May 19, 2012, Saturday - Harukaze Festival of Japanese Arts — an MCBA Open House to Welcome Shin Jidai!

Time: 10:00am-4:00pm (see schedule below)

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA), 1011 Washington Avenue South
 
Shin Jidai: Contemporary Japanese Book and Paper Arts

Harukaze Festival of Japanese Arts — an MCBA open house to welcome Shin Jidai!

On May 19, 2012, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA), in partnership with the Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM), will host the Harukaze Festival of Japanese Book and Paper Arts. The Harukaze ("spring wind") Festival will welcome hundreds of visitors to a day-long community open house with hands-on participation activities for youth and adults; professional artist demonstrations of traditional Japanese art forms; and three terrific exhibitions of contemporary artwork that reflect the use and evolution of traditional Japanese artistic practices.

Adults and children of all ages can try their hand at suminagashi paper marbling, learn a traditional Japanese "stab binding" technique to create their own mini ledger books, and become a paper engineer with make-and-take origami activities offered in partnership with Origami Minnesota. Each activity will run continuously from 10am to 4pm. Additionally, from 1 to 1:30pm, attendees can have their name brush-painted in East Asian calligraphy by Collette Cumella of the Minnesota Ming Chiao Chapter of the Sumi-e Society of America.

Schedule of artist demonstrations:
10am - 11:30am: artist Sheila McNellis Asato demonstrates Kirigami paper cutting
12pm - 1:30pm: artist Emily Hoisington demonstrates Moku hanga wood-cut printing
1pm, 2pm, 3pm: members of the Ming Chiao Chapter of the Sumi-e Society of America demonstrate Sumi-e brush painting
2pm - 3:30pm: artist Sue Bjerke demonstrates Japanese hand-bookbinding techniques