{"id":245152,"date":"2012-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/artistic-wonders-of-east-asia\/"},"modified":"2012-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T07:00:00","slug":"artistic-wonders-of-east-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/artistic-wonders-of-east-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic wonders of East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

AT A GLANCE<\/strong>
\nWHAT: The San Diego Art Club\u2019s annual show at the San Diego Botanical Garden facility<\/strong>
\nWHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 23; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 24<\/strong>
\nWHERE: Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado (Room 101 in Casa Del Prado)<\/strong>
\nCOST: free, with refreshments provided<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local club\u2019s annual event showcases Japanese-style artwork in Balboa Park\u2019s Botanical Garden facility<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Artistic
Pictures from a previous show, displayed here, are inspired by Japanese art. (Photo by Joe Cross)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Por Dave Fidlin | Reportero SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The artistic wonders of East Asia come alive June 23 and 24 at Balboa Park\u2019s San Diego Botanical Garden facility, with the San Diego Art Club\u2019s annual showcase featuring members\u2019 work. The club was established over a decade ago, and members highlight an array of Japanese artistry, including calligraphy, ceramics and dried flower arrangements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe primary purpose of the Art Club is to help individuals advance their knowledge and skills in Japanese brush painting,\u201d said Joe Cross, currently one of 10 members actively involved in the organization. The group is headed by local resident Kayo Beach.<\/p>\n

Beach, a native of Japan, studied oil and watercolor painting at the Maryland School of Art before venturing to San Diego. Since arriving, he has studied several specialized, Japanese-painting styles, called nihonga. Of these, Beach is well studied in sumi-e, a brush painting technique primarily using black ink.<\/p>\n

Cross and other members of the club are high-level Japanese-style artists, with at least five years of experience in sumi-e painting. He said the small class sizes make it possible for students to master their skills under Beach\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes it better for studying,\u201d Cross said. \u201cIt also makes individual tutoring possible when we do need help.\u201d In addition to helming the Art Club, Beach routinely holds a summer workshop for children at Balboa Park\u2019s Japanese Friendship Garden.<\/p>\n

Members of the Art Club \u2013 one of 40 organizations affiliated with the Botanical Garden Foundation, the overseers of the Balboa Park facility \u2013 meet at least six times annually, though the level of participation is expected to double next year.<\/p>\n

Leila Calamari, a longtime member of the foundation, said summer is an especially busy time at the Botanical Garden and shows like the Art Club\u2019s annual presentation have become crowd-pleasers. \u201cThe paintings are really spectacular. There\u2019s a lot of individuality. Each one stands out by itself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, we want to make the city a more pleasant place, with nicer gardens,\u201d Calamari said. \u201cWe promote all of the aspects of horticulture. We want to show that San Diego really is the center of horticulture.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to hosting a variety of shows throughout the year, the foundation serves as a resource for people interested in learning more about horticulture and art. The foundation has experts on hand during limited periods of time and includes a library.<\/p>\n

The 40 organizations affiliated with the foundation are disparate. Membership for the various clubs range from 10, like the Art Club, to as many as 300. With all the organizations combined, Calamari said that approximately 9,000 people have a role in planning programs at the Botanical Gardens each year.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S ON TAP<\/strong>
\nThe San Diego Botanical Gardens will host the following shows later this summer:<\/strong>
\nJuly 21 \u2013 22: San Diego Orchid Society\u2019s summer show and plant sale<\/strong>
\nJuly 28 \u2013 29: San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society\u2019s show and plant sale<\/strong>
\nAug. 4 \u2013 5: San Diego Dahlia Society show<\/strong>
\nAug. 18 \u2013 19: San Diego Fern Society\u2019s show and plant sale<\/strong>
\nAug. 25 \u2013 26: Bonsai and Beyond show<\/strong>
\nSept. 1 \u2013 2: Southern California Plumeria Society\u2019s show<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AT A GLANCE WHAT: The San Diego Art Club\u2019s annual show at the San Diego Botanical Garden facility WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 23; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 24 WHERE: Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado (Room 101 in Casa Del Prado) COST: free, with refreshments provided Local club\u2019s annual […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Artistic wonders of East Asia","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}