Sunday, Nov. 23rd, 10-12 a.m.
A morning of Asian export art at the Peabody Essex Museum, with William R.
Sargent, H.A.Crosby Forbes Curator.
Bill Sargent, who has been with the collections for 30 years, will lead a tour of the highlights
in the galleries and then take members to the storerooms where a hands-on Chinese export
porcelain connoisseurship session will take place.
This event is limited to 20 members.Location: front entrance, Peabody Essex Museum
Organized by Marilyn Hamburger
December
Sunday, Dec. 7 th, 2:30 p.m.
“Masterpieces Ahead of Their Time: Anatolian Rugs in the Ballard Collections of the St. Louis Art
Museum and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” a lecture by Walter B. Denny, Professor of Art
History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.Location: Wellesley Community Center
Organized by Gail Homer
Saturday, Jan. 10 th, 10 a.m. A tour of the exhibition, Stage Idols, Japanese Kabuki Theater, with its creator Midori Oka, Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Peabody Essex Museum. PEM will be celebrating the Japanese New Year that day, starting after our tour at 11:30, with taiko performances, a Japanese lion dance, kamishibai storytelling and koto music.
Location: Peabody Essex MuseumOrganized by Steve Gaskin
February
Sunday, Feb. 22 nd, 2:30 p.m.
“Chinese Commemorative Landscape Paintings”, a lecture by Anne De Coursey Clapp, Professor of the History of Asian Art Emerita, Wellesley College.
Location: TBA in the event invitation
Organized by Steve Gaskin
March
Saturday, March 14 th, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Bus trip to the attractions of New York’s Asian Art Week, including the Asian art fairs and the Fuller Building exhibitors.
Organized by Henry Harrison
Sunday, March 22 nd , 2:30 p.m.
“The Katsura Villa and the Principles of Sukiya Architecture”a lecture by Yukio Lippit, Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University.
Location: the Fairway Road house of Dorothy Braude Edinburg
Organized by Dorothy Braude Edinburg
April
Sunday, April 19 th, 2:30 p.m.
A lecture on historical maps of Asia, with a showing of examples from the collection of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, by Ron Grim, Curator of Maps.
Attendance will be limited to 18 members.
Location: Boston Public Library
Organized by Howard Truelove and Conley Harris
May
Sunday, May 17 th, 2:30 p.m.
A lecture on the work of the Asian Conservation Studio at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Paper Conservator Joan Wright, with a focus on her work with Japanese prints and Indian and Islamic materials. Following the lecture, Ms. Wright will examine a limited number of artworks on paper brought by members, diagnose any problems and define remedies, as well as proper handling and storage.
Location: TBA in the event invitation
Organized by Conley Harris and Howard Truelove
Sunday, May 31st, 2:30 p.m.
The annual live art event: the connoisseurship of Japanese textiles, with a panel of experts, including Pam Parmal, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Please contact Program Chairman Henry Harrison (henry60h@yahoo.com) if your collection has objects of interest and would like details about participation.
Location: TBA in the event invitation
Organized by Linda Salter, Winnie Nelon, Conley Harris, Howard Truelove and Henry Harrison