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Richard Steiner 50 Years of Woodblock Printmaking: Kyoto Exhibition July 21-26

June 29, 2020 By Michael Lambe

This summer the artist Richard Steiner will be celebrating a remarkable 50 Years of Woodblock Printmaking with an exhibition in Kyoto. Here are the details courtesy of John Dougill: "The 70 piece exhibition will take place July 21-26 at Gallery Hill Gate, Kyoto at Sanjo Teramachi. Richard says he'll be there every day, there'll be coffee available, and he'll be happy to … [Read more...]

Heidi S. Durning’s Tapestry – A Dance & Music Project at Urbanguild, Kyoto; November 23rd – 25th

November 6, 2018 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

Heartfelt congratulations to our friend and local dance legend, Heidi Durning, for her upcoming 60th birthday celebrations! Join Heidi and her friends at Urbanguild for a three-day festival of music and dance at Urbanguild later this month! Tapestry - Dance & Music Project Celebrating Heidi S. Durning’s 60th Birthday in November a collaboration of traditional & … [Read more...]

Oyuna Walker Exhibition at Kyoto Daimaru; November 21st – 27th

November 5, 2018 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

Thanks to Aaron Walker for sending in the following information. Oyuna Walker will hold a solo exhibition of her oil paintings in DAIMARU department store, Kyoto. Exhibition title: “Blowin’ in the wind of the meadow” Dates: November 21st(Wed) through the the 27th(Tue), until 5pm on the final day. Place: Kyoto DAIMARU Department Store, 6F Art Salon, ESPACE … [Read more...]

Two Exhibitions by Artist Joel Stewart at Gallery Hakuhou-doh, Kyoto

November 21, 2017 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

Art lovers take note: the supremely talented artist Joel Stewart will have not one but TWO back-to-back exhibitions at Gallery Hakuhou-doh, in Kyoto next month. Joel says, "Show #1 is all new work, based on some unorthodox print ideas I've been working on and is titled "Fractured Fairy Tales". Exhibition #2 will be a retrospective showing of prints I've made over the last 30 … [Read more...]

Enso Watt Perform CRYST0piA(e) @ UrbanGuild; 11.19.2017

October 20, 2017 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

The shaman speaks of a crystal city beyond time’s horizon, imperial and immortal, where the mind-lake sparkles, a perfected form where all is immediate. Multi-media performance group ENSO WATT are back with their latest production “CRYSTOPIA” – an operatic piece set in a dystopian dimension where a neo-humanity searches for the “beautiful objects of eternity.” This is … [Read more...]

The Soldier’s tale / The Ronin’s tale: A Mixed Media Performance at MoMAK Kyoto; October 6th

September 14, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Many thanks to Marguerite Paget for letting us know about this great event which will be held at MoMAK (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) on October 6th as part of the Nuit Blanche Kyoto arts festival. The Soldier’s Tale is a theatrical Faustian story of a soldier who sells his prized violin to the devil in return for untold riches. Written in 1918 by C. F. Ramuz … [Read more...]

A Traditional Live Music Show at Ran Theatre Kyoto

September 13, 2017 By Michael Lambe

A couple of months ago Mewby and I were invited to attend a traditional live music show at "Ran Theater Kyoto". During the show we were entertained by a large number of talented and enthusiastic musicians playing a variety of traditional instruments from all over the Japanese archipelago. I found the show highly enjoyable, but the audience was a little sparse when we went and … [Read more...]

Maiko Dinner Show at Kyoto Restaurant Yasakadori Enraku

September 8, 2017 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Anna Kase for sending in the following information. Much has been written about Kyoto's maiko, the famous apprentice geisha (properly called geiko in Kyoto) who entertain wealthy guests with traditional music, dance, songs, games and good conversation. In the past it was quite difficult for overseas visitors to gain access to the traditional tea houses … [Read more...]

Kyoto Experiment 2017 – International Performing Arts Festival; Oct 14th – Nov 5th 2017

August 29, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Many thanks to Juliet Knapp for sending in the following information. THEATRE / DANCE / PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / VISUAL ART / DESIGN Taking place every autumn for around one month, Kyoto Experiment is Kyoto’s first international performing arts festival, bringing together cutting-edge theater and dance from around the world. The Official Program comprises a dozen or more … [Read more...]

A Close Encounter with Butoh Dance at the Kyoto Butoh-kan

June 30, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Today we have a special guest post from Florentyna Leow on the world’s first theatre expressly devoted to regular Butoh performances. Butoh is an avant-garde dance style originating in Japan. First developed by Kazuo Ono and Hijikata Tatsumi in the 1960s, one of the central features of Butoh is its very indefinability - it is difficult to attach a definition or set of … [Read more...]

Encounter: 4 Artists Exhibition at Gallery Space Kagiya, Kyoto; May 12-17

April 28, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Christine Flint Sato has sent me word of an up-coming art show here in Kyoto. The details are below... "4 artists, 4 lives converge in Kyoto. We meet here, a city of art, culture, history and future possibilities. We come from Israel, Slovenia, Poland and Britain and somehow it clicks. We hit it off. From the first spark of connection we talked, laughed, exchanged views, … [Read more...]

Kyotographie Masterclass with Isabel Muñoz & Taketeru Kudo

April 8, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Thanks to Marguerite Paget for sending this in... Capture the Moment! – Grasping the body and the movement The work of Isabel Muñoz has always evolved around the body and movement. This is partly what has contributed Isabel Muñoz’s international notoriety. Passionate about dance, she has worked on various series dedicated to the arts she herself practiced for a long … [Read more...]

Music on the Edge of Silence: Shakuhachi Concert with Adrian Freedman

April 7, 2017 By Michael Lambe

A solo shakuhachi concert with Adrian Freedman in the beautiful garden of Eiun-In temple, part of the Kurodani temple complex in Kyoto. April 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: Eiun-In temple, Kyoto-shi, Sakyou-ku, Kurodani-cho 33, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan +Google Map Tickets on the door: ¥2,000 Bridget Scott says, 'A friend of mine, who lived here many years ago and is a … [Read more...]

Kyotographie Event: Zanele Masterclass On Self-Representation.

April 6, 2017 By Michael Lambe

Thanks to Marguerite Paget for sending this in... Date: April 16th 9:30-12:30 Fee: 10,000 JPY Muholi is a visual activist, photographer, educator with multiple solo shows and group exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide. In contrast to her life-long project of documenting members of the black LGBTI community of South Africa, for her latest body of work … [Read more...]

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