The James Michener Art Museum is celebrating the historical and continued local interest in Japanese and Japanese American printmaking and illustration, as the exhibition “Mid-Century to Manga: The Modern Japanese Print in America” traces the story of the modern sosaku-hanga movement and other creative collectibles from Japan to the United States and beyond.
Highlighting original woodblock prints by modern Japanese printmakers and featuring 75 prints on paper, over two dozen of which have never been on display at the Michener Art Museum before, the show will be open until July 30.
A prominent local story, the central feature of the exhibition is the display of three original copies of James Michener’s 1962 book “The Modern Japanese Print: An Appreciation.” For this project, the Michener Art Museum is engaging regional partners at the University of Pennsylvania to provide specific content-area expertise, with curation by the History of Art Department Chair, Julie Nelson Davis, and support from curatorial fellows Marina De Melo Do Nascimento, Maria Puzyreva, and Nicholas M. Purgett.
The James Michener Art Museum is located at 138 S. Pine St. in Doylestown, Pa.
To learn more, call 215-340-9800 or visit www.MichenerArtMuseum.org.