Kaname Moriya was born in 1936, Kyoto Japan. He graduated with honors in 1962 from the Kyoto University of Fine Arts. Since 1963 his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries in Japan, USA and in Europe. His work has received various honors such us the 1974 Competition Winner from the Kyoto Design, 1978 from the Tokyo Nichido Garou and to 1983 from the Chiba Fine Art Museum in Tokyo. Moriya’s work is inspired by the Japanese kimono. Moriya, is one of the most distinguished kimono designers in Japan, pushing kimono design into the realms of geometric minimalism. Kaname Moriya … Continued
Christine Coleman
Christine Coleman in a nut shell: Began studying butoh in 2001, performs with Tanya Calamoneri – SO.GO.NO Anemone Dance Theater,Corinna Brown (Hiller)-Dean Street FOO Dance, Chris Ferris and Dancers, and Celeste Hastings – Butoh Rockettes. Christine’s choreography was shown at CRS in June 2008.
Helen Mitchell
Throughout her painting career, HELEN MITCHELL has most consistently been inspired by the changing landscape of her surroundings and the subsequent exposure to varied and diverse cultures. Spending her formative years in England, she established a penchant for dark colors and monochromatic tones, but extended periods of time spent in Africa, Los Angeles and New York as well as frequent trips across the globe has had varying influences on her palette. The most prominent theme in Helen’s work is the concept of cycles, expressed primarily through her use of decaying texture; two dimensional with flat paint and plastic; three dimensional … Continued