With Profit and Pleasure Exhibition Celebration

Join us to celebrate Evergreen’s newest exhibition.  The evening will begin with a lecture from Dany Chan, Associate Curator of Asian Art at The Walters Art Museum.  Then head downstairs to view the exhibition and enjoy the reception.  

With Profit and Pleasure: The Legacy of Japanese Prints 

In 19th-century Japan, woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e, or “pictures of the floating world,” delighted the Japanese public with images of famous actors, dreamy landscapes, and idealized depictions of laboring classes. The prints’ portability and availability made them some of the earliest pieces of art to enter into the Western souvenir trade, and their impact on the art world became global. Mining Evergreen Museum & Library’s robust but rarely seen collection of Japanese prints, With Profit and Pleasure will highlight the artistry and reception of ukiyo-e, as well as their impact on both Western and Japanese artists into the 20th century.