2008

70 people gothered on Sunday November 16th at the Queen Liliokalani Center, room 412 to share the wisdom of Ms. Hatsume Sato who is a founder of "Ischia in the Forest": House of Rest and Relief.  Since 1992, Ms. Hatsume Sato has presided over a magical place in Northern Japan called “Ischia in the Forest” .  People from all over the world are drawn to “Ischia” seeking relief from the acute mental and physiological health problem caused by living in such a troubled, stressful world.   Ms. Sato provides food, love, healing, energy, advice, and hugs to people who seek her compassion.  Her long commitment to social welfare and community based educational activities has earned her numerous awards from the International Soroptimist Society, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in more than 120 nations around the world.
   

Sachiko Adachi:
Born in Tokyo and a graduate of Waseda University,  Adachi broke conventional art concepts when she introduced, in the 1980s, her “Cosmic Art”. 

At the Japan Expo in Los Angeles in 1988, a fashion show  featured Adachi’s “12 Hitoe”; medieval  Japanese court ladies’ 12-layered Kimono as a “moving art”. In 1989, she was a winner at the Contemporary Art Expo in New York. In 1993, Adachi launched her own gallery “Space Sachi”, but passed away, at age 47,  just one day before the gallery opening. Exhibitions or her work continue to be held all over Japan.


Most of modern art, it seems to me, is the idealistic expression of the ego. I don’t express my personality or ego in these pieces. They are vibrational representations as art of the pure essence of the universe, led by the feeling of let it be. It is my belief that the universe consists of Art and Science.

                               from “To live as we are” written by Sachiko Adachi


                    

Naoki Nishimura,   Born in Matsuyama, Japan in 1949, Mr. Nishimura is a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He was a composer of music for television and films before returning to his birthplace, and becoming a lecturer at Ehime University. Currently, he composes from his studio in Kochi, where he has been focusing on children’s songs, among his other projects.  Mr. Nishimura is renowned for his beautiful, meditative melodies promoting peace, and has performed around the world including at New York City's Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, as well as for Pope John Paul II in Vatican City.

About 150 audience enjoyed Mr. Nishimura's beautiful and peaceful melodies at the Parish Hall, Central Union Church, on 21st October, 2008. Mr. Nishimura donated all the donation from the audience ($402) to the Central Union Church.

Artist Morio Matsui

 Meet the Artist! From Paris to Hawaii! 
at The Art Board, Honolulu, HI on February 23rd, 2008

Born in Toyohashi, Japan in 1942, Morio Matsui graduated from the Musashino College of Fine Arts (Tokyo) before continuing his training in France, at the Académie Julian and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Having lived in Corsica for the past ten years, he is the first Japanese artist to whom France has awarded the titles of “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” (2000) and “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” (2003) for his remarkable contribution to the development of Franco-Japanese co-operation in cultural matters.

When he met Picasso, Picasso said, “This fellow has eyes of a feverish fight with real swords such that I might be    outstripped some time.” Picasso also said, “You will become a painter like me, however, don’t try to be me, but Morio Matsui yourself.” 

With former French President Jacques Chirac at Aichi World  Exposition.  Matsui displayed three of his paintings at the French Pavilion as a representative of French painters. 2005

Morio Matsui Visits

Two Lower School and an Upper School AP art class were honored Monday, February 25, to have famous contemporary artist Morio Matsui work with them in improving their watercolor painting style.  Mr. Matsui was born in Japan, and after graduation from the Musashino College of Fine Arts in Tokyo, moved to Paris where he was awarded a scholarship from the French government.  He  worked in Paris for 40 years studying the great masters and even met and discussed his work with Pablo Picasso. 

Mr. Matsui has been living on the island of Corsica for 10 years and loves the ocean influence on his paintings.  The students were impressed with Mr. Matsui's joy, energy and exhilaration as he worked the paint on paper using his fingers, brushes and pens.  When painting the student across the table, the artist was trying to get students to loosen up their tight style of painting to try and incorporate the personality of the model into his/her work.  Mr. Matsui usually paints on  canvases up to 15' tall.  This size canvas usually takes him 2 to 3 years to complete.