 | Art and Authority Symposium | | The Foundation for Centripetal Art sponsored its first symposium in February, 2010, at the Graduate Theological Union. The subject was Art and Authority. The noted critic and art historian, Peter Selz, moderated. A paper titled "Authority and Authenticity" was delivered by Rafael Chodos. |
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 | Art and Religion Symposium | | A record of the Symposium held Feb. 23, 2011 at UCLA, sponsored by the Foundation for Centripetal Art. Papers were delivered by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, Pullitzer Prize-winning author Jack Miles, and the artist Junko Chodos. The Symposium was moderated by Rafael Chodos, President of the Foundation. |
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 | Kuukai | | Kuukai as seen through the works and writings of Junko Chodos. |
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 | Lift the Curtain | | An in-depth catalog of the series, Lift the Curtain, eight works created during the Summer of 2012 and the ninth work, in the winter of 2013. |
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 | Mass Killing | | A series of visual lamentations on genocide throughout history and across the globe. |
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 | NYCard2019 | | This 2019 New Year's Card features three of Junko's art works - two published, and one still in progress. It includes an urgent Message to the world, in both English and Japanese. This gBook also features a Japanese translation of the art work inscriptions, which are in English. |
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 | Presentation at the GETTY: Art and Faith | | The Getty Museum presented a panel discussion in the evening of April 29th, 2014, titled "Art and Faith", moderated by Jack Miles. Junko was one of the four artists invited to participate. Each artist was given 15 minutes to make a presentation. This is the presentation Junko made. |
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 | Requiem for An Executed Bird | | One of the artist's best-known and most moving series, these works document her traumatic encounter with a slaughtered bird when she was a child in World War II, and the courageous artistic process which she followed to a moving transcendence.
Best viewed in PORTRAIT mode |
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 | Spiritual Refugee | | The artist, Junko Chodos, sees herself as a "spiritual refugee" from Japan; and sees her art as one aspect of her status as refugee. This is a theme she has written about, and spoken about many times; and it continues to develop as she writes about the artist as a "constructive outsider."
She gave a talk titled "Spiritual Refugee" at a conference on EXILE at the Getty Museum in 1999. In 2005, she gave a revised version of that talk at her one-person show at the Fresno Art Museum.
This version is a slight revision of her 2005 talk. The image is of Paul Klee's "Dance Play of the Red Skirts", which Junko discusses near the end of her talk. |
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 | The Role of the Artist | One of the neglected questions in the art world of today is, What is the artist's role? What contribution, if any, does the artist make to society? Is art ultimately a form of entertainment? or a branch of science - a record of how we should see the world? Or is it something else?
Prof. Torjesen, a profound and sensitive thinker, offers an original and convincing set of answers. The artist is an ascetic who looks inward; and a seer and prophet; and a shaman; and a priest and cultural historian. Read this essay to see what she means, and to see serious art in a brand new way. |
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 | What Art Can Do | | A one-person exhibit of the art of Junko Chodos is on display from Jan. 25 - March 25, 2018 at the Cole Art Center of Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. At the opening reception held Saturday evening, January 27, 2018, Junko delivered the attached talk. Her talk deals with questions about the meaning of art and the differences between classical art and her centripetal art. |
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