Documentary Screening: The Fragility of Tradition
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A short documentary screening highlights the voices of women artists navigating tradition, identity and creative resilience within Japanese craft culture.
Documentary Screening: The Fragility of Tradition by Stella M. Holmes takes place Friday, February 13 at the Coral Gables Museum. The film centers on three Japanese women artists working at different stages of their lives and careers, tracing how their personal stories intersect within the historically male-dominated field of kogei, or traditional craft.
Through intimate portraits and shared experiences, the documentary explores themes of perseverance, transformation and the gradual reshaping of cultural boundaries. The artists’ narratives reveal how tradition can be both a constraint and a living framework open to reinterpretation.
The screening is presented as part of Five Senses of Japan, a broader program at the Coral Gables Museum that examines Japanese culture through film, visual art, music, cuisine and fashion, with a particular focus on women’s contributions to both historical and contemporary practice.