Kara Floyd on sun 10 jun 12
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This show is going to be ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! here is the details...=3D20
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City Arts Center will celebrate the opening of its second contemporary arts=
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exhibition of the 2012 season, =3DE2=3D80=3D9CSoaring Voices: Recent Cerami=
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Japan,=3DE2=3D80=3D9D with an open-to-the-public reception from 5:30 p.m. t=
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Tuesday, June 12 in the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, 3000 General Pershing =
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The reception is free to attend and will include wine, hors d=3DE2=3D80=3D9=
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Opening reception on June 12 to include special program by Japan-America So=
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Soaring Voices includes 87 contemporary ceramic works by 25 women artists f=
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Japan. According to City Arts Center Executive Director Mary Ann Prior, th=
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exhibition demonstrates an important cultural shift in Japanese society tow=
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individual women artists becoming recognized in an artistic realm tradition=
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=3DE2=3D80=3D9CWomen have been highly active in the production of ceramics =
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thousands of years, but their names have been largely unknown,=3DE2=3D80=3D=
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extraordinary artists in our gallery, and at no cost to the public.=3DE2=3D=
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Soaring Voices features pioneering ceramicists spanning generations, includ=
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members of the founding generation of Japanese female potters, such as Asuk=
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Tsubio, Kiyoko Koyama and Takako Araki whose colorful works are innovative =
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form and concept. Other artists, including Eiko Kishi and Fuku Fukumoto,=
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incorporate ancient literature and Noh traditions to create a context withi=
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their work of a deep connection with nature, a significant motif in the wor=
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Japanese artists.=3D20
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Soaring Voices is a touring exhibition that traveled to the New Otani Art M=
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in Tokyo and the Shizuoka Art Gallery in Shizuoka, Japan, in 2008 and the M=
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National de C=3DC3=3DA9ramique in Sevres, France, in 2009 before embarking =
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American tour.=3D20
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Previous stops on U.S. tour have included: Sacramento, CA; Washington, DC;=
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Denver, CO; Dallas, TX; Delray Beach, FL; Gainesville, FL; Tempe, AZ and=3D=
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Bellingham, WA. Following its stay at City Arts Center, the exhibit will t=
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The exhibition was developed by The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga=
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Prefecture and hus-10, Inc. International Arts & Artists is the tour organ=
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Please come and check it out if you are in the area...=3D20
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Kara
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