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December 7, 2018
Time:
7pm
Location:
Morikami Theater
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach, FL 33446
Description:
Urushi, the sap of the urushi tree, has been used in Japan for more than 9,200 years. It is a beautiful and versatile material that can be used not only for decoration but also to form a body, as a coating and as an adhesive. It is notably the material used to create beautiful art we call Japanese lacquerware. Join Suzanne Ross on a journey through Japan’s history and learn about the roots of urushi in Japanese culture, how this exotic material is extracted, and about the grave dangers that face urushi and all the traditional arts.
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| Date:
December 14-16, 2018 Location:
Orlando World Center Marriott
8701 World Center Dr, Orlando, FL 32821
Description:
Japan & Anime Festival
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| Date:
December 29, 2018 Time:
10am - 5:30pm
Location:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Brandon
10220 Palm River Rd, Tampa, FL 33619
Description:
Anime Festival
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| Clearwater Sister Cities, Inc. 2019 Young Ambassador ProgramStudent applications are due January 18, 2019.
Clearwater Sister Cities, Inc. is currently accepting student applications for our 2019 Young Ambassador Program. If you know a current middle school student who is interested in Japan or exploring other cultures, please encourage them to apply for the this Program.
Our Young Ambassadors trip typically will include a homestay in Nagano with a Japanese family (with similar aged students). They will also attend school while in Nagano. The other week of the trip will include visits to some of the cultural and historic highlights of Japan, such as Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima. The date range for this year’s trip is June 4th to June 27th.
If you are interested or know someone who would be interested, contact us for additional information. Student interviews will be conducted on January 26, 2019. Please click the link above to find the application.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Clearwater Sister Cities, Inc. at clearwatersistercities@gmail.com.
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| Broward Virtual School Offers Online Japanese Courses
Level I and II for Broward County Public Schools' 7-12th graders - These are high school credit courses.
- You can take the class at home.
- It is free.
- your name
- your school name/grade level
- your email address
- your phone number
- your student number
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| Date:
December 3, 5, 8, 2018 Description:
From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Japan’s Studio Chizu comes MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning “future”), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai... until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family’s incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future? An official selection at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and the epic capstone of director Mamoru Hosoda’s career, Mirai is a sumptuous, magical, and emotionally soaring adventure about the ties that bring families together and make us who we are.
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| Date:
December 11, 2018 Description:
Back by popular demand! Straight from its Broadway run and inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes), Allegiance follows one family’s extraordinary journey in this untold American story. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken. Rejoice in one family’s triumphant story of hope, love, and forgiveness in this groundbreaking musical. Experience George Takei’s ground-breaking Broadway musical on the big screen, featuring an exclusive conversation with the creative team.
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| Date:
December 13, 18 2018 Description:
The Academy Award®-winning director of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro goes on a new adventure. In 2013, Academy Award®-winning film director and animator Hayao Miyazaki suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 72. But he can’t shake his burning desire to create. After an encounter with young CGI animators, Miyazaki embarks on a new project to utilize CGI for the first time ever. But the artist, who has been adamant about hand-drawn animation, confronts many challenges that threaten to cancel the film. Can an old master who thinks he’s past his prime shine once again? This program goes behind the scenes over two years as Miyazaki overcomes struggles to create his short film Boro the Caterpillar using CGI.
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A solo exhibition by Harumi Abe | Curated by Deborah Mitchell Location:
Art Miami: Booth #AM102
Miami Design District: Murals on Jade Alley and NE 41st Street
Description:
Onishi Gallery, located in Chelsea, NYC, is honored to participate in Art Miami 2018, noted as “America's modern and contemporary art fair market, globally recognized as a primary destination for the acquisition of the most important works from the 20th and 21st centuries.” At this vibrant affair, Onishi Gallery will represent celebrated Japanese artists whose work exemplifies the ability to bridge historical and cutting-edge creative traditions, familiar and strange imagery, and actual with fantastical geographies.
Two of the artists, Shun Sudo and Yusuke Ochiai, established their fame as Tokyo Street Artists within Japan’s emerging artistic landscape. Their mural arts are lively yet delicate, sophisticated with a touch of “Tokyo chic.” On the occasion of introducing their artwork to US art market for the first time during the Art Basel Miami Beach, Onishi Gallery will organize exciting public art projects in New York and Miami; in New York, their murals will be on view at the High Line in Chelsea at 510 W 27th Street from November 27th, and in Miami, their murals will be realized within the Miami Design District and will be on view from December 4th to greet audiences from all over the world.
This slate of artists will transport viewers across cultural, physical, and metaphysical geographies with their eye-popping, innovative artistic achievements.
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Date:
Open until February 14, 2019
Location:
The AIRIE Nest Gallery
Everglades National Park's Coe Visitor Center
40001 State Hwy 9336, Homestead, FL 33034
Description:
The Tampa Museum of Art is pleased to present Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING, one of the artist’s iconic Infinity Rooms, on loan from the Vinik Family Foundation Collection. An immersive, experiential work of art, LOVE IS CALLING invites visitors to enter a mirrored room with tentacle-like soft sculptures hanging from the ceiling and positioned on the floor. These forms glow with changing colors and feature Kusama’s signature polka dots. Mirrored walls create a kaleidoscopic effect, with the reflected imagery of the tentacles seemingly extending into infinite space. Visitors hear audio of the artist reciting a love poem in Japanese as they walk throughout the installation. Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929) is one of today’s most recognized and celebrated artists. In addition to her widely popular Infinity Rooms, such as LOVE IS CALLING, Kusama creates vibrant paintings, works on paper, and sculpture with abstract imagery. Her artwork has been shown and collected by leading institutions across the globe and she is considered “the world’s most popular artist.” A comprehensive retrospective, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, is currently travelling around the US and Canada. In October 2017, the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in Tokyo. The artist lives and works in Tokyo.
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| Each month there are a number of meetups and club gatherings for activities related to Japan. Click here for our full list of recurring events.
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