Linda’s Chado Presentations

From 2010 until 2019, Linda assisted Sheila Fling, Soshin, sensei (her teacher) with over thirty presentations at locations such as Zilker Botanical Garden, the San Antonio Museum of Art, Apple Corporation, and universities. During the Covid pandemic, Linda maintained contact with her students with online Zoom group meetings and lessons as well as producing video presentations.

Below are Linda’s presentations (not including introducing Chado in more than thirty small informal tea gatherings in her home tea room).

  1. Demo assistant, tea ceremony, with tea students of Ms. Minnie Kubose. Festival, at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago on Leland Avenue (1984).

  2. Demo, raku pottery firing and tea ceremony for my pottery students, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Vally, MO (5/2/98)

  3. Demo, raku pottery firing and tea ceremony, Staff Development Day, St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, MO (10/17/00).

  4. Demo, tea ceremony, Fall Meeting & Cultural Presentation for Friends of Taiwan, St. Louis, MO (11/9/03).

  5. Slide-lecture, Pottery for Japanese Tea Ceremony/demo Japanese tea ceremony by Sheila Fling/Angela Rogers assists with whisking matcha workshop. Program for meeting of the Greater Austin Ceramics Association, at St. Edwards University, Austin, TX (7/6/11).

  6. Demo, Chanoyu for my pottery students, assisted by Mei Delgado. Linda’s home tea room, Austin (12/12/11).

  7. Demo, Chanoyu, by Linda/narrated by Sheila Fling sensei/serving tea to thirty 6th grade children and two adults from the Austin Waldorf School, assisted by Anita Swan. Linda made pottery tea bowls as gifts for each student. Event held at the Austin Zen Center (4/27/12).

  8. Workshop, Whisking Tea for Linda’s pottery class, assisted by Mei Delgado. ClayWays Pottery Studio & Gallery, Austin, TX (12/12/12).

  9. Hosted tea gathering, “Cowboy Chabako”, for a visiting potter, assisted by Angela Rogers; four guests. Linda’s home tea room, Austin (12/29/12).

  10. Slide-lecture, A Humble Bowl of Tea: the Backstory/demo/whisking workshop mentored by Sheila Fling sensei. Japan America Society of Greater Austin at Casa de Luz, Austin, TX (4/1/13).

  11. Slide-lecture/demo of Wakei Chabako tea ceremony for 2 guests from the audience. Monticello Arts Council, Illinois (6/8/13).

  12. Hosted tea gathering and luncheon for a departing tea student. Sheila sensei & Linda made tea for nine guests. Linda’s home, Austin (6/6/15).

  13. Lecture by Sheila Fling, Introduction to Chado, and demo by students Linda Mosley, Candace Nolte, and Takako Taylor, and serving tea to 22 students in Prof. Allison Miller’s art history course on ritual in Chinese philosophy & art. Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (August 18, 2016).

  14. Demo by students Linda Mosley, Audrey Newman, Candace Nolte, and Takako Taylor, narrated by teacher Sheila Fling, 10th Annual Aki Matsuri (festival), Japan America Society of Greater Austin. O’Henry Middle School, Austin, TX  About 200 attended (November 12, 2016).

  15. Demo by students Linda Mosley and Candace Nolte, narrated by Sheila Fling, serving tea to honored guests, ceramicist Kuniyuki Sashihara and an Austin city councilman, at the Austin Oita Sister City Committee reception for visiting Oita ceramist and the children who participated in the Children’s Environmental Poster Display (Oita school exchange) at Austin City Hall (February 6, 2017). 

  16. Demo/tea whisking workshop, participants learned to whisk matcha, assisted by Toshiko Hayashi Seckler. Sponsored by Japan America Society of Greater Austin, Green Room, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX  (4/15/17).

  17. Slide-lecture, The Sense of Space in Chanoyu/demo/served tea to 2 student guests and sweets to whole class; with mentorship Sheila Fling. Art History class, East Asian Art & Architecture, Prof. Allison Miller, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (3/28/17).

  18. Slide-lecture by Sheila Fling, The Way of Tea and demo by students Linda Mosley, Takako Taylor and Candace Nolte/serving tea to students. Art History Class, Prof. Allison Miller, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (8/24/17). 

  19. Slide-lecture by Sheila Fling, The Way of Tea, and demo by students Linda Mosley, Takako Taylor and Candace Nolte.  Prof. Allison Miller’s East Asian Art & Architecture course at Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (4/5/18).

  20. Demo by Linda Mosley, arranged by Sheila Fling sensei. International Spring Festival, Austin Community College, Highland Center (4/6/18).

  21. Class, Introduction to Ryaku-bon, for three staff potters at Xiem Clay Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA (7/26/18).

  22. Demo, Chabako Tea Ceremony, for ten people. Xiem Clay Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA (6/30/18).

  23. Demo assisted by Candace & Brian Nolte and Charlie Wetzel. Aki Matsuri (festival), sponsored by the Japan America Society of Greater Austin, at O’Henry School, Austin, TX (10/27/18).

