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A Week of Art Events with Artist Kazuaki Tanahashi, a Berkeley-based artist, a Zen scholar and author of more than 25 books, and a worker for peace and environmental change who travels internationally to speak, create art, and conduct brush workshops and retreats, will be in Syracuse for a week-long residency at the Zen Center of Syracuse during which he will conduct a calligraphy demonstration at the Everson Museum of Art, give two public lectures at Syracuse University and meet with art students there as a visiting artist, lead a day-long brush workshop at the Zen Center, and participate in the center’s regular schedule of morning and evening meditation. Complete list of Tanahashi’s Syracuse demonstrations, workshops, performances and lectures: Brushwork Prayers for Peace, a Zen Calligraphy Demonstration with Kazuaki Tanahashi, Thursday, Sept. 15, 12-1:30 p.m., free. Co-sponsored by the Cultural Resources Council at the Everson Museum of Art in the Children’s Interactive Gallery. Beyond Thinking: Understanding Zen, a talk at Syracuse University, Friday, Sept. 16, 3-4 p.m. A reception will follow. Free and open to the public; co-sponsored by Syracuse University’s Student Buddhist Association, Graduate Student Organization, Religion Department, and Hendricks Chapel; and by the Zen Center of Syracuse. Grant Auditorium, School of Law. ENSO: Creating Zen Brush Circles with Kazuaki Tanahashi, Saturday, Sept. 17, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., $75. A brushwork retreat focusing on the circle, exploring form and emptiness. “Where the halo is a flat and perfectly round disc, still and contained, the enso or Zen circle is multi-directional, flowing, often asymmetrical, unpredictable. It is not a representation, but an unmediated experience of the present moment, which has no beginning, no end, no limitation, and no unchanging form… [it] represents the interconnectedness of all life, and closes the illusory gap between artistic endeavor and spiritual truth, between metaphysical investigation and community engagement.”–Roko Sherry Chayat, in the forthcoming book Circle: The Art of Kazuaki Tanahashi. No experience required, just an open mind and ability to enjoy the moment. Brushes, paper, and ink will be supplied. Register as soon as possible; space is limited. Zen Center of Syracuse, Joshua Forman House, 266 W. Seneca Turnpike.A Brush with Our Time: A Benefit Performance of Tanahashi’s Art and Songs for Peace and the Environment, Monday, Sept.19, 7-9 p.m., $30 advance sales, $50 at the door (sliding scale available), to benefit the Zen Center of Syracuse, the Syracuse Peace Council, and Peace Action of CNY. Grand Master Ronnie Seldin performs on the shakuhachi (Zen bamboo flute). Peace poems written by Tanahashi, sung by jazz singers Marcia Rutledge and Connie Walters; others set to music by Society for New Music composers and performed by professional musicians from Central New York; and read to accompaniment by local drummers, as Tanahashi creates calligraphy and full-color Zen circles. His art will be available for sale in a silent auction during the reception that follows. Onondaga Valley Presbyterian Church, 275 W. Seneca Turnpike (opposite the Zen Center of Syracuse). The Art of Asian Calligraphy, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m., free. Visiting
artist slide lecture at Syracuse University’s School of Art, Shaffer
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More Information For more information regarding Kazuaki Tanahashi's visit to Syracuse call the Zen Center, (315) 492-9773. |
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