May Monthly Meeting - 5/29/08 - Extended Mingling Time!

A Foreign Potter’s Tale: Differences in Training, Working and Showing in Japan and the West

Date:                    Thursday, May 29, 2008
Time:                   6:00pm Drinks/Mingling, 7pm Dinner,
                            8-9pm Presentation,
                            9-10pm Drinks/Mingling
Where:                 10th Floor Hilton Osaka
Guest Speaker:     John Dix, Potter
Cost:                     ¥4,000 Members, ¥6,000 Non-members

In May John Dix will share his experiences as an American potter working in Japan. Born in Michigan, USA, he has studied ceramics in the USA, Greece, Israel, and Japan.

John arrived in Japan in 1989 to study the Bizen and Shigaraki ceramic styles, traditional Japanese styles he describes as “the apex of world pottery.” His work has been displayed in numerous galleries, museums, exhibitions, art festivals and colleges in the USA and Japan. Since 1999 his pottery has also been regularly showcased at Hankyu Department Stores in Osaka and Kobe as well as Daimaru in Osaka.

John teaches pottery on Rokko Island and in Nishinomiya. His main studio in the countryside of Sasayama features a two chamber wood fire kiln that he built himself. He also has a small studio in his Sumiyoshi home. Visit  to learn more about John and his work and shows.

Please RSVP with menu preference to Evelyn by Sunday, May 26th. 

MAY MEETING DINNER MENUS
Please specify your menu preference when you RSVP by Sunday, May 26th. All menus come with a dessert, featuring "German cheese cake tart with spicy cherry sauce and lemon gelato."

Fish

• Seafood taboule
• Steam of sea bream, green asparagus and new potato, mousseline sauce

Meat

• Barbecued chicken salad with grilled vegetables, balsamic vinaigrette
• Minute steak of beef fillet, potato Macaire and Madeira sauce

Vegetarian

• Tofu salad with rucola and caponata
• Green asparagus with its flan and mushroom sauce