The Living Print
Enjoy the artistic explorations of four contemporary printmakers using traditional techniques to capture the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Intricate botanical portraits by Latifat Apatira reveal the unique complexity of hand-inked plants foraged in California. Sara Woodburn’s bold and colorful woodblock prints bring Japanese mokuhanga techniques to landscapes of the Central Coast and American West. Dwight Hwang’s celebrated work captures fleeting moments of life using gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing. Mineo Yamamoto’s masterful print of a 17-foot-long squid presides majestically over all these varied and beautiful impressions of nature.
Try botanical rubbing methods in the workshop at the center of the exhibit, and get a closer look at each method in process videos playing in the gallery.
This exhibit will close early at 3:30 PM on March 27 and open late at 2:00 PM on March 28, while we host a Botanical Printing Workshop with Latifat Apatira. Sign up to join us while spots last!
Included with Museum admission, Members are always free. The Courtyard Gallery is ADA accessible; visit our accessibility page for more information.
Sponsored in part by Santa Barbara Beautiful
Pictured artwork: detail of giant squid gyotaku by Mineo Yamamoto, showing Sperm Whale embellishment in the eye; detail of Bigleaf Maple by Latifat Apatira, detail of San Marcos Foothills by Sara Woodburn, detail of football fish by Dwight Hwang
