Press Release 2023/07/03

Summer Vacation Workshop at Hara Museum ARC
Let’s Make Art Fans! 2023
This summer, we will hold two Japanese fan-making workshops at Hara Museum ARC.
One will be the ever popular workshop we hold each year in which participants dye Japanese paper in many beautiful colors.
This year, we are offering another special workshop led by the artist Natsuki Otake (a native of Tomioka, Gunma) on the makingof fans using a wax-resist dyeing technique. The first workshop is the easier one using Japanese paper, while the other is a more
involved workshop using special tools. We look forward to your participation!

Let’s Make Art Fans!
Date & Time: July 22 (Sat.), 23 (Sun.), 24 (Mon.),2023
Three sessions per day: 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00
Duration: approx. 40 min.

Let’s Make Art Fans
Using a Wax-Resist Method!
Date & Time: July 15 (Sat.), 2023 10:00 / 14:00
Duration: approx. 120 minutes

Participants will fold Japanese paper, dye it withbeautiful colors and enjoy patterns that emerge toproduce one-of-a-kind original fans.

Dye artist Natsuki Otake (a native of Tomioka,Gunma) has been invited to lead a workshop on
the making of a Japanese fan using a wax-resist
dyeing method.

Venue: In the corridor at Hara Museum ARC
Target age: No age limit(*Participants will use scissors and an electric iron,so children younger than elementary school age
should be accompanied by an adult.)
Fee: 600 yen (cash only, admission fee notincluded)
Capacity: 10 people per session

Venue: In the corridor at Hara Museum ARC
Target age: Elementary school students and older(*Participants will use scissors and an electric iron,so children younger than elementary school age
should be accompanied by an adult.)
Fee: 2,000 yen (cash only, admission fee notincluded)
Capacity: 6 people

Reservations are recommended
0279-24-6585／arc@haramuseum.or.jp
Otherwise, same-day participation may be possible if space is available.

Natsuki Otake
Born in Tomioka, Gunma, Natsuki Otake studied design at theGraduate School of Art and Design at Tama Art University. She
had been exhibiting large installation of silk fabric that she dyedusing a traditional wax-resist method and a special method toattach to walls when in 2010 she became a focus of nationwide
attention for work featured in a TV commercial for Mode
Gakuen. Her main theme consists of “portraits of idols” thatare progections of an idealized world in the form of a girl idol.
She continues to exhibit her work mainly in Gunma prefecture and frequently conducts related workshops. Her major solo
exhibitions include Natsuki Otake: Illuminated Girls at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma in 2016, Mount Penglai at Japan Silk
Village, Gunma in 2021, and an upcoming exhibition at the Suzuka Classic Museum in Nagano Prefecture in 2023.
https://bamboosummer.main.jp/Current Exhibition
Opposite the Sun Is Where the Blue Sky Lies
Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections, Part I (Spring/Summer)
Until Sunday, September 3, 2023
Contemporary Art Galleries A, B, C, Kankai Pavilion
On-going Event
SHOP@CAFE Bunta Inoue
Friday, July 7, 2023 – Monday, January 8, 2024 (national holiday)
The Museum Shop and Cade d’Art, Hara Museum ARC■Information
Hara Museum ARC
2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Hours: 9:30 am-4:30 pm (admission until 4:00 pm)
Closed: Thursdays (except during the month of August)
Admission: General 1,800 yen (1,500 yen*), Students 1,000 yen (700 yen*) [high school and university] or 800 yen (500yen*) [elementary and junior high], Seniors [70 and above] 1,500 yen (1,200 yen*)*Online booking price.
Advanced Online Ticket: https://www.e-tix.jp/haramuseum_arc/en/
Website: https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/arc/■Press Enquiries
Email: press@haramuseum.or.jp

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