Tuesday, September 14
THE ARTS OF JAPAN
Highlights of Japanese Art and Culture
by Marie Conte-Helm
THE LECTURE​
This lecture traces the development of Japanese art across history, encompassing painting, sculpture, and the applied arts. It explores Chinese and Western influences, aristocratic and military tastes, and the rise of Edo townsmen’s culture. The impact of Zen Buddhism on gardens and the tea ceremony offers further insight into the aesthetic. Japan’s reopening to Western trade in the 19th century and the Meiji era’s modernisation also shaped new artistic directions.
THE LECTURER​
Professor Conte-Helm, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is a long-standing Arts Society Lecturer with degrees in Art History and Asian Art. She was Executive Director of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group and Director General of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Widely published, she lectures globally and at sea with Viking Cruises. She received an OBE in 2011 and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun in 2019.
ARRIVE FROM 5:30 PM | LECTURE 6 PM
CESSNOCK PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
HELP SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF ART
Raffle tickets are sold at the door and cost $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. Two winning tickets are drawn and the first winner takes the first pick. The raffle is drawn at the conclusion of the lecture.