Gyotaku Fish Printing

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When:

Friday, January 24, 2014 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Where:

Who: The target age range for this class is children ages 8 through 12, but both parents and siblings are encouraged to register and participate. Rumriver Art Center also has a comfortable lobby area with free WiFi for those parents who wish to wait on site.
All children in the classroom must be enrolled in the program.

How much:
Cost for Child/Student: $5.00
Cost for Adult/Student: $5.00

Please register by: Friday, January 17, 2014 - 5:00pm

Description

Gyotaku, ( 魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing", pronounced "gee-oh-tah-koo") is a form of Japanese nature printing or nature rubbing. Originally used by fishermen to record their catches, it has become an art form on its own, practiced around the world.

Gyotaku involves painting a freshly caught fish with non-toxic ink, laying a sheet of rice paper or cloth over it and applying pressure with the finger, capturing minute detail and patterns to create a stunning work of art. The fish can than be rinsed clean and either released or sold at market. Gyotaku can create images so accurate and detailed that they can be used for scientific study.

No one knows the true origin of Gyotaku, however the oldest known prints were commissioned in 1862 by Lord Sakai in the Yamagata Prefecture to preserve the memory of a record catch.

No fish will be harmed during the class. We will be using life-like rubber fish replicas.

Learn more:

• Watch K. Erica Dodge's Gyotaku: The ancient Japanese art of printing fish, a TEd Ed lesson at ed.ted.com
   
• See some examples of Gyotaku:
   
• Lori Hatch Nature Prints at www.lorihatch.com
   
• Charlie Brown's Gyotaku at www.towergallery.net
   
• Gyotaku by Naoki at www.gyotaku.com
   
• Suggested reading:
   
• Fish Anatomy at www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/FISH%20ANATOMY.pdf
   
• Vertebrates: Fish at www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_fish.html
   
• Wikipedia entry on Osteichthyes (bony fish) aten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteichthyes
   
• The Living Ocean: Biology and Technology of the Marine Environment / by by E. Barbara Klemm, Francis M. Pottenger III, S. Arthur Reed, Christine Porter, and Thomas W. Speitel
   
• "The Fin Art of Science: Japanese Fish Printing Brings Interdisciplinary Science and Culture to the Classroom," by Nina Christiane Stokes in The Science Teacher, vol. 68, No. 3, March 2001 at science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-01/tst0103_22.pdf
   
• Gyotaku Fish Impressions: The Art of Japanese Fish Printing / by Doug Olander
   
• Gyotaku: The Art and Technique of the Japanese Fish Print / by Yoshio Hiyama
   
• Kogi's Mysterious Journey / by Elizabeth Partridge
   
• Japanese Prints Coloring Book: 38 Designs Rendered for Coloring / by Ed Sibbett, Jr.
   
• Art of Japan: Wood-block Color Prints / by Carol Finley
   
• Hokusai: Prints and Drawings / by Matthi Forrer
   
• Hokusai: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-e / by Seiji Nagata, translated by John Bester
   
• Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World / by Tadashi Kobayashi
   

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Payment must be received by: Mon, Jan 20, 2014 - 5:00pm

1. Please plan to send your payment the same day that you register.

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   If you fail to send a cancellation request by the cancellation deadline, you will remain responsible for reimbursing the organizer for the cost of your family's participation.

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Cancellation information

Cancellation deadline: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 - 5:00pm

TO CANCEL BEFORE THE DEADLINE: 
(1) Please let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. 

TO CANCEL AFTER THE DEADLINE: 
(1) Let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. 
(2) No refunds can be made as the organizer has already paid for your tickets. 
(3) To avoid empty seats, please attempt to transfer your tickets to another family by posting the availability to the HSAdventures Yahoo Group (and elsewhere as appropriate). 
(3a) Any reimbursements should be handled privately between you and your substitute. 
(3b) Please let the organizer know about the substitution. 
 
TO CANCEL ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT: 
(1) It is not cool to just not show up. Please let the organizer know if you are unable to attend — via email, text message or voice mail. 
(2) To avoid empty seats, please attempt to find a last-minute substitute for your family by posting to the HSAdventures Yahoo Group (as well as through any other other methods at your disposal). 

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Please arrive by:

Please plan to arrive no later than 12:45pm in order to have plenty of time to find parking, check in with the organizer, visit the bathrooms and otherwise prepare for our program to start promptly at 1pm. Please plan to be early to avoid being late due to inadequate maps, confusing road signs, road construction, heavy traffic, parking difficulties, inclement weather or uncooperative children. If you find that despite your best efforts, you are running unavoidably late, please let the organizer know! You may reach the organizer by phone, text message or email on the day of the event.

Parking information:

Plenty of parking is available in the back of the Old Milk Factory. There are also a few spaces in the front of the building.

Directions:

Rumriver Art Center is located in suite 102 of the Old Milk Factory at 2665 4th Ave in Anoka, MN, at the intersection of Pleasant/Pierce St & 4th Ave, just 1 block north of US 10, between the Ferry St and 7th Ave exits.

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