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Asian Arts &
Culture Center
Towson University
Towson, Maryland
21252-0001 U.S.A.

 Suewhei Shieh, director

Tel.: 410.704.2807

Gallery Hours:
M-F, 11 am - 4 pm
Sat, 1 pm - 4 pm
During Exhibitions


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MANY MOONS FESTIVAL 2008                       (Link to Many Moons 06)

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Center for the Arts, Towson University

 

This full day festival featured performances of music and dance, hands-on arts and crafts, martial arts showcase, colorful handicrafts and delicious foods from all over Asia.
                                                                                                                                                 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (subject to change)

Grand Hall                                                                                                                                           11 am- 6 pm            Arts & Crafts Workshops                                                                        Doll making, origami, dough figurines, bead craft, silk rope knotting, kite making, paper cutting, mask making, paper making, etc.

Center for the Arts Gallery                                                                                                        11- 6 pm                  Crossroads Marketplace                                                                          Displays and sale of handicrafts from Japan, China, India, Tibet, Thailand, Vietnam, and Nepal, etc. and experts of alternative medicines, natural healing, yoga, Feng Shui, and more.

The Atrium                                                                                                                                        11 am- 6 pm          Crossroads Marketplace         Asian cuisines and teas

Asian Arts Gallery                                                                                                                             1- 6 pm                   Myth and Symbols in Korean American Art                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              MFA Gallery                                                                                                                                        2 - 5 pm                 Tea Tasting and Moon Cake Sampling                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Kaplan Concert Hall                                                                                                                Noon & 3:00        Welcome Ceremony & Mask Dance of Mongolia--Khuree Tsam          1 & 4 pm                Dance of China-- Madison Chinese Academy of Dance                         2 & 5 pm                Dance of Vietnam-- Academy of Asian American Performing Arts                                                                                                                                                                 Mainstage Theater                                                                                                                            1:30 & 3:30           Gamelan & Dance of Bali-- Gamelan Mitra Kusuma                           2:30 & 4:30           Korean Drum & Fan Dance-- The Washington Korean Dance Co. .                                                                                                                                                 Marder Studio Theatre                                                                                                               12:30  & 4:15        Chinese Classical Music-- Maryland Chinese Music Ensemble          1:30 & 3:15            Puppet Theatre: East Meets West-- Visual Expressions                       2:30  & 5:15           Indian Classical Music-- K.S. Resmi & N. Scott Robinson                  

Recital Hall                                                                                                                                          1 & 3 pm                 Contemporary music from the Philippines                                            2 & 4 pm                 Contemporary music from Taiwan-- Taiwanese Music Ensemble     

Dance Studio Theater                                                                                                            12:00- 3:00             Global Music Demo/presentations-- Bill Jenkins: World of Music 3:30- 5:00               Dressing of Japanese Kimono and Fan Dance-- Yukiko Oba                                                                                                                                                                            Studio Theatre      Martial Arts Showcase                                                                         1:00                          U.S. Tae Kwon Do                                                                                2:00                          Goh’s Kung Fu & Tai Chi                                                                       3:00                          The Baltimore Aikido                                                                             4:00                          Filipino Eskrima

Room 3039   

12- 5 pm                  Anime Workshop

1st Floor Lobby and Art Hall                                                                                                      11- 6 pm                  Community Information Sharing

Sponsors: AAI Corporation, Pepsi Corp., McCormick & Co. Inc., GE, Korean Society of Maryland, T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc., Towson University Foundation, Inc., TU College of Fine Arts & Communication, TU Center for Student Diversity, TU International Programs, TU International Students & Scholars Office, TU Housing & Residence Life, TU Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Families with Children from China-Maryland, Taiwanese Association of America-Greater Baltimore Chapter, and Taiwanese Association of America-U.S.A.

Media Sponsors: Comcast, Fox 45/WNUV 54 TV, WBJC-FM, Asian Fortune, Baltimore Examiner, and Baltimore's Child.

                                                       

                                                

                                          

   

This program is made possible in part through grants from the Lois & Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund of the AJC, Advisory Services for TIAA-CREF, Maryland State Arts Council, Dr. and Mrs. Dan Jones, Yu-Wen & Rose Chang, Yao-King & Celia Hsu, Albert and Chen-Chi Sun, Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.