# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Japanese Tea Practice: Past and Present
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Cost: Free; Registration in advance required

In this webinar, three experts explore the past and present of Japanese tea practice through their unique perspectives as a curator, a tea practitioner/collector, and an art historian. The discussion is followed by a Q&A. 

Speakers:
Louise Cort, curator emerita for ceramics, National Museum of Asian Art
Gregory Kinsey, tea practitioner and collector
Andrew Watsky, P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Professor of Japanese Art Emeritus, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Facilitated by:
Sol Jung, Shirley Z. Johnson Assistant Curator of Japanese Art
This program is part of the online series Perspectives on Japanese Tea Practice, which brings together various experts on Japanese tea practice, called chanoyu, to explore its evolution from the past into the present. Roundtable discussions and lectures with tea practitioners, collectors, curators, university professors, architects, and artists reveal how cross-cultural connections have been crucial to historic and contemporary Japanese tea practice.

This series in held in conjunction with the current exhibition "Reasons to Gather: Japanese Tea Practice Unwrapped."

Image credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Colleen Dugan
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington D.C.
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- **full address**: Online event, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States, Washington D.C.

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- **organizer**: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art (https://allevents.in/org/smithsonian-national-museum-of-asian-art/19463279)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States, Washington D.C.
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, exhibitions, virtual, webinar
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