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| Creating a Mixed Media Landscape: Inspired by the Japanese Woodblock Prints of Kawase Haui [PDF] |
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| Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Printmaking art activity with the following goals: 1) To create a Master Study of the print by Kawase Hasui, 2) To explore printmaking and watercolor painting techniques, 3) To experiment with the compositional components of a successful landscape painting or mixed media piece.
Go to Museum Resource: https://content.sbma.net/education/lessonPlans/pdf/22Hasui%20mixed%20media%20ar... | |
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| Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project |
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| Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project
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"Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. We offer these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all." With background essays examining the causes of the incarceration, along with lesson plans, a timeline, glossary, and bibliography. The ARCHIVE section holds more than 270 visual/oral histories (more than 500 hours of recorded interviews) and nearly 9,000 historic photographs and documents.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.densho.org/ | |
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| Gutai: Splendid Playground |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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The first U.S. museum retrospective exhibition ever devoted to Gutai, the most influential artists’ collective and artistic movement in postwar Japan and among the most important international avant-garde movements of the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition aims to demonstrate Gutai’s extraordinary range of bold and innovative creativity; to examine its aesthetic strategies in the cultural, social, and political context of postwar Japan and the West; and to further establish Gutai in an expanded history of modern art. Includes audio tours and activity guides. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/gutai-splendid-playground | |
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| Japan! culture + hyperculture |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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"The Kennedy Center festival, JAPAN! culture + hyperculture, brings together more than 100 performances, workshops and student and family events during February 2008. This interactive passport, or iPass, is designed to provide pre- and post-visit information and activities for students, classrooms and families." With information on the following topics: Art, Theater, Dance, Music, Robots, Manga, Anime, and Installations.
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/VideoStories/japan | |
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| Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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Paintings and prints from the Edo period to the late 20th century. The inclusion of characters such as Godjira (Godzilla), Doraemon, and the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke makes this an especially fun unit for students. Text essays with images on the following topics: 1) Tradition; 2) Reality; 3) Imagination. With an Edo-period timeline, glossary of related terms, lesson plans for teachers, and a "Random Monster Generator" activity for students.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/online-exhibition-nature-of-... | |
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| On Kawara—Silence |
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| Guggenheim Museum
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Online exhibit of "On Kawara—Silence." Through radically restricted means, On Kawara’s work engages the personal and historical consciousness of place and time. Kawara’s practice is often associated with the rise of Conceptual art, yet in its complex wit and philosophical reach, it stands well apart. On Kawara—Silence is the first full representation of Kawara’s output, beginning in 1964 and including every category of work, much of it produced during his travels across the globe. Includes videos, and audio tours. See also: Teaching Materials.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/on-kawara-silence | |
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| Popular Protest in Postwar Japan: The Antiwar Art of Shikoku Gorō |
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| Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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This online exhibit, organized by Oberlin College faculty professor Ann Sherif, situates the art of Hiroshima native Shikoku Gorō in the context of antiwar, antinuclear, and social justice movements from 1945 to 2020. The exhibit guides viewers through the diverse art that Shikoku, in collaboration with grassroots networks of artists & writers, created to promote social justice: guerilla art protesting the Korean War, poems against the nuclear arms race, a children’s book about war, cityscapes critiquing Hiroshima’s wartime past, and recent performing arts that trace this activist history.
Go to Museum Resource: http://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/shikoku/index | |
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