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CANCELLED [Baylor University] Spotlight Japan 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020 - Sunday, March 29, 2020
Overview:
Baylor University is excited to host Spotlight: Japan 2020, a week-long celebration of Japanese art, culture, and history from March 23 – 29, 2020, sponsored by the Departments of Art and Art History, Theatre Arts, and Modern Languages and Cultures (Japanese), as well as the Martin Museum of Art, the School of Music, and the Hankamer School of Business.
Spotlight: Japan 2020 will include an exhibition of Japanese prints at the Martin Museum of Art, a production of Okada Toshiki’s Enjoy by the Department of Theatre Arts, and numerous additional lectures and events by guest artists and Japan scholars. Spotlight: Japan 2020 is partially funded with generous support from The Japan Foundation New York and is sponsored in cooperation with the Global Business Forum.
Spotlight: Japan 2020
The Floating World
A Collection of Japanese Woodcuts
March 10 – April 29
Martin Museum of Art (CEE Art event)
Visiting Artist Lecture
Monday, March 23 at 5:30 pm
Martin Museum of Art
Japanese Movie: Miss Hokusai
World Cinema Series sponsored by Department of Modern Languages & Cultures
Tuesday, March 24 at 6 pm
Bennett Auditorium in Draper (CEE Lit/World Cultures event)
Global Business Forum
The Creative Economy: Global Issues in Culture and the Arts
Japanese sessions all day on Thursday, March 26
Keynote address by Consul-General Hideo Fukushima at noon luncheon
Evening reception at 5:30 pm
Paul L. Foster Campus for Business & Innovation
Enjoy
Play by Toshiki Okada, Translated by Aya Ogawa
Directed by David Jortner
Thursday – Saturday, March 26-28 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 29 at 2 pm
Mabee Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center (CEE Theatre event)
Talkback with Colleen Lanki following the Friday, March 27 performance
Poetry Reading/Lecture
Jeffrey Angles, Professor of Japanese Literature and Translation at Western Michigan University
Friday, March 27 at 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Draper 152
Japanese Student Association Spring Festival Harumatsuri
Saturday, March 28; 11 am – 3 pm
Mayborn Museum