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DESCRIPTION:Reverberations: \nJapanese Prints of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake\nOpening 
 Reception: June 17, 5:30−7:30pm\n\nCurated by Deborah Stein and the 
 Museum Studies \n\nThe Mills College Art Museum is pleased to present 
 Reverberations: Japanese Prints of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake curated by 
 Deborah Stein and the Mills College Museum Studies Workshop, on view from 
 June 17 through August 2, 2009. A public reception will be held on June 17 
 from 5:30-7:30 pm with a walk-through with the curator at 6:00 pm. A family 
 printmaking workshop will take place on Sunday, June 28 from 3:00-5:00 pm 
 with a film screening of Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes on 
 Wednesday, July 22 at 7:00 pm. \n\nAccording to Stein, "Reverberations is a 
 collective effort to examine how art and natural disaster intersect in 
 complex ways. Over the course of nine months, I worked with a team of 
 dedicated students to research an unknown and unpublished set of prints in 
 which we discovered a powerful response to a horrendous 
 catastrophe."\n\nThe Japanese woodblock prints featured in Reverberations 
 were created in response to the great Kanto earthquake that took place on 
 September 1,1923, devastating many cities in the Kanto region of Japan, 
 including Tokyo, Yokohama, and Chiba. Immense fires aided by strong winds 
 engulfed the cities and destroyed lives, homes, and businesses in a matter 
 of days. After the earthquake and its aftershocks had abated and the fires 
 were quelled, the surviving citizens had to rebuild their lives in the wake 
 of their ruined cities.\n\nThe Kanto earthquake was a significant part of 
 the history of woodblock prints in Japan, as many print shops, including 
 the famous Watanabe print shop, lost their respective equipment and blocks 
 from the quake and fire. Like the rest of the citizens, artists and 
 publishers had to begin anew. In the years following the earthquake, 
 artists created works to document the disaster, as well as the rebuilding 
 of their cities.\n\nThe prints featured in this exhibition were 
 commissioned as a set to be executed by a number of different artists. 
 These works convey multiple levels of emotion and a visceral intensity. As 
 an historical and art historical reference to life and art in modern Japan, 
 the works exemplify a wide variety of print styles and practices during the 
 Taisho Era. This visual response to a natural disaster constitutes a record 
 of despair and renewal specific to this period; yet, it is strikingly 
 familiar record of human suffering and survival that resonates with the Bay 
 Area's own experience with destruction wrought by earthquakes. 
 Reverberations offers insight into tragedy and loss, making available 
 experience of disaster in a way that scientific data and photographs alone 
 simply cannot.\n\nThe Museum Studies Workshop is a course that is taught in 
 the Art History Program at Mills College, encompassing both the theoretical 
 and practical study of museums in historical and contemporary contexts. 
 This year, the Museum Studies Workshop has been taught by Visiting 
 Assistant Professor Deborah Stein, who worked with seven Mills College 
 students to create the present exhibition.\n\nPublic Programs\n\nSunday, 
 June 28, 3:00−5:00pm\n\nFamily Printmaking Workshop\n\nWednesday, July 
 22, 7:00pm\n\nFilm Screening of Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the 
 Dunes\n\nDocent-led tours of the exhibition are offered to groups and must 
 be arranged one week in advance. Tours are approximately 30 minutes long. 
 Please call 510.430.2164 or email museum@mills.edu for 
 reservations.\n\nAdmission is free to all exhibitions and programs.\n 
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SUMMARY:Reverberations: Japanese Prints of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake
LOCATION:Mills College Art Museum, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613\n\nPublic 
 Safety will direct where to park.
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