Fall Sumi-e Classes and Workshop

 

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Classes, Fall 2025

at

Walnut Creek Center for Community Arts 

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

Saturday, Oct. 11-Nov.22, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Geese©2018, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

“In autumn, the evenings are most moving…” So wrote Sei Shōnagon in The Pillow Book a thousand years ago. Her tender eye for sunset, birds in flight, and the hush of the wind still speaks to us today—and even echoes in American poetry.

Japanese Brush Painting - BEG

Saturday, Oct. 11-Nov.22, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

JCCCNC Beginners Workshop 

風姿 Fūshi aka Yoshikawa, Fumiyo

Offered as part of the ongoing sumi-e workshop series at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), Sumi-e Brush Painting Autumn Workshop: Chrysanthemum is the third session in a yearlong series themed around the Four Gentlemen—orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum. This two-hour workshop serves as an introduction to Japanese ink painting (sumi-e), focusing on cultivating the essential mindset and learning fundamental brush techniques. Participants will explore the expressive beauty of the chrysanthemum—an autumn motif symbolizing elegance and perseverance—while experiencing the meditative spirit and harmony of ink, brush, and paper.

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Fumiyo Yoshikawa Primary Website

Web shop for archival art prints

Facebook pages

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.fumiyo

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.nihonga

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/art_of_fumiyo_yoshikawa/

https://www.instagram.com/fuushi_sumie_art_studio/

EBOS Open Studios and Classes with Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Fumiyo Yoshikawa and Toru Sugita are participating 

in EBOS (East Bay Open Studio), 2025

Spirals to  Merged  Memories#6, 2022, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Toru Sugita

at 1025 Broadway Ave # 205 A, San Pablo, CA 94806

June 7-June 8  11:00am-5pm 

Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Classes, Summer 2025

at

Center for Community Arts 

Japanese Brush Painting - BEG

Saturday, 6/14-8/2

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zen Calligraphy & Abstract - ALL LEVELS

Saturday, 6/14-8/2

12:45 pm - 02:45 pm

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

Saturday, 6/14-8/2

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm

Richimond Art Center

Beginning Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy 

Thursday, 6/ 12 - 8 /14

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Intermediate Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy 

Thursday, 6/ 12 - 8 /14

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Ocean Sky, 2025, Fumiyo Yoshikawa

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Fumiyo Yoshikawa Primary Website

Web shop for archival art prints

Facebook pages

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.fumiyo

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.nihonga

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/art_of_fumiyo_yoshikawa/

https://www.instagram.com/fuushi_sumie_art_studio/

Fumiyo Yoshikawa Upcoming Exhibitions

 

Upcoming Classes and Workshop

 Workshop at JCCCNC

Sumi-e / Calligraphy Classes 

at

Center for Community Arts

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

25060003FY Becoming One with the Celestial Flow 2©2025, Fumiyo Yoshikawa,

 28x54inch, sumi-ink, silver on kozo paper

輝きて　沫　まじわりて　銀の河

Kagayakite Awa Majiwarite Gin-no Kawa

24040042FY The Hill of Eucalyptus#5©2024, Fumiyo Yoshikawa
sumi-ink, gansai color on Shikishi paper, 11x10inch

Sumi-e / Calligraphy Classes 

at

Center for Community Arts

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zen Calligraphy & Abstract - ALL LEVELS

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

12:45 pm - 02:45 pm

Japanese Brush Painting - BEG

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm

New Website

Old Website

Web shop for archival art prints

Facebook pages

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.fumiyo

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.nihonga

https://www.facebook.com/Sumie.Nihonga.Mixedmedia

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/art_of_fumiyo_yoshikawa/

https://www.instagram.com/fuushi_sumie_art_studio/

Upcoming Exhibitions

Duo Exhibition 

Between Worlds, Within Memories

Toru Sugita & Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Presented by Inclusion Gallery

