In conjunction with the CEAM Artist-Residency, Flagler College welcomes Osaka, Japan-based artist Mai Ueda to campus from Monday, November 17th through Wednesday, November 26th, 2025. A performance and tea ceremony will be held on Tuesday, November 18th at 6:30pm at the Ringhaver Student Center’s Virginia Room, 50 Sevilla Street in downtown St. Augustine.

Ueda’s work crosses platforms such as performance, drawing, poetry, and installation. Since 2012, the artist has focused on “non-material” mediums and celebrates her Japanese roots and heritage by centering her practice around the tradition of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. According to Ueda, a Tea Ceremony brings people together to share knowledge and emotions and creates an environment of awareness and presentness.