20 March 2013
New WEA Course on Japanese Literature Starting April 2013
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to be hosting the first season of WEA courses about Japanese Literature.
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12 March 2013
Abeya- Japanese Folk Musicians Visit UK Supported by the Daiwa Foundation
Japanese folk music group Abeya will be visiting the UK in March, supported by a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant, awarded in the September 2012 round. They will play two concerts, one at Durham University as part of the University’s Musicon Festival of East Asian Music on Wednesday 13 March at 7:30pm at the University Music
Read on25 February 2013
Two Years After: The Great East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition
Two Years After: Remembering the Devastation and Celebrating Hope The Great East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition Comes to London in March Opening Hours: 5 – 17 March 2013 (11am – 6pm) Location:Oxo Tower Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street South Bank London SE1 9PH The Asahi Shimbun and Mitsubishi Corporation will co-host The Great
Read on18 February 2013
Shizengaku: Project Update and Forthcoming London Events
We gave Project Shizengaku a Daiwa Foundation Award in the September 2011 round of funding and the project members will present a series of events, including exhibitions and performances, in London over two weeks ( 24th Feb-9 March 2013 ). Project Shizengaku is a collaboration between the Music Department of Goldsmiths, University of London and Fine Arts Department of
Read on22 January 2013
Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan - a Day of Japanese Music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is presenting a day of Japanese music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican in London – Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan. This is part of a long-running series of Total Immersion days. These days usually celebrate the music of a single composer. They are branching out this year and looking at music
Read on16 November 2012
Gemma Anderson, Past Exhibitor at the Japan House Gallery is Artist in Residence at Imperial College
Gemma Anderson, who had a 2010 exhibition at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, has been selected as artist in residence at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London. Imperial College were awarded with an Artist in Residency grant from the Leverhulme Trust. In her residency, Anderson is collaborating with mathematical biologist Dr Dorothy Buck and geometers
Read on7 November 2012
Experience Japan Exhibition 2012
The Daiwa Foundation will have a booth at the Experience Japan Exhibition at the Royal Society, London, 13:00 to 17:00 on Saturday 17 November. Come to meet us a find out more about oppurtunities to study and undertake work experience in Japan as a Daiwa Scholar. We will also have information on our grants and events programmes. Many universities
Read on18 October 2012
New Exhibition at Daiwa Foundation Japan House-Nao Matsunaga from 19 October
Exclusive Installation Pictures Nao Matsunaga will be exhibiting at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace NW1, from Thursday 18th October until 13th December. The exhibition will be open 9-5 Monday to Friday. There are late night openings until 8pm on 23 25, 30 October and 1, 7, 22, 29 November. The Private View is on
Read on18 October 2012
New Ceramics Exhibition by Ex-Daiwa Scholar Edmund de Waal
a thousand hours, Alan Cristea Gallery , Saturday 6 October to Saturday 10 November 2012, 31 Cork Street, London The ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal OBE is currently exhibiting at Alan Cristea gallery until 10 November. This exhibition takes its central concept of vitrines from a theme in the artist’s award winning family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes which was published in
Read on25 September 2012
New WEA (Workers Educational Association) Courses from September 2012
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to be hosting another season of WEA courses about Japanese art, culture and society.
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