black chawan

GMM and Japanese Tea: Saturday 16 May

On 16 May, the SJA will hold its annual General Members Meeting at the Paviljoenzaal of the Wereldmuseum Leiden, Steenstraat 1B, Leiden.

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Ceramic cups by Anne Sey

Ceramic work by Anne Sey

Agenda:

13:00 – 13:30: Doors open – Coffee and Tea  
13:30 – 14:15: General Members Meeting  
– Opening  
– Approval Annual Report  
– Approval financial report treasury committee  
– Leave of board member Jim Dwinger  
– Nomination new board members  
– Future activities SJA  
– An update from the Chair of the Heinz Kaempfer Fund  
14:15 – 14:35: Award ceremony HKF thesis prize  
14:35 – 15:00: Break – Coffee and Tea  
15:00 – 16:10: Mini symposium  
– Anne Sey  
– Lecong Zhou  
16:10 – 17:00: Drinks at the Museumcafe  

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A key point on the agenda is the addition of three new board members. See this page for their introductions, make sure you are logged into your SJA account when accessing the page.  

As is tradition, the GMM will be followed by a mini symposium, "The Art of Japanese Tea Ceramics", for which we invited two ceramics experts:

  • Japanologist, ceramist, and author Anne Sey will dive deeper into the visual language and history of chawan within the Japanese tea tradition.
    • "In Japan bestaat een rijke wereld van theekommen, waarin techniek en materiaal, gebruik en esthetiek, expressie en verfijning samenkomen. Binnen dit brede veld neemt de chawan een bijzondere plaats in. Deze kom wordt vooral gebruikt voor matcha, de fijngemalen groene thee die met heet water tot een schuimige drank wordt opgeklopt."
  • Lecong Zhou, curator of Asian ceramics at the Groninger Museum, will enlighten us on the exchange of tea ceramics between China and Japan, basing his lecture on examples from the collection of the Groninger Museum. 
    • "This lecture will be focusing on three sub-topics: Song Dynasty ceramics used in the Japanese tea ceremony,  Ming and Qing porcelain exported to Japan and imitations of Chinese ceramics in Japanese tea wares."

N.B.: The GMM will be held in Dutch. Lecong Zhou's presentation, however, will be in English. 

The agenda, year report and financial documents can be found on Dropbox. 

Wereldmuseum Het Paviljoen

The Paviljoenzaal is located outside at the backside of the museum. Enter the museum through the main entrance, walk all the way to the end of the main building and exit through the back door. You will find the Paviljoenzaal in the small house outside (see picture). See this map for the exact location. 

A board member of the society will be at the main entrance to help guide you. 

While sign up is not mandatory, we kindly ask you to let us know if you are certain you will be joining. This helps us account for the necessary catering and seating. CLICK HERE FOR THE SIGN UP FORM. 

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