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Join us on Thursday, August 8, 2024, for Members Only Night at Shofuso! For this month’s program, we are hosting a special performance by Jason Finkelman — a Philadelphia-raised, Illinois-based Japanese American experimental sound artist and percussionist — who will be an artist in residence at Shofuso from August 5–9th, 2024.
Enjoy the premiere of Jason’s work inspired by the sounds of Shofuso with light refreshments and catering from Haha’s Kitchen. Sign up for August’s Members Only Night here >>
Thursday, August 8, 2024
5:00–7:00 PM
Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center
West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia / Google Maps >>
Jason will also perform on August 9, 2024 for the public closing reception of the “Community of Images” exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. For more information on the closing reception and performance, visit the Exhibition Website.
Members Only Nights are free with JASGP membership and members may bring guests for $5 per person. Registration is required.
JASGP Members at Guardian level ($150 annual) and above can bring guests for free.
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About Jason Finkelman
Leaving Philadelphia in 1992 to earn a jazz studies degree at SUNY New Platz, Finkelman would perform with noted figures in improvisation and global music, including Pauline Oliveros and Steve Gorn. His career as a composer for dance centers around collaborative work with award winning choreographer Cynthia Oliver, whom he met at another important Philadelphia institution — the Painted Bride Art Center — where he was employed before leaving his hometown. After establishing the Straylight Dialogues series at NYC’s famed Knitting Factory in the late 1990s, Finkelman and Oliver headed to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000. At Illinois, Finkelman is director of Global Arts Performance Initiatives at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and leads Improvisers Exchange, a multifaceted programming line presenting concerts, workshops, and residencies with improvising artists, that includes a student performance ensemble in the School of Music.
Members Only Nights
Members Only Nights are scheduled during the first week of each month at Shofuso, May through October, and provide an opportunity for Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia members to enjoy exclusive after-hours access to the house and gardens at Shofuso.
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