'Moku Hanga' prints in Burns Arts Atrium Gallery

Untitled by Takuji Hamanaka

 "Moku Hanga," the traditional printmaking technique of Japan, will be featured in an exhibition by eight woodblock artists living in North America in the College's Burns Arts Atrium Gallery through Feb. 14.

A gallery talk is scheduled for Feb.10, at 11 a.m. with April Vollmer, one of the artists. Other artists are Suezan Aikins, Takuji Hamanaka, Daniel Heyman, Mike Lyon, Bill Paden, Yasu Shibata, Keji Shinohara.

This exhibition presents work by contemporary artists outside Japan, accomplished artists who cut and print their own blocks to make original prints.

The work of these artists demonstrates the possibilities of hanga woodcut as a medium for contemporary expression. The exhibit explores a "flexible, non-toxic printmaking process with a historical and cultural connection to Japan and to an exciting period in world printmaking."