A gallery talk will be held by the artist, Carl Randall. Carl Randall’s Tokaido Highway, in which the artist retraces the steps of Hiroshige along the Tokaido and records the portraits of the people living there today expressing a timeless cross-section of Japanese society.

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Date: 13 July 2014 13:00 - 14:00 Venue:Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art Organiser: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (designated administrator NPO Hexaproject) Planning: Hexaproject Ltd. Poster & flyer design: Hexaproject Ltd. Web design: Hexaproject.Ltd. Lecturer: Carl Randall Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required Meeting place is the entrance hall of the museum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment.

A lecture will take place at a faculty of art in Hiroshima city university for the students who wish to be an artist and who wish to work in art industry. The talk session will give a sense how to survive with art, system and the speed of Museum industry in London, what professional PR association is, the skill of presentation style as a professional artist, negotiation skills, management skills and differences between Japanese and international art market culture and so on.

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Date : 24 April 2014 18:00- Venue : Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Art Planning : Charles Worthen (professor,Hiroshima City University) Coordinator : Saya Irie (researcher,Hiroshima City University) Lecturer : Hisami Omori (Non Profit Organisation Hexaproject) Admission : free

Date : 27 July 2013 13:00–14:30 Limited to the first 40 people to register. (Pre-registration recommended.) Venue : Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art Organiser: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (designated administrator NPO Hexaproject) Cooperation : J400(Four Hundredth Anniversary of Japan-British Relations), Planning (learning programme) : Non-profit organization Hexaproject Coordination : Hexaproject London Ltd. Space design : Hexaproject Ltd. Poster & flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Participating artist : Chris Steele-Perkins (English with Japanese interpreter.) Cost : Free, but museum admission fee is required Registration : Use the web-form at https://tokaido-hiroshige.jp/inquiry/

A talk show between Sam Seager, a UK photographer that published “Broken Things” by taking pictures of post-disaster Tohoku, and Hiroko Masuko will highlight the activities and works by these two artists that confront the earthquake disaster.

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Date : 8 June 2013 14:00 - 15:30 Limited to the first 20 people to register. (Pre-registration recommended.) Venue : ICN (International Creative Network)（96 Leonard Street, City of London EC2A 4RH,UK） Organiser : ICN(Hexaproject London Ltd. ) Cooperation : JAL, Embassy of Japan in the UK Planning (learning programme): Non-profit organization Hexaproject Flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Web design : Hexaproject Ltd. Participating Artist : Hiroko Masuko , Sam Seager Admission fee : No charge

Frames that surround pictures. They tend to be let by as natural items at art viewings, but if you watch them carefully, you notice that they are very interesting. Here, picture frames' making process and their design evolution afterwards are deciphered from the relationship with the space presentation of the picture inside and the place where it is displayed also about his latest works.

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Date: 4 May 2013 14:00 - 15:30 Limited to the first 20 people to register. (Pre-registration recommended.) Venue : ICN (International Creative Network)（96 Leonard Street, City of London EC2A 4RH,UK） Organiser : ICN(Hexaproject London Ltd. ) Cooperation : JAL Planning (learning programme) : Non-profit organization Hexaproject Flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Web design : Hexaproject Ltd. Participating Artist:Seijiro Niwa Admission fee : No charge

A cultural seminar of Edo period by Timon Screech presented in Japanese language, who is a professor at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS) and specialist in the art and culture of early modern Japan.

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Date : Part 1 : ”Edo City Planning” 21 April 2013 13:00～14:30 Part 2 : “Edo and the Yoshiwara” 8 June 2013 13:00～14:30 Part 3 : “Nihon to Igirisu” (Japan and England) 3 November 2013 13:00～14:30 ※Presentation is in Japanese. Spaces are limited to the first 35 people (pre-registration recommended). Registration will close once all spaces are filled. Venue : Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art Organiser: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (designated administrator NPO Hexaproject) Cooperation : J400(Four Hundredth Anniversary of Japan-British Relations) Planning (learning programme) : Non-profit organization Hexaproject Coordination : Hexaproject London Ltd. Poster & flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Web design : Hexaproject.Ltd. Presenter : Timon Screech Cost : Free *museum entrance fee is required

Art and culture is gaining attention as an industry of its own as people now call it the creative industry. Various designs and artworks are produced each year, but most disappear within a few years. Some say there is a secret rule in order to survive. This seminar will be inviting two speakers based in Shizuoka city who are active both nationally and abroad: Kouichi Okamoto (Kyouei Design) and Hideyuki Kume (NPO Hexaproject). The two speakers will be introducing a new rule in the art and design industry by looking back at the exhibition held in the V&A Museum (London/England) at The London Design Festival 2012.

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Date : 28 November 2012, 18:30 - 20:30 Venue : Bnest 6F presentation room Organizer : Bnest, CCC (the center for creative communications), SVC Planning : Non-profit organisation Hexaproject Lecturer : Koichi Okamoto (Kyouei design), Hideyuki Kume (NPO Hexaproject) Admission fee : No charge (reservation needed)

Artist Miyake will talk about Japanese culture and aesthetics, which is the essence of her works.

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Date : 25 October 2012, 19:00 - 20:00 Venue : ICN (International Creative Network) Organizer : ICN (Hexaproject London Ltd.) Planning (Learning programme) : Non-profit organization Hexaproject Flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Web design : Hexaproject Ltd. Lecturer : Mai Miyake Admission fee : No charge

ICN proudly presents a live performance, a talk show and the first solo exhibition in UK by Kouichi Okamoto, a designer with international acclaim who has reputation in various fields including the arts, music and design. This time, during the London Design Festival 2012, ICN will curate work including "musical table" and "lighting chair" of the Digital Design Weekend showcase at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Okamoto and Max Fraser, Deputy Director of the London Design Festival will discuss the creative environment in each country and what elements are expected of a successful product designer at the Japan Foundation London.

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Date : 24 September 2012, from 18:30 Venue : The Japan Foundation London Organizer : The Japan Foundation London Exhibition planning (producing/curation) : Hexaproject Ltd. Coordination : Hexaproject London Ltd. Participating artist : Kouichi Okamoto, Max Fraser (London Design Festival) Admission fee : No charge Website : http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/japanuk150/events/art/JF_ArtistTalk_Kouichi_Okamoto.html 　　　　 http://www.icn-global.com/gallery/exhibition/2012/okamoto_switch.html

Special Summer Exhibition celebrating the London Olympics Games Curator Talks (with complimentary AOI green tea for all guests) : 19 July 7pm-8pm "Hokusai & Hiroshige: Masters of Ukiyo-e Landscape prints" by Dr. Monika Hinkel (SOAS/V&A) 2 Aug 7pm-8pm "Ukiyo-e from the design point of view" by Joe Keating (Designer) & Hisami Omori (Curator) 16 Aug 7pm-8pm "Japanese Landscape prints: Then&Now" by Dr. Monika Hinkel (SOAS/V&A)

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Date : 19 July, 2 & 16 August 2012, 19:00 - 20-:00 Venue : ICN (International Creative Network) Organizer : ICN (Hexaproject London Ltd.) Planning (Learning programme) : Non-profit organization Hexaproject Flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd. Web design : Hexaproject Ltd. Lecturer : Dr.Monika Hinkel (SOAS/V&A), Joe Keating (Designer),Hisami Omori (Curator ICN) Admission fee : No charge