Teaching

NIHONGA: THEN AND NOW                                                                   JAPANESE MINERAL PIGMENT PAINTING 2 Day Workshop
with Judith Kruger in Savannah, GA
Sept 11 and 12, 2010
9:30 am - 5:00 pm (Savannah Dept of Cultural Affairs) $350.00 per student plus a $75-$100 materials fee depending on the number of students (min 4-max 12).

This workshop introduces students to the ancient Asian art form of Nihonga,
Japanese mineral pigment painting. We will cover basic traditional techniques, materials, processes and aesthetic, which have been used on folding screens and scrolls for thousands of years.

In addition, students will learn the incorporation of some eco-based painting processes uniquely developed by the instructor. Students are encouraged to experiment with the medium in order to add their own voice to the storied past of this highly process and ecologically driven medium.

 About the instructor:

In 2008, Judith Kruger initiated the course Nihonga: Then and Now at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the course Getting The Dirt on Paint through a grant from the Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs. Judith’s intense 7 year study of Nihonga includes 12 research trips to Asia and teaching assistantships under the renowned painter, Makoto Fujimura.

Her mineral pigmented tableware collection based on extensive decorative arts and pigment research throughout India, Japan and Thailand is available through At Home in the City, Chicago, IL. 

Judith's work addresses mingled terrain: the  co-mingling of terrain and culture. She exhibits her art nationally and internationally including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, Santa Fe, Tokyo and Hiroshima.

Judith Kruger is represented in the USA by Perimeter Gallery-Chicago, The Edge-Santa Fe and Carol Rubenstein-Philadelphia.

Email judy@judithkruger.com for more info on fees and registration.

A second collaborative workshop with Judith Kruger, Getting the Dirt on Paint: Art Making on Ossabaw Island, is being planned as well.