Radio Program "Common Ground"

Fumiyo Yoshikawa will be broadcast live at "Common Ground" on KAFM Radio
Time: Tuesday, 9/11/2007 12:00-12:30pm
Channel: KAFM Radio (88.1 FM)

About "Common Ground"
Angie Salazar is the host of “Common Ground” on KAFM Radio (88.1 FM) on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 12:00 -12:30 pm. Her co-hosts include Miryan from Columbia and Rozsa from Hungary. Each month the show features an interview with an immigrant from a different country who is living in the Grand Valley.

Japanese Painting Class at Mesa State College

Fumiyo Yoshikawa will teach at Mesa State College.

Topics: Japanese Painting
Arte 396 S CRN: 25995
Time: September 17- October 24
Mondays and Wednesdays 5:45-8:45pm
Credit Hours: 2.0
Call Art Department of Mesa State College at 970-248-1833 for more information

Schedule of Fumiyo's Up Coming Shows

Artspace Exhibition_"Transformation"
Location: The Art Center
http://www.gjartcenter.org/ 1803 North 7th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501
Date: 7/6-7/29, 2007
Opening: 7/6 5:30pm-8:30pm


Solo Show
Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/ 2451 Patterson Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505970-243-5113
Date: 9/2-30, 2007

JABOA Group Show
Location:Grand Junction Economic Partnership
http://www.gjep.org/ 122 North 6th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501
(970)245-4335
Date: 7/18, 2007-
Opening: 9/13, 2007 5:00pm-8:00pm

Mesa State College Adjunct Faculties' Show
Location: Johnson Art Gallery
http://www.mesastate.edu/index.htm
1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
Date: 10/22-11/9, 2007
Opening: 10/26 5:30pm-8:30pm

Open Studio @ Grand Junction

Fumiyo Yoshikawa and Toru Sugita are involved in the following event.

Art Space & Open Studio in Grand Junction
Art Space *970-256-7405

May 19&20(Sat & Sun) 2007
9:00am-5:00pm

Location: 955 Bunting Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
Direction: The corner of Houston and Bunting Avenue that is the other side of Mesa State College west gate.

www.fumiyo-y.com
www.torusugita.net
http://www.gjsentinel.com/event/events2/etc/userEventDisplay.jspd?eventStatus=Approved&eventid=125167

"Hanatsu"_"Set Free"

"Hanatsu" (Set Free) 1990　46x36’ Dry pigments on hemp paper
Prize awarded by Spring Nitten

Fumiyo painted “Hanatsu” (Set Free) to release herself from the limitation she imposed on herself while improving her art career. After finishing this piece she stopped painting figures and started seeking for new subject matter.

When Fumiyo was a little girl she loved drawing and painting and she hoped to be an artist. When she was a high school student she learned technical skills of drawing and water color painting. She learned Japanese traditional painting and art education at Kyoto University of Education. Immediately after her graduation, she became a member artist of “Seitoh-sha” which was a group of professional artists who exhibited at Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition). Since then she has been an artist and art teacher.

At first, she painted many self-portraits and other figures to represent deep inside her. The more she painted figures, the more narcissistic she became. As Fumiyo became professional, she also became more serious about painting technique and her art career.

One day, she found her art threatened by mannerism. She felt herself restrained as if she were trapped in a cage made of too much ambition and ego. She realized that she had lost her feeling for art which she had had in her childhood. When she was a child, she drew, painted and even made fabulous stories with them just for fun. She never cared about a career as a successful artist when she was a little artist who just loved to create. She was missing her simple and innocent joy for making art.　

Fumiyo painted “Hanatsu” to regain the joy of art and her real life. Encounters with interesting people and their ideas or spirits have given her precious memories and inspired her art. Also the daily life with the family gives her a great deal of inspirations.

Since Fumiyo gave birth to her daughter in 2005, she has drawn her daughter almost everyday. She is painting figures again, but now with a more generous sprit than she had ever had.

"Tsuki Madoka"

"Tsuki Madoka" 2007 24x48" Acrylic on Canvas

"Tuki Madoka” is literally translated "The Moon Full”. Tsuki means the moon in Japanese. Madoka is an archaic Japanese word, which means circle or sphere that is a symbol of fullness and contentment, harmony and integration.
Fumiyo named her daughter “Madoka” hoping that the child would grow up as a warm and gentle person who would make everybody happy.
The face of the child represents the moon that shines on people quietly and makes them calm and peaceful.