Online Workshop | Japanese Calligraphy as Art with Mamiko Ikeda

Online Workshop | Japanese Calligraphy as Art with Mamiko Ikeda

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

Zoom-104

All

7/10/2021-7/17/2021

1:30 PM-4:30 PM MDT on Sat

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$120.00

$102.00

In this workshop, with an introduction to the basic Japanese calligraphy strokes as well as some free-style variations, the students will learn to practice some words in Kana (Japanese alphabets) or Kanji (Chinese characters) and be encouraged to explore ways to use the strokes of calligraphy in their own unique ways.

  • This class will take place online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided 1 hour before the class start time.
  • -1 newsprint pad (9x12 inches or larger)
  • -bamboo brushes (the substitutes can be brush pens or pointed painting brushes.)
  • -Sumi ink (Indian ink or thinner black ink)
  • -paper weight to hold paper when practicing brush strokes.

Tokyo-born Mamiko Ikeda is a cultural educator, artist, and animator. Early in her life she began studying shodo (Japanese calligraphy) with her mother, master calligrapher Shotei Miura, as her guide. Drawn to the American West to study Native American culture and storytelling, Ikeda earned a Master's Degree from the University of Denver in Liberal Arts, specializing in American Indian Studies. Mamiko's art and animation movies have appeared in a variety of Colorado venues. http://www.mamikoikeda.com