He has also served as a foreign editor and correspondent in London, New York and Washington D.C. for the newspaper Izvestia . The lecture is free, but reservations are required. In East Asia, it has been the belief that you can learn a great deal about an individual through calligraphy, the traces of the human spirit that remain on paper and silk. Jin Seien, a master calligrapher from Yokohama, Japan, has his calligraphy, along with selected Japanese clothing, textiles and decorative arts from other collections, at the U's Goldstein Gallery until October 12. The opening reception for Ink Clouds is Sunday, July 13, featuring a lecture and slide presentation by Matthew Welch, associate curator of Asian arts at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Admission is free.