Australia House Spring Program 2018

Events

Summary

workshop

Australi House invites you to take down yukigakoi (structure to protect the building from snow during winter) and join Yutaka Kawaguchi and Kaori Naito to help plant for the spring.

Date	Saturday 5 May 2018
Time	13:00 – 15:00
Program	Join discussion on how to make a coherant landscape while arranging the existing plantations and planting seeds after yukigakoi has taken down. * 15:00 – 15:30: Afternoon tea over local and Australian sweets. * 15:00 – Experience cricket * Visit inside of the Australia House (closing at 16:00)
Price	Free
Booking	Booking is not required. Please come to the Australia House directly.
Other notes	Please come in outfit suitable for working outdoor. Please bring gloves, towels and other stuff as you think is necessary.

About artists

Yutaka Kawaguchi / Kaori Naito

Yutaka Kawaguchi Born in 1953, Kaori Naito Born in 1970 in Ehime
［Publications・papers・catalogues］
2006 “Yutaka Kawaguchi’s contena garden style 60” (Nosangyoson Bunka Kyokai)
2002 “Yutaka Kawaguchi’s Eco-Garden” (NHK Publishing, Inc.)
2000 “Yutaka Kawaguchi’s Gardening Lesson” (Yama-kei Publishers co.,Ltd.)
［Major artworks, exhibitions, projects, workshops］
1999 International Roses and Gardening Show, Seibu Dome, Tokyo
［Awards］
2005 Appreciation prize at International Roses and Gardening Show
2003 Second prize in veranda at International Roses and Gardening Show
2000 Grand prize in gardening at International Roses and Gardening Show
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Summary

Date and time	Saturday, May 5 2018 13:00 - 15:00
Venue	Australia House (7577 Urada, Tokamachi-city, Niigata)

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Located in the Urada village in Matsunoyama area, Australia House was built in 2012 as a platform to foster exchange between Japan and Australia. Artists, curators and students have stayed in the house and created and presented their artworks while local people have discovered the diverse cultures existing within Australia. We are pleased to invite the general public to experience staying in this distinctive cultural facility.

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