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On my recent trip to Hawaii I experienced the vanished world of imperial China. How? I was immersed in vividly-captured photographs developed on glass plates through an incredible exhibit, China Through the Lens of John Thomson 1869-1872 at the East-West Center Gallery in Honolulu.
On my recent trip to Hawaii I experienced the vanished world of imperial China. How? I was immersed in vividly-captured photographs developed on glass plates through an incredible exhibit, China Through the Lens of John Thomson 1869-1872 at the East-West Center Gallery in Honolulu.
My next guest is Michael Schuster, curator of the gallery and of this exhibit. John Thomson was a pioneer in photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his generation.
Michael Schuster is a specialist on arts in Asia and the Pacific. He served as folk arts coordinator of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Schuster has studied Asia Pacific arts for 30 years, training with master artists from India, Burma, Indonesia and Japan. He has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Western States Arts Federation. He currently serves on the advisory panel for community outreach at Shangri La, owned by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. He holds a Ph.D. in Asian theater from the University of Hawaii.
Established in 1960, by Congress, the East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States of America, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research and dialogue.
Join us for our weekly Confucius Moment, news of Saturday's Mid-Autumn Festival at Jennings Beach, Fairfield, Connecticut, hosted by the Chinese American Heritage Association (www.cahai.org), and the opening of the riveting Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China 3rd-6th Centuries at the China Institute in America in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the Saturday, October 1 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim on AM1490 WGCH and anywhere on WGCH.com starting 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. China Time.
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