tree project

Fri 6/27/2008 Hi Hiroshi & Suzanne Taihen omachidoo sama deshita It's a loooooooooooooooong story But I finally have the photos for you. We had a little EXPO @ school and I created a display to showcase our work to the school. "hope you have awonderful summer & I hope we cross paths sooner than later yoroshiku !! Judith Malo yori

RESPONDING TO Making a Home http://www.japansociety.org/student_exhibition_responding_to_making_a_home Ginkgo Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the article Works by students from Explorations Academy and The Berkeley Carroll School partnership between Japan Society and students at Explorations Academy in the Bronx and The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. In this multi-program, high school students from both schools investigated selected cultural, technical and art historical topics related to the Japan Society Gallery exhibition Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York. This included analysis of representations of “home,” a critical examination of references to specific aspects of Japanese culture evidenced in selected works and an exploration of identity construction in the artists and themselves. Students began their study of Making a Home at school with a preview and introductory discussion of the themes of the exhibition led by Japan Society educators Suzanne de V...