This event took place in 2015
2015 INS Convention, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4-8 September 2015
  
  
  
  
    
    2015 Program
    Lectures
    
      - British Museum Netsuke Collection Donors by Rosemary Bandini
 
      - Hasekawa Ikko by Max Rutherston
 
      - Netsuke in Woodblock Prints & Paintings by Norman Sandfield
 
      - "Even I Never Suspected That There Were This Many Great Kokusais" by Paul Moss
 
      - Evolution of the International Netsuke Society by John Hawley
 
      - Discussion on the US Ivory Ban with Dessa Goddard & Matt Quinn
 
    
    Workshops
    
      - Bokuto by Robert Fleischel
 
      - Netsuke on a Budget by Robert Goode
 
      - Pipecases & Cane Handles by Jay Hopkins / Arno Ziesnitz -
 
      - Shunga by Yukari Yoshida
 
      - Netsuke on a Budget by Michael Strone
 
      - Head, Hand, Heart - The Enduring Magic of Modern Netsuke by Robert Goode
 
    
    
    
    2015 Museum Visits
    Evergreen Museum & Library Garrett Collection
    48 rooms filled with over 50,000 items in a mid-19th century mansion set on 26 acres. View not only the netsuke and inro published by Neil Davey & Susan Tripp in 1993 but the extensive collections of Asian art, European paintings (Degas, Modigliani), Tiffany glass and rare books.
    Walters Art Museum
    A special exhibition of their large netsuke and inro collection will be on view for the Convention. The collection contains a wide variety of pieces from Tomotada ivory dog to Iwami boar tusk netsuke.