Touring China: A Visual Pilgrimage

DATE: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 1:30 pm
SITE: St. Johns Hospital – Oakland: Education Center
27351 Dequindre Rd (West side); Madison Heights
(North of 11 Mile Rd • South of 12 Mile
Conveniently located North of I-696 and East of I-75)

Meeting Information: Patricia Beer @ (586) 558-9767

Touring China: A Visual Pilgrimage
     a step into the 21st Century

 

A dignified pavilion rises behind the main entrance of the magnificent Ming Necropolis, which is located 50km northwest of Beijing. Seven kilometres long, the holy avenue, 'Spirit Way',of the Ming Necropolis is lined with numerous beautiful stone figures. Dingling, the mausoleum of the 13th Ming Emperor, Wanli, is one of three restored grave sites where elegant stairs, decorated with beautiful stone masonry, lead up to the terrestrial section of the mausoleum.

Discover China, the 5,000-year-old “Middle Kingdom, and mysterious Tibet.  Our journey begins in Beijing’s Forbidden City, home to Chinese emperors for more tthan 500 years. Move outside to Tianamen Squrae, where children now fly kite.  Continue to Xian, the ancient capital, to examine a Neolithis village and inspect a porcelain factory.  Visit the birthplace of Confucius and spend a few quiet moments in a Taoist shrine, Trek to Tibet, the mountainous land shrouded in Buddhist coulture,and enter Lhasa, its lofty capital.  View the former palace of the Dalai Lama and walk throuth Jokhang monastery, where Buddhist priests turn giant prayer wheels and chanting monks fill the thin air with an erie hum.



Guests Welcome: Members and Guests are encouraged to bring 
Asian artifacts to share  with the group.


 

Join  us at Mongolian Buffet, 12 Mile Road; Ryan, for dinner after the meeting

Visit our web site. type: Michigan Oriental Art Society in your search engine.

Christian Images in Asian Art

DATE: Sunday, September 16, 2012, 1:00 pm
SITE: St. Johns Hospital – Oakland: Education Center
27351 Dequindre Rd (West side); Madison Heights
(North of 11 Mile Rd • South of 12 Mile
Conveniently located North of I-696 and East of I-75)

Meeting Information: Patricia Beer @ (586) 558-9767

Jim Treece Presents:

Christian Images 

   in Asian Art

Much of the best Asian art traditionally has been religious, honoring Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic or other faiths.

In this month’s MOAS meeting, Jim Treece will look at Christian art in Asia as a way to explore how artists in the region use traditional Asian techniques, as well as Western artistic styles, to express their faith. These techniques include Indonesian batik, Japanese woodblock prints, Chinese brush paintings, and more.

It will be a celebration of the incredible variety of what can be considered Asian art, as seen in the creativity of what is, across most of Asia, a minority faith

Jim Treece lived in Japan for 22 years (1974-78, 1981-87 and 1995-2007), and in Singapore for a year and a half (1979-81). He was a business reporter for most of that time. He graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., in 1975 with a bachelor’s in history, with a concentration on Japanese history. He has been a member for more than 20 years of the Asian Christian Art Association.

 

Join  us at Mongolian Buffet, 12 Mile Road; Ryan, for dinner after the meeting

SOCIAL EVENT: Saturday October 6 at 1:30 pm.    Tokyo Buffet   -  Good friends, good food = good times together.  Plan to attend? call Patricia Beer @  586-558-9767 with number attending or mbeer11@comcast.net

Tokyo Buffet Lounge   Tel.: 248-208-0088   Two blocks West of Telegraph south side of 12 Mile next to AMC theater.     25333 W 12 Mile,      Southfield MI 48034.   

Chinese / Japanese food, sushi buffet by Japanese sushi chefs

Roberta MacMullan; A Past President of Michigan Oriental Art Society, died Thursday Aug. 30, 2012 at Whitehall Nursing Home, she had been there 3 months and steadily deteriorated reported her brother Donald MacMullan.  Roberta had a vision for the longevity of MOAS which was very dear to her heart.  A memorial luncheon will be held at a future date in honor of her life and accomplishments, she will always remain in our hearts as a giving, loving, fiercely opinionated friend who gave much of herself  to those she encountered as she traveled her path in life.

Jasper Moore’s daughter (Catherine) reported her father passed away this month, our sympathy to his loving wife Harriet who survives him Jasper and Harriet have been members of MOAS for many years and enjoyed a special interest in the art and culture of China. 

Patricia Beer has a painful neuropathic disorder that began last summer and is escalating as the year progresses makes my ability to walk is challenging – prayers and positive good thoughts and welcome.

