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Exhibition Announcement: Tectonic Visions Between Land and Sea: Works of Kiyonori Kikutake

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Paula

Tectonic Visions Between Land and Sea: Works of Kiyonori Kikutake On View: August 24 – October 17, 2012 Harvard Graduate School of Design Gund Hall Lobby 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/exhibitions For more than half a century, visionary architect … Continue reading →

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Funding: [general] Getty Scholar grants and fellowships “Connecting Seas: Cultural and Artistic Exchange”

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Paula

2013-2014 Getty Research Institute Scholar Grants and Fellowships Location: California, United States Deadline: November 1, 2012 The Getty Research Institute and the Getty Villa invite proposals for the 2013-2014 academic year, Connecting Seas: Cultural and Artistic Exchange, residential grants and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lecturer in Asian Art History

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Paula

Institution: University of Sydney Location: Australia Position: Lecturer, Asian Art History FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF LETTERS, ART AND MEDIA REFERENCE NO. 872/0512 Exciting opportunity for a scholar with expertise in modern and contemporary Asian … Continue reading →

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Funding: [general] Fellowship in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Paula

Yale ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is accepting applications for the 2013-2014 ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts. Scholars and practitioners whose work is in sacred music, … Continue reading →

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Artists and Researchers in Residence Program in Fukuoka

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Paula

Much thanks to Eve Loh, researcher and blogger on Nihonga, who submitted this program with an upcoming deadline to us! Deadline is August 31st! — The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (FAAM) invites Asian artists, researchers and curators for an extended period of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on July 29, 2012 by LM

http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20941 The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan Maki Fukuoka Stanford University Press Forthcoming July 2012 ISBN: 9780804777902 The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Sapore dei Mobili

Posted on July 20, 2012 by LM

“Baby castella” (ベビー・カステラ), the globular egg cakes cooked in molds at Japanese festivals, were originally brought to Japan from Portugal. Japanese designer Ryosuke Fukusada and Portuguese designer Rui Pereira have collaborated on a design project called Sapore dei Mobili that … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: “TEDxSeeds – Toshio Ohi – Live performance of Japanese traditional art ‘OHI YAKI'”

Posted on July 6, 2012 by LM

Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, is famous for its kôgei (工芸), which can be translated as “traditional craft.” With the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, leading the way with the new exhibition Art Crafting Towards the Future (工芸未来派), it’s an … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Curator Assistant, Asian Art, Stanford University

Posted on July 2, 2012 by LM

Institution: Stanford University Location: Stanford, CA Category: Admin – Arts and Museum Administration Posted: 06/26/2012 Type: Part-Time/Adjunct Education: MA/PhD or experience Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center For Visual Arts at Stanford University Curatorial Assistant, Asian Art, 75% to FTE … Continue reading →

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Funding: Arts Network Asia Grants

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Paula

[The deadline for these grants has passed, but bookmark it for the next competition!] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ARTS NETWORK ASIA (ANA) PROJECT GRANTS 2012 Arts Network Asia (ANA) would like to invite artists, cultural workers, arts activists, and arts communities … Continue reading →

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