• Friday, January 10, 2025
• 1:00 PM to  2:30 PM
• Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson (map)
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The Art of Dollmaking – Lecture & Demonstration

with Junko Liesfeld

“We invite you to join us at Yume Gardens for this special event featuring a live demonstration of dollmaking artistry. This immersive experience will be enriched with a fascinating lecture and an engaging discussion, offering deeper insights into this craft and the cultural significance behind it.

Junko Liesfeld is a highly acclaimed doll artist with over five decades of experience in the craft. Growing up in Japan, she was deeply influenced by her mother, also a doll artist, whose work she both observed and assisted. It was from her mother that Junko inherited her passion and refined skills, laying the foundation for her own artistic journey. Although Junko has developed a distinctive style, she continues to embrace her mother’s philosophy of “less is more,” creating dolls with minimal modeling and painting to highlight pure form and subtle expression. Her work often features monotone color schemes with delicate hints of color on the cheeks, and without painted eyes or mouths.

Specializing in dolls crafted from washi paper and kimono fabric, she also creates figures from cloth with wire in the limbs and fingers, allowing them to be posed. While her older dolls are often dressed in traditional attire, her child figures wear modern clothing, reflecting the blend of East and West. This contrast highlights the gradual disappearance of certain Japanese traditions in favor of Western customs. Her work transcends traditional Japanese doll-making, showcasing a unique and original style that is distinctly her own.”

Dates & Time: 

1/10

1PM – 2:30PM

Tickets*:

General Admission: $20

Members: $17

Children age 3-15: $5

Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.

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• Sunday, January 5, 2025
• 12:00 PM to  1:30 PM
• Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson (map)
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“Join us at Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson on Sunday, January 5, 2025, for a peaceful haiku walk, The Embrace of Stillness. Embrace the stillness of winter as the season shifts, using haiku to capture its beauty and transitions. Through guided exercises, you’ll heighten your awareness of the present moment—observing the movement of leaves, crisp air, and the calming light of the season. Reflect on the stark beauty and impermanence of winter as you write haiku inspired by nature’s cycles. This mindful walk will help you find stillness, gratitude, and deeper connection as the world slows down in preparation for Spring.

This event will be led by award-winning poet, Kenneth Pearson. Kenneth is the digital librarian for The Haiku Foundation and the author of five collections of poetry, including two collections of haiku.

This learning pathway is part of a program designed by Kenneth Pearson to promote living a Haiku life and having a Haiku mindset.

Kenneth Pearson has a MFA in Creative Writing with a MS in Industrial Organizational Psychology. He serves as the Digital Librarian of The Haiku Foundation, is the Facilitator of the Haiku Walk at Yume Japanese Gardens in Tucson, and the author of two haiku collections. For Kenneth, Haiku has become a cornerstone of his life, teaching him to appreciate simplicity, presence, and the fleeting beauty of each moment.”

Date/Time:

Sunday, January 5 @ 12pm – 1:30pm

Tickets:

$20 General/$10 Members 

Advanced Reservations required. Please purchase your ticketsin advance for this event. Get Tickets

Event by Arizona Kimono Club

Rhythm Industry Performance Factory

Duration: 2 hrs

Kimono kitsuke class! “After 1 year, we decided to have in person class for beginners on how to dress up kimono properly!

Time: December 29 from 12:30 to 2:30. 

Location: Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, 1013 S Tyndall Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 

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Fee: $20 per person for the class. Please bring cash as we need to pay the venue in cash. Bring all your kimono and items and let’s figure out how to put them on! Thank you!! “

Carolyn’s note: RIPF is located at 1013 S. Tyndall Avenue, west of Park Avenue, north of E. 22nd St. It is the home of Odaiko Sonora, taiko drumming group.

Toru Tagawa, originally from Hiroshima, Japan is the Music Director for these two orchestras — the Foothills Philharmonic and the Tucson Repertory Orchestra. He is also the director of the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra, and has played the violin since age 6. Note that the TRO concert conductor on Dec. 29 is Yudai Ueda.

Toru has taught orchestra at Canyon del Oro High School since 2008. His bio from the staff directory::

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• Sunday, December 15, 2024
• 11:00 AM to  1:30 PM
• Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson (map)
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Tea Ceremony performed by Eric Carr

“The Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu (translated literally as “hot water for tea”), is a cherished ritual involving the preparation and presentation of powdered green tea in a highly stylized manner.

A host and a guest, wearing traditional Japanese kimono specific to the ceremony, will demonstrate how tea has been prepared, served, and enjoyed in Japan since the 12th century.

Tea will be served to participants adhering to current health and safety guidelines.

Cost: $25 per person (includes Gardens admission). Members of Yume pay only $15.”

Date & Times: 

12/15

11AM – 12PM

and

12:30PM – 1:30PM

Tickets:

General Admission: $25

Members: $15

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