Upcoming Events

 

Architecture and DNA

Photographs by Cybele Lyle

July 11, 2010 - July 31, 2010
9:30 am - 6:00pm(Mon. - Sat.)

Free Admission

Shumei Hall Gallery (MAP)
2430 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena
Tel: 626 584 8841

“Architecture and DNA” is a series of photographs that examines the influence of a father’s work as an architect on his daughter’s work as an artist.

Inspired by models of buildings and gardens that Cybele's dad designed when she was a child, Cybele started constructing her own buildings out of foam core – emphasizing the kind of spaces that fit her personal life. Unlike her dad’s works that were designed to be used in the real world, her structures were created as spaces of potential – architecture for her own personal/artistic narratives.

The garden and studio of the home Cybele grew up in were designed by her dad and, of all his work, had the most immediate impact on her. For this series of photographs she projected images of their garden and studio onto her own structures, creating a 3rd space – one that exposes the complexity of influence and departure from a parent.



 

Ordinary Found Extraordinary

August 8, 2010 - September 12, 2010

9:30 am - 6:00pm(Mon. - Sat.)

Free Admission

Shumei Hall Gallery (MAP)

2430 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena
Tel: 626 584 8841

Anita Rosenberg

Anita Rosenberg takes us on a mosaic perspective of her vision and her art. In this way, by juxtaposing an art frame with a minimalist photograph, wood with intricate glass and tile mosaic, western culture mixed with Asian spirituality and the ordinary with the extraordinary, she is able to bring added meaning and logic to the varied objects of her life. Her goal is to encourage audiences to consider the contradictions in their lives in a fresh and harmonious way.

 

David Gardner


After an early education in photography David Gardner photographic career now covers several decades. His current photographic work focuses on the abstract, taking objects that are traditionally under appreciated and rarely observed. Highlighting their positive aspects from his unique point of view this Green artist shares a Giya conscientious.

The reception for the artists will be held on Sunday, August 8th from 12 noon to 3pm.

 

 


 

2010 - 2011 Season

 

The Dalai Lama and His People

Photography exhibition by Don Farber

Shumei Hall Gallery(MAP)
October 8, 2010 – October 30, 2010
9:30 am – 6:00 pm (Monday – Saturday)
Sunday by appointment, call 626 584 8841


Free Admission


The Dalai Lama's compassion and love speak not only to his followers and the people of Tibet, but to the whole world. As a global citizen, the Dalai Lama works tirelessly to promote a caring, peaceful, and just world based on the recognition of the oneness of our human family. His dreams and wishes are for a global transformation of consciousness that will change the world as it is into one of peace, well-being, and happiness. His tools for creating this earthly paradise are prayer, tolerance, patience, and love. The Dalai Lama’s dreams and goals are in complete accord with the fundamental principles of the Shumei Arts Council, making the photographs and venue an ideal fit.

A reception for the artist will be on October 8, 2010 from 6 pm to 10 pm in conjunction with Art Night. A book sale & signing by the artist will be held during the reception.

 


Friday, October 8, 2010 6pm – 10 pm

Shumei Hall (MAP)

The Shumei Arts Council will participate in Art Night, a Pasadena citywide art festival, open to the public with free admission. We will provide a taiko drumming performance by Makoto Taiko, and the photographic exhibition, “The Dalai Lama and His People” will be on view.

 


The Shumei Children's Concerts

2010– 2011 Season

The Shumei Arts Council created its Children's Concert series in 2000 to provide a venue in which children could experience and interact with fine musicians and music in a concert setting. The Arts Council works with the Pasadena Unified School District and Inner City Arts of Los Angeles to create these concerts. Our audiences are children from diverse social and economic backgrounds.

These concerts are supported in part with funds received from the Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Rotary Club of Pasadena.

 

Children's Concert by Robert Thies

(Third grade and up)

Robert Thies

Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 12 noon

Free Admission (Reservations can be made by calling 626 584 8841)

International Prokofiev Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Robert Edward Thies, will present a program of music by Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff among others. Mr. Thies will discuss with the children not only the "building blocks" of musical structure, but also how experience and emotion influenced composers. Toward the end of the program, he will bring students onstage for improvisational music making and fun.


 

Children's Concert by Christoph Bull

(Third grade and up)

Christoph Bull

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 12 noon

Free Admission (Reservations can be made by calling 626 584 8841)


UCLA professor and University Organist Christoph Bull, PhD displays his own versatility and that of the king of instruments, the organ. Dr. Bull, who has performed throughout the world, will play selections from his historic premiere recording of the Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ, ranging from early 14th-century medieval to present day music.

 

 


 

Reflections of Nature
Photography Exhibition by Philip Johnston

Shumei Hall Gallery (MAP)


February 13, 2011 – March 13, 2011
9:30 am – 6:00 pm (Monday – Saturday)
Sunday by appointment, call 626 584 8841

Free Admission

Philip Johnston sees his experiences of nature as a way of realizing his own well-being. Nature’s quiet moments, even when standing next to a raging waterfall, encourage him to be attentive, to seek, to trust, to encourage, to share, to radiate, and to remember. The smell and feel of the soft earth underfoot while walking a wet pathway created by the passing of two-hundred-year-old redwoods sustain and inspire him. As a photographer, Mr. Johnson gives voice to many urban images by observing the perfect and seemingly random compositions of nature. He shares with us true riches by visualizing the vastness of a larger creation.

 


 

A special lecture by

Martha Longenecker Ph.D


Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2pm

Shumei Hall (MAP)

Free Admission


Martha W. Longenecker, PhD is the founder and Director Emeritus of the Mingei International Museum in San Diego. Inspired by the vision of mingei and the legacy of its founder, Soetsu Yanagi, Dr. Longenecker dedicated herself to establishing and developing the museum over 37 years ago. Her goal was to bring art to the people of San Diego and far beyond. Min means all people and gei means art.

A ceramic artist and Professor of Art Emeritus of San Diego State University, she will present an overview of the Mingei Museum and show how the objects of beauty in its collection transcend time, place, and culture. In 2003, she received the Order of the Rising Sun With Gold Rays and Rosettes from the Emperor of Japan. Please visit www.see-mingei.org for more details.

 


 

Clyde Montgomery Concert 2011


Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Shumei Hall (MAP)

Free Admission

The Shumei Arts Council has long been dedicated to providing a musical venue for young people in the greater Los Angeles and Pasadena area. With the semiannual Clyde Montgomery Concerts, Shumei Hall becomes a showcase for exceptionally gifted young musicians who are just beginning their careers. Both solo artists and chamber groups are presented in a brilliant display of the nation’s newest and brightest talent.

This concert is supported in part with funds received from the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, the Los Angele County Arts Commission and Rotary Club of Pasadena.



 

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