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.

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
Sweetie / painting on aluminium panel
Sweetie / painting on aluminium panel
Chris Bird-Jones
Llwy
Llwy
Amber Hiscott
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Fireworks Clay Studio

Lowri Davies

Teapot and Vase
Teapot and Vase

Lisa Krigel

Espresso Cup Towers
Espresso Cup Towers

Louise Hall

Manipulation Assemblage
Manipulation Assemblage

Sara Moorhouse

Colourblocks
Colourblocks

Zoe Preece

In the kitchen
In the kitchen

Diane Horne

Earth Folds
Earth Folds

Natalia Dias

Ecstasy
Ecstasy

Spencer Penn

Porcelain Cups and Saucer
Porcelain Cups and Saucer

Paul Wearing

Ellipse
Ellipse

Jin Eui Kim

Object-Spherical Form
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.

Julia Brooker Sweetie / painting on aluminium panel
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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