Japanese American National Museum Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami Exhibition Tour with curator Meher MaArthur Saturday, August 25, 1:00 – 2:00 pm + Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami is the first museum exhibition to explore the history of paper folding, the works of the world’s foremost origami artists, and...
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In conjunction with Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami on display at the Japanese American National Museum, Dr. Robert Lang, former NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory staff, will lecture as following: From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami Saturday, May 26, 2:00 pm Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central...
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The Nibei Foundation’s Japan Studies Club features “Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami” presented by Ms. Meher McArthur, Asian art specialist, on Tuesday, Feb 21 at 7:30 pm at Terasaki Foundation Laboratory Building, 11570 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Reception and dinner will start at 6:30 pm. Admission including dinner is...
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(This article appears at the front page of Cultural News August 2011 issue) Following the March 11 tsunami disaster in Japan, employees of Wells Fargo bank were looking for a way to show their support to the victims, beyond donating money. In Japan, the folding and stringing together of a thousand origami cranes is...
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Community Cinema crowd favorite, Between The Folds will screen in conjunction with the closure of the Bowers Museum exhibit: Japanese Masterpieces from the Price Collection, showcasing some of the very best screen and scroll painters of Edo Period Japan. Award-winning documentary Between The Folds, by Vanessa Gould, chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and...
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Community members can discover why people have been enchanted by the art of origami — Japanese paper folding — for centuries as the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) hosts the annual Origami Festival on Sunday, July 17, from 10 am to 4 pm. Guests will have hands-on...
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