FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY
DATE: April
23, 2007
CONTACT: Kelly Maloney: (206) 878-3710, ext 3146;
kmaloney@highline.edu
Event: Art
Exhibit: The Sumi Art of Lois Yoshida
Date(s): Opening
May 3, 2007
Open to the public
throughout the whole month: May 1 –
31, 2007
Time: 7 p.m. (Opening)
Price: Free
Location:
Highline’s main campus is
located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacific Highway
South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA 98198.
Description: In celebratian of Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month, May 2007, Highline Community College Library will present an
exhibit by noted local Sumi artist Lois Yoshida. Join us for an opening
May 3rd at 7 p.m. with music provided by the award-winning Japanese music
ensemble, Duo En, which performs on the koto and shakuhachi (bamboo
flute). Cap off the evening with a thrilling performance by members of the
Highline Community College Yamato Daiko Club.
The Sumi
Art of Lois Yoshida
Lois
Yoshida is a Sumi (black ink painting) artist who has studied with noted artist
Fumiko Kimura. She is active in the Puget Sound Sumi Artists organization.
Her award-winning Sumi paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows
locally as well as internationally. Lois has also taught at the
Sponsored
by: The
Web site: highline.edu
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