Buddhist leader to give calligraphy demonstration

Fukushima Keido Roshi, above, is returning this week to Kansas University to give a calligraphy demonstration and talk.

Roshi is the head abbot of the Tofukuji in Kyoto, Japan. He is the leader of a sect of Rinzai Zen and oversees more than 300 Zen temples.

While at KU he will demonstrate calligraphy, lecture on Zen, meet with students and preside over Zen meditations.

The calligraphy demonstration is at noon Monday in the Central Court at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. He will give the lecture “Zen Master Unmon’s Zen” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the museum’s auditorium.

New York ceramic sculptor to present talk at museum

Anne Currier, a ceramic sculptor, will give a talk at 6 p.m. Monday at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at Kansas University.

Currier uses ceramics to express her curiosity about the physical and visual exchange of masses and voids in space. Associations with architecture and positions of human figures found in Buddhist temple friezes are part of her visual exploration.

Currier is a professor of ceramic arts at Alfred University in New York. She attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Washington-Seattle. Her works are in the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Renwich Museum, American Crafts Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art.

The talk, part of the Hallmark Symposium series, is free and open to the public.

Art in the Park organizers are looking for exhibitors

Artists are being sought for the 2002 Art in the Park in South Park. The event is from noon to 5 p.m. May 5.

Art in the Park showcases the work of dozens of artists in a variety of media.

Applications are available at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St., or from any Lawrence Art Guild member. Applications must be filed by March 8.

For more information, call Elaine Matt, 841-2065, or Karen Woolery, 842-5277.

African dancers, singers coming to Baker University

Baldwin The Mozambique Song and Dance Company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rice Auditorium at Baker University.

The touring company is made up of about 30 dancers, musicians, technicians and administrative staff. Its repertoire ranges from traditional dances with choral and instrumental music to modern ballet accompanied with poetry and storytelling.

The company made its U.S. debut in spring 1998 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The group has toured in Africa, South America, the Caribbean and Europe.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for youths.

Nominations being sought for state arts award

Topeka The Kansas Arts Commission is accepting nominations for the 2002 Governor’s Arts Awards.

The deadline for submitting nominations and supporting materials is May 1.

Nominations can be made in six categories: individual artist, arts organization, art educator, arts advocate, individual patron or patron organization. The individual artists can be in the visual, performing, literary, folk or media arts.

For more information or to request a nomination form, contact the Kansas Arts Commission, 700 S.W. Jackson St., suite 1004, Topeka 66603-3761; (785) 296-3335; KAC@arts.state.ks.us.