March 2006
Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating World

Sakura Festival Exhibit

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The Ferguson Center Art Gallery will be the site of an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints. Included in the exhibition are examples of ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," from the 17th though 19th centuries by such well-known masters as Utamaro, Hiroshige and Hokusai. This exhibition will also feature works by modern masters of the 20th century. A gallery talk by Dr. Catherine Pagani of the Art Department on the history of Japanese woodblock prints will be given in conjunction with the exhibition.

Ukiyo-e Art Gallery Reception
Thursday, March 2
6:30 p.m.

Gallery talk by Dr. Catherine Pagani
Discussing the works from the Birmingham
Museum of Art
Thursday, March 2
7:00 p.m.