Arts of Asia

December 2, 2009–June 17, 2010
Wednesday–Thursday, 10:15 am and 11:15 am

Grades 2–12: 2-hour program (tour + art workshop)

Tour:  Examine the different images of people, animals and nature that abound in the visual art of China, Japan and Korea and the stories that they tell.

Related Resources

• SAM's Chinese, South Asian & Southeast Asian art collection
• SAM's Japanese and Korean art collection
  
  
  

Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints

April 7–June 17, 2010
Wednesday–Thursday, 10:15 am

Grades 4–12: 2-hour program (tour + art workshop)

Tour: Explore the play between delicate ink lines and rich blocks of color in this collection of Japanese woodblock prints from some of the most renowned Ukiyo-e artists of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Art Workshop: Students create a relief print using Japanese woodblock prints as their inspiration.

Do-It-Yourself: Self-Guided Visit

April 1–July 4, 2010
Wednesday–Sunday

Teachers are encouraged to lead their own groups through Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints by scheduling a self-guided visit.

Related Resources

• Educator Resource List
• Educator Workshop: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking
• Educator Preview