Happenings

Japanese ROCK N’ California ROLL

Gallery Exhibition

Outside Exhibition

Dates:

Creativity Explored: April 2 through May 10, 2003
Creative Growth: April 3 through May 2, 2003

Opening Reception:

Creativity Explored: Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Creative Growth: Thursday, April 3, 2003, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (discussion with the artists at 6:00 pm)

Location:

Creativity Explored: 3245 16th Street, San Francisco CA 94103
Creative Growth: 355 24th Street, Oakland CA 94612

This month Creativity Explored of San Francisco and Creative Growth Art Center of Oakland host three visiting artists from Japan in their respective studios as part of a collaborative artmaking project. Both Creativity Explored and Creative Growth are non-profit art centers for artists with developmental disabilities.

Using art as a tool to communicate similarities and differences, the project will connect people with markedly different cultures, backgrounds and abilities.

Junko Kamata, Kenji Koyasu, and Etsuka Ishikura will work as visiting instructors at Creativity Explored and Oakland-based Creative Growth during March and April. Works created as part of the collaboration will be featured in April exhibitions at both centers’ galleries. The exhibitions will also include work by Kamata, Koyasu, and Ishikura, as well as works by artists with disabilities who have worked with them in Japan.

Japanese ROCK N’ California ROLL is curated by Masami Yamamoto, project coordinator.

This project is supported by J-Nexus, a grant program of Japan-US Community Education and Exchange, the Nippon Foundation, Nomura Cultural Foundation, Funabashi Civic Gallery, Matsuda Oil Colour Co, LTD, and the Association for Studying Contemporary Art.

Related News Entries:

• CE seeks musician to play traditional Japanese instrument for April 2 reception March 7, 2003
• CE artists begin work with visiting artists from Japan March 5, 2003
• CE finalizes plans to collaborate with artists from Japan January 31, 2003

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