Forum “Performing Arts and Art: Toward Developing a US-Japan Network
Location:
Sakura Hall, Japan Foundation
Date:
10:00-18:00, March 2, 2010
Purpose:
This conference was held as a forum for experts from the US and Japan to hold dialogues on the performing arts, fine arts, building a network of experts in Japan and the US in these fields, and future developments, based on recommendations made at CULCON.
Overview of Agenda：
Vibrant discussions were held in the performing arts session on the condition of performing arts networks in the US and Japan and policies on US and Japan exchange, with a focus on theater. In the fine arts session, enthusiastic discussions were held on the approach to art exhibits in Japan, US-Japan arts exchanges, and reciproal exchanges in contemporary art.
Participants:
(1) CULCON members: Thierry Porte (Managing Director at J.C. Flowers and Co., LLC), Willard Clark (founder of the Clark Foundation for the Study of Art), Velina Hasu Houston (Professor at the USC School of Dramatic Arts), Teiichi Sato (Professor of Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare), Keiko Chino (columnist, Sankei Shimbun) (２) Secretariat: Eric J. Gangloff (Head of US Secretariat), Norio Okaido (Head of Japanese Secretariat)
Performing arts session (1) Angela Mattox (Performing Arts Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts), Charles R. Helm (Performing Arts Director, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University), Martin Wohlsen (Director of University Events Office, University of California at San Diego), Tadashi Uchino (Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo), Yoji Sakate (Playwright, founder of theater company Phosphorescence Troupe [Rinkogun]), Atsuko Hisano (Program Drector of the Saison Foundation), Akiko Tachiki (Dance critic, Secretary General AICT-IATC Japan Center Faculty of Literature)
Agency for Cultural Affairs, CULCON Arts Dialogue Committee
Co-hosts:
Otsuka Museum, Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese Council of Art Museums
Cooperation:
Japan Foundation, Fukutake Foundation, others
Panelists:
Masanori Aoyagi (Commissioner for Culture Affairs) “Keynote speech: Issues for Museums,” “SETOUCHI TRIENNALE 2013,” Eileen Martin (former Deputy Director of Exhibits at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; founder of International Exhibition Organizers [IEO]), “Fundraising and Exhibits,” Sam Quigley (Vice president for collections management and Chief Information Officer at the Art Institute of Chicago), “Digitalization of Artworks to Share Research and Interpretations,” Yuji Kurihara (Secretary-General, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage; Director of Administration, Tokyo National Museum), “CULCON ADC’s History thus Far,” Shoji Yamada (Professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, “Digital Copying and Replacement of Cultural Property,” Toshio Yamanashi (Director of the National Museum of Art), Yukiko Shirahara (Chief Curator, Nezu Museum), Anne Nishimura Morse (Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Melissa Rinne (Research Fellow, International Engagement Liaison, Kyoto National Museum),
Open forum “Curating Japan in Olympic Era 1964/2020”
Location:
Freer Gallery of Art
Date:
November 20, 2015 (Friday)
Hosts:
CULCON ADC, Japan-US Friendship Commission
Co-host:
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Purpose:
In this forum, participants discussed the way in which Japan’s art and architecture has entranced people from around the world since the 18th Olympic held in Tokyo in 1964, considered ways to nurture these art styles, and examined the direction of Japanese art as Japan prepares for the 2020 Olympics.
Panelists:
Hiroshi Sugimoto (photographer), Yukie Kamiya (Japan Society Director), “Action and Reaction: Contemporary Art in Japan and the international reception since 1964,” Ken Tadashi Oshima (Professor at the University of Washington), “Architectural Dialogues between Japan and the United States”
Symposium “The World and Japanese Art: Trends since 2000”
Location:
Kyushu National Museum (Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Date: December 6, 2016 (Tuesday)
Host:
Agency for Cultural Affairs, CULCON Arts Dialogue Committee
Co-host:
Kyushu National Museum
Cooperation:
Japan Foundation
Panelists:
Hiroyuki Shimatani (Director of the Kyushu National Museum), Anne Nishimura Morse (Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Michio Hayashi (Professor of Art History, Visual Culture, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Xiaojin Wu (Curator of Japanese and Korean Art, Seattle Art Museum), Masanobu Ito (Program Director of Visual Arts, Arts & Culture Department, Japan Foundation), Yuji Kurihara (Secretary-General, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage; Director of Administration, Tokyo National Museum), Yukiko Shirahara (Chief Curator, Nezu Museum), Melissa Rinne (Research Fellow, International Engagement Liaison, Kyoto National Museum), John Carpenter (Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Robert Mintz (Deputy Director for Art and Programs at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco)