Address: 627 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 9411

Phone: (415) 817-1493

Instagram : inclusionssf

facebook : inclusionssf

Period: March 15 to April 22, 2025

Opening Reception: March 15 at 5-7pm

Artist Talk: April 11 at 6

Roots and Veins1©Fumiyo Yoshikawa, ink, gold on Xuan paper,14x24inch, 24030034FY  

Care Givers of Color: Brown Palms and Yellow Barms

AAWAA juried exhibition

Venue: SOMArts Cultural Center - Main Gallery

934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 & Online

Period: April 25 to May 26, 2025

Opening Reception: April 25

Artist Talk: April 11 at 6

Closing Recption: May 25

Resonance Interwinded 2, sumi-ink, mineral and natural colors, gold on kozo paper, 2024, 19x18inch, 23030085FY

Vitality of Ink 水墨常新
Six Winners from the 60th Annual Exhibition of the Sumi-e Society of America  
at CCACC Art Gallery

Participating Artists

Donpei He

Satomi Kamei

Ann Kozeliski

Deenne Kroll

SimOna Nemcova

and 

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

25060003FY Becoming One with the Celestial Flow 2©2025, Fumiyo Yoshikawa, 28x54inch, sumi-ink, silver on kozo paper

輝きて　沫　まじわりて　銀の河　/Kagayakite Awa Majiwarite Gin-no Kawa

9318 Gaither Road, Suite 215

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Exhibition Period: May 3 - June 12, 2025

Opening Reception: 

Upcoming Spring Classes with Fumiyo Yoshikawa

24040042FY The Hill of Eucalyptus#5©2024, Fumiyo Yoshikawa
sumi-ink, gansai color on Shikishi paper, 11x10inch

Sumi-e / Calligraphy Classes 

at

Center for Community Arts

Japanese Brush Painting - INT

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zen Calligraphy & Abstract - ALL LEVELS

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

12:45 pm - 02:45 pm

Japanese Brush Painting - BEG

4/12/25 - 5/31/25

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm

Richimond Art Center

Beginning Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy 

Thursday, 3/ 27 - 5 /15

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Intermediate Japanese Brush Painting and Calligraphy 

Thursday, 3/ 27 - 5 /15

1:00pm - 3:00pm

New Website

Old Website

Web shop for archival art prints

Facebook pages

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.fumiyo

https://www.facebook.com/sumie.nihonga

https://www.facebook.com/Sumie.Nihonga.Mixedmedia

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/art_of_fumiyo_yoshikawa/

https://www.instagram.com/fuushi_sumie_art_studio/

Invitation to "48 Pillars" Exhibition at Arc Studio Gallery

48 Pillars

Arc Studio Gallery

1246 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Exhibition Period: February 22 – April 5

Gallery Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 1–6 PM | Saturdays, 12–3 PM | or by appointment

Opening Reception:

Saturday, February 22, 7–9 PM

Artist Talk & Reception:

Saturday, March 29, 12–3 PM

I hope this message finds you well and that you are enjoying a joyful and prosperous Lunar New Year of the Snake.

Vital Energy — Rebirth and Revival

The Making of the Nihonga Painting of the Snakes

Snakes have long been revered as symbols of the earth's energy. In Japan, they are associated with deities of fertility, water, and prosperity. Across various cultures, snakes symbolize transformation and regeneration, with their shedding skin embodying the essence of renewal.

In this work, titled Vital Energy — Rebirth and Revival, I employed traditional Japanese Nihonga techniques to depict a serpent emerging within an aged yet timeless atmosphere. Alongside sumi ink, I used natural materials such as indigo, pure gold, yellow ochre, mineral pigments, coral powder, and gofun—a white pigment made from oyster shells. These pigments were carefully prepared with nikawa, an animal-based binder, and meticulously layered to create a symbolic representation rather than a realistic depiction of tropical colors.

You can also view the process of creating this artwork on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rNw0qfQckZk

I would be delighted to see you at the exhibition and share this work with you in person.

Warm regards,

Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Https://fumiyo-yoshikawa.com