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Tag Archives: art
Fun Link Friday: 2019 Rice Field art at Inakadate
As long-time readers know, each year we showcase the rice paddy art of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, which has a long standing tradition of growing multicolored rice to great gigantic rice paddy art! This year the theme is Oshin「おしん」, a television … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Moving Paper Designs
Whether inventive takes on origami and paper art in general, our Fun Link Fridays have seen a lot of cool designs! This week we have another oldie but goodie: the work of Nakamura Haruki, who brings movement to his paper … Continue reading
Posted in culture, fun links
Tagged art, Design, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese art, paper
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Fun Link Friday: Digital recoloring of premodern statues
There have been a lot of wonderful articles and even exhibits recently on the importance of acknowledging the color shaped premodern societies as much as our interpretations of them. Although we’re accustomed to seeing classical statues of Greek or Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Buddhism, fun link friday, fun links, Japan, technology
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Fun Link Friday: Cut-paper origami cranes
There’s a lot of cool Japanese artists on Twitter and Instagram that occasionally get reported on in English-language media, but I found this one in my old bookmarks and couldn’t resist bringing it back. An artist who goes by “Uni” … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, fun links, kiri-e, kirigami
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Call for Applicants: Traditional Theater Training, Kyoto
Come spend a few weeks in Kyoto this summer to train with masters of traditional theater and dance! This summer will be the 35th annual Traditional Theater Training (T.T.T.) 2019, held at the Kyoto Art Center. T.T.T. is a three-week summer intensive training … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, culture, graduate school, summer program, undergraduate
Tagged art, dancing, media, noh, performance arts, traditional theater, workshop
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Funding: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project. The Fellowships are available to academics who have received a PhD in any area of Japanese culture. Preference … Continue reading
Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Art History and Assistant Curator of Asian Art
The School of Art at Ball State University welcomes applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor of Art History and Assistant Curator of Asian Art to begin August, 2019. Responsibilities include a 2/2 teaching load consisting … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art history, Asian art, Asian Art History, Asian Studies, Ball State University, curator
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