Shin Jidai: Contemporary Japanese Book and Paper Arts
May 19 - July 15, 2012

Shin Jidai is a juried exhibition of works from over 50 regional, national and international artists, highlighting such traditional Japanese artistic practices as moku hanga (watercolor woodcut printing), origami, kirigami (paper cutting), hand papermaking, paper and fabric marbling/decorating, unique artist’s books, calligraphy, brush painting and more.

Featured artists include: Sheila McNellis Asato, Annie Bissett, Barbara Bussolari, Carolee Campbell, Susanne Clawson, Béatrice Coron, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Angela Eastman, Gene Epstein, Andy Farkas, Lisa Giles, Emily Hoisington, Jill Kambs, Preston Lawing, Mary Ellen Long, Su Lund, Kitty Maryatt, Kyoko Matsunaga, Anna Mavromatis, Jan Melville, Hanne Niederhausen, Pamela Olson, PD Packard, Candida Pagan, Jill Parisi, Won Park, Pamela Paulsrud, Sonja Peterson, Yuka Petz, Gina Pisello, Marija Prelog, Johanne Renbeck, Josie Rodriguez, Jane Rosemarin, Carol Schwartzott, Ruth Scott, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Motoko Tachikawa, Terri Tibbatts, Elizabeth Tomasetti, Elizabeth Uhlig, Lizanne van Essen, April Vollmer, Michael Waltz, Jake Weigel, Lee Anne Willson, Rutherford Witthus, Constance Woo, Aleksander Wozniak and Benjamin Wuest. Scripps College Press collaborating artists: Ricky Anderson, Nisreen Najib Azar, Katrina Van Heest, Keith Fitz, Sara Fitzpatrick, Colin Browne, Kitty Maryatt, Tovah Adler, Emily Ruzzo, Genoa Brown.

(Images at left, from top: Won Park; Pamela Paulsrud; Sonja Peterson; Yuka Petz; Emily Hoisington and Jane Rosemarin)

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