School Groups

East Meets West

K – 8
A kimono-clad interpreter greets students, who then enjoy two hours at Hill-Stead. Participants tour the period rooms, view and learn how to "read" Japanese woodblock prints and hear about Japanese art and culture and their influence on the art of the Impressionists. Younger students try their hand at brush painting. Older students discuss Tokugawa, Japan, depicted in the prints, and explore various themes, such as the Japonism craze for collecting that swept late 19th-century America.
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Art of the Impressionists
Eco-explorer Field Trips
Hill-Stead Highlights
Immersion Days