The following is an archive of past Japanese Art Society of America lectures and special events. For our most current schedule, click on JASA Programs.
December 2005
Thursday, December 15, 6 p.m
New York University Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th St.
New York, New York
Ukiyo-e Online: Digitization and Discoveries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sarah Thompson, Assistant Curator for Japanese Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, explains the task of cataloging over 50,000 prints. Among the prints put online are those from the Spaulding collection, which have never been exhibited. Also shown, some images of prints that have been discovered in the process of counting, researching and cataloging. These discoveries will be the basis of an exhibition in the spring of 2006.
November 2005
Saturday, November 5, 10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark, New Jersey
Highlights of the Japanese Print Collection
William J. Dane, Keeper of Prints
Thursday, November 10, 6 p.m.
New York University Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th St.
New York, New York
Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830
Dr. C. Andrew Gerstle, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
October 2005
Saturday, October 8, 2 p.m.
Japanese Art Galleries
Metropolitan Museum of Art
82d St. and Fifth Ave.
New York, New York
Prints of the Utagawa School: Part Three
Gallery talk by Dr. Masako Watanabe, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, for Ukiyo-e Society members only.
September 2005
Thursday, September 15, 6 p.m.
New York University Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th St.
New York, New York
Dreaming of Edo Kabuki
Talk by Dr. Samuel L. Leiter, Theater Department, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Members are invited to bring a favorite Kabuki print to share at the reception.
Monday, September 26, 6 p.m.
Donald Keene Center
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York
Loyal Samurai/Beautiful Women
Dr. Ellis Tinios, lecturer in the School of History, University of Leeds, shares prints of beauties by Utamaro, Kunisada and Kuniyoshi inspired by the Kanadehon Chushingura. This event is co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University.
June 2005
Saturday, June 4, 2 p.m.
Warwick Hotel
65 West 54th St.
New York, New York
Annual Meeting
Details for the annual meeting will be mailed or e-mailed to members in advance.
Allison Tolman and Sebastian Izzard, Collector’s Choice
April 2005
Saturday, April 16, 2-5 p.m.
Music Room in St. Peter’s Church
691 Lexington Ave., at 54th St.
New York, New York
Workshop on Japanese Woodblock Prints
Sebastian Izzard, New York
On Collecting Japanese Prints
Shiho Sasaki, Associate Paper Conservator, Intermuseum Conservation AssociationTsuyukusa (Dayflower Blue): Manufacture and Use in Ukiyo-e Prints
Betty Fiske, Paper Conservator, Winterthur Museum, Delaware
Conservation of Japanese Prints: Storage, Display, and Treatment
March 2005
Thursday, March 10, 6 p.m.
Donald Keene Center
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York
Contemporary Japanese Prints: A Gift to Los Angeles
Hollis Goodall, Assistant Curator of Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum. Lecture co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center, Columbia University.
Wednesday, March 16, 2-5 p.m.
A visit to a private collection
New York City
Members-only event
February 2005
Thursday, February 17, 6 p.m.
Institute of Fine Arts
New York University
1 East 78th St.
New York, New York
Fanfare in the Floating World: Memorial Prints of Kabuki Actors
Christine Guth, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
Lecture co-sponsored by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Reception follows.
Monday, February 28, 6-8 p.m.
Ukiyo-e Society of America Fund-Raising Cocktail Party
At the Home of Joan B. Mirviss
Members and their friends are invited to a fund-raising cocktail party.
January 2005
Thursday, January 27
6 p.m.
Donald Keene Center
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York
Leviathans of the Floating World: Sumo Wrestlers and the Japanese Print
Harold Bolitho, History Department, Harvard University
Lecture co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center, Columbia University.