Join us for a celebratory morning as we welcome Meher McArthur for the launch of her new book, A Japanese Art Journey: A Curator's Memoir of Paper Dolls, Woodblock Prints and Polka Dot Pumpkins, published by Tuttle Books. A longtime curator, author, and advocate for Asian art, Meher has a special connection to Mingei through her past and current work with the Museum. Enjoy a talk by the author followed by a book signing—an inspiring opportunity to dive deeper into the beauty and power of Japanese art to enrich and even change lives. Books will be available for purchase.
Meher McArthur is an Asian art historian specializing in Japanese art. She worked as Curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum and Creative Director for the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, both in Pasadena, and was Academic Curator for Scripps College in Claremont and Art and Cultural Director for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles. She curates traveling exhibitions for International Arts & Artists (IA&A), currently Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper and upcoming KIMONO: Garment, Canvas, and Artistic Muse. Her publications include Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu (PAM, 1999), Reading Buddhist Art (Thames & Hudson, 2002) and The Arts of Asia (Thames & Hudson, 2005), An ABC of What Art Can Be (Getty Museum, 2010), New Expressions in Origami Art (Tuttle, 2017), and Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (IA&A, 2021), and numerous articles about Asian art. She lives in Pasadena, CA.
Attendance is free, RSVP encouraged. Admission to the Museum is a separate cost.