(gallery talk) Art of Kabuki

KABUKI GALLERY TALK FOLLOWED BY "THE ART OF KABUKI" FILM SCREENING

WHEN and WHAT:
May 15, 2008, Thursday
6:00 gallery talk by Deborah Del Gais, curator of Asian art
7:00 and 7:30:  30-minute documentary about origins, purposes and symbolism of kabuki

WHERE:
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design
224 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903

telephone: 401-454-6500

INFO:   risd.edu/museum_calendar.cfm?calendar=on

Learn more about Kabuki theater and the culture of the “floating world,” the world of entertainment and pleasure that evolved as part of Edo-period Japanese society, at this 6 pm gallery talk by Deborah Del Gais, Curator of Asian Art.

At 7 and 7:30 pm, view a screening of "The Art of Kabuki," a 30-minute documentary that explains the origins, purposes, and symbolism of this tradition.

From 6:30 to 8 pm, listen to jazz in the Main Gallery.