Aug 8th 2017

A Haibun Journey

@ Smart Museum of Art

5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 6PM - 8PM

Join the Smart Museum and the Poetry Foundation for a two-part journey and writing workshop that explores the ancient form of Japanese haibun poetry.

PART I
Tuesday, August 8, 6–8 pm
Smart Museum of Art
The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue

Part I includes a tour of Japanese landscape paintings at the Smart followed by a bike ride to the Japenese in Jackson Park. Please bring your own bike. A shuttle will also be available for those without bikes or with accessibility needs.

PART II
Tuesday, August 15, 6–8 pm
Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior Street

Part II convenes at the Poetry Foundation for a reading, discussion, and poetry writing exercise where participants will compose original haibun describing our travels in Part I.

FREE, but space is limited. Participants are asked to attend both sessions

Kawase Hasui, Mt. Fuji from Narusawa (detail), 1936, Woodblock print. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, The Brooks McCormick Jr. Collection of Japanese Prints, 2015.242.

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