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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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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Ito Jakuchu: A Man with No Age April 16- June 12, 2011 Bowers Museum 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706 (714) 567-3600 www.bowers.org Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm By Meher McArthur, freelance Asian Art Curator, Author and Educator As we watch Japan and its people come to terms with...
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Japan in Blue and White explores the dynamic pairing of blue and white in Japan’s ceramics, textiles and prints over the last 400 years. The exhibition presents several loaned objects from local institutions and collectors such as the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and private collections. At featured object...
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Nibei Foundation / Japan Study Club Ms. Meher McArthur, Asian art curator, author and educator, gave a most interesting and informative lecture on the famous Japanese ukiyoe block print artist Utagawa Hiroshige. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Scotland, Canada and England. She studied Japanese at Cambridge University, lived two...
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Nibei Foundation/Japan Study Club, July Lecture July 27 (Tuesday), 6:30PM Hiroshige: Master of the Printed Landscape By Meher McArthur, freelance Asian art curator, author and educator Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is best known for his woodblock prints depicting spots of great beauty and interest throughout Japan. A painter and designer of considerable skill,...
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