For the second year in a row, the Farnsworth is collaborating with the upcoming Camden Conference,“The Challenges of Asia,.” by presenting a lecture on the theme of China, India, and Japan. Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated talk on the extraordinary array of trade goods—which today we call artworks and preserve in the world’s great museums---as they were carried by donkey and camel across the deserts and mountains of central Asia and northern China. Some of the most exquisite pieces were made in India, China and Japan, and these countries were deeply entwined in cultural exchanges that altered the histories of each country. Monumental ceramic horses and riders from the Tang Dynasty, China, miniature Buddhist devotional shrines from the Heian period in Japan, and sensuous sculptures of gods and goddesses from the Gupta Empire of India are some of the works of art that will be considered in this look at the artistic influences that flowed between these three countries.
 

Location: The Strand Theatre, Rockland
Seating: limited to 350 people
Cost: $5 members, $8 nonmembers
Reservations: none