ARS KUMAMOTO - The Power of Kumamoto at Present


 Exhibition Information

Term :
December 23, 2006 ~ March 4, 2007
Closed :
Closed on every Thursday and December 29,2006~January 3,2007.
Museum hours :
10a.m.-8p.m. (No one will be admitted after 7:30p.m.)
Entrance fees :
Adults: 800yen (600yen) University/High School Students: 500yen (400yen)
Junior high/elementary school students: 300yen (200yen)
Junior high/elementary school students in Kumamoto city: Free (with current ID)
-For those who are physically or mentally disabled and for those over 70 years of age, there is a discount available. Please ask for more details at the museum.
Parentheses indicate reduced price for groups of 20 or more.


Place :
Gallery I & II at Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
Organizer :
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto-CAMK- Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Art and Cultural Promotion Foundation, Kumamoto Nichinichi Press, RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting Cooperation
Curator
Hiroshi Minamishima
(Director at CAMK)
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
TEL.+81-96-278-7500 FAX. +81-96-359-7892
 
 
ARS KUMAMOTO - The Power of Kumamoto at Present is composed of the artists who are born, live in Kumamoto or have something connection with Kumamoto, and are active at the forefront of the Japanese Art Scene. Through the exhibition, we will find afresh the various creativity and originality of Artists of Kuammoto. We hope you will enjoy "the power of Kumamoto at present" as much as you like!
 
Participating Artists
Takumi Arita, Osamu Chijiiwa, Kazumi Danmura, Yutaka Eda, Yasuko Fuchita, Hirobumi Fujita, Yoshiyuki Futagoishi, Chimei Hamada, Hodo Hanada, Mitsuyoshi Haruguchi, Noriko Hayashi, Yukio Hideshima, Takatomo Honda, Rokuro Ichimura, Taisyu Inoue, Syoichi Ishihara, Yoshihide Ishiyama, Koichi Ito, Koji Iwagami, Tadaki Iwanaga, Katsumi Kamata, Syozan Kaneshiro, Makoto Katsuno, Seiro Kido, Mami Kobayashi, Satoshi Koyama, Keiji Kozai, Yasuyoshi Kubota, Arinobu Kumagae, Yukiko Kurano, Ryosuke Matsuki, Ryota Matsuzaki, Akira Miyamoto, Shizuo Miyazaki, Syutaro Miyazaki, Yoshihisa Mizukami, Tanso Moriyama, Takashi Murakami, Ryoichi Nagano, Kazuo Nakajima, Kenji Nakamura, Koichi Ninomiya, Kazuya Nishimura, Ryutaro Noda, Tetsuo Ogawa, Eibin Outsu, Wakako Sato, Fukio Segawa, Kiyomichi Shikami, Kiyomi Shimada, Teisaburo Shimoda, Mitsutora Shiraki, Akira Taguchi, Hidetoshi Takahama, Akemi Takamatsu, Syunichi Takao, Yasuhiro Takeda, Eiichi Tanaka, Kozo Tashiro, Noda Tetsuya, Yusaku Tomoeda, Yoichiro Toshijima, Ichiro Tsuruta, Ryuichi Uemura, Yoshihiro Ushijima, Kozo Yamaguchi, Koichi Yamamoto, Syunen Yasunaga, Koji Yoshioka

ARS KUMAMOTO period Events

Lecture
Date: Sat. December 23
Time: 14:00~15:30
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
Hiroshi Minamishima (Director at CAMK)
"ARS KUMAMOTO - The Power of Kumamoto at Present"

Artist Talk
Takashi Murakami (Artist comes from Yatsuhiro)
Date: Sun. February 18
Time: 14:00~15:30
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
"Art as an Act -from IZUMIWAKU project" a plan of school museum "exhibition to "Project of Sendai""

