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The Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley turns 50

The Center for Japanese Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary and has planned a year of special events to honor the occasion. We've just completed the design of a special calendar for this momentous year. If you're in the Berkeley area, do try to attend one of the super events they've put together. Highlights include an evening with Clint Eastwood, discussions with filmmaker Kazuo Hara and even a U.S.-Japan Baseball Symposium.

Cupcake Soiree

Please join Tawny Ong, Spoon and Fork Studio and Modern Vintage Designs for an event that will guarantee a rush…a sugar rush, that is. We want you to get to know us a little better and thought it wouldn’t hurt to bribe you with decadent treats. So stop by our Happy Hour Cupcake Event for some good old-fashioned mingling and a sampling of Tawny Ong’s indulgent pastries.

Thanksgiving Treats

As a little thanks to you, we're providing a special Thanksgiving guide to delicious treats and crafts. Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!

For his next show, Kuroda worked with students of Citizen Schools before the event and display their collaborations during Mad Flower Show. Kuroda will teach them how and where to find inspiration using his automatic drawing technique, taking inspiration from their surroundings, whether from materials, music, some theme like love or some image like a flower.

Spoon+Fork will be there!

Opening Day + Party
Wednesday, November 12
6pm-8pm

gallery hours noon-8pm

Project 116 is a Citizen Schools apprenticeship at Isaac Newton Middle School in East Harlem taught by our very own Bryan along with Shien-ru of From Scratch  that will teach how to design, produce, market and sell an original line of products. The apprentices will be designing their own line of eco-themed totebags that will be fashionable and original. To help the students turn inspiration into a drawing, they took the students on a special field trip to draw along side famed Japanese artist Kuroda Seitaro. Check out out the pictures from that special day.The creations will also be on display at Kuroda Seitaro’s upcoming Mad Flower Show November 12th here at hpgrp gallery New York.

Sugimoto is known for creating series of black and white photographs. His work questions the relationship of photography and time while exploring the mysterious and ineffable nature of reality.

Naming things has something to do with human awareness, with the separation of the entire world from you. So with the Seascapes, I was thinking about the most ancient of human impressions. The time when man first named the world around him…
- Hiroshi Sugimoto

Seven Days/Seven Nights
Gagosian Gallery
November 6 - December 20

Follow the randomness of the s+f crew. Check out our Tumblr page.

Wasara Paperware was created to minimize the environmental burden of our time. Made from reed pulp and bagasse (sugarcane waste), these pieces are eco-friendly and return to the earth onced used.

"Underlying the concept of WASARA is the legacy of the Japanese aesthetic and value sense. Japan has a tradition of good manufacturing backed by excellent skills and techniques, one of the most refined food cultures in the world, and a spirit of hospitality and courtesy. These are essential for days of spiritual fulfillment."

Art of Ceramics
Ippodo Gallery New York
October 31 - December 27

Our friend Chiharu Tosue is the director of West Village's dog boutique and spa Pariero NY. Pepper wants you to know they have a new winter collection to keep your puppies warm during this cold winter.

Our friend Hitomi Condo is the gallery owner and curator of Gallery CAJ (Contemporary Art Jewlery) in Kyoto, Japan. CAJ not only presents contemporary art jewelry, but you will meet a new kind of art and design at CAJ. These earthy creative works will inspire your inner beauty.

Rings
November 1 - 23

Takahiro Kondo's beautiful technique "gintekisai" lead to a new collection called "Gold & Silver". He explains "gintekisai" as the mist born out of the fire and mother of the earth. His art shows a new level of the ceramic world.

Gold & Silver
Takashimaya Art Gallery in
Ginza, Tokyo
November 5 - 11