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Share She is among 184 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists chosen as 2021 Guggenheim Fellows in the United States and Canada from nearly 3,000 applicants. Davis, considered a foremost authority on Japanese prints and illustrated books, teaches a wide range of courses at Penn on East Asian art and material culture in the greater global context. Her research focuses on Ukiyo-e, the “images of the floating world,” and the arts of Japan’s Tokugawa period (1615-1868). Her work has confronted issues of artistic identity, gender, and collaboration, and she has further expanded her research interests to include illustrated books made in the period. ....
of LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2021) Join University of Kentucky Libraries’King Library Press this spring for the 2021 “Pandemic Printing” Virtual Lecture Series. Featuring prominent printers from around the country, over the next three months this series will give audiences multiple chances to hear from book artists as they share their experiences printing during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last April, Kadin Henningsen, who I met in 2019 at Rare Book School, emailed me to ask for my address as he was getting ready to start printing ‘a series of pandemic postcards,’” UK Libraries rare books librarian Colleen Barrett said. “This correspondence did much to raise my spirits in a very stressful year, and also got me wondering what others were doing to adapt to all our changed circumstances.” ....
Frank Hume, who was born in Culpeper County in 1843, fought for the Confederate Army during the Civil War and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. ....
Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D., appointed as Asian Art Curator of Portland Art Museum Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D. Photo: Courtesy of Portland Art Museum. PORTLAND, ORE .-The Portland Art Museum announced that Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D., has been appointed as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art. Dr. Kenmotsu, who joined the Museums curatorial staff in 2017 as Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art and was promoted to Associate Curator in 2019, has also been serving as Interim Head of Asian Art since the retirement of Dr. Maribeth Graybill in October 2019. I am thrilled about Dr. Kenmotsus appointment to this position, said Director and Chief Curator Brian Ferriso. Having already worked with Jeannie for a number of years, I am incredibly impressed with her exceptional art historical knowledge that she combines with her passion for the art of today. It is a wonderful and rare combination that will serve our Museum and community in many ....