JASA is pleased to offer members an additional Asia Week program next month. Noted Japanese art history scholar and former JASA Board member Joe Earle will present a lecture entitled "From Beyond the Stars" - Japanese Art-Crafts from Meiji to Showa on Tuesday, Sept 12 at 5pm at Bonhams auction house, Gallery 4, 580 Madison Avenue, New York. 

Joe Earle has worked for 40 years in the field of Asian and Japanese arts and cultures and has occupied senior curatorial roles at top museums in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He held leadership positions at Japan Society in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and previously was Keeper of the Far Eastern Department of London's Victoria and Albert Museum. He also has worked as a freelance consultant, carrying out Japanese art cataloging and exhibition projects for prominent collectors and dealers throughout the world. Currently he serves as Senior Consultant for Japanese art at Bonhams. Earle has authored, translated, edited, or contributed to more than 20 major publications on Japanese art.

Seating for the lecture is strictly limited and must be reserved in advance.