Opening Reception & Lecture
Sunday, October 19
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2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Lecture
Hanes Auditorium 3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m
Conservation lecture by Sondra Castile, Chief East Asian Art Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Public Opening Reception
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Conference
November 7-9
Aesthetics of Nirvana Truth: Beauty and Enlightenment in Japanese Buddhism, a conference sponsored by UNC’s Asian Studies department, with films, poetry, calligraphy and more. For more information: http://www.unc.edu/~bardsley/nirvana/

Family Fun
November 9
2:00 p.m.
Foldable and rollable art? Yes! Learn more about Japanese screens and scrolls, touch some traditional materials used to make them, and explore some of the subjects and symbols that can make them so intriguing. Recommended for 5- to 12-year olds.

Lecture
Sunday, November 16
Hanes Auditorium 3:00 p.m.
Metamorphosis of a Theme: Chinese Birds and Flowers in Japanese Ink Painting, lecture by Dr. Barbara Ford, Curator of Japanese art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gallery Talk
Wednesday, November 19
12:15 p.m.
Conservation of the Ackland’s Flowers and Birds Screen, gallery talk by Lyn Koehnline, Conservator at the Ackland Art Museum.

Gallery Talk
Wednesday, November 26
12:15 p.m.
Plum, Pine, and Bamboo gallery talk with Kendal Korach Parker, Guest Curator Ackland Art Museum.

Experiencing Japan
Friday, November 28
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m..
Experiencing Japan day of activities including: origami and calligraphy with Meiko Shimura-Ellis, storytelling in the exhibition gallery with Louise Omoto Kessel & live demonstration tea ceremony. Refreshments served.

Lecture
Wednesday, December 10
12:15 p.m.
Dragons, Art, and Buddhist Conceptions of Nature, lecture by Dr. Norris Brock Johnson, Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill.