Upcoming Programs
3 in 30: Japanese Art Sampler
Tue, Mar 3, 11 – 11:30 am, or Thu, Mar 5, 6:30 – 7 pm | Meet at Visitor Services Desk
Join printmaker and Director of the VMFA Studio School, Mary Holland, on a tour of Japanese prints by contemporary artist Miwako Nishizawa and Kawase Hasui, who is considered the greatest Japanese landscape artist of the 20th century. Learn the fascinating history of multi-colored Japanese woodcuts, how they were produced and distributed, and how they influenced many European and American painters in the late 19th century.
Free, no registration required
How…do you draw flowers?
Fri, Apr 17, 1 – 2 pm | Meet at Visitor Services Desk
Join artist and educator Megan Liles Endy for a closer look at paintings of flowers in VMFA’s permanent collection. After a visit to the galleries, watch flowers come to life in the studio as Ms. Endy demonstrates drawing techniques using colored pencils and shows how the medium exhibits characteristics of both drawing and painting. Visitors also are given the opportunity to draw their own flowers after the demonstration.
Free, no registration required