International Netsuke Society Convention
SAN FRANCISCO 2005

     The International Netsuke Society is a non-profit group of collectors and dealers of netsuke from around the world that meet to enjoy each other’s company, learn and share their interests every two years. This convention will be held in San Francisco with four days of lectures, work-shops and social gatherings. Whether you are new to the Japanese art world or a seasoned collector, the convention is a wonderful event and a rare chance to meet the world’s experts on netsuke and related topics and see some of the best netsuke in the world.  

Lectures & Workshops

Registration
Monday September 26th
Noon to 5pm Registration
Noon to 6pm Dealers & Carvers Set-up
6:30pm to 8:30pm Opening reception hosted by Bonhams & Butterfields  (Imperial Floor)
Tuesday September 27th
9am Opening Greetings & Announcements California West
9:15am Welcome by Japanese Consul General California West
9:30am Neil Davey - Two Great Collections California West
10:30am Coffee Break
11am Workshop Sessions:
  Sharen Chappell - Special Something in Netsuke California West
  Burt Drexler - Unusual Materials in Netsuke Hampton Room
  Phyllis Liberman - Language of Japanese Aesthetics California West
  Richard Silverman - Great Stag Antler Netsuke Victorian Room
  Yukari Yoshida - Iwami Olympic Room
1pm to 5pm Dealers & Carvers Room Open Elizabethan Rooms
6:30pm
to 8:30pm		 Reception hosted by Xanadu Gallery 140 Maiden Lane, SF
Wednesday September 28th
9am Announcements California West
9:30am Rosemary Bandini - Christianity and Its Impact on Japanese Culture California West
10:30am Coffee Break
11am Workshop Sessions:
  Fred Chavez - Metal Ojime Victorian Room
  Alain Ducros - Misinterpreted Netsuke Subjects California West
  Jeffrey Klotz - Contemporary Netsuke Essex Room
  Norman Sandfield - Future of Netsuke Research Hampton Room
  Sachi Wagner - Artifacts That Reveal A Culture Olympic Room
12:00 noon Informal Members Meeting with Board of Directors California West
1pm to 5pm Dealers & Carvers Room Open Elizabethan Rooms
6:00pm Bonhams & Butterfields Auction Bonhams/Butterfields
Thursday September 29th
9am Announcements  
9:30am Edmund Lewis - Poetic and Literary Allusions in Japanese Writing Boxes California West
10:30am Coffee Break
11am Workshop Sessions
  Robert Fleischel - Narwhal Netsuke California West
  Yoichi Shimatani - Hashiichii II . .. . Olympic Room
  Susan Wraight - Three More Wise Monkeys Hampton Room
1pm to 4pm Board of Director's Meeting
(Board Members only)		 Cambridge Room
1pm to 5pm Dealers & Carvers Room Open Elizabethan Rooms
6pm to 8pm Evening With Netsuke Artists and Authors 1pm to 5pm
 
Friday September 30th
9am Announcements  
9:30am Paul Moss - Early Figural Netsuke California West
10:30am Coffee Break
11am General Meeting: Address by the President, financial statements, election of officers, announcement of next venue & discussion of the future of the Society. California West
1pm to 4pm Dealers & Carvers Room Open Elizabethan Rooms
4:30pm to 6:30pm Breakdown of exhibitions  
7pm Cocktails (no host) Colonial Ballroom
7:30pm Grand Finale Dinner in the Colonial Ballroom
Awards, Fun Auction, Music and Dancing 		Colonial Ballroom
 
INQUIRIES: 
Marsha Vargas, Convention Chairman
140 Maiden Lane ٠ San Francisco, CA 94108 USA
Tel: 415 307 7292         Fax:  415 984 5856
E-mail:  mvargas@xanadugallery.us

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