Drawn to Art: Celebrating the
Waisman Center's Harvey A. Stevens
International Collection of Art by
People with Developmental Disabilities
May 11–July 15, 2018 | Pleasant T. Rowland Gallery
With more than 220 works by artists from 16 countries, the
Harvey A. Stevens International Collection of Art by People
with Developmental Disabilities is intended to, among other
goals, encourage people with disabilities to express themselves
and expand their world through art. To celebrate the launch of
Drawn to Art, a book about the collection, the Chazen hosts an
exhibition featuring a selection of works from the collection.
The Friends of the Waisman Center at UW–Madison sponsor the
collection. • This exhibition has been organized in partnership with the
Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Generous
support has been provided by Judith and David Ward and Terry Haller.
Robert Hanneman, American, Greenhouse and Flowers #2, felt-tip marker
Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy
June 1–September 2, 2018
Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries
In the early twentieth century, Shozaburo Watanabe started his publishing business, hiring a new generation of artists
and craftsmen to create Japanese prints in the time-honored tradition of Hokusai and Hiroshige. To identify his prints
Watanabe coined the term “shin hanga” or “new prints.” Like the prints of the previous century, they were colorful
images of Japan’s people and natural beauty. However, Watanabe actively courted the international market, touring his
prints in the United States, and making the prints more appealing to foreign buyers by, for instance, including the artist’s
name and title in roman letters. Combining Japanese and western sensibilities, these prints established their own
aesthetic in the market.
LEFT: Ito Sozan (Japanese, b. 1884), Bees and Lilies, 1910-1920, color woodcut, 14 7 ⁄ 8 x 6 ½ in., bequest of John H. Van Vleck, 1980.2854