Exhibitions
Wales × Oita Friendship Exchange - The Art of Wales Exhibition in Oita
The Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan will be held from September 20th to November 2rd in Japan, and Oita as one of the venues. " Wales × Oita Friendship Exchange - The Art of Wales Exhibition in Oita " will held at Oita Prefectural Art Museum (OPAM) from 27th September to 27th October. The exhibition aims to enhance the friendship exchange between Oita and Wales during the Rugby World Cup Japan 2019™.
Wales is known not only as a rugby powerful team, but also as the ‘King Arthur's legend’ depicting a British medieval hero and a stage for the novel ‘Alice in Wonderland’ written by Lewis Carroll.
Works created by 13 artists will be exhibited. Julia Brooker, an acrylic painter, who works worldwide for example Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and so on. Chris Bird-Jones and Amber Hiscott, who work extensively on works of Glass Art and Public Art. Ten artists from Fireworks Clay Studio are exhibiting their unique ceramics. Please visit and appreciate the exhibition.
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- Period
- September 27 - October 27, 2019
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- Opening Hours
- 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. daily
* 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
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- Exhibition Closed
- No days of closure
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- Venue
- Oita Prefectural Art Museum Atrium (1st floor)
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- Organizers
- Oita Prefectural Arts, Culture and Sports Promotion Foundation, Oita Prefectural Art Museum
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- Admission
- Free
Cooperation: Wales Arts International
Support: Welsh Government, Oita Prefectural Government, Oita Prefectural Board of Education, The Arts & Cultural Association of Oita Prefecture, OITA GODO SHIMBUN INC., THE NISHINIPPON SHIMBUN CO., LTD., JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION OITA STATION, Oita Broadcasting System, Inc., Television Oita System Corporation, Oita Asahi Broadcasting Co.Ltd., FM Oita, J:COM Oita Cable Telecom
Exhibiting artists
Julia Brooker
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| Sweetie / painting on aluminium panel |
Chris Bird-Jones
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| Llwy |
Amber Hiscott
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| And Death Shall Have No Dominion |
Fireworks Clay Studio
Lowri Davies
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| Teapot and Vase |
Lisa Krigel
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| Espresso Cup Towers |
Louise Hall
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| Manipulation Assemblage |
Sara Moorhouse
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| Colourblocks |
Zoe Preece
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| In the kitchen |
Diane Horne
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| Earth Folds |
Natalia Dias
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| Ecstasy |
Spencer Penn
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| Porcelain Cups and Saucer |
Paul Wearing
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| Ellipse |
Jin Eui Kim
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| Object-Spherical Form |
Exhibition related events
Workshop: How to paint on Alminium
# Title: How to paint on Alminium
# instructor: Julia Brooker
# Period: September 28 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
# Venue: Oita Prefectural Art Museum Outdoor Workshop Area
# Participant: 5 years-old or older
# Capacity: 30 people per each time *Application required
# Admission: Free
How to apply for Workshop and Lecture Presentation:
Please send e-mail to app@opam.jp with entering the name of the event in [Subject] and your name in [Body] or Tel: 097-533- 4500. We will close it as soon as the capacity is reached.
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| Julia Brooker | Sweetie / painting on aluminium panel |
Lecture Presentation: The meaning of Exhibiting Japanese Cultures Abroad
# Speaker: David Anderson, Director of National Museum Wales
# Period: October 8 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. *Opening 2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lecture of Wales
Speaker: Yoko Kobori, Senior Wales Affairs Officer, Japan Representative Office European & External Affairs, Wales Government
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The meaning of Exhibiting Japanese Cultures Abroad
Speaker: David Anderson, Director of National Museum Wales
*Consecutive interpretation
# Venue: Oita Prefectural Art Museum Lecture Room
# Capacity: 80 people *Application required
# Admission: Free
How to apply for Workshop and Lecture Presentation:
Please send e-mail to app@opam.jp with entering the name of the event in [Subject] and your name in [Body] or Tel: 097-533- 4500. We will close it as soon as the capacity is reached.
Dance Performance: RYGBI-ANNWYL I MI / DEAR TO ME
“The Art of Wales” will be held at the Oita Prefectural Art Museum for the purpose of friendly exchange between Wales and Oita. As a related project, "National Dance Company Wales", a contemporary dance organization established in 1983 and funded by the Arts Council of Wales, will perform dance performances. The program is “RYGBI-ANNWYL I MI / DEAR TO ME”, an original short film that expresses human hope, glory, passion, etc. with rugby as the theme. Please take this opportunity to enjoy the performances of dancers active all over the world.
# Title: RYGBI-ANNWYL I MI/DEAR TO ME
# Performer: National Dance Company Wales
# Period: September 28 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
# Venue: Oita Prefectural Art Museum Atrium (1st floor)
# Capacity: First about 100 comers *No application required
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