Japanese Woodblock Painting

Join us for free family activities 12-4pm with Smithsonian Gardens on Saturday, May 6! In this open studio, learn about orchids and witness firsthand the beauty of Japanese woodblock prints in Inventing Utamaro. Take a family-friendly tour (12:30 and 2:30 pm) of the exhibition at the Freer|Sackler, and then explore traditional tools and papers to create orchid prints in the Enid A. Haupt Garden. A teaching artist demonstrates basic printing techniques, carving, and transferring designs to a block. Come prepared to get your hands inky. All ages welcome with adult companions.