Drop-in Docs: Outsider Art in Japan

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December 17th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Cost: Free
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JFT Seminar Room
Free Admission/No RSVP required
Drop in for a documentary during our Saturday openings and stay as long as you like!
This edition of Drop-in Docs will feature the 10-part series Outsider Art in Japan, which introduces artists with cognitive, behavioral and developmental disabilities who create works of astonishing creativity, beauty and mystery with the support of Japanese social service organizations and art therapy programs. Each volume focuses on a visual theme, and features segments on three to five different artists around Japan.
1:00 pm  Volume 9: Figures of Solitude (46″)
Norikazu Usui, Gifu
Osamu Nadoyama, Okinawa
Yoshito Matsuo, Tochigi
2:00 pm Volume 10: Metamorphosis (44″)
Kaoru Kudo, Tokyo
Takahiro Shimoda, Iwate
Eijiro Miyama, Kanagawa

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Starts:
December 17th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
Ends:
December 17th, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
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Cost:
Free
Doors Open:
12:30 pm
Registration:
Not required
Language:
Japanese with English subtitles

Organizer

The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Phone:
416-966-1600
Email:
info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
Website:
View Organizer Website

Venue

The Japan Foundation, Toronto
2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M4W 1A8 Canada
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Phone:
416-966-1600
Website:
View Organizer Website