Join us for the Opening Reception for
“Artfully Adorned: the Japanese Kimono”

Saturday, March 27, 6-8 pm.
We’ll celebrate with Japanese-inspired foods and spirits,
surrounded by spectacular hand-created kimono.
* Kimono on loan from John and Etta Hesselink

For adult classes, lectures, and cinema CLICK HERE.

For children’s classes CLICK HERE.

For information on our exhibition, Artfully Adorned: the Japanese Kimono, CLICK HERE.

For information on the performance by the Nagata Shachu Japanese Drumming Ensemble CLICK HERE.

For cool links about Japanese culture, traditions, and art – and a Power Point presentation about modern Japanese culture – CLICK HERE (this info is great for teachers, parents, and students!).

Special thanks to our Global Cultural Festival committee:

Masanori Takeda, Japan-America Society of West Michigan
Andy Nakajima, Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies, Hope College
Michiko Yoshimoto, Michitoshi Soga Japan Center – Western Michigan University
Krista Reuter – SCA Program Director
Christa Wise, High School art educator, Saugatuck High School – Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar to Japan (2001)
Wendy Colsen, Language Arts educator, Saugatuck Middle School
Patricia Wade, community volunteer
Priscilla Lynch – guest curator, “Artfully Adorned” exhibition

Thanks to Prof. Andy Nakajima’s Japanese Studies students at Hope College for creating the Power Point presentation on Japanese culture.