Meher McArthur – Cultural News

USC Asian Pacific Museum 2026 Yokai Thumbnail

Japanese Culture - LA Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2026 Jan 17 | Pasadena | USC Pacific Asia Museum Presents “Night Parade: Yokai Unleashed” – A Celebration of Myth, Magic, and Japanese Folklore” on Saturday, Jan. 17, 6PM-8PM

January 17, 2026

Meher Book Launch Event

Japan Foundation Los Angeles McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2025/11/06/ Japan Foundation Los Angeles hosts official Book Launch party for Japanese art historian and curator Meher McArthur’s “A Japanese Art Journey” published by Tuttle Books Nov. 6

November 6, 2025

Japan Foundation Artist Talk Kenta Takaki

Craft Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Topics - World

2025/08/14/ Japan Foundation | Artist Talk: Kenta Takaki – Turning Porcelain into TOFU

August 14, 2025

Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World McArthur Meher

2023-2024 / Japan Foundation Los Angeles provides weekly streaming “Doors to Arts of Japan – Introductory Message by Meher McArthur”

July 8, 2024

2024/4/27 Closing / "TATSU: Depictions of Dragons in Japanese Art" at Japan Foundation, Opening 2024/3/23 Japanese Topics - World Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2024/4/27 Closing / Japan Foundation presents “Tatsu: Depictions of Dragons, Opening Feb. 23

April 27, 2024

Japanese Topics - World Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2024/3/22: Japan Foundation presents Online lecture “Exploring Japan’s Museum by Japanese art historian Meher McArthur” on Friday, March 22, from 7:00-7:40PM, PT

March 22, 2024

2024/5/05 Closing / "Elegance and Emotion" at Shumei Hall Gallery, Opening 2024/1/6 Koyanagi Kimiko 1 Koyanagi Kimiko Dolls McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA Shumei Arts Council - Gallery

2024/05/05 Closing / “Elegance and Emotion: The Unique Dolls of Kimiko Muraoka Koyanagi” at Shumei Hall Gallery from Jan. 13 to May 5

March 5, 2024

Japan Foundation Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2024/2/22/ Japan Foundation to present Special Preview for Exhibition “TATSU: Depictions of Dragons in Japanese Art” Thursday, Feb. 22, 7PM

February 22, 2024

Japan House Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA Online Presentations

2021 / Japanese graphic arts: JAPAN HOUSE presents “WAVE Opening Webinar” Sept. 17, 6:00PM, PDT

September 17, 2021

Art - Traditional Painting McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA Scripps College

2019 / Los Angeles – Claremont: “Asian Art Treasures at Scripps College” exhibition, Aug. 31 – Dec. 15

December 15, 2019

Buyo - Umekawa Ichinosuke Japanese Culture - LA McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA Nihon Buyo Scripps College

2019 April/ Scripps College in Claremont to present 4 lectures on Japanese arts in conjunction with “Japanese Screens” exhibition, April 3, 10, 17, 24

April 24, 2019

Craft McArthur Meher Shumei Arts Council - Gallery

Protected: 2019 / Pasadena Ceramic Exhibition: Shumei Hall Gallery hosting Shigaraki collection, Nov. 3 – Jan. 13

January 13, 2019

Museum - Japanese Art - LA Shumei Arts Council - Gallery

Protected: 2019 / Lecture at Shumei Hall, Pasadena – Rugged Beauty: The Art and Evolution of Shigaraki Ceramics, Jan. 13

January 13, 2019

McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA

Biography of Meher McArthur

October 18, 2018

42 Origami Art - Contemporary 2019 Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo A

2016 / Japanese American National Museum “Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami” May 29 – Aug. 21

August 21, 2016

10 Japanese Gardens 70 Bamboo Sculpture Garden - Pasadena - Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2015 / Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden lecture “Japanese Bamboo Baskets” Oct. 1

October 1, 2015

2601 Japanese Culture Programs at Universities Tea - Urasenke Los Angeles

2015 / Art Talk at Scripps College, April 6, 7:30 pm, “Tea House as Living Museum”

April 6, 2015

Meher McArthur

91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club Ceramic / Clay

2014 / Nibei Foundation’s lecture series, Dec. 02 / Art historian to talk about a Japanese mixed media artist in the 19th century

December 2, 2014

2601 Japanese Culture Programs at Universities 42 Origami

2014 / Art Center College of Design to present origami exhibition, June 19 – Aug 20

August 20, 2014

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 42 Origami Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2013 / Sacrament / Crocker Art Museum/ The Infinite Possibilities of Origami, June 30 – Sept 29

September 21, 2013

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 42 Origami 90 U.S. Museums

2012 Mar 10 – Aug 26: Origami exhibition at Japanese American National Museum

August 25, 2012

FoldingPaper-RichardSweeney

42 Origami 91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club

Feb 21: Slide lecture “Folding Paper: Infinite Possibilities of Origami”

February 21, 2012

40 Painting in Edo Era Museum - Japanese Art - LA

2011 / Bowers Museum / Masterpieces of the Price Collection

June 1, 2011

Ito Jakuchu Rooster Hen and Hydrangea

40 Painting in Edo Era 4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts

2011 / Bowers Museum / Ito Jakuchu: A Man with No Age

May 28, 2011

Pacific Asia Museum Japan in Blue and White

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 51 Mingei Ceramic / Clay Kimono Woodblock Prints

2011/3/06 Closing / Pacific Asia Museum – Japan in Blue and White

March 6, 2011

91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club McArthur Meher Woodblock Prints

Lecture Note – Hiroshige: Master of the Printed Landscape -Meher McArthur, Asian art cutator, July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club Woodblock Prints

Lecture – Hiroshige: Master of the Printed Landscape, July 27

July 24, 2010