Some students decided to explore kyōgen through visual art projects that were featured as short interludes between the plays of the Remotely Kyōgen program. Please take your time enjoying the pieces below.
Noh-Kennedy Stage
Artist: Audrey Castañeda Walker
Medium: Photoshop
![A traditional nogaku stage extends off the inland side of the Kennedy theatre](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/kyogen-kennedy-stage-1024x418.png)
Flowing Sake
Artist: Ethan Castillo
Medium: Photoshop
![A person with a white top and flowing blue hakama-like pants performs the kyogen drinking kata with a fan that has sake flowing from it.](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Drinking-1-1024x577.png)
Arising, Ravel, Fleeting
Artist: Iana Weingrad
Medium: Charcoal
Jo-ha-kyū (序破急) is a convention of movement applied in Japanese arts as a dramatic structure, roughly translating to “beginning-break-rapid.” This series depicts the three concepts of jo-ha-kyū represented in nature.
![A charcoal sketch of rolling hills with a chain-link fence and a tree in the foreground](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1_Kyogen-Interlude-Iana-Weingrad-page-001-1024x791.jpg)
![A charcoal sketch of an upward view of the stretching branches of a tree](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2_Kyogen-Interlude-Iana-Weingrad-page-001-1024x791.jpg)
![A charcoal sketch of a volcano stretching up from the ocean into a clouds above.](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3_Kyogen-Interlude-Iana-Weingrad-page-001-1024x791.jpg)
Hotel ALOHA
Artist: Audrey Castañeda Walker
Medium: Photoshop
![A cross-section illustration of a hotel with unmasked tourists on the upperlevels and masked, uniformed hotel workers on the lowest level.](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/235381549_814745375904072_944664707241332113_n.jpg)
Leonard’s at the beach and a malasada sun
Artist: Jake Wolf
Medium: Mixed media
![A painting of waves washing up to Leonard's Bakery in Honolulu with a golden sun and a shark in a blue sky.](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Leonards-at-the-beach-and-a-malasada-sun-1024x768.jpg)
Spam musubi∼∼does this make you hungry?
Artist: Jake Wolf
Medium: Mixed media
![A spam musubi wrapped in a kyogen-inspired patterned seaweed on a gold background flanked by pink and blue hibiscus flowers](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Spam-masubi-1024x768.jpg)
Tūtū’s send off
Artist: Audrey Castañeda Walker
Medium: Photoshop
Inspired by the “chase off endings” as well as wood block prints, this piece depicts some items that Tūtū may wish to chase away in 2020/2021.
![An old lady throws a mask at a girl with blonde hair, a red t-shirt, shorts, and a sun hat who is running away](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tutu-send-off-tourist-1024x686.png)
![An old lady throws a slipper at a Corona virus with legs](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tutu-send-off-corona-virus-1024x686.png)
![An old lady throws a vaccine and a calendar at at the year 2020 that has legs and is running away](http://www.remotelykyogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tutu-send-off-2020-1024x686.png)