GIRL POWER!
GIRLS’ COMICS FROM JAPAN
AN EXHIBIT

Curated by Dr. Masami Toku, Associate Professor of Art and Art History at California State University Chico, This international touring exhibit features historic Japanese manga, with a special emphasis on shojo manga—comic books for girls. The exhibit features 23 renowned shojo manga creators and more than 200 works from World War II to the present. The pieces in this exhibit come together for the first and only time in NYC.

The medium reflects the evolution of the social roles of Japanese girls and women during this period. The exhibition also documents how the visual composition of manga mirrors the developments in Japanese aesthetics

Date June 1-29, 2006 Opening Reception June 1 (Thur) 5:00 – 7:00 PM Place Media Arts Gallery 311 Steuben Hall Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, NY Free Admission

Directions
Take the Brooklyn-bound A or C train to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station. Cross platform and take G train to the Clinton-Washington station. Use Washington Avenue exit. On Washington, walk one block north to DeKalb Avenue. Turn right onto DeKalb and proceed one block to Hall Street/Saint James to the corner gate of the Pratt campus.

For more information:
http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/Exhibitions/
girlsmangaka/girlsmangaka_index.html
dbineyam@pratt.edu or (718) 636-3633