March 5 - 28, 2010
Heritage Gallery @ JCCC
Reception and Artist's Talk:
Sunday March 21, 2010 at 2:00pm
Gallery Hours:
Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am to 3:00pm
The JCCC Heritage Committee is pleased to host an exhibit of twenty seven oil paintings by Henry Shimizu, based on his life as a teenager in the internment camp of New Denver from 1942 to 1946. A model of the New Denver camp from the Japanese Canadian National Museum will be on display plus related audio visual images. The series of paintings was started in 1999 and completed in 2002 .They have been exhibited in Edmonton and Vancouver. A publication containing reproductions of the paintings and related stories is available.
Henry Shimizu is a retired plastic surgeon now living in Victoria, B.C. He is a former clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Alberta, past President of the Edmonton Japanese Canadian Association of Edmonton, and a recipient of the Order of Canada.
Time:
12:00pm-5:00pm
Description:
The JCCC will be opening their doors to everyone as they celebrate a weekend filled with activities, entertainment and exhibits at Haru Matsuri 2010!!
This year’s theme is Fans. Fans are seen throughout cultures around the world, but the invention of the folding fan is credited to the Japanese. Fans have been used for centuries for many different purposes from decorative uses, ceremonial uses, artistic uses, military uses and even for the purely practical uses for cooling oneself on a hot day. Whatever the reason, fans are an integral part of the Japanese culture. We hope that they will be a wonderful inspiration for this year’s festival.
Haru Matsuri will also include Japanese arts and crafts demonstrations such as Ikebana (flower arranging), Bunka Shishu (embroidery), Origami (paperfolding) and Sumi-e (brush painting). The JCCC offers classes in all of these areas and you can sign up for our Spring programmes. The JCCC's martial artists will demonstrate the techniques of "The Way of the Warrior" through Aikido, Judo, Karate, Iaido, Naginata, and Kendo.
For entertainment, there will be odori (traditional Japanese dancing) by JCCC traditional dance groups Ayame-Kai and Sakura-Kai, Koto by the Toronto Chikushikai and Taiko (Japanese drumming). Japanese cuisine will also be available in the food court.
As always the JCCC and Kobayashi Hall will be colourfully and elaborately decorated to welcome the spring and the long-awaited close of the winter season. Festival guests entering the Centre will be greeted by an elaborate display of Hina Matsuri Dolls.
Gather your family and friends and come to the JCCC, and join us as we celebrate the arrival of Spring!
Date: Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm both days
Admission:Family $12 (2 adults/2 children), Adults $5, Children and Seniors $2, JCCC Members free
