Went over to beacon last week and had dinner.  Great food and staffing.  Nice people.  Many people are calling us to make a reservation, so the promotion we are doing must be working.  It’s a different kind of event and it is part of our dream to bring artists and business people together.

How often do you have a chance to meet and talk with an artist?  There will be many chances like this at Art Night @ beacon.  Here’s the current list of who will be there:

Joji Shimamoto–young photographer, people tell us he reminds them of Daido Moriyama.

Masumi Yoshida-just a 3rd year student at Joshibi-women’s art university, but has pioneered the use of new techniques.

Atsushi Takahashi–he’s a painter who reminds me of Winner Jumalon from the Philippines combined with Jackson Pollock–although he hates–like all artists d0-to compared with anyone else.  He is truly unique.

Gakushi Yamamoto–our first young artist, a first-class sculptor and son of a buddhist priest who puts everything he knows into his work.

Mario Tauchi–grew up in four different countries. His work reminds people of the pop artists of the 1960′s.  I love his paintings on traditional Japanese scrolls as well as his work on skateboards.

This weekend, we open a new show and a lot of the work from Art Night @ beacon will be in the gallery.