Posted on June 27, 2008 by judy24
Reiko Fujii, a fellow JFKU arts and consciousness alumni, is exhibiting her art piece, Glass Ancestral Kimono, mixed media, 2002. It is part of a group show at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek. Reiko is an Asian American artist and explores issues about her identity in relation to her family, her Japanese ancestry [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by judy24
In honor of Father’s Day I’m writing about my dad today. My dad just turned 80 years old last month and I think he looks young and handsome for his age. For his big birthday, some of the kids wanted to take him out for a nice dinner with some of his friends, but dad [...]
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Posted on May 1, 2008 by judy24
Lisa Petrides and Judy Shintani are performing “Honoring Grandmothers from Far Lands” again, this time at the Ted Adcock Senior Center in Half Moon Bay at 12:20pm, May 8th. The performance is part of the Mother’s Day Luncheon which starts at noon. This event is organized by the Senior Coastsiders.
“It is interesting how much a [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2007 by judy24
We (Lisa Petrides and Judy Shintani) will be telling the stories of our grandmothers this Saturday at the Enso Art Gallery, using spoken word and movement. This will be our second time performing this piece. The first time was up at Gallery Route One in Pt Reyes, California.
It is interesting that two women from [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2007 by judy24
I found this poster of a Japanese Camellia - guess I am exotic?! Wonder when it was made.
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