tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114644920869329784.post7603642090076526190..comments2023-04-04T12:06:35.189-04:00Comments on Art and Culture in Bloomsburg: Reminiscing about Toshiko TakaezuE.G. Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217779904720188825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114644920869329784.post-67339132898243151642011-04-01T09:52:28.319-04:002011-04-01T09:52:28.319-04:00Professor Beamer introduced me to Toshiko when we ...Professor Beamer introduced me to Toshiko when we took a trip to her studio in New Jersey. I had admired her work since I was an undergrad student and had the opportunity to fire some of her works in Professor Beamer's anagama kiln. I can still remember the day when we opened the kiln. Lots of anxiety carrying her work, lots of warnings about dropping them and lots of talk about their price tag. I remember one piece and can still see it some 10 + years later. There was something special about this piece, to this day I still cannot put my finger on it. It is just that "thing" that speaks to us internally. I remember holding it, staring at it, and I remember exactly how that work of art made me feel. Professor Beamer took me to her studio for an opening and introduced me to her. I immediately asked if I could return on a day to look at all her work. (her home was full of it) she graciously said yes and asked that I call when I wanted to come. The visit was one of the most special days of my life. We had tea, we had a snack, we sat and we talked, she was very interested in my work, what I was doing, why and what I intended to do. Her old colleague stopped by and I had the chance to hear them reminisce about the "old days" in NYC in the 1950's, the Abstract Expressionists and the "good times". Priceless. I purchased one of Toshiko's pieces that day, and she gave me another, as companion piece I believe she called it. It was a lovely day with a gracious, kind, intelligent artist, whose company that day made me a better artist and more human. Thanks Professor Beamer, and thank you Toshiko.<br /><br />Bill WhalenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802754908179687564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114644920869329784.post-9343703191349885342011-03-30T16:24:59.698-04:002011-03-30T16:24:59.698-04:00Toshiko mentored my father when I was young. She a...Toshiko mentored my father when I was young. She always seemed magical to me back then, but even more so now. This memorial certainly reflects her essence.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Shawn Gallagher<br />Millersville UniversityUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987435526971520407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114644920869329784.post-42749880413858928152011-03-26T21:10:40.212-04:002011-03-26T21:10:40.212-04:00I have been asking for rememberences of this fine...I have been asking for rememberences of this fine artist on line and HERE IT IS! Thanks! I really wish I could have been nearer to her!<br /><br />Roxanne Hunnicutt in ORroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02274660605621106725noreply@blogger.com