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Japanese American Cultural and Community Center "Women Printmakers" Opening Reception, June 26 at 1-3PM  

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
"Women Printmakers"
 
Hisako Terasaki: Born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles in 1928. In 1968, Terasaki studied printmaking at UCLA with John Solem and further studied advance printmaking with David Glines. In 1978, her first exhibition was held at the Framecompany in Los Gatos, California and in 1980 second exhibition at the Montalvo Center of Arts in Saratoga, California.
June 26 - July 17, 2016
George J. Doizaki Gallery
 
Featured artists are Tomie Arai, June August, Kimiko Miyoshi, and Seiko Tchibana. The exhibition focuses on exceptional contemporary women printmakers whose works are diverse from traditional stylistic approaches to printmaking to contemporary installations.
 
This exhibition explores the nuanced influences of Japanese printmaking interwoven with the shaping of each artist's individual expression and experiences within her work.
 
Printmaking, today, holds a unique place in the artistic world, once being on the forefront of technology and as a means to democratize art, today it is often viewed as a traditional medium that is under-represented in the contemporary arts.
 
These artists explore the way technology is shifting the way work is made and exhibited. This exhibition examines contemporary women artists and their use and explorations of printmaking and the medium's intersections with culture, ethnicity and gender.
 
In conjunction with this "Women Printmakers" exhibition in the George J. Doizaki Gallery, special guest artist, Hisako Terasaki and her eighteen etching prints documents decades of world travel.
 
The exhibition will be exhibited in the Tea Room gallery and will focus on the memories of her world travels with her late husband, Dr. Paul Terasaki between 1973 and 1984.
 
Early prints of the ancient capital of Nara and Kyoto, Japan are exquisite examples of asymmetrical sensitivities. The European prints have more of "Mingei" Japanese folk art movement influence from the late 1920s and 1930s.
 
Opening reception will be held on Sunday, June 26, 1 pm - 3 pm. Admission free. The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center is located at 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. (213) 628-2725 www.jaccc.org


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