Exhibitors
Exhibitor's Hall is free admission and open from
12 noon - 5:30pm
Anime/Manga
Sam. Bros. is an award-winning manga artist that publishes an online manga called Ronin Yoshino, and will premiere in book form on sale.
Cha-no-Yu
For adults, there will be an opportunity to partake in the Japanese Tea ceremony "Cha No Yu" presented by the Long Island Cha-no-Yu no Kai.
Japanese Pottery
by Stony Brook Craft Center. Our mission is to promote the appreciation of art and fine crafts for Stony Brook students, faculty, staff, and the community. By providing leisure opportunities through non-credit classes in an atmosphere of informality and fun, the Craft Center is a place to interact with others and to discover or enhance your creative abilities.
Bonsai
Bonsai is the art of growing trees, or woody plants shaped as trees, in containers. It uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-sized trees. Presented by the Eastern Suffolk Bonsai Club.
Ikebana
More than simply putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. Contrary to the idea of floral arrangement as a collection of particolored or multicolored arrangement of blooms, ikebana often emphasizes other areas of the plant, such as its stems and leaves, and draws emphasis toward shape, line, and form.
Origami
Origami is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding, which started in the mid-1900s and has evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami.
Nihonwasou USA Kimono Fashion Show
Nihonwasou USA will present a Kimono Fashion Show. They will introduce different kinds of Kimono, according to the seasons, and will demonstrate the step-by-step process of donning a Kimono including the importance of the Obi (sash).
Kimono House
Japanese kimono and gifts. kimonohouse.blogspot.com
Sumi-e and Sho-do
Sumi-e is a style of painting that is characteristically Asian, and has been practiced for well over a thousand years. Literally ink painting, it is an art form that strives to distill the essence of an object or scene in the fewest possible strokes. A few carefully placed broad strokes that fade off abruptly, a few thin lines and a dot, and a bird is clearly called into being on the paper. Presented by Fumiko Carle of the Long Island Sumi-e Society
Shibori Tie-Dye
There is an infinite number of ways one can bind, stitch, fold, twist, or compress cloth for shibori, and each way results in very different patterns. Each method is used to achieve a certain result, but each method is also used to work in harmony with the type of cloth used. Therefore, the technique used in shibori depends not only on the desired pattern, but the characteristics of the cloth being dyed. Also, different techniques can be used in conjunction with one another to achieve even more elaborate results. Presented by Regina Hall.
Reiki Hands of Healing
Reiki is a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui, and uses a technique commonly called palm healing as a form of complementary and alternative medicine. Through the use of this technique, sometimes refereed to as "tenohira" (meaning "the palm" in Japanese), practitioners believe that they are transferring "healing energy" in the form of ki through the palms. Presented by Christine Harvey.
For the last thirty-three years, Lynn Matsuoka has been accorded the highest privilege granted any artist - Japanese or foreign - by being allowed to record the private background events of the world of sumo as well as the leading stars of the Kabuki stage.
Go
Go is a fascinating board game that originated in China more than 4,000 years ago. Also known as baduk, wei ch'i, weiqi, and igo, it is played today by millions of people, including thousands in the United States.
The Stony Brook Go Club welcomes anyone with an interest in Go to come and visit. New players are welcome just as much as advanced players. Our goal is to help provide a network for Go players, organize go trips and events, and bring awareness of Go to the community.
