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Oct. 3 – 8, 2017 at the Donkey Mill Art Center

Keiko Hara: Fluid & Free Mokuhanga Style, A Contemporary Approach

 液体感、流動性のあるフリースタイルを現代の木版画創作に応用

Through an expressive approach to the mokuhanga print process, using traditional and new techniques, participants will experience versatile creative image making processes by incorporating stencil and collage with woodblock printing. Participants will learn to see the endless possibilities for layering marks and colors to create a variety of mokuhanga prints.

Keiko Hara moved to US from Japan to pursue her career as an artist and earned an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1976. In 1983 she was granted United States permanent resident status as an artist. Hara lives and works in Walla Walla, Washington, where she is an Emeritus Professor of Art at Whitman College.

With over fifty solo exhibitions since 1976, Hara has also been included in numerous invitational group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Museums that include Hara’s work in their permanent collections are The National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Portland Art Museum, Library of Congress, Jundt Art Museum, and many others.

Hara has been awarded grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Artist Trust Fellowship, the Philadelphia Print Award and the first prize in the Michigan Print & Drawing Exhibition.

April Vollmer: Flouting Kento Registration for Special Effects

”見当”を効果的に使った現代の木版画創作に挑戦

This portion of the workshop will show participants various ways to print already-cut blocks to achieve a variety of different prints. This approach includes printing different colors, printing textures like gomazuri, using bokashi gradation printing to change the spatial feeling of a print, printing with stronger and weaker pressure, and printing blocks multiple times on the same paper using a floating kento registration jig. The subtlety of mokuhanga printing allows a wide range of expression to be achieved simply by printing blocks in different ways or by layering and rotating blocks, printing them multiple times to create a complex, evocative print.

APRIL VOLLMER is a New York based artist and printmaker who specializes in mokuhanga, Japanese woodcut. With an MFA from Hunter College, she has exhibited her work internationally and has taught workshops across the U.S. Awards include fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Nagasawa Art Park program in Japan. Her work has been published in journals including Science, Contemporary Impressions and Art in Print. She was on the board of the First and Second International Mokuhanga Conferences in Japan and her book Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop was released by Watson-Guptill in 2015.

Hidehiko Goto: Focus on the Hand-crafted Baren & Printing

細工されたばれん、多種のばれんを使い分けして感性有る木版画創作に注目

Introducing and focusing on beta-zuri, solid all-over printing; Goto will teach this technique to help participants understand the differences in the look, feel and the sensitivity of printing with different barens. Learning this printing process will help develop an artist’s printing skill. It is not easy to master beta-zuri in printing large surface area, but this class will encourage the development of a sensitivity to printing with different barens.

On the second day Goto will demonstrate how to care for barens and how to re-cover the baren. In this session participants will have an opportunity to re-cover a baren, and to practice printing beta-zuri. Goto will demonstrate printing his own images with different barens to show the quality of printing with different barens.

Hidehiko Goto has exhibited widely across Japan, as well as Central Europe, winning important prizes for his inimitable prints. In 1989 he was named Most Promising New Artist in a major print exhibition held in Tokyo, also taking its Grand Prize. In addition to being a well-established mokuhanga artist, he is one of Japan’s most famous master baren makers.

Hidehiko Goto lives in Oiso, the location of one of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road in the print series by Ando Hiroshige.

Goto takes daily walks to the mountain side to view Mt. Fuji and the long beach of Shonan, enjoying one of the most picturesque views of Mt. Fuji with the Hakone-Izu mountains in the near distance.

Collections: Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, USA, Suzuka City Museum of Graphic Art, Nagano, Japan

We would like to thank the following organizations for their support of the Third International Mokuhanga Conference 2017, Hawaii

Awagami Factory, Japan
Australian Consulate-General Honolulu
City & County of Honolulu
Constellation Studios, Lincoln, Nebaska
Consulate General of Japan Honolulu
Consulate General of Finland Honolulu
Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawaii
Hawaii Japanese Center
Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Holbein Works, LTD., Japan
Honolulu Printmakers
McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, US
Michihamono Industrial Co., LTD, Japan
MI-LAB, Japan
National Endowment for the Arts, US
State of Hawai‘i
Studio 7 Fine Arts, Hawaii
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

We would also like to extend our mahalo & aloha to the additional organizations and institutions who have assisted our attendees with their financial needs and the many individuals who have contributed their time and expertise.

The Committee has completed selections for the Demonstrations, Paper Presentations and the International Mokuhanga Exhibition September 28 to Oct 2, 2017, listed below. We look forward to an exciting conference with contributions from artists, educators and scholars from around the world.