  24. Intro Hatsugama (New Year Festival)/demo Chabako tea ceremony, assisted by Candace Nolte, at Family Day at Umlauf Sculpture Garden, sponsored by Japan America Society of Greater Austin, TX (1/13/19).

  25. Workshop/demo, Tea bowl Making & Whisking. Austin Pottery Studio (3/27 & 4/13/19).

  26. Demo assisted by Candace Nolte, students Nicholas Bacuez, Masako Miyahara. Buddha’s Birthday Festival. Austin Zen Center (4/17/19).

  27. Workshop, Tea bowl Making, for tea students, Group 1. Linda’s home studio. Linda’s home pottery studio. (7/20/19)

  28. Workshop, Tea bowl Making, for tea students, Group 2. Linda’s home studio. (7/27/19).

  29. Workshop, Tea Whisking, Group 1 + 2, using tea bowls made on 7/20 & 7/27/19. Linda’s home tea room (9/14/19).

  30. Slide-lecture, The Way of Tea, by Sheila Fling and demo by Linda Mosley and student Nicholas Bacuez/serving tea to students in the course, East Asian Art & Ritual, at Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (8/ 21/19).

  31. Pictures of Linda’s tea group activities were featured as members of the Urasenke Tankokai Dallas—Fort Worth Association, in the Urasenke North America Chado Relay, Facebook (Oct 5-6, 2020).

  32. Video: Chawan, Tea Bowl, with Ceramicist Linda Mosley, Japan House Shares Video Series, available on YouTube (premiered 12/6/20).

  33. Video: Japanese Pottery and Tea Ceremony, featuring potters Linda Mosley and Kuniyuki Sashihara. Presented by Austin Oita Sister City Committee, available on YouTube (premiered 8/14/21).

  34. Demo and tea whisking workshop (remotely by Zoom) with residents at Watermark at Southpark Meadows, Austin TX. (1/25/22).

  35. Demo of The Japanese Tea Ritual and Introduction to Chado, The Way of Tea, by Dr. Sheila Fling and Linda Mosley, for residents at Sage Spring Senior Living, San Marcos, TX (5/9/22).

  36. Demo assisted by Linda’s tea students Candace Nolte, Lindsay Nakashima and David McGovern at the Asian American Pacific Islander Family Festival at the Yarborough Branch, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX. (5/28/22)

  37. Demo of Cowboy-style Chabako, an informal outdoor tea ceremony, assisted by Linda’s tea students Candace Nolte and David McGovern at the JASGA Doge ATX Parade 2022, Pease Park, Austin, TX. (9/24/22).

  38. Workshop: Tea For Two, sponsored by JASGA at AARC (Asian American Resource Center) Austin TX. (10/22/22 ).

  39. Demo assisted by Linda’s tea students Shane Pfender, Martin Bauer, Candace Nolte, at the Austin Zen Center (3/18/23).

  40. Slide-lecture, Chado, The Japanese Tea Ritual: Influence of Confucius and Taoism, and demo of tea ceremony and served tea and sweets to Prof. Art History, Dr. Allison Miller’s class, at McCombs Campus Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.; assisted by Linda’s students Masako Miyahara, Miyako Uchida, Lindsay Nakashima and Victoria Lyon. (8/24/23).

  41. Demo, Japanese Tea Ceremony, by Linda Mosley and her students Martin Bauer and Miyako Uchida, at the Spicewood Springs Branch of the Austin Public Library, Austin, TX, as part of the “Shine on Harvest Moon Festival Celebration of Tsukimi, Chuseok, and Tết Trung Thu”. (9/30/23)

  42. Linda was guest artist (slide talks, a tea demonstration and a pottery demonstration) for the 25th anniversary celebration of Japan House at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL. (10/10-14/23).

  43. Workshop, Introduction to Chanoyu and Hands-on Tea Whisking for Seniors, by Linda Mosley and her students Miyako Uchida and Victoria Lyon, at The Pavilion at Great Hills Senior Living, Austin TX Metro area. (3/8/24)

  44. Demos in the Pavilion and Lawn areas and a hands-on matcha tea whisking activity in the Grove area, by Linda and students Masako Miyahara, Miyako Uchida, David McGovern, Victoria Lyon, Lindsay Nakashima, Anna Moorman, and Yuko Hamajima, at the opening ceremony of Taniguchi Street Park, 3005 Sorin St, Austin, TX (4/10/24).

  45. Slide-lecture, The Influence of Confucius and Taoism on Chado, the Japanese Tea Culture, For a Happy, Healthy Life, and demo of tea ceremony and served tea and sweets to Dr. Allison Miller’s class, at McCombs Campus Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.; assisted by Linda’s students Masako Miyahara and Miyako Uchida. (8/22/24).

  46. Slide-lecture, Kei—The Principle of Respect in Cha-do, the Way of Tea, and demo of tea ceremony and served tea and sweets to Prof. Gabriel Pẽna’s class, at McCombs Campus Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.; assisted by Linda’s students Masako Miyahara, Miyako Uchida and Karen Josey. (8/23/24).