B&A オンラインインタビュー「寄留者の旅 ーHomeを求めてー」

 日本のB＆Aミニストリーズ(バイブル&アートミニストリーズ）の町田先生によるインタビューYouTube動画です。下のリンクをクリックしてください。

B&A オンラインインタビュー「寄留者の旅　ーHomeを求めてー」

今年の９月にご依頼を受け、Zoomにて制作されました。B&Aミニストリーズとは 東日本大震災後の２０１２年のチャリティー展示会から繋がらせていただいています。とはいえ、大型のインスタレーション作品や、アメリカでの活動についてシェアする機会が今までなかったので、このようにして自分の作品について説明する機会が与えられて感謝です。インタビューはすべて日本語となっております。私の作品のインスピレーションになったこと、制作秘話などお話しさせていただいています。少々長いので、何回かに渡ってご視聴いただければ良いのではないかと思います。

This is a video interview by Rev. Machida of B&A Ministries (Bible & Art Ministries) in Japan.  I have been connected with B&A since their charity exhibition in 2012 after the Great East Japan Earthquake.  However, I had never had a chance to share about my large-scale installations or other activities in the U.S., so I am grateful for this opportunity to explain my work in this way.  It's all in Japanese.  I am talking about what inspired my work and the secret stories behind the creation of my work.  It is a bit long, so you might want to watch it over several times.

Christmas Decoration Addition to Our Front Porch

    Downtown Wichita announced that all of us the Front Porch makers are going to get additional funding for Christmas and spring.  My daughter Sarah and I decided to add LED solar lights and artificial green to our Front Porch for Christmas.   We hand crafted bushes using an artificial tree to go with the planters.  The other day, we went to install them.  

    The decoration at Naftzger Park across the street can be seen from our Front Porch and it's very pretty!  We hope our decoration adds Christmas spirit to this area.  

  

Old Mill Tasty Shop and Sarah from the Naftzger Park

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Solo Exhibition at Minami Terrace, Tokyo, Japan

    In the last post, I announced a solo exhibition in Asuka, Nara, Japan, but for those of you in eastern Japan who thought that it was a little far away and couldn't go, I have another opportunity for a solo exhibition, and it is in Tokyo! There is also time for an artist talk and discussion hosted by Community Arts Tokyo. This is the first time for me to have a solo exhibition in Tokyo! I would be happy if I could see you during the exhibition!

　先日、日本の奈良、飛鳥での個展のご案内をさせてもらいましたが、ちょっと遠いので行けないなぁ・・・と思われた東日本の皆さん、なんと、東京でも個展をさせていただくこととなりました。コミュニティアーツ東京主催のアーティストトークとディスカッションをするイベントも併せて行われます。東京で個展をするのは初めてです！お近くの皆さん、会期中にお会いできたら嬉しいです｡

終了時間が異なりますのでお気を付けください。

 

     

A Thread X A Thread 糸と糸が出会う時 Tokyo Japan

Place: Minami Terrace, 1-20-2, Minami, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 

Date: Nov. 25, 2022, 11am - 5pm, Nov. 26, 11am - 3:30pm

Artist talk with Community Arts Tokyo: Nov. 25, from 7 - 9 pm

                                    

Solo Exhibition at Garo Asuka, Nara, Japan

      I’m going back to Japan in November for about two and a half weeks! It's been five years since the last time I went back. One of the things I want to do is having a show that I had to cancel two and a half years ago due to the pandemic. It's going to be at Garo Asuka, a Japanese traditional machiya-style art gallery in Asuka-village, the ancient capital of Japan. I love having a show at an unique place like this, and I'm very thrilled. If you're in the area, I hope you and your friends can stop by! 

 Event page on Facebook：

https://www.facebook.com/events/407126231398407/?ref=newsfeed

　11月に日本に二週間半ほど帰ります！ 前回から５年ぶりです。 色々やりたいことがあるのですが、その 1 つは、パンデミックのために 2 年半前にキャンセルしなければならなかった個展をすることです。 日本の古都、明日香村にある、画廊飛鳥という、伝統的な町屋スタイルのアートギャラリーでさせてもらいます。こういったユニークな場所でショーをするのが好きなので、とても楽しみにしています！ お近くの方はお誘いあわせの上、是非お立ち寄りください。住所、地図等は下に添付しておりますDM画像をご覧ください。

糸と糸が出会う時　ー　飛鳥にて

Chiyoko Myose Exhibition

画廊飛鳥　奈良県高市郡明日香村平田２６０

Tel. 090-7756-1470

2022年11月14日 ~ 16日

１３時~１８時

Garo Asuka 260 Hirata, Asukamura, Takaichigun,Nara-ken

Date: Nov. 14 - 16, 2022

13:00 - 18:00

 

"Seventeen" and "Sweet" at Cross/Current Show at Mark Arts

      My new assemblage piece "Sweet" is currently on display at a show called "Cross/Current" at Mark Arts in Wichita together with five other artists' works. We were invited to tour Mark Arts' vault and study collection, from which we each selected a piece in advance.

