Schedule
A final agenda will be included in your registration package.

Wednesday, July 1
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Setup – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor

Thursday, July 2
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration Desk – Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Dealers’ Setup – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Showroom Open – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Welcoming Reception and Viewing of Meinertzhagen Kirin -- Bonhams, 580 Madison Avenue at 56th Street
Dinner on One’s Own

Friday, July 3
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Registration Desk – Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 11:00 am Opening Remarks – Michael J. Strone, Convention Chair, Joseph Kurstin, President
Lecture: Joseph Kurstin—Masanao of Kyoto
Lecture: Neil K. Davey—The Ambiguity of Masterpieces: A Personal View
Villard Ballroom, 2nd Floor
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break, Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Workshops – Group A, Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Workshops – Group B, Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch on One’s Own
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting, The Library, 3rd Floor
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Showroom Open – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm INS Auction Preview at Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 48th Street
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm INS Auction at Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 48th Street
Dinner on One’s Own

Saturday, July 4
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration Desk – Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 11:00 am Lecture: Norman Sandfield – Netsuke in Japanese Prints
Lecture: Sebastian Izzard – Life in the Yoshiwara
Villard Ballroom, 2nd Floor
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break, Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Workshops – Group C – Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Workshops – Group D, Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch on One’s Own
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting (continuation) – The Library, 3rd Floor
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Showroom Open – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
Dinner on One’s Own
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm Reception and Fireworks Viewing – 55th Floor Triplex and Terrace


Sunday, July 5
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration Desk – Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 11:00 am Lecture: Max Rutherston – The Inro Collection of Melvin Jahss
Lecture: Dessa Goddard -- Passion, Politics, and Identity: Collecting Asian Art in America
Villard Ballroom, 2nd Floor
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break, Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Workshops – Group A (Reprise) – Locations to be Announced
12: 30 pm – 1:15 pm Workshops – Group C (Reprise) – Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch on One’s Own
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Showrooms Open -- The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Contemporary Carvers’ Reception, Presentation of Bronze Hakutaku Award to Ryushi Komada by Shinichi Nishimiya, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations and Consul General – The Reid Salon, 2nd Floor
Dinner on One’s Own

Monday, July 6
9:00 am – 11:00 am Biennial Meeting of INS Members
Lecture: Japanese Art in America: The Next Fifty Years
Villard Ballroom, 2nd Floor
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break – Villard Foyer, 2nd Floor
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Workshops – Group B (Reprise) – Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Workshops – Group D (Reprise) – Locations to be Announced
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch on One’s Own
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dealer Showrooms Open – The Drawing Room, 3rd Floor
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Final Banquet – Holmes I and II, 4th Floor

Tuesday, July 7
Departure
8:00 am – Noon Break-down of Dealer Showroom Displays – The Drawing Room, 3rd Fl.

LECTURES

• NEIL K. DAVEY – The Ambiguity of Masterpieces, A Personal View
• JOE EARLE – Japanese Art in America: The Next Fifty Years
• DESSA GODDARD – Passion, Politics, and Identity: Collecting Asian Art in America
• SEBASTIAN IZZARD – Life in the Yoshiwara
• JOSEPH KURSTIN – Masanao of Kyoto
• MAX RUTHERSTON – The Inro Collection of Melvin Jahss
• NORMAN SANDFIELD – Netsuke in Japanese Prints

WORKSHOPS

• MICHAEL BERNSTEIN – Evolution of Style in Netsuke
• DAVID BURDITT – The Work of Ryo Kawara
• BURT DREXLER – Unusual Materials in Netsuke: Hornbill, Umimatsu,Coral, Whale Tooth, Amber, Bamboo, Narwhal Tusk
• JAY HOPKINS – The “Yoshi” School (Yoshinaga/Yoshitomo, et al)
• ERIC KNUDSON – Manzai and 30-Year-Old Dust: The INS Image Archive
• HEINZ KRESS – To be announced
• YOICHI SHIMATANI – Hida School Ittobori (Single-Knife) Netsuke
• ALLISON TOLMAN – Contemporary Japanese Prints
• MARSHA VARGAS – Animals Real and Imaginary
• SACHI WAGNER – From Shinto to Zen: Appreciating the Influence of Philosophical Traditions of Japanese Netsuke and Related Arts.
• MASANORI WATANABE – Mitate and Rusu-moyo: Two Important Genres of Japanese Art and Culture
• YUKARI YOSHIDA – Tomotada
• JEFFREY KLOTZ - Netsuke Carving from the Contemporary Artist's Perspective

Convention Chair	Convention Vice Chair	Convention Vice Chair
Michael J. Strone Esq.	Sachi Wagner	Marsha Vargas

General Information

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Preliminary Schedule

Lectures

Workshops