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JFNY & CGP NEWSLETTER | September 22, 2020
Pop Culture
September 30, 8pm EDT
Online
The Japan Foundation, New York is launching a monthly online series delving into Japanese pop culture from academic and professional perspectives! Join our first session with four of the leading experts who were instrumental in popularizing Anime and Manga Studies in U.S. academia. Come be a part of the panel discussion with Christopher Bolton, Wendy Goldberg, N.C. Christopher Couch, and Frenchy Lunning, as they discuss the deep and fascinating world of studying anime and manga. We will hear how their love of anime and manga led them down the path to advanced study.

The discussion will be followed by a live Q&A. If you have any questions about anime, manga, or a related field of study prior to the event, please feel free to post it on the Eventbrite page when you register. Live commentary will also be enabled on the YouTube stream, so you can participate in the live Q&A session.

→ RSVP HERE
Performance
Noh Society presents a webinar series on Noh and Bunraku from September to November. For the first session, they invite the acclaimed waki-kata performer Arimatsu Ryoichi. Arimatsu will discuss the Noh play Tamura, using photographs from a recent performance. He will also answer questions in real time. This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.

→ RSVP HERE
Cultural Event
Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association is holding a series of free virtual lectures as part of its Japanese Living Environment program. In this session, aesthetic pruner Randall Lee will describe the growth, fostering and life-long care of a Japanese-style garden. His specialties are aesthetic pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs. This webinar series is supported through the CGP Japanese Gardens Microgrant program.

→ RSVP HERE
Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario presents a discussion on Shinola's design and manufacturing process. It will feature the Great American Series: Yamasaki Limited Edition watch, which was inspired by the works of architect Minoru Yamasaki in Detroit, such as the McGregor Memorial Conference Center and One Woodward. This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.

→ RSVP HERE
Film
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey, co-produced by The Japan Foundation Asia Center and Tokyo International Film Festival, is available for free streaming through November 30. This is the second installment of the Asian Three-Fold Mirror project which brings together directors from Asia to co-create omnibus films with a common theme. Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey was created under the theme of travel beyond time and space, by three acclaimed Asian directors: Degena Yun (China), Daishi Matsunaga (Japan), and Edwin (Indonesia).

→ WATCH NOW
Current Opportunities
Arts & Culture
Performing Arts JAPAN 2021-2022 | Deadline: November 2
JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture | Rolling deadline
Japanese Studies
JFNY Grant for Japanese Studies | Rolling deadline
For inquiries, please contact: info@jfny.org
Image credits:

Arimatsu Ryoichi. Photo by Halca Uesugi.