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Julius Njau visits Toyama, August 22 to 24, 2003
From August 22 to 24, 2003 Julius Njau visited Toyama Prefecture to participate in various events.
He attended the "Sukiyaki Meets the World" Festival in Fukuno-cho and was awarded the first prize in the International Poster Design Competion for that event.
During the festival, he showed the exhibition "The Wings of Kilimanjaro 2003" at Art Gallery Kichi-ya in Fukuno-cho.
He visited the Museum of Modern Art in Toyama City to receive the Bronze Prize in the 7th International Poster Triennial in Toyama.
Report about Julius Njau's visit in Toyama in the Hokunichi Shinbun, August 23, 2003. The report gives details of the prizes that Julius Njau received and of his exhibition in the Art Gallery Kichi-ya. The photo shows Julius Njau at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama in front of his prize winning contributuion to the 7th International Poster Triennial in Toyama.
Julius Njau is awarded the Bronze Prize in the 7th International Poster Triennial in Toyama at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama City.
Julius Njau during the "Sukiyaki Meets the World Festival" in Fukuno-cho, Toyama Prefecture.
On September 21, 2003, a Celebratory Party for Francis Marie's exhibition "Ethnic Art" took place at Misfits. Here are some impressions from that party.
Francis Marie and Joe Sichi during the opening address
Francis Marie explaining his art
Robert Goski and Francis Marie
Francis Marie
Francis Marie in front of his prints
Francis Marie

On October 19, 2003 Joe Sichi visited Francis Marie's exhibition "Gaies Tropiques" at Time Cafe, Mizunami

Julius Njau in Finnland for his exhibition "The Spirit of Togetherness" in September/October 2003

Marafiki at the 18th Foreign Artists' Exhibition

Nagoya International Center, November 3-9, 2003
Ulrich Moehwald during setup
Christian Huggett and Julius Njau
Julus Njau in fron of one of his batiks
Joe Sichi during setup
a view of the exhibition
Francis Marie and Julius Njau
Francis Marie and Julius Njau at the Marafiki corner
Julius Njau, Eddie Ruiz, and Francis Marie
Julius Njau looking at Ulrich Moehwald's exhibit
Marafiki Opening Party for the Start of the Marafiki Ongoing Exhibition at Pelican Pete's

January 18, 2004
First row: 1 & 2. Joe Sichi, Ulrich Moehwald, Francis Marie, Julius Njau. 3. Francis Marie and Julius Njau

Secomd row: 1. Joe Sichi & Ulrich Moehwald. 2. Ulrich Moehwald. 3 Joe Sichi and Ulrich Moehwald

Third row: 1. Joe Sichi. 2. Francis Marie. 3. Julius Njau

Fourth row: 1. Julius Njau. 2. Teodore VanMeter (Tip)

Photos by Koichi Tamura
The activities of Marafiki - Frienship and Art were reported in the April 2004 edititions of several journals of the Chubu/Tikai area
Gekkan Gifu, April 2004, p. 50
Gekkan Nagoya, April 2004, p. 15
Nagoya Writes! Spring 2004, pp. 60-61
Avenues The Magazine for Central Japan, March/April/May 2004, p. 9-11
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