Hara Museum ARC

This summer, Hara Museum ARC will be holding two fan-making workshops using “batik dyeing” and “tie dyeing” techniques, respectively. Last summer, we offered a special workshop led by the artist Natsuki Otake (a native of Tomioka, Gunma) on the making of fans using a wax-resist dyeing technique and special tools. Due to popular demand, we are inviting her back to offer the workshop again. Another workshop, our well-known “Let’s Make Art Fans” workshop involves soaking and folding of Japanese paper to create many colorful patterns, making it the easier one popular with parents, children and friends. Everyone young or old can join in. This summer, we hope that you will come to create and feel more at home with art. See you at the museum!

Let’s Make Art Fans Using a Wax-Resist Method!
Date & Time: Saturday, July 27, 2024 14:00 / Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 and 14:00
*Reservations closed.
Dye artist Natsuki Otake (a native of Tomioka, Gunma) has been invited to lead a workshop on the making of a Japanese fan using a wax-resist dyeing method.
Duration: approx. 120 min.
Venue: In the corridor at Hara Museum ARC
Target age: Elementary school students and older
Fee: 2,500 yen (cash only, admission fee not included)
Capacity: 6 people per session

Let’s Make Art Fans!
Date & Time: Saturday, July 20, 2024 / Sunday, July 21, 2024
Three sessions per day: 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00
Duration: approx. 40 min.
Venue: In the corridor at Hara Museum ARC
Target age: No age limit 　
Fee: 600 yen (cash only, admission fee not included)
Capacity: 10 people per session

Natsuki Otake
Born in Tomioka, Gunma, Natsuki Otake studied design at the Graduate School of Art and Design at Tama Art University. She had been exhibiting large installation of silk fabric that she dyed using a traditional wax-resist method and a special method to attach to walls when in 2010 she became a focus of nationwide attention for work featured in a TV commercial for Mode Gakuen. Her main theme consists of “portraits of idols” that are projections of an idealized world in the form of a girl idol. She continues to exhibit her work mainly in Gunma prefecture and frequently conducts related workshops. Her major solo exhibitions include Natsuki Otake: Illuminated Girls at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma in 2013, Natsuki Otake Exhibition IDEA at the Tomioka City Museum of Art, Gunma in 2016 and Mount Penglai at Japan Silk Village, Gunma in 2021. Her works were exhibited and sold at the Museum Shop’s SHOP@CAFE Vol. 1 event in 2016. Home page: https://bamboosummer.main.jp/

Reservations will be accepted from Saturday, June 8, 2024.
*Please note that participants will use scissors and an electric iron. Children of elementary school age or younger must be accompanied by an adult.
*For reservations made by email, confirmations will be made by return email from the museum.
*Priority reservations for museum members will be accepted from June 1. *Same-day participation will be possible if there are vacancies.