Selected Demonstrations:

• HKOP, Hong Kong Open Printshop – A Reversed Negative: From Calligraphy to Woodblock Printing – Hong Kong
• Kernan, Catherine – Right/ Left/ Positive/ Negative – USA
• Goto, Hidehiko – Baren, all about its history to making, caring & printing – Japan
• Hirai, Kyoko – Anatomy of Traditional Mokuhanga, Printing Techniques – Japan
• Kitamura, Shoichi – Way of Mokuhan Carving and Printing – Japan

Selected Presenters:

• Amoss, John – Mokuhanga, the Environment & Social Changes – USA
• Berio, Ligustro Giovanni & Ponte, Hellory Maria Nella – Artist’s Presentations – Italy
• Binnie, Paul – Artist’s Presentations – UK
• Burton Anne & Kunc Karen – Artist’s Presentations – USA
• Çinar, Semih – Mokuhanga, the Environment & Social Changes – Turkey
• Cuccio, Claire – Contemporary Mokuhanga – USA
• Furneax, Paul – Contemporary Mokuhanga – UK
• Gok, Fatih – Artist’s Presentations – Turkey
• González, Paola – Local Practice – Chile
• Gorni, Elettra – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Italy
• Gribbin, Jacqueline – Artist’s Presentations – Australia
• Hara, Keiko & Takemoto, Akira – Bridge-building – Japan/USA
• Hong Kong Open Printshop – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Hong Kong
• Keckes, Irena – Artist’s Presentations – Croatia/USA
• Kiggell, Ralph – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – UK/Thailand
• Kiran, Hasan – Artist’s Presentations – Turkey
• Kunc, Karen – Artist’s Presentations – USA
• Laitinen, Kari – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Finland
• Lyon, Mike – Artist’s Presentations – USA
• Mack-Watkins, Jennifer – Bridge-building – USA
• Maurstig, Karen – Artist’s Presentations – Norway
• Moilanen, Tuula – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Finland
• Morinoue, Hiroki – Contemporary Mokuhanga – USA
• Nam, Yoonmi – Artist’s Presentations – USA
• Neal, Florence – Art Markets and Mokuhanga – USA
• Pelzer-Montada, Ruth – Contemporary Mokuhanga – UK
• Ponte, Hellory Maria Nella – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Italy
• Schofield, Lucy – Artist’s Presentations – UK
• Schulenberg, Melissa – Bridge-building – USA
• Vollmer, April – Bridge-building – USA
• Yuasa, Katsutoshi – Mokuhanga History, Philosophy – Japan

Selected International Exhibition Artists:

• Baldwin, Katie – Neighborhood Raft – USA
• Baldwin, Katie – Neighborhood Rafts – USA
• Berio, Iigustro Giovanni – Amaterasu: the dance of Sun – Italy
• Bianco, allison – The Old Jamestown Bridge, Going, Gone – USA
• Bissett, Annie – Paint By Number Yellow Lab – USA
• Broder, Donna – Judo Masters #1 – USA
• Cheong, Hoi I – Above and Below – Macau (S.E. Asia)
• Cheong, Hoi I – Aki – Macau (S.E. Asia)
• Clarke, Neilton – Loaded Beauty – Australia/Japan
• Clarke, Neilton – Akigawa Spinner (33rpm) – Australia/Japan
• Cozzolino, Mara – Tokyo dreamer – Italy
• Cozzolino, Mara – Awakening – Italy
• Crawford, John – Coal and Crops collide – Australia
• de Haan, Judith – Mount Fuji II – Norway
• Evertson, William – Searching for the Moon – USA
• Evertson, William – Times Square – USA
• Ewart, Jolanta – Shards – Australia
• Forrest, Elizabeth – Two Pines – Canada
• Forrest, Elizabeth – The Reflective Unconscious – Canada
• Fukushima, Chihiro – Empty (1) – Japan
• Fukushima, Chihiro – Empty (2) – Japan
• Furchgott, Eve – Fungal – USA
• Furchgott, Eve – Both Sides Now – USA
• Gorni, Elettra – MAP – Italy
• Gorni, Elettra – The Untied Knot – Italy
• Gribbin, Jacqueline – Within the Sand Sheets – Australia
• Gribbin, Jacqueline – Shifting Sands (Utricularia minutissima) – Australia
• Hamada, Michiko – SHK – Japan
• Hamada, Michiko – MTY – Japan
• Hey, Henrik – The long Journey – Netherlands
• Hiser, Annaday – Along the way…number 11 – USA
• Hiser, Annaday – Along the way…number 4 – USA
• Howard, Daryl – Where I never feel alone – USA
• Howard, Daryl – Where I wade into light – USA
• Hulsey, Sarah – In the Words of Fourier – USA
• Jarvis, George – Hane V1 – USA/Japan
• Jarvis, George – Kuroneko – USA/Japan
• Jesse, Mariko – Meyer Lemon Curd Recipe – USA
• Jones, Charlotte – Tidal Pool II, Port aux Choix – Canada
• Jones, Charlotte – Tidal Pool 1 – Canada
• Kashiwagi, Yuuki – Then the Spreading Earth – Japan
• Kavanagh, Ann – Fishing at Lake Kawaguchiko – Ireland
• Kavanagh, Ann – Japanese Garden Yellow Space – Ireland
• Kean, Roslyn – Time with Tradition 4 – Australia
• Kean, Roslyn – Shadow of Time 3 – Australia
• Keckes, Irena – Black Print # 24 – Croatia/USA
• Keckes, Irena – Black Print # 23 – Croatia/USA
• Krenik, John – Nine to Five – USA
• Krohn, Inari – Metamorphosis (Art Book) – Finland
• Lingamfelter Almosara, Heidi – Yellow Katsura Tree Leaf – USA
• MacDonagh, Kate – Voice – Ireland
• MacDonagh, Kate – Ochre Light – Ireland
• Mack-Watkins, Jennifer – The Letter – USA
• Masuda, Masahiro – Diary301 – Japan
• Masuda, Masahiro – Diary401 – Japan
• Maurstig, Karen – Unfolding Landscape – Norway
• Maurstig, Karen – Havrand – Norway
• McKenna, Terry – Full Moon Mount buningyong – Australia
• McKenna, Terry – Evening Bell Blampeid – Australia
• Metz, Deborah – Springday – Australia
• Moilanen, Tuula – Horror Vacui / Horror Plenus (Art Book, pair) – Finland
• Morinoue, Hiroki – Thin Ice – USA
• Morinoue, Hiroki – Bleached Corals – USA
• Morinoue, Setsuko – Mizumo Oshinohakkai I – Japan/USA
• Murata, Minako – Tree’s Feelings – Japan
• Murata, Minako – That Would Be Lovely (Art Book) – Japan
• Muto, Yuzuru – Spread Our Wing – Japan
• Muto, Yuzuru – At the Time of Calm – Japan
• Nam, Yoonmi – POP CORN! – USA
• Nam, Yoonmi – Promise – USA
• Nault, Ray – Yugen – USA/Japan
• Neal, Florence – Water Water – USA
• Neal, Florence – Chattahoochee: 29.9.0117 – USA
• Ninomiya, Miyuki – White Bubble – Japan
• O, Mia – Red Landscape – So. Korea/Japan
• Olanna, Karen – On the Beach – USA
• Olanna, Karen – Climate Change – USA
• Ponte , Hellory Maria Nella – Bamboo at Maxim Moonlight – Italy
• Ponte , Hellory Maria Nella – Bijinga – Italy
• Rushforth, Susan – Drift 1 – Australia
• Rushforth, Susan – Drift 2 – Australia
• Satake, Hiroki – Greeting flower (Yukari Ota “Frame” by bozzo) – Japan
• Satake, Hiroki – Greeting flower (Project Oh!yama “Holstein” by bozzo) – Japan
• Schofield Lucy & , Brisson-Darveau, Guillaume – The Moon & The Sledgehammer (phases 1 – 6) – UK/Canada
• Schofield Lucy & , Brisson-Darveau, Guillaume – The Moon & The Sledgehammer (phases 7 -12) – UK/Canada
• Shine, Cathryn – Deluge – New Zealand
• Shine, Cathryn – Flood – New Zealand
• Stone, Andrew – Modern Miracles (Rain for Aleppo) – Italy
• Stone, Andrew – Boteh (paisley) – Italy
• Stone, Faith – Tara with dragon, phoenix and i’ili birds – USA
• Strand, Elisabet Alsos – Porthole V – Norway
• Syposz, Valerie – That is All – Canada
• Syposz, Valerie – Females – Canada
• Takada, Yohei – Time – Japan
• Takada, Yohei – Aquarium – Japan
• Takashi, Ryoichi – Bamboo Unbrella-Makers, Pathein, Myanmar – Japan
• Takashi, Ryoichi – Typhoon #10, 2016 Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan – Japan
• Vollmer, April – Love Beyond Reason – USA
• Vollmer, April – The Architecture of Desire – USA
• Watanabe, Kanako – Asagakuru – Japan
• White, Margaret – Luminous: Luna – Australia
• Wilding, Lana – Mokuhanga Orchid – Australia
• Wilding, Lana – Mokuhanga Staghorn – Australia
• Wozniak, Aleksander – Fuji – Poland
• Wozniak, Aleksander – Clouds – Poland
• Yasui, Meredith – Free Range – USA
• Yates, Trish – Wandering the Eucalypt Forest – Australia