PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM 46 North Los Robles Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 tel: (818) 449-2742; fax: 818 449 2754 e-mail: PacAsiaMus@aol.com internet: www.pacasiamuseum.org
		• The Paintings of Shingo Honda August 14 - September 19, 1999
			Shingo Honda's paintings invite viewers to make their own connections between objects and meanings.
		• Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from Otsu May 19 - November 21, 1999
			The exhibit presents Otsu-e (folk paintings from Otsu, Japan) made throughout the 17th century through the 20th by anonymous artists. The paintings and prints, which depict playful gods and goblins, samurai, townspeople, and animals in a lively, humorous style, were sold as lucky charms and souvenirs to people travelling through Otsu. The exhibition will consist of recent acquisitions to the museumUs collection, and include paintings and prints loaned by museum collections from Japan, Europe, and the US.
		•Lecture: Saturday, August 28, 2:00 p.m. "Play and Playfulness in Japanese Art," Dr. Kendall Brown (Adjunct Curator of Japanese Art)
			This talk will examine the use of humor in Otsu-e and in other Japanese artistic traditions of the Edo period.
		•Lecture: Saturday, October 9, 2:00 p.m. "Mingei: The Folk Art of Japan," Dr. Lennox Tierney (Curator of Asian Art, Mingei International Museum; Art Director of the Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego; Former Director of Pacific Asia Museum)
		• An Homage to Hiroshi Teshigahara: New Work by Joanne Julian September 25 - November 7, 1999
			Joanne Julian's newest work is inspired by Hiroshi Teshigahara, a master of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging). Using details of Teshigahara's large-scale bamboo installations, Julian explores light and form in her graphite drawings.
		• Miniature Chinese Ceramics December 19, 1999 - mid-April, 2000
			This exhibition of miniature Chinese ceramics will be drawn from the fine collection of former Ambassador and Mrs. Jack Lydman and several other collectors.
		• Rarely Seen Objects from the Permanent Collection Including Ceramics from the Lydman, Snukal and Otto Collections Continuing indefinitely
			Selections from the museum's collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian ceramics, given by Ambassador and Mrs. Lydman, as well as pieces from Dr. Otto, an Austrian collector are now on view. These are complemented with works from a recent gift of important Chinese ceramics from the Han (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) through the Ming (1368-1644) dynasties from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snukal.
		• The Margot and Hans Ries Collection of Southeast Asian Ceramics Continuing indefinitely
			The Margot and Hans Ries Collection represents one of the earliest efforts to collect Southeast Asian ceramics. The exhibition includes figurines, bowls and celadons from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Objects on view date from the 4th century B.C. to the 16th century.
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