Beginning Kyudo Instruction: First Shot
Marion Taylor, Don Seckler, Jim Katz, Joyce Wu
Sat Jan 17, 12-05:00pm, MAC Court, Z Center
Sun Jan 18, 09am-02:00pm, Rockwell Cage, North Court
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2009
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 20.00 for instruction
Kyudo, or Japanese archery, means the "way of the bow" and was considered the highest discipline of ancient Japanese samurai. Kyudo is based on standing Zen meditation used by Zen Buddhist monks as a means of cultivating self-awareness. Beginners will receive instruction in the basic form of kyudo, the Seven Coordinations or "shichi-do," and shoot at a short-range target.
SCHEDULE/LOCATIONS: Sat Jan 17 - noon-5 p.m. at MAC Court, Z Center; Sun Jan 18 9am to 2pm at Rockwell Cage North Court.
Cosponsored by Byakko-kyudojo.
Contact: Joyce Wu, jowu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging \*\*FULL - NO MORE RM AVAILABLE
Hiroko Matsuyama
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:30pm, E38-714, 7th fl conf rm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Fee: 10.00 for cost of materials
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangements.
Contact: Daniela Reichert, E38-728, x8-8208, dreichert@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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In Dialogue with Nature: A short history of the art, crafts, and materials of Japanese Painting - A Lecture
Tomoyuki Kambe Artist and Research Scholar
Thu Jan 22, 10am-12:00pm, E38-714, (7th fl conf rm)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This lecture is open to all, and is preparatory to the afternoon workshop "The Metamorphosis of Silver Leaf" which
requires advance signup and a $10 fee. The lecture is open to the community regardless of whether or not you sign up for the afternoon workshop, and is free of charge. The lecture will be given in Japanese with English consecutive interpreting.
Artist Tomoyuki Kambe graduated from Tama Art University in 2001 and has since been a member of the Tama University Art Laboratory. Mr. Kambe currently resides in Boston with a grant from the Japan Cultural Agency. For samples of Tomoyuki Kambe’s works please visit:
http://tomoyukikambe.web.fc2.com/english/works.html
Contact: Daniela Reichert, dreichert@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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Intermediate and Advanced Kyudo Practice
Marion Taylor, Don Seckler, Jim Katz, Joyce Wu
Sat Jan 17, 08-11:00am, Rockwell Cage, North Court
Sun Jan 18, 09am-02:00pm, Rockwell Cage, North Court
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2009
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Beginning Kyudo Instruction: First Shot
Fee: 20.00 for instruction
In addition to instruction at the short-range makiwara target, intermediate students will be able to practice shooting long-distance at 28 meters.
Co-sponsored by Byakko-kyudojo.
Contact: Joyce Wu, jowu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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The Metamorphosis of Silver Leaf - A Workshop
Tomoyuki Kambe Artist and Research Scholar
Thu Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, E38-714, (7th fl conf rm)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Morning lecture by Professor Kambe: In Dialogue with Nature
Fee: 10.00 for cost of materials
Mr. Kambe will instruct participants to create their own painting on square Japanese paper canvas (shikishi) using silver foil/leaves. The silver foil will subsequently be brushed with a special solution to create a ‘silver foil painting with a twist’. Participants are requested to also attend the morning lecture in preparation for the workshop. Workshop will be taught in Japanese with English consecutive interpreting.
Artist Tomoyuki Kambe graduated from Tama Art University in 2001 and has since been a member of the Tama University Art Laboratory. Mr. Kambe currently resides in Boston with a grant from the Japan Cultural Agency. For samples of Tomoyuki Kambe’s works please visit:
http://tomoyukikambe.web.fc2.com/english/works.html
Contact: Daniela Reichert, dreichert@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies
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