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II Commemoration of Mie Prefectural Art Museum 35th Anniversary featuring Theo Jansen Exhibition

三重県立美術館 開館35周年記念Ⅱ　テオ・ヤンセン展

2017/08/16 Wednesday Culture and Leisure

 

Theo Jansen Exhibition, Dutch artist, deemed 21st century’s “Leonardo da Vinci”. It will be the first exhibition in Tokai and Kansai regions.

The exhibition called “Strandbeest” is being held, the work of art that moves with wind, in several regions in the planet, and the artist is well known for being the exponent of Kinetic Art. Theo Jansen continues being well ranked internationally and has already got several awards, such as the “Eco Award” in the 2009 Eco Festival, a United Nations’ project on behalf of natural environment, among others.

This exhibition, scheduled to summer vacation, in addition to feel the intensity of the real work, it will be also possible to approach the creation source and understand how the work of art was developed and how it emerged.

Venue

Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Miekenritsu Bijutsukan)

Exhibition period:

July 15 (Saturday) to September 18 (Monday)

Opening hour

from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (*admission until 4:30 p.m.)

Closed

Every Monday (except on September 18)

Admission fee

General= ¥ 1.000 / Students= ¥800 /Admission is free for students up to high school age (koukosei)

(the admission fee also includes the permanent exhibition)

Students must show the ID card

During the event’s hours, at 10 a.m. 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., one of the works of art (beests) at exhibition room will be propelled by compressor units.

See more details on the following URL:

http://theojansen-mie.com/info/

Contact information:

Mie Prefectural Art Museum

TEL: 059-227-2100
FAX. 059-223-0570

Image: Wikimedia Commons

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Challengers Award 2017 for women working in Mie

2017/08/16 Wednesday Culture and Leisure

三重で働く女性チャレンジャーズ・アワード2017

Entries to “Challengers Award 2017” have started supporting and promoting the several “challenges” of women working in Mie Prefecture.

No matter the job, occupation, or company size .Send your own challenge or a challenge around you.

  1. Requirement for entry
  • Women working in Mie Prefecture and that are experiencing some sort of challenge
  • The finalists are required to attend the event “Challengers Award 2017” that is part of “Mie no Kagayaku Joshi no Forum 2017” on 2017, September 22.
  • Attend the trainings organized for the presentations at the forum (September 2 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., September 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – expected to be held in Tsu city)

No matter the person’s nationality, address or age.

  1. Entry period

2017, August 17 by 5 p.m.

  1. Entry process

Entry and fill in the form with required information at the links below.

In case of auto recommendation: https://mie-w.com/awardform1

In case of recommendation from other people: https://mie-w.com/awardform2

*There is no difference between auto recommendation and the recommendation from other people.In case of recommendation from other people, make the entry after obtaining the participant’s approval.

  1. Regarding the assessment
  • A strict assessment of documents will be carry out by the Selection Committee and 10 finalists (estimate) will be chosen.
  • The results of the preliminary assessment will be informed individually by August 28 (Monday).In “Challengers Award 2017” that is part of “Mie no Kayagaku Joshi no Forum 207”, the finalists will perform their presentations and, in the same day, the Assessment Committee will chose the winners.
  1. Award content
  • Award for model from Mie (1 person) Award letter, ¥300,000 prize-giving
  • Audience Award (1 person) Award letter, ¥100,000 prize-giving

*Other awards are expected,  such as Sponsor Award, etc.

  1. Contact information

“Mie no Kagayaku Joshi Forum 2017” Administrative Office (Company in charge for the award: E-Presence K.K)

E-mail　award@mie-w.com　　　　TEL  059-336-4002

See details about other entries on the special homepage below:

https://mie-w.com/award (only in Japanese)

 

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