through Sept. 30, 2001, and must be post-marked by that date. Submissions should be sent to: New Voices Award, Lee & Low Books, 95 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016. For details on eligibility, please e-mail info@leeandlow.com.
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