Asian Arts & Culture Center            

Events and Exhibitions

SPRING 2012

iona rozeal brown: afro-asiatic allegory
Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts
February 9 - May 12, 2012

Opening Reception and Curator’s Talk: Saturday, February 11, 2-4 p.m.
Guest Curator: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs

iona rozeal brown, one of the nation’s most exciting artists, created a theme after traveling to Japan in 2001. Informed by Ukiyo-e, brown’s Asian cultural investigations and interpretations offer profound commentaries about mimicry, gender and constructions of culture. The large scale installation features a selection of paintings and prints as well as a new mural that was created exclusively for this exhibition, which was completed in the gallery. The public was invited to an open studio to view the mural in progress. brown also conducted a workshop with students of the New Song Academy, a school with an underserved population that has a long history of collaboration with Towson University.

Exhibition catalogue
available online!

Kabuki Dance by Bando Kotoji--SOLD OUT
Stephens Hall Theatre, Towson University
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

Kabuki dance is an elegant and refined style of Japanese traditional dance borrowed from, and inspired by, Kabuki theater repertoire. The program is led by the famed master dancer Bando Kotoji and accompanied by six musicians. From his vast repertoire, Kotoji has selected four vibrant dances for this performance including the celebratory Sanbaso dance, Cho No Michiyuki (The Last Journey of Two Butterflies), the dramatic and tragic dance Tamatori Ama (Pearl Diver) about a woman in search of her son, and Yoshino-yama (Yoshino Mountain) famous for its magnificent cherry blossoms. Band Kotoji's five-city North American tour is co-produced by Japan Society and The Japan Foundation.

$15 in advance
$20 at the door
$10 AA&CC members and TU students with valid ID
For tickets: 410-704-2787; www.tuboxoffice.com.

A Tribute Performance and Reception dedicated to Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Brungardt
Towson University Marriott Conference Hotel
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Ticket: $50 including prime seating at Kabuki Dance and private Meet-the-Artists Reception
R.S.V.P online by March 26

SUMMER 2012

Exhibition: Mathematics of Light by Chin Chih Yang
Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts
June 29 - July 31, 2012

Multidisciplinary artist Chin Chih Yang was born in Taiwan, and has resided for many years in New York City. His interests in ecology and constructed environments have resulted in interactive performances and installations that have been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Chin Chih Yang's "Mathematics of Light" is sculpture/installation made of cans and other recyclable materials, which signals a conservation aesthetic in a society for the most part dedicated to waste. Not only do the cans have aesthetic features, such as shape, color, texture, and a certain relationship to light, they are themselves representations of what might have gone on to pollute the planet, had they not been put to more creative ends. Also: essential to "Mathematics of Light" is the use of modern and emergent technologies, enabling the artist to create an immersive environment participants can interact with and even move about in. This exhibition is part of The Bridges Conference 2012.

Admission is free.

Asian Arts & Culture Center Center for the Arts, Room 2037 (map) Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday 1 - 4 p.m. (during exhibitions) Phone: 410-704-2807 E-mail: asianarts@towson.edu