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VIRTUAL: Gyotaku Printmaking with Recycled Home Materials

Title:VIRTUAL: Gyotaku Printmaking with Recycled Home Materials
Date & Time:Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:Virtual Only Event, Meeting or Activity
Meetings, events or activities that will be held exclusively online or via telephone conference.
Event Details:Gyotaku Print
Gyotaku Print
Gyotaku, or “fish impression,” is a Japanese printmaking technique that uses sumi ink to create an impression print from an actual fish. This was used to document the catches of fishers and would act like a trophy to hang on their wall.

For this workshop, we will raid your household for materials to create prints with instead of using a fish. Each object creates a unique imprint that can also be stamped into patterns on paper or fabric. A print can be a document of your daily life right now, from a leaf you found on a walk to used food packaging from a quarantine recipe, or other items around the house. You can even use a fresh fish, if you have one!

Use this new skill to create notecards, embellish curtains and table cloths, or hang your print on the wall. Better still, we'll build community while learning and making together.

Space is limited to 20 households in the City of Alexandria. Registered participants will be provided with an art kit that includes some of the supplies needed to participate. One kit per household.

Registered participants will receive the participation link 24 hours prior to the event. To join the online program, participants will need access to the internet and the ability to listen and talk with the artist (camera and microphone) with their computer, tablet, or phone.

This virtual workshop is part of RENEWAL, a series of community projects and programs that Sto Len has developed as the City of Alexandria Public Art Program's first artist in residence at AlexRenew.

RENEWAL aims to renew our relationship to local water by providing an opportunity for the public to engage with waterfront sites in new ways that both raise awareness and engagement around the city’s water, especially areas connected to the future location of AlexRenew’s RiverRenew tunnel project.

For more information about Sto Len and RENEWAL visit www.alexandriava.gov/publicart.
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Contact Person:Jennifer Zettl
Contact Phone No.:703.746.5382
Contact Email:arts@alexandriava.gov
Fees:Free
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Arts, Class, Eco-City, Environment, Family, Nature, Public Art & Memorials, Recycling, Summer Fun for Kids, Teens, Visual Arts


For event details visit https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/?32050
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