Japanese Gardens: Art works in progress

DATE: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 1:00 pm
SITE: St. Johns Hospital – Oakland: Education Center
27351 Dequindre Rd (West side); Madison Heights
(North of 11 Mile Rd • South of 12 Mile
Conveniently located North of I-696 and East of I-75)

Meeting Information: Patricia Beer @ (586) 558-9767

4709 Year of the Dragon

Presenter: Jim Treece,  MOAS MEMBER

Japanese Gardens: Art works in progress

           

“Full Circle: The Japanese-style Garden as a Work of Art in Progress” 

DVD presentation

For our May meeting, MOAS will turn to an art form that is particularly timely for spring: the Japanese garden.  We will view a DVD titled, In Full Circle: The Japanese-style Garden as a Work of Art in Progress.

The Japanese landscape garden is the world’s preeminent art form for evoking nature’s beauty in three-dimensional space. Centuries of evolution have produced a rich vocabulary of styles suited to varying needs, and a set of design principles shaped by observation of nature and human perception. Experiencing nature through the senses — in a heightened form as only art can do is at the heart of this vital art form which continues to evolve in response to human needs and changing culture.

In Full Circle demystifies the process of creating and maintaining Japanese-style gardens through examples gleaned from nationally respected designed David Slawson’s garden at Carleton College. The context-sensitive design and maintenance process is broken down into its component parts: response to site, client, and local materials.

The video demonstrates how the same methods used by the garden’s designer can guide the committed gardeners — artists in their own right — who tend the living work of art that a garden is in succeeding decades. How is the designer’s original inspiration tended and even improved year by year in creative response to the challenges that come with time? As such questions are answered, we come to understand the garden as a work of art in progress.

Jim Treece lived in Japan for 22 years (1974-78, 1981-87 and 1995-2007), and in Singapore for a year and a half (1979-81). He was a business reporter for most of that time. He graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota in 1975 with a bachelor’s (BA) in history, with a concentration on Japanese history. He is a new member of MOAS and already offering his expertise as a presenter to the group.  He has been a member for more than 20 years of the Asian Christian Art Association, and has volunteered to present a program on Christianity in Japanese Art.  He has lived and worked in Kyoto, Singapore and Jakarta.

Guests Welcome: Members and Guests are encouraged to bring Asian artifacts to share with the group.

Join us at Mongolian Buffet, 12 Mile & Ryan, for dinner after the meeting

Visit our web site, type: Michigan Oriental Art Society .in your search engine.

Aizome - Indigo dyeing

DATE: Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1:00 pm
SITE: St. Johns Hospital – Oakland: Education Center
27351 Dequindre Rd (West side); Madison Heights
(North of 11 Mile Rd • South of 12 Mile
Conveniently located North of I-696 and East of I-75)

Meeting Information: Patricia Beer @ (586) 558-9767

4709 Year of the Dragon

Video presentation

Aizome - Indigo dyeing

Dr. Russell Yamazaki , -

presenter

Indigo, the chemical that imparts the blue to blue jeans, was one of the earliest dyes used by humans. Indigo can be extracted from many plants, but the first sources seem to be the Indigofera varieties found in tropical regions. In early times, India became a supplier to the Greek and Roman civilizations, and the name indigo is derived from the Greek word for Indian. Throughout history up to the advent of the modern chemical industry, indigo. from plant sources was a precious trading commodity.

The Japanese word aizome comes from ai meaning indigo and zome meaning dyed. During the Edo period (1600-1867) in Japan, commoners were forbidden to wear silk so that cotton was the primary fiber used for clothing. Cotton is difficult to dye with most natural vegetable dyes, but indigo is well suited. To provide variety from monochromatic dyeing, methods to produce images by preventing the dye from reaching portions of the material were invented. The paste-resist method uses paste applied freehand or with a stencil to produce a picture or pattern; shibori uses knots to produce a tie-dyed style.

The video for this presentation illustrates the techniques for indigo dyeing and also some new applications of this ancient practice.

Please bring examples of aizome such as yukata (summer kimono) and noren (curtains traditionally used in entrances to businesses) or other objects that you may have that relate to this program.

Pauline Kavesky has many slides of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics she is willing to give them to an interested person.

Often regarded as one of the most important signs in the zodiac, Chinese tradition dictates that those born in Dragon years tend to be brave, innovative and highly driven, regularly making it to the top of their profession Marie Woo is a dragon year person in our group.

Members & Guests are encouraged to bring items relating to this program to share with the group.

Join us at Mongolian Buffet, 12 Mile & Ryan for dinner

(about $ 11.00 each) after the meeting.

Visit our web site, type: Michigan Oriental Art Society in your search