Curator Talk: Into the Sacred Forest: A Journey through Shinto Art

Lecture

Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 12:00–1:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:00–7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 12:00–1:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 12:00–1:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 6:00–7:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Location: Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall

*Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine* (detail), c. 1634–44. One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and color on gilded paper; image: 176.5 x 337.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1976.95.1

About The Event

Learn about the “way of the kami” in this series of talks led by Sinéad Vilbar in the exhibition Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Find out who the kami are, how they are worshiped, and the artistic creations they inspired.

Tuesday, April 9, 12:00 p.m., and Wednesday, April 10, 6:00 p.m. – Sumo, Yabusame, and Bugaku: Sports and Dance in Shinto
Tuesdays, May 7 and May 14, 12:00 p.m. – Combinations: Kami and Buddhas
Wednesday, June 12, 6:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 18, 12:00 p.m. – Wisteria, Plum, and Pigeon: Shrine Motifs