Program Description
Event Description
Join us each month on the FIRST Monday at the Edmond Library on FIRST Street to add colorful HUES to an art project focusing on an artist, technique or medium.
This program is most suitable for teens and adults due to the content and materials we will use. Please make arrangements for younger children so you can relax and enjoy your time with us.
Our art will sometimes be a little messy. Please dress in clothing that you won't worry about, or bring an art smock to cover it.
PLEASE cancel your registration if you later realize you cannot attend, so someone else can create in your place. Your registration will hold your place until ten minutes after the listed start time of the program. At 0:10, any remaining spaces will be given to those who are on the waitlist and present at the library, in the order they registered.
Kanji calligraphy is a Japanese art form that uses Chinese characters, or kanji, to create works that are meant to evoke harmony and wisdom. It's also known as shodo and is a centuries-old art form and Zen practice. Calligraphers use a bamboo brush and sumi ink, which is made from pine tree soot, to create sweeping, flowing brushstrokes that are intended to hold sacred value in each line. Members of the Japan America Society of Oklahoma (JASO) will share more about the history of calligraphy and how it relates to their culture, then they will demonstrate and lead us in applying kanji to a tasseled bookmark.