We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Mondale Award and Scholarship Gala will be held in person on Saturday, November 16th at the Oak Ridge Country Club in Hopkins.
Register today! (Please click here)
Both the Mondale Award and Mondale Scholarship will be presented at this event. The Mondale Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the building of understanding, cooperation, and respect between the people of Japan and Minn
esota. The Mondale Scholarship is presented to students enrolled in Minnesota colleges and universities who want to broaden their knowledge of Japan through a combination of study and travel.
Reception: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Banquet & Program: 6:30-9:00 p.m. Dress Code: Business Attire or Kimono Do you need Kimono dressing assistance? Please register here. The deadline is November 1.
Reception: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Banquet & Program: 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Dress Code: Business Attire or Kimono
Do you need Kimono dressing assistance? Please register here. The deadline is November 1.
Keynote Speaker: University of Minnesota Professor Tetsuya Yamada
Prof. Tetsuya Yamada was born postwar in Tokyo, where he began studying traditional Japanese Ceramic practice. He received his MFA from Alfred University in 1997. He is a Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Through his ceramic-centered multimedia work, Yamada examines nature to explore fundamental truths about human nature.
He has participated in artist residency programs, including Kohler Arts/Industry in 2002 and 2009, Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia in 2004, and European Ceramic Work Center in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, in 2010. He is a recipient of the 2001 Tiffany Award, the 2005 McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Artists, administered by The Northern Clay Center, and 2014 and 2019 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists, administered by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the Grand Prize (the highest prize among 25 prizes selected from 1,875 artists from 71 countries) at the 2011 Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale in South Korea (2011), and 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Most recently, he was subject to his mid-career survey exhibition, Listening at the Walker Art Center.
Mondale Scholarship Recipients 2024-2025
It is with great pleasure that JASM presents the 2024 Mondale Scholarships to Sydney Chen (University of Minnesota), Molly Turley (St. Olaf College), Jonathan Cordano (Gustavus Adolphus College), and Sophia Heles (College of Saint Benedict).
Please click here to purchase tickets.
Early Bird (register by Oct. 18)
$130/ Non-member
$110/ JASM member
Regular (register Oct. 19 - Nov. 8)
$155/ Non-member
$130/ JASM member
Post Deadline (register after Nov. 9)
$175/ Non-member
$150/ JASM member
jasm@mn-japan.org
P.O. Box 26639
Minneapolis, MN 55426
