April 11, 2019
'The History and Art of Tea' with tea master Shozo Sato
Shozo Sato, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois, will demonstrate a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.
Sato is a tea master, artist, author and theater director. He has devoted his life to cultivating peace and cross-cultural understanding through the teaching of Zen (Buddhist) arts such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement, calligraphy and painting. He is the recipient of the Order of Sacred Treasure from the Emperor of Japan for his contributions in teaching Japanese traditions.
This event is part of the Silk Road through Kansas program series at the museum.
For more information on this and other events, visit beach.k-state.edu/visit/calendar.