Category: Living Arts


May.10

Tap Dancing Kabuki by Dianne Vapnek

May.10

“Have you seen the video of the tap dancing kabuki actor?” asked my American friend living in Japa…

May.06

Marusho Kimono Shop: Honouring Tradition with Japandi Sensibilities By Living in Design

May.06

To mark important milestones in Japan, women will often wear special clothes referred to as Haregi or ‘your Su…

Apr.28

House of Music’s undulating roof by Sou Fujimoto evokes tree canopy by Wallpaper Magazine

Apr.28

The highly anticipated House of Music in Hungary has opened its doors. The new, leading European cultural venu…

Apr.28

Exhibition – Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan

Apr.28

Discover how two artists seeking a new direction for modern art in the aftermath of World War II found inspira…

Feb.01

ニュースレター2021/12

Feb.01 Steve Beimel

JapanCraft21主催バイメル・スティーブエンとジャーナリスト リチャード・バーナーのインタビューはこちら。 初めてのロニー賞受賞は堤卓也氏。 アワードセレモニーのビデオはここをクリック 優秀賞受賞者の皆さまおめで…

Oct.31

A Taste of Culture – Sudachi & Kabosu

Oct.31 Elizabeth Andoh

The Japanese have consumed a variety of citrus for millennia; enjoying both the juice and peels of the fruit. …

Oct.18

Evaluating Japanese tea bowls – KAKO Katsumi

Oct.18

A potter with only one year of full time training could produce mass produced tea bowls using a mold, using an…

Sept.30

Japan Traditional Craft Revitalization Contest – Award Ceremony July 6, 2021

Sept.30 Steve Beimel

Left to right: Sculptor YASUDA Kan, JapanCraft21 founder Steve Beimel and 2021 Ronnie Prize Winner, TSUTSUMI T…

Aug.22

Steve Beimel’s Collected Facebook Posts 5/30~6/10

Aug.22

Japanese Dolls as Fine Art: The figure depicted is a townsman of the pre-modern period attending a local neigh…

Aug.19

Isohi Setsuko basketry show at Tai Modern in Santa Fe

Aug.19 Gail Rieke

A wonderful show of contemporary basketry features the work of Isohi Setsuko. A relatively young woman in a fi…