Cultural Roots and Contemporary ExpressionsPresentations | Schedule | Registration Form | PicturesSymposiumFriday, November 5 – Monday, November 8, 2004
The symposium brought together leading artists, scholars, and curators to consider the dynamic interaction between modernism and traditional ceramic practice in Japan throughout the past century. Presentations also considered the recurring waves of aesthetic influence that Japan has had on American educators, artists and craftsmen. (Photo courtesy Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. and photographed by Richard Goodbody. Kakurezaki Ryûichi (b. 1950); Description: Bizen ware three-sided tokkuri (sake flask) and guinomi; Dimensions: Tokkuri: 6 1/2 H x 3 3/4"; Guinomi: 2 7/16H x 2 11/16"; Date: 1999; Medium: Stoneware with natural ash glaze) Professionals and students from a wide range of disciplines attended master classes at the Ceramic Program’s spacious studio facility, slide lectures at Harvard’s Sackler Museum auditorium, and collection tours of Japanese ceramics in Harvard University Museums, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Fifth in a series of symposia on cultural traditions in the ceramic arts produced by the Ceramics Program in collaboration with Boston area and Harvard University museums, this program was held on November 5 – 8, 2004 with the support from the Blakemore Foundation and Harvard’s Reischauer Institute and in association with the Centennial Celebration of the Japan Society of Boston.
Schedule SummaryFriday, November 5, 2004 Master classes all day with Museum tour options in the afternoon and Gallery receptions in the evening 9:30 am – 5 pm. Master classes at the Ceramics Program Studio Akiyama, Yo 2 – 5 pm options:
5:30 – 8 Gallery receptions featuring ceramics by Symposium presenters, other Japanese artists, and Americans with strong connections to Japan Genovese-Sullivan Gallery, 47 Thayer Street , Boston , MA Camillia Genovese and David Sullivan, directors, host a reception featuring work by Hanako Nakazato, Malcolm Wright, Rob Barnard , and Mary Roehm . Keiko, 121 Charles Street , Boston , MA . Keiko Fukai, director, hosts a reception featuring ceramics by Michihisa Iida, Yoshimitsu Sakai, and Kenji Hokao , and textiles by Osamu Kishi. Judith Dowling Asian Art, 133 Charles Street , Boston , MA Judith Dowling, director, hosts a reception featuring large sculptural pieces of Jeff Shapiro, Peter Callas, Paul Chaleff, Tim Rowan, American artists whose work has developed through the study of Japanese Ceramics. MIT Biology Building, Ames Street , Cambridge , MA Large public art mural by Jim Melchert featured on the ground floor. Pucker Gallery, 171 Newbury Street , Boston , MA . Bernie Pucker, director, hosts a reception featuring work from his recent exhibition: “Mingei Potters with Shoji Hamada: Noriyasu Tsuchiya, Ken Matsuzaki, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Yaki Onda : Japanese Folk Pottery” and work by Makoto Yabe. Saturday, November 6, 2004 9:30 – 12:30 Lectures at Harvard University ’s Sackler Museum auditorium Kida, Takuya, “Modern Revival of Momoyama Ceramics: Turning Point toward Modernization of Ceramics” Louise Cort, “ Walking Away from Usable Clay: Japan 's Avant Garde Ceramists in the 1950s” 2 – 3 pm options:
3:30 – 6:00 Lectures at Harvard University 's Sackler Museum auditorium Morgan Pitelka, “ Raku Ceramics and Japanese Modernity” Nakamura, Kimpei, “Without My Experience in America, I May Have Ended Up a ‘National Living Treasure’” 6:30 reception for symposium presenters and participants Sunday, November 7, 2004 Lectures, Gallery tours, Tea Ceremony presentation 9:30 – 12:30 Lectures and discussion at Sackler Museum auditorium Christopher Benfey lectures on the central role of New England in cultural exchange between Japan and America . Kikuchi, Yuko and Edmund de Waal give a joint presentation that highlights and compares their perspectives on the historic context and the modern influence of the Mingei movement. 2 – 3 pm options:
3:30 – 6:00 Lectures and discussion at Sackler Museum auditorium Janet Koplos, Jim Melchert, and Rob Barnard give brief introductory presentations and engage in a conversation about the influence of Japanese aesthetics on American potter-sculptors and the receptivity of American craftsmen and artists to this influence Monday, November 8, 2004 9 – 5 Master classes, demonstrations, and videos, Ceramics Program Studio Akiyama, Yo (AM only)Kakurezaki, Ryuichi Rob Barnard 1 – 5 pm options: Master classes (continuation) at Ceramics Program Studio Gallery tour with Andrew Maske , Peabody Essex Museum , Salem “Confronting Tradition: Contemporary Art from Kyoto ”, Smith College Museum exhibition tour with Samuel Morse and Akiyama, Yo Exhibition preview of work by Warren MacKenzie , Lacoste Gallery, Concord Registration forms available here and through the Ceramics Program at (617) 495-8680. Fees
Professional Development Points option through the Cooperating Institutions Program with Massachusetts College of Art. Make check or money order payable to Harvard University. We cannot accept cash or credit card. No refunds after October 8, 2004. Send or bring registration form, filled out on both sides, with the total fee to Harvard Ceramics Program, 219 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134 |