We were then asked to show our own work that we thought would accompany the selected work. I chose "Seventeen" by Helen Trivigno's beautiful enamel on copper piece from the vault collection. Helen Trivigno is an artist who lived from 1920 to 1985. "Seventeen" and "Sweet" are displayed side by side now. To me, it looks like I'm exhibiting my work with her beyond time and space and I feel happy and humbled. The closing date is Friday October 8, from 5:30 - 7:30pm. If you're in this area, I hope you have a chance to visit the show while it is still up.

"Sweet"

Materials: Used jeans, used vintage kimono fabric, 

used vintage obi fabric, thread, wire, and thread in a shadow box

"Seventeen" by Helen Trivigno's

Enamel on copper

The back of the Trivigno's piece

Cross/Current

Place: Mark Arts 1307 N. Rock Rd., Wichita, KS 67206

Closing reception: October 8th, 2022, 5:30 - 7:30pm

End of the show: October 18th

What Women Create Magazine Now Available On the Newsstands and Online

     What Women Create Fall 2022 Edition which is featuring the City Girl Farm's "When Feathers Come Together - A Global Chicken Collection" is now available on the newsstands at the local bookstores and some craft shops in the U.S.  It is also available to see here online with the free trial deal.  I am in this magazine!  I am so excited and would like to congratulate the City Girl Farm for this successful project.  Thank you to What Women Create for this beautiful magazine and article! 

Photo Credit: Christy McGarity

    

What Women Create Magazine

     The City Girl Farm's Show "When Feathers Come Together - A Global Chicken Collection" is featured in a magazine "What Women Create Fall 2022" Edition.  My page is from p90 through p95.  I am very excited that my work and my story are included in this nationally-known beautiful magazine!  The printed magazines are going to be available at major bookstores and craft shops soon for the next couple of month.   

The Front Porch "Celebration of Dream" for Old Mill Tasty Shop and The Community of Wichita

     My daughter and I had great time creating the front porch at Old Mill Tasty Shop.! The design was inspired by Old Mill's 90th anniversary. While the porch stays there for one year, we hope you can visit Old Mill to have their delicious foods and congratulate them! Not just for eating at Old Mill, everybody is welcome to the porch for just sitting and talk!

We call it, "Celebration of Dream," because we believe a long-running business might have been the owners' dream come true. Old Mill is a family friendly place, so we kept it in our mind to create a design that invites children as well and hoped it will be inspiring to them to have dreams. The design also represents the city of Wichita as a good "home" where we see good businesses and the people of the community who support them.

We're very thankful to the people who helped us - especially Farha Construction, Nam Le, Bob, Tina, Croix, and James. Thank you to NMW Crafts in Michigan as well for their excellently-crafted miniature Dutch Mill paddles. We are so grateful for the opportunity that Downtown Wichita gave us with the funding from National Endowment for the Arts and the Knight Foundation Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation. Thank you to Emily Brookover and Megan Radley at Downtown Wichita for their marvelous leadership and support.

It was also great to get to know the other Front Porch Project creative people for the other five locations, Belinda, Kevin, Drew, Elizabeth, and Engy. Their porches show each person's amazing talent from their rich experiences in their own specialties. I am going to miss our weekly zoom meetings. Hope we can keep in touch!

     At last, but not least, It was definitely mother-and daughter bonding time.  With Sarah's positive spirit and God-given smile, I had many many happy moments.  This will become a lifelong memory for me,  Thank you, Sarah!  Love you! 

About the Front Porch Project, please see the Down Town Wichita's link. If you're interested in the process of making, please go back to my previous posts in this blog, or check out the reels in my Instagram.

The Front Porch at Old Mill Tasty Shop by Chiyoko and Sarah Myose

Place: In front of the Old Mill Tasty Shop at 604 E. Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Date: The porch will be there through July in 2023.

Launch Party of the Front Porch Project at Old Mill Tasty Shop

 My daughter Sarah and I had lot of fun at the launch party of the Front Porch Project at Old Mill Tasty shop.  We were in costumes inspired by Old Mill's delicious banana split.  Thank you for stopping by everyone!  Here are the links to Wichita Eagle's article on this project and KAKE News TV coverage on the event. If you missed it, don't worry, the front porch is going to stay there for one year!

Old Mill Tasty Shop

604 E. Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202