After spending 20 years in Asia studying art, material culture, printing, paper making, and more, Asian art specialist Claire Cuccio, Ph.D., joins us to share her expertise on the traditional Japanese paper know as washi, placing it in the larger context of Japanese handcrafts. Please join us for the closing reception for Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper immediately following the program (admission fee required/free for members).

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Asian Art Specialist, Claire Cuccio, Ph.D.
Claire Cuccio is an educator, editor, writer, translator, and curator settling in Denver after two decades in Asia. Trained in Japanese literature (Ph.D., Stanford University), her work migrated to Asian print and papermaking culture, and overall, to handcraft and design in natural materials. Cuccio has served as lecturer at Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) at Doshisha University, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Yokohama’s creative space BankART 1929, Beijing Foreign Languages University and Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. Her publications, curations, and experiential programming explore the art, craft, and aesthetics of traditional artisans as well as contemporary artists and the significance of material culture in an increasingly virtual world. Her interest in art and handcraft is evolving in tandem with the development of neuroscience and the arts for well-being. She most recently led the arts residency “Tools for the Crater” on the topic of depression.