Commemorative Talk "My Favorite Works"
Time: 14:00~15:00
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
Guests from every field of activity talk about their favorite works.
(1) Sun. January 7
Guest: Yoko Tomozumi
(Commissioner for the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights)
Moderator: Yoshiko Honda (Chief Curator at CAMK)
(2) Sun. January 21
Guest: Tousei Izumi (The president of Kamitori Syoueikai)
Moderator: Aki Ashida (Assistant Curator at CAMK)
(3) Sun. February 4
Guest: Yoshie Yonemitsu (The head of nursing home for the aged "Tenjyuen")
Moderator: Haruko Tomisawa (Curator at CAMK )

CAMK Lecture College
Time: 14:00~15:00
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
Curators at CAMK introduce the world of artists.
(1) Sun. January 14 "The world of Fra Angelico"
Yoshiko Honda (Chief Curator at CAMK)
(2) Sun. January 28 "The world of Yuzo Saeki"
Aki Ashida (Assistant Curator at CAMK)
(3) Sun. February 11 "The world of Aubrey Beardsley"
Haruko Tomisawa (Curator at CAMK )

Happy Family Tour
Date: Sun. January 14
Time: 10:30-11:30
Venue: The exhibition space
Admission : Entrance ticket for adult is required. We can only accept 7 group (registration is necessary)
Tours for the whole family! This offer is for families with of children of ages 1-6 This offer is exclusively for family consists of 0-6 years old child and adult.
Guide: Akiko Sakamoto (Curator at CAMK )

Expectant Mother's Tour
Date: Sun. February 4
Time: 10:30-12:00
Venue: The exhibition space
Admission : Entrance ticket is required
Let's enjoy art experience at CAMK! We will show you our convenient facilities for mothers like nursing room too. You can come with your family and friends. We can only accept 15 people (registration is necessary)
Guide: Akiko Sakamoto (Curator at CAMK)

Gallery Talk by Curator
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
Time: 15:00 (the days of lectures at 16:00)
Venue: The entrance of exhibition space
Admission : Entrance ticket is required
Curators will introduce the exhibitions highlights.

Concert / Film Screenings

ARS KUMAMOTO Concert
Time: 14:00-14:30
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
Sun. December 24 Commemorative Concert-Christmas Eve Concert-
Kumamoto Opera Art Association
Sat. January 6 New Year Concert
Tomoyo Matsushita with The member of Tomoyo Matsushita Okoto Class
Saturday Concert
Sat. January 20 Chiharu Harada (Musical)
Sat. February 3 Izumi Fujikawa (Koto)

Monday Movies
Weekly screenings of various cinematic masterpieces.
Every Monday
Time: 14:00-, 18:00-
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free
December 25 A Christmas Carol (83min./1999/U.S.A)
January 8
2 movie shows for Happy New Year!
The Three Ages (47min./1923/U.S.A.)
Sherlock Jr. (44min./1924/U.S.A.)
January 15 Dust in the Wind (110min./1987/Taiwan)
January 22 Divorcing Jack (110min./1998/U.K.)
January 29 The Bridge (99min./1959/Germany)
February 5 Intermezzo (97min./1926/Sweden)
February 12 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (115min./2005/U.S.A.)
February 19 The Westerner (100min./1940/U.S.A.)
February 26 The Wrong Man (105min./1956/U.S.A.)

Friday Jam Concert
Live concerts taking place every Friday
Time: 18:30-
Place: Home Gallery or Art Loft
Admission: Free
January 12 Yasuko Kashiki, Syuko Tanaka, Konomi Yamasita, Emi Sato (marimba, clarinet, piano)
January 26 Call Viola (chorus)
February 9 Reiho Furuki, Katsu Toshihiko, Nobuko Furuki (Reading, Shakuhachi)
February 23 Mie Ito, Chiemi Nishijima, Akiko Araki, Harumi Hamazaki,Madoka Okamoto (flute)

Home Gallery Concert
Every night
Time: 19:00-
Venue: Home Gallery
Admission: Free