April 5, 2016 ALL

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2016 Mitsui Distinguished Lecture Series: Art of the Silk Road and Japan

Patricia Graham is a former professor and museum curator specializing in Japanese art, and an adjunct research associate at the University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies who lectures widely and serves as a professional consultant and certified appraiser of Asian art.

She has been the recipient of various fellowships, including those from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the Asian Cultural Council, the Fulbright Program, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her ongoing scholarly research focuses on Japanese arts, aesthetics, and design from the 17th century to the present, and the connoisseurship and collecting of Chinese and Korean art in Japan. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.

This lecture is made possible by generous funding assistance from the Mitsui USA Foundation, through the Cleveland office of Mitsui & Co. (USA). This talk will be held on Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dolan Science Center Donahue Auditorium and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 216.397.4320.