Asian Art Lectures

Join SDMA’s Asian Arts Council (AAC) for monthly lecture meetings held the last Thursday of the month.

Thursdays, 1:00 p.m
SDMA Boardroom
Free for AAC members/$10 non-AAC members/$5 students

“The Aesthetic Concepts of Tagore and the Contributions of Nandalal Bose”
April 24, Thursday
1:00 p.m., James S. Copley Auditorium
Free for AAC members/$15 non-AAC members/$5 students
Internationally renowned vocalist and stage set designer Sharmila Roy will present the theater arts of Nandalal Bose and Rabindranath Tagore in an illustrated lecture with vocal and musical demonstrations. Their pioneering vision profoundly influenced the development of drama, music, choreography, and stage set and costume design in 20th-century India.

“The Importance of Art in Daily Life: Embodiments of Zen and Shinto in Contemporary Japanese Aesthetics”
May 29, Thursday
Presented by Dr. Christena Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and the Program for Japanese Studies, University of California, San Diego

“Explorations and Research into Four Centuries of Japanese Woodblock Prints”
June 26, Thursday
Presented by the AAC Study Group