Hosted in a tearoom designed by Shigeru Uchida as a part of the exhibition The Way of Tea in Asia, the Wang Center offers the chance to participate in an authentic Japanese tea ceremony. Tickets »

Keiko Kitazawa, a licensed instructor of the Omotesenke school of tea ceremony, will be leading the ceremony. We welcome all participants, especially those who have never experienced a Japanese tea ceremony before. The ceremony will includes tea tasting and a discussion of the history and culture of tea in Japan as well as of the traditional Japanese aesthetics of wabi-sabi, which emphasizes the beauty found in asymmetry, simplicity, austerity, and modesty. Keiko Kitazawa is from Nara, Japan, where she started her tea lessons at 8 years old, and is a graduate of the Osaka University of Art. She is also an interior designer. Since 1996, she has lived and worked in the New York area as an artist and tea instructor.

EXHIBITION: The Way of Tea in Asia
September 7–December 10
Skylight Gallery