Teens are invited to participate in a one-day printmaking workshop in conjunction with the special exhibition Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900. The workshop will be held at the Museum. Light refreshments will be served.

All teens are welcome. Registration is
first come, first served. To register, call
718-501-6588 or e-mail
teen.programs@brooklynmuseum.org

Colorful, technically innovative, and sometimes defiant of government regulations, the Japanese prints of the Utagawa School were created for a popular audience and documented the pleasures of urban life and leisure. The prints represent famous places, landscapes, warriors, and kabuki actors; they were reproduced in books, posters, and other printed materials for mass consumption, and they fed a thriving Edo publishing industry.

In this workshop teens will learn how the Utagawa School contributed to the development of modern-day manga (comic books) and animation. Teens will also learn the techniques of printmaking and have a chance to create their own prints in the Museum’s studio.

Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900 is organized by the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The exhibition is supported in part by National Grid. Additional support is provided by the Alvin E. Friedman-Kien Exhibition Fund, Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., Scholten Japanese Art, and the Brooklyn Museum Asian Art Council.